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8 | #R | #Kt|    |    | #K | #B |    | #R |
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7 | #P | #P | #P |    | #P | #P | #P | #P |
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6 |    |    |    |    |    | #Kt|    |    |
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5 | #Q |    |    |    |    | #B |    |    |
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4 |    |    |    | ^P |    |    |    |    |
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3 |    |    | ^Kt|    |    | ^Kt|    |    |
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2 | ^P | ^P | ^P |    |    | ^P | ^P | ^P |
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1 | ^R |    | ^B | ^Q | ^K | ^B |    | ^R |
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A    B    C    D    E    F    G    H

Diag. 145

6.  Kt-K5!  Kt-K5

P-B3 was urgent here, to provide against Kt-B4 and Q-B3.  Now the game is as good as lost.  White obtains a violent attack with superior forces, and brings it home before Black has time to complete his development.

7.  Q-B3 Kt-Q3

If KtxKt, B-Q2.

8.  B-Q2           P-K3
9.  P-KKt4         B-Kt3

Black had to guard his KB2 because of Kt-Kt5, KtxKt, QxPch.

10.  P-KR4          Q-Kt3
11.  Castles        P-KB3

Compulsory.  Kt-B3 is refuted by 12.  KtxKt, QxKt; 13.  QxQ, PxQ; 14.  B-Kt2 and P-R5.  On the other hand, the answer to 11. ...  QxP would be 12.  B-KB4, Q-B4; 13.  P-R5, P-B3; 14.  PxB, PxKt; 15.  B-KKt5 followed by RxKt and R-Q8 or Q-B7 mate.

12.  KtxB           PxKt
13.  B-Q3           QxP

K-B2 or P-KB4 were also unavailing in consequence of Black’s poor development.

14.  BxPch K-Q2 15.  B-K3 Q-Kt5 16.  P-R3 Q-B5 17.  QxKtP Q-B3 18.  B-K4 Resigns.

Game No. 33

White:  Barasz.  Black:  Mieses.

Centre Counter Defence.

1.  P-K4 P-Q 4 2.  PxP QxP 3.  Kt-QB3 Q-QR4 4.  Kt-B3

It is better to advance the QP at once and so threaten B-Q2, after which Black is almost under compulsion to provide a retreat for his Q by P-QB3, thus blocking his QKt.

          4. ...  Kt-QB3
          5.  B-K2 B-B4
          6.  P-Q3

Already now the mistake of having allowed Black to develop his Queen’s side unmolested is apparent.  P-Q4 is now impossible, for Black would castle on the Queen’s side and keep the initiative by exerting a permanent pressure on White’s QP by P-K4.  White must yield up the centre to Black.

6. ...               P-K4
7.  B-Q2             Castles
8.  P-QR3            Q-B4

The Queen must escape from White’s threat of P-QKt4.

9.  Castles Kt-B3
10.  P-QKt4 Q-K2
11.  P-Kt5

This advance is somewhat purposeless, as the White pieces are not ready for an attack on Black’s King.  It is difficult, though, to find a sensible plan, as the White pieces have so little mobility.  It would perhaps be best to play R-K1, B-B1, and Kt-K4.