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

Diag. 102.

15.  Castles QxQPch

Black is obliging.  The opening of files in the centre is favourable for White, as he can make use of his Rooks in the combined attack.  Instead of the move in the text, development with Kt-B3 and Castles QR was the last, though slender, chance of saving the game.

          16.  B-K3 Q-Q4

If QxP, Q-B2 followed by B-Q4, B-K4, KR-K1 and QR-Q1.  Black has no sufficient means of defence to oppose this massing of forces.

          17.  QR-Q1 Q-R4
          18.  BxBP

The end is swift, and easy to understand.

18. ...  R-B1 19.  Q-Kt4 PxB 20.  Q-R5ch R-B2 21.  P-K6 Resigns.

Game no. 4

White:  Tarrasch.  Black:  Capablanca.

Giuoco Piano

1.  P-K4 P-K4 2.  Kt-KB3 Kt-QB3 3.  B-B4 B-B4 4.  P-B3

The beginning of interesting operations in the centre.  The steady development with:  4.  P-Q3, P-Q3; 5.  Kt-B3, Kt-B3; 6.  B-KKt5, B-K3 or Castles tends to a draw from the very first, and is thought dull.

4. ...  Kt-B3

Black can avoid the exchange of pawns, which White tries to bring about after P-Q4, by playing his Queen to K2.  This covers his KP a second time, and White’s P-Q4 can be answered with B-Kt3.  White’s QBP then obstructs the Kt’s natural development.  In a game von Schewe-Teichmann (Berlin, 1907) the position discussed on p. 117 was reached after the following moves:  5.  Castles, P-Q3; 6.  P-Q4, B-Kt3; 7.  P-QR4, P-QR3; 8.  P-R5, B-R2.

5.  P-Q4          PxP
6.  PxP           B-Kt5ch

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

Diag. 103