Aron Nimzowitsch vs Sergey Nikolaevich von Freymann - Vilnius All-Russian Masters 1912.08.31

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Aron Nimzowitsch vs Sergey Nikolaevich von Freymann
Vilnius All-Russian Masters Vilna (Vilnius) RUE round 9 1912.08.31
French Defense: Advance Variation 1-0

[Event "Vilnius All-Russian Masters"]
[Site "Vilna (Vilnius) RUE"]
[Date "1912.08.31"]
[EventDate "1912.08.19"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Aron Nimzowitsch"]
[Black "Sergey Nikolaevich von Freymann"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1.e4 {Notes by Nimzowitsch} e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.Nf3 cxd4
{4...Qb6 seems to be better.} 5.Nxd4 Nc6 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.Bd3 Qc7
8.Bf4 g5 {Not quite sound but leading to interesting play.}
9.Bg3 Bg7 10.Qe2 Ne7 11.O-O h5 12.h3 Nf5 13.Bh2 {13 Bxf5 exf5
14 e6 would be obviously bad because of 14...f4 15 exf7+
Kxf7.} g4 {The pretty point of the attack started by ...g5.}
14.Re1 {the answer to 14 hxg4 hxg4 15 Qxg4 would have been
15...Rxh2 16 Kxh2 Bxe5+ followed by ...Bxb2.} Kf8 15.Nc3 {The
knight proposes to make his way to f4 (after the black knight
at f5 is exchanged off.} Qe7 16.Bxf5 exf5 17.Qe3 Rh6 18.Ne2 c5
19.Nf4 {! this knight is to be regarde as primarily the
blockader of Black's pawn at f5 and its adherent mass of
pawns; but in addition he acts as an "antiblockader" for his
own aspiring pawn at e5.} d4 20.Qd3 Qd7 21.Qc4 Qc6 22.hxg4 {!
The necessary prelude to Nd3. If at once 22 Nd3 there would
have followed 22...gxh3 23 Qxc5+ Qxc5 24 Nxc5 Rg6 25 g3 and
White stands badly.} Ba6 23.Qd5 {!!} Qxd5 {Most interesting
would have been 23...hxg4; the result would have been a
triumphant march of the e-pawn to e8. For instance 24 e6 (with
an attack on the queen) 24...Qxd5 25 e7+ Ke8 26 Nxd5 followed
by check at c7. (the 'unexpected advance of the unstopped
pawn.")} 24.Nxd5 Bc4 {If 24...hxg4, then again e6 winning the
exchange.} 25.Nf6 hxg4 26.Bf4 Rg6 27.Nd7+ Ke7 28.Nxc5 Rc8
29.b4 Bh6 30.Rad1 Bxf4 31.Rxd4 Rh6 32.Rxc4 Rch8 33.Kf1 Rh1+
34.Ke2 Rxe1+ 35.Kxe1 Bxe5 36.Nd3 Bd6 37.a4 a5 38.b5 Rh1+
39.Ke2 Rh2 40.Nf4 Bxf4 41.Rxf4 Rxg2 42.c4 Rg1 43.Rxf5 Ke6
44.Rd5 Rb1 45.Rd8 Ke7 46.Ra8 Rb4 47.c5 Rxa4 48.b6 Rb4 49.c6
Rxb6 50.c7 {What interests in this game is above all the role
which the knight at f4 has played. As a blockader he was
strongly posted and excellently supported (by the bishop at
h2). Again he had a crippling affect on Black's bishop at g7
and rook at h6, etc. Further, his "threat effect" was
considerable, particularly on the points d5 and e6. (The
mobility of White's e-pawn affords a piquant antithesis to the
immobility of Black's pawn at f5.) And lastly, his elasticity
was striking, for he could composedly go on his travels,
leaving the bishop to take his place.} 1-0

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Updated: 29 January, 2022
Created: 29 January, 2022