Milan Vidmar vs Savielly Tartakower - London 1922.08.03Tags:Milan-VidmarSavielly-TartakowerMilan Vidmar vs Savielly TartakowerLondon London ENG round 3 1922.08.03Dutch Defense 1-0[Event "London"] [Site "London ENG"] [Date "1922.08.03"] [EventDate "1922.07.31"] [Round "3"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Milan Vidmar"] [Black "Savielly Tartakower"] [ECO "A84"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "71"] 1.d4 {Notes from THE FIELD} e6 2.c4 f5 {The Dutch defence.} 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bd2 O-O 6.Nf3 Qe7 7.Bd3 {White has already a more preferable development.} d6 8.Qc2 g6 {The advance of this pawn weakens the defensive position of Black's king.} 9.a3 Bxc3 10.Bxc3 Nbd7 11.O-O-O e5 12.dxe5 Nxe5 13.Nxe5 dxe5 14.f4 {A very strong move by which White forces the opening of the long diagonal for his queen bishop, thus demonstrating the weakness of his opponent's 8th move.} e4 15.Be2 Be6 16.h3 a5 17.g4 Ra6 {It would have been too dangerous to capture the g-pawn, e.g., 17...fxg4 18 hxg4 Nxg4 (if 18...Bxg4 then 19 Bxf6 winning a piece) 19 Qxe4 with an overwhelming superiority of position.} 18.g5 Nd7 19.h4 Bf7 20.h5 gxh5 21.Bxh5 Bxh5 22.Rxh5 Rf7 23.Rd5 a4 24.Qd1 {Threatening 25 Qd4. black's game is already hopeless.} c5 25.Rh6 Rg6 26.Rxg6+ hxg6 27.Rd6 Nf8 28.Qd5 Qc7 29.Be5 Qa5 30.Kb1 Qe1+ 31.Ka2 Qxe3 32.Rf6 Qb3+ 33.Ka1 Ne6 34.Rxe6 Kh7 35.Re8 Rg7 36.Qd7 {A pretty finish. If 36...Rxd7 then of course 37 Rh8 mate. A very finely played game by Vidmar.} 1-0 Download PGNUpdated: 18 January, 2022Created: 18 January, 2022Please enable JavaScript to view the comments powered by Disqus.comments powered by Disqus
