THE tenth game was played on
Thursday, the 27th inst. By mutual agreement, play had been put
off
over the Derby Day, and the tenth meeting of the two masters took place
on the Thursday. Rosenthal had the move, and again played a Ruy
Lopex,
with the continuation 5. P to Q B 3, already adopted in the fourth game
of the match, making however, an alteration in the final placement of
the
KB, which he retreated to QN3. Strange to say, Zukertort committed
a regular blunder as early as the 8th move, whereby he lost a P, without
hope of delaying the ending game, for the opponent was enabled to
exchange
queens simultaneously. Rosenthal had then an easy game, and had
only
to exercise common circumspection to maintain his superiority.
Zukertorts
defence would have been worthy of a better cause, but naturally had only
a dilatory effect. Nothing remarkable occurred until the 28th
move,
when Rosenthal, by a fine
coup, forced an exchange of pawns most
favourable to himself, for he drew an adverse isolated P into his own
quarter,
where it would soon be reached with his K. Rosenthal then effected
an exchange of pawns on the Q side, which left him free on the other
wing
for approaching with his K the unprotected hostile pawns. The
position
at the time of adjournment left Rosenthal with two combined passed pawns
ahead - all other pawns being exchanged - and just when Rosenthal was on
the point of writing down his move for the purpose of handing it over to
the secretary, his opponent announced his resignation. This makes
the score: Zukertort two; Rosenthal one; drawn seven. |
The Field, London,
1880.05.29
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Rosenthal,S Zukertort,JH
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C77/08 |
Spanish: Morphy (Anderssen)
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Annotations by Wilhelm
Steinitz
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3
d6 5.c3 a6 6.Ba4 g6 7.d4 b5 8.Bb3
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In the fourth match game he played
8.Bc2. This is more immediately aggressive. |
8...Bg7
** |
An extraordinary blunder to make at
such an early stage. He loses now a clear pawn, and must besides
submit to the exchange of queens. Of course, he ought to have
taken
the d-pawn first with the e-pawn. |
9.dxe5 Nxe5
** |
Nor did he make the best choice in
accepting the loss. It was clearly better to take with the pawn,
e.g.,
9...dxe5 10.Qxd8+ Nxd8 11.Nxe5 Nxe4 12.Nxf7 (if 12.Bd5, Black answers
12...Bb7)
12...Nxf7 13.Bd5 and, though White will remain a pawn ahead, his
position
is not so strong as it came out by the move in the text, which leaves
Black
with the cumbersome weak e-pawn to defend, and with less pieces on the
board to make a fight, besides having forfeited the right of
castling.
He could, however, not escape the exchange of queens, for, wherever the
f6-knight moves, White won by the answer 9.Qd5. |
10.Nxe5 dxe5 11.Qxd8+ Kxd8
12.Bxf7
Bb7 13.f3 Ke7 14.Bb3 h6 15.Be3 Rhd8 16.a4 g5 17.axb5 axb5 18.Rxa8 Rxa8
19.Na3 Bc6 20.Kf2 Bf8 21.Nc2 Ke8 22.Nb4 Bb7 [?:??-1:00] 23.Rd1 Be7
24.Nd5
Nxd5 25.Bxd5 c6 26.Be6 Bc8
** |
The exchanges weaken him, of
course;
and, though he was much limited in his defensive moves, we should have
preferred waiting as long as possible before submitting to, much less
offering,
a reduction in forces. |
27.Bxc8 Rxc8
28.h4
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An excellent move (see
diagram).
Black must take, or else, after the exchange of pawns, his g-pawn will
become untenable. The effect of the exchange of pawns is to draw
the adverse h-pawn nearer to his own king, and therefore easier within
reach of capture in case he succeeded in exchanging rooks. |
28...gxh4 29.Bxh6 [1:00-?:??]
29...Kf7
30.Be3 Ke6 31.Ra1 Rg8 32.b4 Rc8 33.Ra6 Kd7 34.Ra7+ Ke6 35.Bc5 Bg5 36.Be3
Be7 37.Ra6 Kd7 38.Kg1
** |
He hits on the right plan after
having
lost some moves with his rook. The king must be brought round on
the h-file in order to secure victory. |
38...c5
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The game could not have been saved
under any circumstances, and this was about as good as anything else,
though
its immediate effect is to release White from any apprehension
respecting
the pawns on the queenside, and to allow him to devote his fullest
energy
to clearing the road on the other wing. |
39.Rb6 cxb4 [?:??-2:00] 40.cxb4
Rc3 41.Bh6
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The best move to avoid subsequent
molestation. Wherever else the bishop went, the adverse rook could
either harass the king with checks, or attack the bishop. |
41...Bxb4 42.Rxb5 Bc5+ 43.Kh2 Bf2
44.Kh3 Bg3 45.Bg5 Rc2
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It was altogether hopeless now, and
quite irrelevant what he did. |
46.Bxh4 Bxh4 47.Kxh4 Rxg2 48.Rxe5
1-0.
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The Field,
London, 1880.05.29
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