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ANNOTATED GAME
A Knight without reproach - Jacques Meises !!
Jacques Mieses (2661) vs. Eugene Znosko-Borovsky (2630)
Annotated by: chess-writer (1200)
Chess opening: Vienna game (C28)
Jacques Mieses (2661) vs. Eugene Znosko-Borovsky (2630)
Annotated by: chess-writer (1200)
Chess opening: Vienna game (C28)
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17. e5 |
Now White threatens a positional crush with c3 and b4, burying Black's Bishop alive. Even with Black's King "safe" on the Queenside, Black cannot hold the game if he is effectively a piece down. This positional threat is very real and it would be sheer suicide to permit White to carry it out. This helps to explain Black's next move, which is otherwise an incomprehensible opening of lines against his own King. | ||||
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17... c5 18. c3 cxd4 19. cxd4 Kb8 |
Black scurries off of the hot file and prepares ...c5, hoping to undermine White's center before Mieses has a chance to reorganize his forces. True, the king is on an open file, but Black has to act fast or White will lock down on c5 and Black will be, practically speaking, a piece down. | ||||
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20. a4 |
This threatens to win a piece, however. | ||||
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20... a5 |
Now Mieses is truly inspired! | ||||
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21. b4 |
Black's erstwhile safe shelter is being torn to shreds. Now 21...axb4 is met by 22.a5 Ba7 23.Qa4 and the invaders are already at the gates. | ||||
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21... Qxb4 22. Rb1 |
Seizing the newly-opened file without delay. | ||||
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22... Qe7 |
Now Mieses sets up a brilliant double-attack: | ||||
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23. Qf1 |
Simply glorious -- a fine example of probing both wings at once. White threatens both Rxf7 and Qa6. | ||||
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23... Ka7 |
Black judges that of the two threats, Qa6 is the more deadly. White could play 24.Rxf7 now, a good move, but Mieses is ever searching for the most brilliant continuation. His search is rewarded with... | ||||
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24. Rxb6 |
This stunning move enables Mieses to draw Black's King out into the open. Notice that 24...cxb6?? loses to Rxf7. | ||||
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24... Kxb6 25. Qb5+ Ka7 26. Qxa5+ |
Having garnered a B+P for the Rook, Mieses already has back practically full compensation for the exchange. Of course, he also sacrificed a pawn to open the b-file. But the open file is worth far more to White than the pawn is to Black. | ||||
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26... Kb7 27. Rf1 |
White switches sides effortlessly. This whole game exhibits a sort of grace in the attack for which Mieses was justly famous and well-beloved. | ||||
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27... Rdb8 28. Nf5 |
Naturally, White wants to conduct this attack with all of his pieces, not just with two. | ||||
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28... Qe6 |
And now for the coup de grace: | ||||
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29. Nd6+ cxd6 30. Rb1+ |
Black resigns because he is losing his R/b8, e.g. Kc8: Qa6+ Kc7 Qa7+ Kd8 Rxb8+ A finely-calculated finish by Jacques Mieses, chevalier sans peur et sans reproche! (A Knight without fear and without reproach.) (Please rate) | ||||
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