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Going4Draw

Aug 3, 2022

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I tried to copy and paste pgn from my clipboard and this is how it looks... [Event "Game 1"] [Site "?"] [Date "1909.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Marshall, Frank J."] [Black "Capablanca, Jose Raul"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D53q"] [EventDate "1909.??.??"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 Ne4 {I had played this defence twice before in the match with good results, and although I lost this game I still played it until the very last game, when I changed my tactics. The reason was my total lack of knowledge of the different variations in this opening, coupled with the fact that I knew that Dr. E. Lasker had been successful with it against Marshall himself in 1907. I thought that since Dr. Lasker had played it so often, it should be good. The object is to exchange a couple of pieces and at the same time to bring about a position full of possibilities and with promising chances of success once the end-game stage is reached. On general principles it should be wrong, because the same Knight is moved three times in the opening, although it involves the exchange of two pieces. In reality the difficulty in this variation, as well as in nearly all the variations of the Queen's gambit, lies in the slow development of Black's Queen Bishop. However, whether this variation can or cannot be safely played is a question still to be decided, and it is outside the scope of this book. I may add that at present my preference is for a different system of development, but it is not unlikely that I should some time come back to this variation.} 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. Bd3 (7. cxd5 {is preferable for reasons that we shall soon see.}) 7... Nxc3 8. bxc3 Nd7 ({Now dxc4 would be a better way to develop the game. The idea is that after} 8... dxc4 9. Bxc4 b6 10. -- {, followed by} Bb7 {, would give Black's Bishop a powerful range. For this variation see the eleventh game of the match.}) 9. Nf3 O-O ({No longer would} 9... dxc4 10. Bxc4 b6 {be good, because} 11. Bb5 {would prevent} Bb7 {on account of} 12. Ne5) 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Qb3 Nf6 12. a4 c5 {Played with the intention of obtaining the majority of Pawns on the Queen's side. Yet it is doubtful whether this move is good, since it leaves Black's Queen's-side Pawns disrupted in a way.} ({The safer course would have been to play} 12... c6) 13. Qa3 b6 {This exposes Black to further attack by a4,a5 without any compensation for it.} ({If I had to play this position nowadays I would simply play} 13... Re8 {. Then after} 14. Qxc5 ({If, instead, White played} 14. dxc5 {then} Bg4 {would give Black an excellent game.}) 14... Qxc5 {would follow, and I believe that Black would regain the Pawn.}) 14. a5 Bb7 15. O-O Qc7 16. Rfb1 Nd7 {Black's position was bad and perhaps lost in any case, but the text move makes matters worse. As a matter of fact I never saw White's reply Bf5. It never even passed through my mind that this was threatened.} ({Black's best move would have been} 16... Rfb8 {If that loses, then any other move would lose as well.}) 17. Bf5 Rfc8 {From bad to worse.} (17... Nf6 {offered the only hope.}) 18. Bxd7 Qxd7 19. a6 Bc6 20. dxc5 bxc5 21. Qxc5 Rab8 {The game was lost. One move was as good as another.} 22. Rxb8 Rxb8 23. Ne5 Qf5 24. f4 Rb6 25. Qxb6 {The text move is pretty and finishes quickly. A well-played game on Marshall's part.} ({Of course, if} 25. Nxc6 $2 Rb1+ {would have drawn.}) 1-0