[Event "Hastings"] [Site "Hastings, England"] [Date "1895.08.27"] [Round "17"] [White "William Henry Krause Pollock"] [Black "Jacques Mieses"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C68"] [Opening "Spanish: Exchange, 4...dxc6"] 1.e4 {Notes by C. von Bardeleben} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.O-O {Better is 5 d3 or d4.} Bg4 6.h3 h5 7.d3 Bc5 {I prefer ...Qf6, if White then plays 8 hxg4 Black answers with hxg4 9 Ng5 Qh6 10 Nh3 Qh4 11 Kh2 gxh3 12 g3 Qh7 being a pawn ahead; or 9 Bg5 Qg6 10 Nxe5 (if 10 Nh2(?) then Qh5(!)) Qxg5 11 f4 gxf3 12 Nxf3 Qg6 having the better position.} 8.hxg4 hxg4 9.Ng5 g3 10.Qf3 gxf2+ 11.Rxf2 Nf6 12.Nc3 Qe7 13.Nh3 Bxf2+ 14.Kxf2 {This brings the King into a bad position. Better would be 14 Nxf2 Nh5 15 Be3 Qh4 16 Ne2.} Nh5 15.Bg5 f6 16.Be3 g5 {!} 17.Rf1 O-O-O 18.Ke1 Nf4 19.Nf2 Kb8 20.g3 {A weak move, which drives the hostile Knight to a very good square. White should have played 20 Kd2 in order to bring his King to c1.} Ne6 21.Ng4 Qb4 22.Qxf6 Nd4 23.Nxe5 {If 23 Kd2, Rhf8.} Nxc2+ 24.Kd2 Nxe3 25.Kxe3 Qd4+ 26.Kd2 Rhe8 27.Nxc6+ {Better would be 27 Rf5.} bxc6 28.Qxd4 Rxd4 29.Ke3 c5 30.Ne2 Rd7 31.Rf5 Red8 32.Nc1 c4 {! Very well calculated.} 33.dxc4 Rd1 34.Nb3 Re1+ 35.Kf3 Rd3+ 36.Kf2 Rb1 37.Rxg5 Rxb2+ 38.Ke1 Rxa2 39.Nc1 Re3+ 40.Kd1 Rg2 41.Ra5 Rexg3 42.Rxa6 Rh3 43.Ne2 Rh1+ 44.Kd2 Rhh2 45.Kd3 Rxe2 46.Kd4 Kb7 47.Re6 Rd2+ 48.Kc5 Rd6 49.Rxd6 cxd6+ 50.Kxd6 Rd2+ 51.Kc5 Kc7 52.e5 Rd1 53.e6 Rd2 54.Kb5 Re2 {#R} 0-1