[Event "London"] [Site "London, ENG"] [Date "1922.08.07"] [Round "6"] [White "Davide Marotti"] [Black "Savielly Tartakower"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A82"] [Opening "Dutch: Staunton Gambit, 3.Nc3 Nf6"] 1.d4 {Notes by Geza Maroczy} f5 2.e4 fxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 g6 5.Bxf6 {This continuationis not good for White. He should play for immediate attack by h4.} exf6 6.Nxe4 d5 7.Ng3 Nc6 8.Nf3 Bd6 9.Bb5 O-O 10.O-O f5 11.Ne2 f4 12.Kh1 Bg4 13.Neg1 Qf6 14.c3 g5 {Black has established a strong attack.} 15.Qb3 Be6 16.Rfe1 {But the command of the king's file gives White all sorts of good counter chances.} g4 17.Ng5 Qxg5 18.Rxe6 Qf5 19.Rae1 f3 20.Bf1 {! Of course not g3 as Bxg3 would win.} Kh8 21.g3 Qh5 {Now Bxg3 would not be good, as White would take with the h-pawn and interpose at h3, after which the White king would be safe behind the black pawn.} 22.Qc2 Nd8 23.R6e3 Nf7 24.h4 Nh6 25.Bd3 Bxg3 {It is not clear why Black changes his bishop for the knight; he thought probably that his attack would win quickly, but that was a serious mistake as the sequel shows.} 26.fxg3 f2 27.Rf1 fxg1=Q+ 28.Rxg1 Rf3 29.Re7 Nf5 30.Bxf5 Rxf5 31.Rxc7 Re8 32.Rxb7 Rf3 33.Qd2 Rfe3 34.Rg2 Qf5 35.Kh2 Qe4 36.Rf7 {White brings his rook back just in time.} Rf3 37.Rf2 Rxf7 38.Rxf7 Qg6 39.Qf2 Kg8 40.Rf6 Qd3 41.Qf1 Qxf1 {The only chance; he wins one pawn back and gets his rook amongst the white pawns.} 42.Rxf1 Re2+ 43.Kg1 Rxb2 44.Rf2 {Here Rf5 (or f4) would have yielded at least a draw if not more.} Rb1+ 45.Kg2 Rc1 46.Rb2 {Very feeble; he should still play Rf5.} Rxc3 47.Rb8+ Kf7 48.Rb7+ Kg6 49.Rxa7 Rc2+ 50.Kf1 Rd2 51.Ra4 Kf5 52.Ke1 Rg2 53.Ra7 h6 54.Re7 Rxg3 {It is now merely a question of time; the passed g-pawn must win the rook.} 55.Re5+ Kf4 56.Rxd5 Rf3 57.Rd6 Kg3 58.Rxh6 Kh2 59.Ke2 Ra3 60.Rg6 g3 61.h5 g2 62.h6 g1=Q 63.Rxg1 Kxg1 64.h7 Rh3 65.h8=Q Rxh8 66.Kd3 Kf2 67.d5 Kf3 68.Kc4 Ke4 69.a4 Rc8+ 70.Kb5 Kxd5 71.a5 Rb8+ 72.Ka6 Kc6 73.Ka7 Rb7+ 74.Ka8 Rb5 75.a6 Kb6 76.a7 Ra5 {#R} 0-1