[Event "New York"] [Site "?"] [Round "0"] [White "Marshall"] [Black "Vidmar"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C49"] [Opening "Four Knights: 4.Bb5 Bb4"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 Bxc3 7. bxc3 d6 8. Bg5 Qe7 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. Rb1 h6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Qe2 Qe6 13. Nh4 {This offer the a-pawn is unsound, and as such could have been placed in the the previous chapter. Marshall's decision to offer the sacrifice was understandable, as Black was threatening at a2, but also to seize the initiative with ... Pf5} 13... Qf6 {This move is prompted by groundless fear. Black could take the a-pawn without any qualms Why did the normally cool and calculating Vidmar refuse teh pawn? Probably he had not yet played himself into form. This was his first roiund game, and he did not relish the idea of plunging straight into the fray by grabbing a pawn from so redoubtable an attacking player as Marshall. Be it as it may, the game was drawn forthwith by repetition of moves} (13... Qxa2 14. c4 {Otherwise the Queen returns to e6} 14... Qa5 15. f4 exf4 16. Rxf4 Qg5 17. Rbf1 a5 {White has no compensation for the pawn}) 14. Nf3 Qe6 15. Nh4 Qf6 16. Nf3 Qe6 1/2-1/2