[Event "match"] [Site "?"] [Round "0"] [White "Mieses"] [Black "Teichmann"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A00"] [Opening "Mieses: 1...d5"] {37. TEICHMANN (1868-1925) Although Teichmann was generally admitted to be an outstandingly capable player he seldom achieved the great things that were expected of him. The explanation was certainly not a lack of talent or of theoretical knowledge, but almost entirely in a casual attitude towards chess competition. Teichman was lazy and all to ready to draw, but a mighty man if he ran into difficulties} 1. d3 d5 2. Nd2 e5 3. e4 c6 4. Qe2 Bd6 5. f4 { A poor choice psychologically. this was just the king of move to goadTeichmann out of his naturallaziness} 5... exf4 6. exd5+ Ne7 7. dxc6 { Otherwise, White will be a pawn down for nothing} 7... Nbxc6 8. Ne4 O-O 9. Qf2 Nd5 10. Bd2 (10. Be2) 10... Ne3 $1 { Showing the drawbacks of White's opening play} 11. Bxe3 fxe3 12. Qxe3 (12. Qf3 Nd4 13. Qd1 {would only appeal to Steinitz}) 12... Re8 13. O-O-O f5 14. Nf3 fxe4 15. dxe4 Qe7 16. Bc4+ Kh8 $1 (16... Be6 17. Bxe6+ Qxe6 18. Ng5 Qxa2 19. Rxd6 Qa1+ 20. Kd2 Qxh1 21. Qb3+ Kh8 22. Nf7+ Kg8 23. Nh6+ Kh8 24. Qg8+ Rxg8 25. Nf7#) 17. Ng5 Ne5 18. Bb3 Bg4 19. Rd5 h6 20. h4 Rf8 21. Nh3 { Now the rest is easy} 21... Be6 22. Rdd1 Bxb3 23. Qxb3 Rac8 24. g3 {One may ask why White is playing on. Perhaps Mieses had in mind the game Teichman-Burn, Osten 1905, in which Teichmann was virtually presented with the Exchange, yet lost in the end by dilatory play - assuming that game would win itself (he must have forgotten Tarrasch's dictum that there is nothing so hard to win as a won game)} 24... Nc4 25. Rhe1 Be5 26. Nf4 Rxf4 $1 {Direct and powerful} 27. gxf4 Bxf4+ 28. Kb1 Nd2+ 29. Rxd2 Bxd2 0-1