Frederick D Yates vs Aron Nimzowitsch (1929)

Frederick D Yates vs Aron Nimzowitsch
Karlsbad 1929 · Sicilian Defense: Nimzowitsch. Advance Variation (B29) · 1-0

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Jul-24-04		meloncio: In spite of this defeat, Nimzo got lastly the first prize of this magnificent tournament, maybe the greatest success of all his chess life. A Yates's good game. I like 20.Be4; it stops the Black's attack and starts a winner counter-attack.

Dec-04-04		Backward Development: Nimzo was shown the great strength of, not doubled, but tripled pawns. Nimzo maneuvers, but the center is overwhelming.

Sep-02-05		chessworm: The endgame advantage for Yates despite his pawns, the well positioned bishop which can counter every possible black attack.

Jan-23-06		Timothy Glenn Forney: I see 20.e4! as great move which leads to drawing chances for white.20...a6? leads to a bad position by the positional master.Best would be the simple exchange 20...fxe4 21.xg4 .

Dec-24-08		WhiteRook48: How did Nimzo lose that one? He doesn't lose a lot of games. "Nimzowitsch blundered! He blundered! What a blunder! He lost! Oh, everyone should see this!" I wonder how Nimzo would respond to that.

Jan-06-09		WhiteRook48: serious pun potential..."Nimzowitsch loses? Yates!" :) P.S. since when have tripled pawns on the c-file (seemingly a disadvantage) win??

Jan-16-09		WhiteRook48: tripled pawns only win if you are Yates.

Feb-01-09		WhiteRook48: nice king moves at the end too

Jul-14-09		Ulhumbrus: The move 18...Ng4 concedes the e4 square to White's KB, because if the Black f5 pawn has to defend the N on g4 against the Q on e2, it is not free then to take a B on e4. According to Tartakower the move 20 Be4! introduces a complete change into the position. Because of this resource, instead of 17...Nxe5, 17...Qxe5 may be better eg 18 Bxc5 Qxe2 19 Rxe2 bxc5 20 Nb3 Rde8 21 Nxc5 Nd8

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