Eugene Aleksandrovich Znosko-Borovsky vs Charles Gilbert Marriott Watson
London (1922)  ·  Spanish Game: Closed Variations. Chigorin Defense (C97)  ·  1-0

[Event "London"] [Site "London, ENG"] [Date "1922.08.18"] [EventDate "1922.07.31"] [Round "15"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Znosko-Borovsky"] [Black "C Watson"] [ECO "C97"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "95"] 1.e4 {Notes by Geza Maroczy} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 Na5 9.Bc2 c5 10.d4 Qc7 {All is so far played after famous patterns.} 11.h3 O-O 12.Nbd2 Bd7 13.Nf1 Rac8 14.Bd3 Nc6 15.Be3 c4 {There was no reason for advancing this pawn, Black should not solve the center, he should consolidate himself with Rfe8 and eventually Bf8.} 16.Bc2 Rfe8 17.Ng3 Bf8 {Kh8 was here worth considering.} 18.Bg5 Ne7 {Of two evils, Be7 is the lesser. Now his game goes quickly downhill.} 19.Bxf6 gxf6 20.Nh5 Bg7 21.Nh4 Kf8 22.Qf3 Ng8 {The black king bishop plays a very sad role.} 23.Nf5 Bh8 24.Rad1 Rb8 25.Nhg3 b4 26.Qh5 h6 27.Nxh6 Nxh6 28.Qxh6+ Ke7 29.dxe5 dxe5 30.Rxd7+ {White simplifies the position as in the endgame his material superiority tells.} Kxd7 31.Ba4+ Rb5 32.Rd1+ Kc8 33.Bxb5 axb5 34.Nf5 Rd8 35.Rd5 bxc3 36.bxc3 b4 37.cxb4 c3 38.Qc1 Rxd5 39.exd5 Kd7 40.Qc2 Qc4 41.Qa4+ Kd8 42.Nd6 Qxd5 43.Qe8+ Kc7 44.Nb5+ Kb7 45.Nxc3 Qc4 46.Qd7+ Ka6 47.Nd5 f5 48.a4 1-0

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Annotations by Geza Maroczy.      [67 more games annotated by Maroczy]

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Mar-14-07    Whitehat1963: Puzzle after 29...dxe5, absolutely beautiful execution the rest of the way and another puzzle after 37...c3. Dec-15-07    Sibahi: ِAh .. this one was easy to look for, except that i forgot about Znosko-Borovsky. Dec-16-08    TheaN: I think they needed at least A3 paper for the score sheet o.O... reached this through the Holiday Hunt of last year BTW.

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