Frank James Marshall vs Siegbert Tarrasch (1905)

Frank James Marshall vs Siegbert Tarrasch
Nurnberg 1905 · Tarrasch Defense: General (D32) · 1-0

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Dec-05-04		nimko: tttttttttt

Dec-14-04		dickweed: Black can't capture with 17 .. cxb4 since white's knight will then have access to d4 with unpleasent threats on black's queen

May-08-05		aw1988: ttttt...???

Sep-20-07		RookFile: An insecure king position in a queen and rook ending proved to be bad news against Marshall.

Mar-02-13		thomastonk: 17.b4 is interesting, but possibly not correct. After 17.. ac8?, Black's position is ruined within a few moves and Marshall scores his only victory in this match. But Black has at least two many reasonable alternatives. First, he can take the pawn by 17.. bxc4, because 18.d4 can be met by 18..c8!. Then 19.xc8 xf1+ 20.xf1 xc8 21.f5 f8! and White has to fight for a draw. Or 19.b3 e8 20.xf6 and Black has even a choice between 20.. xf6 without any problems and keeping the pawn with 20.. gxf6. Second, Black has also 17.. d4! with a lot of ideas: d3, dxe4 and xf3, of course.

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