Berthold Englisch vs Wilhelm Steinitz (1883)

Berthold Englisch vs Wilhelm Steinitz
London (1883) · Spanish Game: Fianchetto Defense (C60) · 0-1

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Nov-01-04		Gowe: Very nice played by Steinitz. If 15 Bxb2 16.Rb1 winning b7. But when Steinitz moved 15Rad8 threatening if 16.Rb1 Bf5! and if 16.Rd1 Bxb2 17.Rb1 Bc3 attacking the knight on d2 and 18.Nf3 b6 with black winning a pawn and with a better position. So c3 is the only posible move for white making a weak square at d3 and making uncomfortable white's bishop. Because if the bishop goes by the black squares the pawns have to go in white squares.

Nov-01-04		Gowe: with 25. f5 white's knight is totally out of the game. because it doesn't have a strong point of support and e4 would be a good one.

Feb-10-05		Honza Cervenka: Chessgames.com, this is an incorrect copy of Englisch vs Steinitz, 1863 (which has wrong year, 1883 is correct) with 14.Nf3 instead of 14.Nb3.

Nov-19-06		BlueMooner: My copy of 'Modern Chess Strategy' has Englisch playing 14 Nb3. And anyway wouldn't 14 Nf3 enable Black to play 14...Bxf3 forcing white to answer 15 gxf3 which then loses the pawn to 15...Qxf3. Whereas if White had played 14 Nf3 14...Bxf3 15 Qxd5 Bxd5 and White is a piece down. Either way 14 Nf3 is a mistake so I am fairly sure that both www.chessgames.com, Ludek Pachman plus my analysis...?! are indeed correct.

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