[Event "Hastings"] [Site "Hastings ENG"] [Date "1895.08.10"] [EventDate "1895.08.05"] [Round "5"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Siegbert Tarrasch"] [Black "Mikhail Chigorin"] [ECO "D00"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "72"] 1. d4 {Notes by H. N. Pillsbury} d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. Bd3 Nc6 {A favorite idea of the Russian master, who aims to secure an open game in this and similar variations of the queen's side openings by advancing e5 at the earliest possible moment.} 4. f4 {Nf3 would be met by 4...Bg4 and if 5 Be2 Bxf3 6 Bxf3 e5, etc.} Nb4 5. Nf3 {5 Be2 Bf5 6 Na3 e6 7 c3 Nc6 8 Nc2 Ne4 9 Nf3 Bd6, etc., was probably a better method of procedure in this position than the text continuation. Black's two bishops come strongly in evidence later on, and the open c-file White is not able to utilise.} Nxd3+ 6. cxd3 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. Nbd2 {Nc3 seems preferable.} O-O 9. Qc2 Bd7 10. Nb3 Ba4 11. Qc3 b6 12. Qe1 c5 13. Bd2 Bb5 14. Ne5 Nd7 15. Nc1 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Rc8 17. Rf2 f6 18. Bc3 d4 19. exd4 cxd4 20. exf6 Rxf6 21. Bb4 Bc5 22. Bxc5 bxc5 23. Qd2 Qd6 24. Ne2 Rcf8 25. Raf1 Qd5 26. Ng3 e5 {White has laboured under a disadvantage since the opening owing to the weak pawn at d3, but Black up to this point has been unable to make much out of it. With the text move he prepares a deep trap involving the sacrifice of the exchange, but obtains a winning superiority in pawn position.} 27. f5 {White could not afford this continuation. Better would be 27 Ne4 Rxf4 28 Rxf4 exf4 29 Rxf4 rxf4 30 Qxf4 (threatening the check at b8) with fully an equal game.} c4 28. Ne4 cxd3 29. Nxf6+ Rxf6 30. Rc1 h6 31. Rc8+ Kh7 32. Qb4 Bc6 33. Qb8 {Rf8 was better but would not save the game either.} Rxf5 34. Rh8+ Kg6 35. Rf8 Rg5 36. R8f3 d2 0-1