[Event "San Sebastian"]
[Site "San Sebastian ESP"]
[Date "1911.02.23"]
[EventDate "1911.02.20"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Aron Nimzowitsch"]
[Black "Paul Saladin Leonhardt"]
[ECO "C49"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1. e4 {Notes by Nimzowitsch} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5
Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. d3 {White has now a solid
position, since the the enemy Queen file "bites on granite"
(the protected P at d3). This solidity, however, also finds
expression in the fact that White's e-Pawn can never be
troubled by an advance of Black's d-Pawn; in other words, the
center cannot be opened.} Bg4 {The pin.} 8. h3 Bh5 9. Bg5
{9.g4 would have been premature, because of 9...Nxg4 10.hxg4
Bxg4,; followed by ...f5.} Qd6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. g4 {The
"question" is here indicated, since the Biswhop will be driven
into a desert, which, because of the impossibility of ...d5,
can never be transformed into a "flowering garden". Observe
how the h-Pawn and the g-Pawns slowly develop into storm
troops.} Bg6 12. Kg2 Rad8 13. Qe2 Bxc3 {Else Kt-d1-e3-f5 would
have followed.} 14. bxc3 c5 15. Nd2 {White now intends to
bring his Kt to f5 via c4 and e3; on the other hand he
proposes to prevent the embarrasing move ...c4 for as long as
possible without the aid of c4, since this move would leave
the output position in the Queen file (at d4) unguarded.} Qe7
16. Nc4 b6 17. Ne3 f6 {In order at length to free the Bishop;
this move, however, invites g5 when an opportune moment
comes.} 18. Rg1 Qd7 19. Kh2 Kh8 20. Rg3 Qb5 21. Qe1 Qa4
22. Qc1 Rd7 23. h4 Bf7 24. c4 {Black has succeded in provoking
c4; in the meantime, however, White has got the King's wing
beautifully arranged to suit himself.} Be6 25. Qb2 a5 26. Rag1
Qc6 27. R1g2 {!! White quietly makes his last preparations for
a worthy reception of the enemy Queen at d4, for which point
she is striving. Observr how the first player has succeeded in
combining the defence of the center with his plans for a
King-side attack.} Qd6 28. Qc1 Qd4 {?} 29. Nd5 {! Traps the
Queen. This "trap" was everywhere applauded. That it was
subordinate to the strategic ends which I had set myself in
this game was taken into consideration by no one. The aim of
my strategy was, however, to prevent a breakthrough or any
manouvering in the center and to make possible the ultimate
advance g5 with the attack.} Rxd5 30. c3 Qxd3 31. exd5 {cxd5
was more precise.} Qxc4 32. dxe6 Qxe6 33. Qc2 c4 34. Qf5 Qxf5
35. gxf5 Rf7 36. Rg4 b5 37. a4 c6 38. Rg1 h5 39. Re4 Rd7
40. Ra1 Rd3 41. axb5 cxb5 42. Rxa5 Rxc3 43. Rxb5 Rf3 44. Kg2
Rxf5 45. Rxc4 Kh7 46. f4 Kg6 47. fxe5 fxe5 48. Rcc5 {The
student may see from the laborious and tedious defence which
White adopted (see moves 21, 22, 25, 28) that he fully
recognized the fact that the disposition of his King-side
Pawns (h3,g4) demanded a closed center.} 1-0