[Event "Vilnius All-Russian Masters"]
[Site "Vilna (Vilnius) RUE"]
[Date "1912.08.23"]
[EventDate "1912.08.19"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Aron Nimzowitsch"]
[Black "Ossip Bernstein"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1.e4 {Notes by Ray Keene.} e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.Nf3 cxd4
5.Qxd4 Nc6 6.Qf4 Qc7 7.Nc3 a6 8.Bd3 Nge7 9.O-O Ng6 10.Bxg6
hxg6 11.Ne2 Be7 12.Ned4 Nxd4 13.Qxd4 Qxc2 14.Be3 Qc4 15.Qxc4
dxc4 16.Bb6 Bd7 17.Rfc1 Rc8 18.Nd2 Bg5 19.Ne4 Bxc1 20.Nd6+ Kf8
21.Nxc8 Bg5 22.f4 Bxc8 23.fxg5 Bd7 24.Rd1 Ke7 25.Bc5+ Ke8
26.Rd4 Bc6 27.Rxc4 Bd5 28.Rb4 Kd7 29.Rf4 Kc6 30.Bd6 Rd8 31.b3
Rd7 {White's winning chances reside in: (1) the unfortunate
position of the black king -- note that the white king does
not intervene at all until a late stage of the ending -- and
(2) White's dark-square grip, especially the possibility of
Bf8 attacking Black's g7-pawn. Once Black loses his g7-pawn
White will have little difficulty in creating a passed
h-pawn.} 32.h4 a5 33.g4 b5 {In the interests of exchanging the
queenside pawns.} 34.h5 gxh5 35.gxh5 a4 36.bxa4 Bxa2 37.a5 Ra7
38.Bf8 Bb1 39.Rf1 Bd3 40.Rd1 Bf5 41.Bb4 Ra8 42.Rd6+ Kc7 43.a6
Rh8 {White was threatening 44 Ba5+ Kb8 45 Rd8+ Ka7 46 Bb6+, a
variation which highlights how important it is to have threats
against the enemy king if one is seeking to win an opposite
bishop plus rook position.} 44.Bc5 Bg4 45.h6 gxh6 46.gxh6 Kb8
47.Kf2 {Hitherto White has dominated the entire black army
with his rook and bishop but now his king also enters the
battle with decisive effect. } Bf5 {So powerful are the dark
squares that Black's bishop hardly seems to count at all. }
48.Kf3 b4 49.Be3 Ka8 50.Rb6 Rf8 51.Rxb4 f6 52.Bc5 {!} Rc8 {Or
52...Rf7 53 Rb7!+-. } 53.exf6 Rxc5 54.f7 Rc8 55.Rb7 Bd3 56.Re7
Bb5 57.Kf4 Rh8 58.h7 Ba4 59.Ke5 {The king penetrates via the
dark squares.} Bb5 60.Kf6 e5 61.Kg7 1-0