[Event "Training Match"] [Site "Marseilles Chess Club, France"] [Date "1903.??.??"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "?"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Siegbert Tarrasch"] [Black "Semion Alapin"] [ECO "D31"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "122"] 1.d4 {Annotations by Semion Alapin} d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 {According to Alapin's annotations, this novelty avoids the move order of 3...Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3, and leads the game into unfamiliar territory.} 4.e4 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Nf6 6.Ng3 c5 7.Nf3 Nc6 8.Be3 cxd4 9.Nxd4 Bb4+ 10.Ke2 Nxd4+ {10...Qc7 is probably better} 11.Qxd4 Qxd4 12.Bxd4 Bd7 13.f3 Bc6 14.a3 Be7 15.b4 a6 16.Ke3 O-O 17.Bd3 Rfe8 {!} 18.Ne4 Nxe4 19.Bxe4 Bg5+ 20.f4 {? 20.Kf2 is equal} e5 {!} 21.Bxc6 Bxf4+ 22.Kf3 bxc6 23.Be3 Bxe3 24.Kxe3 f5 25.Rhf1 g6 26.g4 f4+ {!} 27.Ke4 Kf7 28.Rad1 Ke6 29.Rd3 Red8 30.Rfd1 Rxd3 31.Rxd3 Ra7 {! To counter the threat 32.c5 with ...Rd7.} 32.Rd8 Rf7 33.Re8+ Kd7 34.Ra8 Rf6 {!} 35.Ra7+ Kc8 36.Ra8+ Kc7 37.Ra7+ {If 33.Kxe5 f3! or 37.Kf3 e4+!.} Kb6 38.Rd7 f3 39.c5+ Kb5 40.Rd1 f2 41.Rf1 Ka4 42.Kxe5 Rf8 43.Kd6 Kxa3 44.Kxc6 Kxb4 45.Kd6 {! A master move! If 45.Kb6, Black wins easily, going with the king to e2} Kc3 46.c6 Kd3 47.Ke7 Rf4 {! 47...Ke2? 48.Rxf2+!.} 48.c7 Rc4 49.Rxf2 Rxc7+ 50.Kd6 Rc2 51.Rf3+ Ke4 52.Rh3 Kf4 53.Rxh7 Kxg4 54.h4 Rb2 {!} 55.Rh6 {55.Rg7? Kxh4! or 55.Kc6 Rf2 56.Kb6 Rf6+ 57.Ka5 Rf5+ 58.Kxa6 Rh5 and Black wins} Kf5 56.h5 g5 57.Ke7 Rb7+ 58.Kf8 Kg4 {!} 59.Ke8 a5 60.Kd8 a4 61.Kc8 Ra7 0-1