Aron Nimzowitsch vs Massimiliano Romi (1930)

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Aron Nimzowitsch vs Massimiliano Romi
San Remo (1930), San Remo ITA, rd 6, Jan-23
English Opening: King's English Variation. Reversed Sicilian (A21) · 1-0

White to move.

ANALYSIS [x]

1-0

rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1

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Jun-12-07		Ulhumbrus: 8...Na5 places the N on the edge of the board. 8...Ne7 is better. It keeps the White B out of d5. 14..Rf8 relinquishes the right to castle. 14...Be6 prepares to castle, but it also invites b6 as White can then attack the Na5 by Qa4. This suggests 14...b6 making...Be6 possible. 15..f4 starts an attack with the Rooks still disconnected. Perhaps the idea is that on 16 0-0 Black castles by hand by ..b6 followed by the manoeuvre ..Ke8-d8-c7. After 20 Kd2 White's Rooks are connected while Black's Rs are disconnected. After 24 Rg1 Both of White's R s are in play while Black's QR is out of play. Black's KR is placed passively, defending the f4 P and obstructing the 8th rank. 25 Rgh1 offers the f3 pawn in exchange for not just the the h3 pawn but also for occupation of the h file, and an attack arising out of this occupation. With 29 Rxh7 Nimzovich makes use of the h file to invade the 7th rank and to begin a mating attack.

Jun-12-07		nummerzwei: Nimzowitsch´s white square-strategy in this game is quite amazing. I would never find a move like 9.Bd5 over the board.

Jun-12-07		Ulhumbrus: <nummerzwei: Nimzowitsch´s white square-strategy in this game is quite amazing. I would never find a move like 9.Bd5 over the board.> The move 9 Bd5 prevents Black from castling.

Jun-12-07		Griffard: should be #

Jan-29-23		srkoziol: Agreed on 9.Bd5 - the engine calls it ?!, but nevertheless it is a very strong and insightful move.

Jan-29-23		whiteshark: You should look for alternatives for <17...gxh5>: click for larger view Black to move 1) +0.53 (37 ply) 17...Kd8 18.hxg6 hxg6 19.Kd2 fxg3 20.fxg3 b6 21.Kc2 Kc7 22.Qd2 Rf2 23.Rbf1 Rbf8 24.Rxf2 Rxf2 25.Rh7 Kc8 26.Qe1 Rf3 27.Qh1 Rf2 28.Qg1 Qf8 29.Rxg7 Rxe2+ 30.Nxe2 Qxg7 31.Qf2 g5 32.Nc3 Qh7 33.Bf7 Nb7 34.Nd5 Kb8 35.Ne3 Nd8 36.Bd5 Kc8 37.Qg1 Qg6 38.g4 Ne6 39.Bxe6 2) +0.54 (37 ply) 17...b6 18.hxg6 hxg6 19.Kd2 fxg3 20.fxg3 Kd8 21.Kc2 Kc7 22.Qd2 Rf2 23.Rbf1 Rbf8 24.Rxf2 Rxf2 25.Rh7 Kc8 26.Qe1 Rf3 27.Qh1 Rf2 28.Qg1 Qf8 29.Rxg7 Rxe2+ 30.Nxe2 Qxg7 31.Qf2 g5 32.Nc3 Qh7 33.Bf7 Nb7 34.Nd5 Kb8 35.Ne3 Nd8 36.Bd5 Kc8 37.Qg1 Ne6 38.Bxe6 Bxe6 39.Qf2 Qh8 40.Nd5 g4 41.Nc3 Qh6 3) +0.70 (36 ply) 17...g5 18.b6 a6 19.g4 Qd8 20.f3 Nc6 21.Kf2 Qc8 22.a4 Nd4 23.Nc1 Bh8 24.a5 Ke7 25.Nb3 h6 26.Rg1 Kf6 27.Ne2 Nc6 28.Bxc6 Bxc6 29.Nc3 Qe6 30.Nd5+ Kg7 31.Ke2 Qd7 32.Kd2 Kh7 33.Qe2 Bf6 34.Kc2 Qf7 35.Kb2 Bxd5 36.cxd5 6.0 minute analysis by Stockfish 11 v064

Jul-12-25		WTHarvey: White mates in 3. click for larger view 30. ?

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