Amos Burn vs Friedrich Jakob (1900)

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Amos Burn vs Friedrich Jakob
12th DSB Congress, Munich (1900), Munich GER, rd 6, Jul-30
Spanish Game: Open Variations (C80) · 1-0

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Oct-06-18		KEG: Burn finished off the hapless Jacob quickly, obtaining a won game by move 10 and then winning a piece after Jacob's blunder on move 15. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 The "normal" position in the Open Ruy Lopez: click for larger view The usual and almost certainly best move here is 8. dxc5. But Burn--perhaps hoping to shake up his less experienced opponent with an off-beat line--played: 8. a4?! Lasker played this move in four of his five match games with Schlechter in 1910. All four of these games were drawn and this nearly cost Lasker his title. It had been played by Showalter against Mason and by Maroczy against Marco at Paris 1900 (see my discussion of those games on this site). The move in fact was reportedly first played by Tchigorin against Rosenthal at London 1883. The best response, 8...Nxd4 which yields a small edge to Black, was played by Schlechter in Games 2 and 8 in the 1910 match (he played the less effective 8...Rb8 in Games 4 and 6 but was nonetheless still able to draw. Jacob's move, though playable, was less effective; 8... b4 9. a5! Burn took immediate advantage. The position was now: click for larger view 9... Be7? This passive move got Jacob in trouble. He should have played 9...exd4. 10. dxe5 Nc5 Another bad move by Jacob which loses a pawn for nothing. 10...d4 was far better. White probably still wins a pawn,but Black has counterchances. Jacob's position after the text was probably beyond repair. 11. Bxd5 Bb7 12. c4 dxc3 e.p. Jacob errs again, allowing Burn's b1 Knight to enter the game with powerful effect. 12...0-0 was best. 13. Nxc3 This left: click for larger view 13... 0-0 He had to try 13...Nb4 here. 14. Be3 One of Burn's few second-best moves in this game. 14. Qe2 was stronger. 14... Qc8 Jacob continued to flounder. 14...Nb4 or 14...Rb8 were both much better. 15. BxN Burn's other poor move in this contest. The simple 15. BxN was correct. The position was now: click for larger view As I will discuss in my next post on this game, Jacob here blundered away a piece, ending any slim chances he may have had to recover from his poor opening play.

Oct-07-18		KEG: Post II Jacob had played poorly through the point of the last diagrammed position in my last post (among other things he was down a pawn). He lost any even fighting chance he may still have had with his next move: 15... Re8? 15...Ne6 or 15...Ng4 would have given him a highly difficult but possibly holdable game. But the text left the position as follows: click for larger view To give this position as a problem (White to move and win) would be too easy, especially since there is more than one solution. 16. Qc4! Even stronger than 16. BxN (which also wins). Apparently Jacob missed this simple fork (both th c5 Knight and 17. Bxf7+ are threatened). Black is lost. 16... Qf5 16...Nxe5 and 16...Ne6 were slightly better, but Black loses at least a piece however he plays. 17. BxN(c5) 17. b4 and 17. Rfd1 also win. 17... BxB 18. QxB 18. Rae1 also wins. 18... Nxe5 19. NxN RxN This left: click for larger view If Jacob thought this pin of the White Bishop would save him, he was soon disillusioned: 20. Rad1 h6 Another weak move, but by now it hardly mattered. 21. f4 1-0 The final position was: click for larger view Jacob's resignation was appropriate, if not overdue.

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