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.d3 d5 5.ýÿxe5 d6 6.0-0 0-0 7.c4! position beginning with g4.and work for the opening of the game.8.Ae63.d6In the following moves Dr.TarraschThe variation 3.4Jxe4 4:ýÿe2 would very instructively carries the restrictingvery plainly demonstrate the danger to maneuver initiated by 8.h3 to awhich the second player exposes successful close.himself in tryi ng to maintain thesymmetry of the game at all cost.9.c4 c6 10.g5!4.f3 xe4 5.d4 e7 Calling upon the f-pawn for help.As a rule, 5.d5 is played, whereupon 10.a6 11.c3White tries to undermine the positionof Black's kni ght on e4 with such Not a mere developing move; it ismoves as d3, c4 and ýÿc3, etc.The intended to free the b 1 -square as aessential problem of the Russi an haven for the attacking bishop in caseDefense is the question as to whether of 4Jb4 by Black.Black wi ll be able to maintain hi sadvanced outpost or whether he will 11.c7 12.f4 h6 13.f3!have to put up with retreat or exchange.From the study of the Steinitz gamesIn this game, however, Black does not we know that useless exchange is to beseem to be conce ed with the solution avoided when the opponent is in aof this problem but tries to sidetrack it restricted position.by simply ignoring the fight for e4altogether.This means greater freedom 13.c8 14:ýÿc2 bSof action for his opponent from theoutset.And in making the most of this Black attempts operations on thechance, Dr.Ta asch is as incomparably queensi de being condemned togreat as Anderssen in seizing the inactivity in the center and on theopportunity for a mating attack, or as kingside.Steintiz in espying a weak point in theopponent's position.t5.f5 Ad7 t6.Af4 b5 t7.b3 c518.d5 b4 19.e2 a5 20.g4 h76.Ad3 f6 7.o-o o-o s.h3 21.h4 (D)This move was formerly used almost The very same pawn moves by whichregularly by Dr.Tarrasch in games with White completes the narrowing downthe king's knight opening.It has for its process of Black's pieces are at thepurpose the restricting of the queen's same time preparatory to the decisivebi shop and the preparati on of the attack intended to open up the game to61 Masters of the Chessboard24.e8Covering d6, in order to be able tocontinue the attack against thequeenside with li.f6.25.f4 f6advantage.This is quite typical of thetreatment of an opponent's restrictedposition.We have had occasion to pointout in connection with the discussionof the Anderssen-Paulsen game thatsuch a pawn attack on the kingside isonly justified when a counter-thrust inthe center i s impossible.Thi s is 26.e6! axb3especially true for those cases where aplayer possesses a lasting advantage in Black dare not take thi s kni ght,the center.In the above mentioned inasmuch as a er 26.fxe6 27.fxe6 theAnderssen-Paulsen game, the knight on h7 can neither move nor beadvantage lay in the strong point d5, protected.It is thus a drastic examplewhile in our case the advantage lies in of how pieces in restricted positionsthe greater freedom of action due to the have a habit of standing in each other'scentral pawn formation.In such a case way.the attack on the kingside is not onlyjustified but really the only way by 27.a xb3 ýÿb6 28.xf8 xf8which the advantage may be tu ed to 29.g5!account.The final attack, which, in view of21.ýÿd8 22.g3 a4 23.hl aS Black's helpless position, brings about24.acl! an immediate decision.In order to avoid the exchange of rooks.29.hxg5 30.hxg5 xg5 3l.ýÿh2See our comment regarding move 1 3.g8 32.xg5 Axg5 33.f6 g634.Axg6 1-062 Siegbe Ta aschRegarding the Theory regard to whi ch Dr.Tarrasch hasof the Ruy Lopez distinguished himself, is to be found inthe logical attack against Black's epawn which is contained in the moves2 f3 and 3.ýÿb5, in order to induceBlack to play d6, thereby achievingsuperiority by means of d4, all ofwhichwe have seen in the Anderssen-Paulsengame.In the modern defense of the RuyLopez, Black therefore resists this idealformation (for White) as al ong aspossible.The so-called Berlin Defense,3.f6, is very instructive in thi sLet us recall how Steinitz managed therespect.Black is not protecting his eRuy Lopez or again the Phi lidorpawn, but in reality makes a counterDefense.He did not attempt to bringattack on White's e-pawn.As we haveabout an advantage in space in thementioned in connection with game 1 8center, his aim being the formation of(Steinitz-Chigorin) White, in order toa solid pawn center, e4-d3-c3, in ordermaintain his plan of arriving in dueto fortify himself against attacks in thecourse at d4, will have to abandon thecenter and thus be able to take thedefense of his e-pawn and castle on theoffensive on the flank.In contrast tofourth move.If Black then protects histhese tactics we have seen how The ine-pawn by means of 4.d6, Whitethe gameAnderssen-Paulsen, a er l.e4realizes his intention with 5.d4.In ordere5 2.f3 d6, successfully contendedto avoid restriction, Black thereforefor immediate superiority in the centermust play 4.xe4, though Whiteby means of 3.d4.obviously will regain his pawn and willbe at an advantage in the resulting openExperience has shown that this spacepositi on, thanks to hi s bettýÿrwinning move d4 is only then of realdevelopment.True, this advantage 1sadvantage in e-pawn openings whereonly minute and hardly decisive, andBlack has previously played d6, a ruleas it is in the nature of chess that thewhich is well to remember.The reasonsecond player must be at somefor this lies in the fact that otherwisedisadvantage, the above line of play,Black may attack the e-pawn with f6,which we shall discuss more fully inthereby taking the initiative and withoutthe fo llowi ng games, must befurther di fficulty arriving at theconsidered as pertaining to the enduringliberating move dS, which would notelements of the theory of openings.be possible at all or only with thegreatest difficulty by first playing d6(21) Tarrasch-Lasker,Em.on account of the loss of a tempo.TheGermany 1 908mode treatment of the Ruy Lopez inRuy Lopez [C67]63 Masters of the Chessboardl.e4 e5 2.f3 c6 3.Ab5 f64.0-0 xe4 5.d4!fWhite, a er winning back the pawn,mtends to maintain the advantage indevelopment, he must endeavor torecapture the pawn by means ofdeveloping and attacking moves andnot by simply moving his rook to e 1 inorder to take the pawn with his knight.5.Ae7 6.e2Tarrasch (Vienna 1 898), Pillsbury hasThis is better than 6.el, since it openshowever demonstrated the drawback ofthe d 1 -square for the rook.d5, which creates a weak point inBlack's position on c5, which weakness6.d6 7.Axc6 bxc6was immediately made use of byPillsbury by playing 14.a4.(14.e3It would have been more natural to takewould also have been a very goodthe bi shop with the d-pawn, and itmove.) In order to avoid this weakness 'would have been possible ifWhite hadLasker plays.not moved his queen to e2 on the 6thmove and had played 6.el instead.As13.c5 14.Ae3 d5 15.exd6 Axd6it is now it would be inadvisable for16.e4 Ab7Black to use the d-pawn for thi spurpose, as this would enable White toIf White now plays 17.xc5, Blackcontinue with dxe5 and dl.wins a piece through exchanges on c5and ýÿg5.8.dxe5 b7 9.c3 0-0 lO
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