[Event "Dresden"]

[Site "Dresden GER"]

[Date "1926.04.04"]
[EventDate "1926.04.04"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Max Bluemich"]
[Black "Aron Nimzowitsch"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 e5 4. e4 Be7 5. O-O d6 6. c3 Bg4

7. d3 Qd7 8. Re1 Nf6 9. Nbd2 Rd8 10. Qa4 O-O 11. Qc2 Qc7
12. Nc4 h6 13. Ne3 Bd7 14. Nh4 Rfe8 15. f4 Qb8 16. Nhf5 Bf8
17. Qf2 Bxf5 18. Nxf5 d5 19. Rf1 dxe4 20. dxe4 Qc8 21. Qf3 Qe6
22. fxe5 Nd7 23. Qg4 Ndxe5 24. Qe2 Qc4 25. Qxc4 Nxc4 26. b3
Nd6 27. Nxd6 Bxd6 28. Be3 b6 29. Rad1 Be5 30. Bd2 Rd3 31. Rf3
Rd6 32. Kf1 Red8 33. Ke2 c4 34. bxc4 Na5 35. Rff1 Nxc4 36. Bf4
Rxd1 37. Rxd1 Rxd1 38. Kxd1 Bxf4 0-1

[Event "Dresden"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "1926.04.05"]
[EventDate "1926.04.04"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Paul F Johner"]
[Black "Aron Nimzowitsch"]
[ECO "E47"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6

7. O-O Bxc3 8. bxc3 d6 9. Nd2 b6 10. Nb3 e5 11. f4 e4 12. Be2
Qd7 13. h3 Ne7 14. Qe1 h5 15. Bd2 Qf5 16. Kh2 Qh7 17. a4 Nf5
18. g3 a5 19. Rg1 Nh6 20. Bf1 Bd7 21. Bc1 Rac8 22. d5 Kh8
23. Nd2 Rg8 24. Bg2 g5 25. Nf1 Rg7 26. Ra2 Nf5 27. Bh1 Rcg8
28. Qd1 gxf4 29. exf4 Bc8 30. Qb3 Ba6 31. Re2 Nh4 32. Re3 Bc8
33. Qc2 Bxh3 34. Bxe4 Bf5 35. Bxf5 Nxf5 36. Re2 h4 37. Rgg2
hxg3+ 38. Kg1 Qh3 39. Ne3 Nh4 40. Kf1 Re8 0-1

[Event "Dresden"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "1926.04.06"]
[EventDate "1926.04.04"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Aron Nimzowitsch"]
[Black "Alexander Alekhine"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. d3 c5 3. c4 Nc6 4. Nc3 e6 5. f4 d5 6. e5 d4

7. Ne4 Nxe4 8. dxe4 g5 9. Nf3 gxf4 10. Bxf4 Qc7 11. Bd3 Bd7
12. O-O O-O-O 13. a3 Be8 14. Qe1 Rg8 15. Qh4 h6 16. Bg3 Qb6
17. Rf2 Qb3 18. Rd2 Na5 19. Rc1 Qb6 20. Rf1 Nb3 21. Re2 a5
22. Bf4 a4 23. h3 Na5 24. Bd2 Nc6 25. Qe1 Qb3 26. Qb1 Bg7
27. Bf4 Ne7 28. Bd2 Nc6 29. Bf4 Na5 30. Nd2 Qb6 31. Qc2 Qc7
32. Nf3 Kb8 33. Qc1 b5 34. cxb5 c4 35. Bd2 Rc8 36. Bxa5 Qxa5
37. Rc2 Bxb5 38. Bxc4 d3 39. Rc3 d2 40. Qc2 Bxc4 41. Rxc4 Rxc4
42. Qxc4 Rc8 43. Qe2 Qb6+ 44. Qf2 Qxf2+ 45. Kxf2 Rc2 46. Ke2
Rxb2 47. Nxd2 Bxe5 48. Rb1 Rxb1 49. Nxb1 Kc7 50. Nd2 Kc6
51. Kd3 Kc5 52. g4 Bf4 53. Nb1 Be5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dresden"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "1926.04.07"]
[EventDate "1926.04.04"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Savielly Tartakower"]
[Black "Aron Nimzowitsch"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "116"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 d5 3. Bb2 c5 4. e3 e6 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Bxd7+

Nbxd7 7. O-O Bd6 8. d3 Qc7 9. Nc3 a6 10. e4 O-O 11. Re1 d4
12. Ne2 Rad8 13. Bc1 h6 14. g3 Kh7 15. Bf4 e5 16. Bd2 b5
17. c4 Ng8 18. Nh4 Ne7 19. g4 g6 20. Ng3 Ng8 21. Ng2 f6 22. h4
Nb8 23. Kh2 Nc6 24. Rh1 Nce7 25. h5 g5 26. Qf3 Rb8 27. cxb5
axb5 28. Rhc1 Ra8 29. Rc2 Qd7 30. Qd1 Rfc8 31. f3 Ra3 32. Bc1
Ra7 33. Ne1 Nc6 34. Bd2 Rca8 35. Nf5 Nge7 36. Nxd6 Qxd6
37. Rac1 Nb4 38. Bxb4 cxb4 39. Qd2 Kg7 40. Kg1 Kf7 41. Rc5
Rxa2 42. Qxb4 Rb8 43. Ng2 Rb7 44. Qe1 Rb2 45. Qa5 Rxb3 46. Qa8
Rd7 47. Rc6 Rd8 48. Qa7 Qa3 49. Qb6 Nxc6 50. Rxc6 Qe7 51. Rc7
Rd7 52. Rc8 Kg7 53. Qb8 Qf7 54. f4 Rb1+ 55. Kh2 gxf4 56. Rc2
Ra7 57. Nh4 Ra2 58. Qc8 Rc1 0-1

[Event "Dresden"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "1926.04.09"]
[EventDate "1926.04.04"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Aron Nimzowitsch"]
[Black "Akiba Rubinstein"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. c4 { Notes by Raymond Keene. Awarded the prize for the

best-played game.} c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4
Nb4 6. Bc4 e6 7. O-O N8c6 8. d3 Nd4 9. Nxd4 cxd4 10. Ne2 a6
11. Ng3 Bd6 12. f4 O-O 13. Qf3 Kh8 14. Bd2 f5 15. Rae1 Nc6
16. Re2 Qc7 17. exf5 exf5 18. Nh1 {!! A wonderful idea. White
has in mind the manoeuvre Nh1-f2-h3-g5, in conjunction with
Qh5, as a method of assaulting the position of Black's
king. When I first read My System I was so impressed by this
game that I deliberately created situations in my next few
games where the move Ng3-h1 was possible, in the belief that
this mystical retreat would somehow result in a miraculous
increase of energy in my position, irrespective of whatever
else may have been happening on the board at the time.}
18...Bd7 19. Nf2 Rae8 20. Rfe1 Rxe2 21. Rxe2 Nd8 22. Nh3 Bc6
23. Qh5 g6 24. Qh4 Kg7 25. Qf2 {Another brilliant idea. The
threat to the d-pawn forces Black to withdraw either his queen
or his king's bishop from the defence of his kingside. }
25...Bc5 26. b4 Bb6 27. Qh4 {Back again and with redoubled
strength. } 27...Re8 {Or 27...Rf6 28 Ng5 h6 29 Nh7 +- }
28. Re5 {!} Nf7 {If 28...Rxe5 29 fxe5 Qxe5 30 Qh6+ or 28...h6
29 g4 hxg4 30 f5 Qxe5 31 f6+ Qxf6 32 Qxh6 mate. These
beautiful variations are just an indication of what
Nimzowitsch saw. } 29. Bxf7 Qxf7 30. Ng5 Qg8 31. Rxe8 Bxe8
32. Qe1 {! A decisive change of front. } 32...Bc6 33. Qe7+ Kh8
34. b5 {!! Who would expect the death-blow to come from this
quarter? If Black plays 34..axb5 he is mated as follows: 35
Ne6 h5 36 Qf6+ Kh7 37 Ng5+ Kh6 38 Bb4! In view of this,
Rubinstein elects to surrender a piece but that too is
obviously without hope.} 34...Qg7 35. Qxg7+ Kxg7 36. bxc6
36...bxc6 37. Nf3 c5 38. Ne5 Bc7 39. Nc4 Kf7 40. g3 Bd8
41. Ba5 Be7 42. Bc7 Ke6 43. Nb6 h6 44. h4 g5 45. h5 g4 46. Be5
1-0

[Event "Dresden"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "1926.04.10"]
[EventDate "1926.04.04"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Lajos Steiner"]
[Black "Aron Nimzowitsch"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1. e4 {Notes by Nimzowitsch} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 {A move

of this type requires courage - and faith in the inner meaning
of the blockade. The move gives up a tempo (non-development of
a piece) and crates a hole on d5, all this to prevent White's
d4, and so to obstruct his opponent.} 4. Bc4 d6 5. h3 Be6
6. d3 Be7 7. O-O h6 {Black is taking his time. His opponent is
short of effective moves.} 8. Nd5 {With the object of
emphasizing the strenght of d5; but as soon becomes clear,
this can be achieved only with the help of sacrifices in
material or position.} Nf6 {Mow d5 is under fire.} 9. Nh4
{White seeks to maintain it by combinative means.} Nxd5 {Bad
would be 9...Nxe4 10 dxe4 Bxh4 because of 11 f4.} 10. exd5
Bxd5 11. Nf5 {The sacrificial operation mentioned in the note
to move 8. White wins back his pawn but remains with doubled
pawns; the sacrifice therefore turns out to be positional. He
had the option of sacrifice in material by 11 Bxd5 Bxh4 12 f4
with attacking chances. All things being equal, either
sacrifice should suffice to secure a draw.} Bxc4 12. dxc4 g6
{If 12...O-O 13 Qg4 Bg5 14 h4, etc.} 13. Nxh6 Qd7 14. Qd5 Nd8
15. Be3 {If 15 Ng4 f5 16 Ne3 Ne6 followed by ...O-O-O and the
position would be summed up as follows : Black has
opportunities in the h-file, whilst any attack attempted by
White would break down against Black's compact
pawn-formation.} f5 16. Ng8 Bh4 17. g3 Qe6 18. Rad1 {The
losing move 18 gxh4 Rxg8 (not 18...Qxd5 because of Nf6+) 19
Bg5 should be enough for a draw, e.g. : 19...Qxd5 20 cxd5 Rh8
21 f4 e4 22 Rae1 followed by Re3.} Rxg8 19. gxh4 f4 {Now the
bishop cannot get to g5.} 20. Bxf4 {Or 20 Bc1 Qxd5 21 Rxd5 Nf7
with ...O-O-O and ...Rh8 and an easy win for Black.} Qxd5
21. Rxd5 exf4 22. Rxd6 Ke7 23. Rfd1 b6 24. Rd7+ Kf6 {One gets
the impression that the line of play ...c5 in connection with
...e5 which weakens d5 still is sound, for white could
maintain himself at d5 with difficulty and should, at the
most, have attained a draw.} 0-1

[Event "Dresden"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "1926.04.11"]
[EventDate "1926.04.04"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Aron Nimzowitsch"]
[Black "Fred Dewhirst Yates"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "129"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e4 Bc5 5. Nxe5 O-O 6. Nf3

Re8 7. d3 d5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Be2 Nf6 10. O-O Bg4 11. Na4 Bd6
12. Be3 Qe7 13. Nd2 Qe5 14. f4 Bxe2 15. Qxe2 Qb5 16. b3 Nb4
17. Nc4 Bf8 18. Nc3 Qd7 19. Ne5 Qe6 20. d4 Nd7 21. a3 Nxe5
22. fxe5 Na6 23. b4 c6 24. Qf3 Rad8 25. Ne2 Nc7 26. Nf4 Qd7
27. Rf2 Nb5 28. Ne2 Qc7 29. a4 Nxd4 30. Nxd4 Bxb4 31. Nf5 Qxe5
32. Bd4 Rxd4 33. Nxd4 Bc5 34. Rd1 Rd8 35. Kf1 h6 36. Qf5 Qxf5
37. Rxf5 Bxd4 38. Ke2 Kf8 39. a5 Ke7 40. Rd3 b5 41. axb6 axb6
42. Rdf3 f6 43. Rg3 Kf7 44. Ra3 Rd7 45. Ra8 b5 46. h4 b4
47. Rb8 g6 48. Ra5 Be5 49. Rb6 Ke7 50. Ra8 c5 51. Rh8 Bd6
52. Rxh6 Ke6 53. Kd3 Ke5 54. Ke3 Rc7 55. h5 c4 56. Rb5+ Bc5+
57. Ke2 g5 58. Rh8 Kxe4 59. h6 f5 60. Rxc5 Rxc5 61. Re8+ Kd4
62. h7 c3 63. h8=Q+ Kc4 64. Qg8+ Kb5 65. Rb8+ 1-0

[Event "Dresden"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "1926.04.12"]
[EventDate "1926.04.04"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Walther von Holzhausen"]
[Black "Aron Nimzowitsch"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 d5 5. Bb5 dxe4 6. Nxc6

Qxd1+ 7. Kxd1 a6 8. Nd4+ axb5 9. Nxb5 Bg4+ 10. Ke1 Rd8
11. N1c3 e5 12. h3 Bh5 13. g4 Bg6 14. Nc7+ Kd7 15. N7d5 Kc6
16. Ne3 Bb4 17. Bd2 Ne7 18. h4 h5 19. g5 Nf5 20. Nxf5 Bxf5
21. Rg1 Rd4 22. a3 Rhd8 23. axb4 Rxd2 24. Rd1 Rxd1+ 25. Nxd1
Bg4 26. Ne3 Bf3 27. c4 b5 28. b3 Rd3 29. Rg3 g6 30. Rg1 Kb7
31. cxb5 Kb6 32. Rg3 Kxb5 33. Rh3 Kxb4 34. Kf1 Rxb3 35. Kg1
Rb2 36. Nd5+ Kc4 37. Ne3+ Kd3 38. Ng2 Rb1+ 39. Kh2 Ke2 40. Kg3
Rg1 41. Rh2 Kf1 42. Kh3 Bxg2+ 0-1

[Event "Dresden"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "1926.04.14"]
[EventDate "1926.04.04"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Aron Nimzowitsch"]
[Black "Friedrich Saemisch"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. c4 {Notes by Nimzowitsch In this game Black does not

succeed in getting the adverse double complex to advance
(White stays "put") and therefore the symptons of the malady
are not clearly distinguishable. there is compensation,
however, in the observation of atypical secondary sympton, the
helplessness of the White pieces. These pieces would, in the
ordinary way, be quite ready to attack, but the enthusiasm for
an attack is damped by the consciousness that the cO-Operation
of the "pawn-party" cannot altogether be depended upon. As the
incriminated body of pawns is unreliable also in a defensive
sense, (for there always is a danger of its being rolled up by
...c6 and ...d5) the undecided attitude of the pieces (10 Qc2
11 Qd2) is sufficiently explained. And so the hidden weakness
of the pawns is projected to a plane where it is clearly
noticeable by the learner, and the study of the game is made
highly valuable.} e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e4 Bb4 5. d3 d6
6. g3 Bg4 7. Be2 {This is not as inconsistent as it may
appear, for g3 was primarily intended to cover a knight move
to h4 and on the other hand Bg2 would permit ...Nd4.} h6
8. Be3 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Qd7 10. Qc2 {White realizes that the
mobility of his center pawns is small as d4 and still more so
d5, would paralyse him on account of the weakness of
c5. Therefore he seeks to adapt the movement of his pieces to
his modest circumstances in space. In this sense he could also
have played 10 Nd2 (to effect a strategic retreat with f3)
e.g., 10 Nd2 Bxe2 11 Qxe2 Ng4 12 f3 Nxe3 13 Qxe3 O-O 14 O-O
with an approximately even position. But 10 Qd2 must be looked
upon as a misuse of the modest space available, for that
square should remain open and the queen, in any event, would
be better placed at c2 with an eye on a4 and the eventual
threat of ...d5 in view. After 10 Qd2 we recommend 10...Na5 11
Qc2 O-O followed by ...Rfe8, ...c6, and ...d5, and Black has
the better position.} O-O {Here too we should prefer ...Na5
(d4? ...Nxc4)} 11. Qd2 {Now in order as Black's castled
positionis in jeopardy.} Nh7 {In order to play ...f5, but this
proves impractical, and the only result is a decentralised
knight on h7.}12. h3 {Nh4 would also have been sufficient.}
Bxh3 {This loses a piece. black had only reckoned with 13 Bxh6
which by the way would also have been strong, e.g., 13 Bxh6
Bg2 14 Rh2 Bxf3 15 Bxf3 gxh6 16 Qxh6 f6 17 Bg4.} 13. Ng1 Bg4
14. f3 Be6 15. d4 {Black cannot save the piece.} exd4 16. cxd4
d5 17. cxd5 Bxd5 18. exd5 Qxd5 19. Rd1 Rfe8 20. Kf2 Nf6 {The
decentralised knight returns in sackcloth and ashes.} 21. Rh4
Ne7 22. Bd3 Nf5 23. Bxf5 Qxf5 24. Kg2 Re7 25. Bf2 Rae8 26. Rf4
Qg6 27. d5 Re5 {If 27...Rd7 28 Qa5.} 28. Rd4 Rd8 29. Qa5 Nh5
30. Qxc7 Rde8 31. d6 1-0