BATSFORD CHESS IRVING CHERNEVFirst published by Faber & Faber First algebraic edition published in the United Kingdom in 1998 by Batsford 151 Freston Road London W10 6TH An imprint of Anova Books Company Ltd Copyright © Batsford Text copyright © Irving Chernev The moral right of the author has been asserted. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the copyright owner. ISBN-13: 9780713484649 ISBN-10: 0 7134 8464 0 A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 Printed and bound by Creative Print and Design (Wales), Ebbw Vale This book can be ordered direct from the publisher at the website: www.anovabooks.com, of try your local bookshop Distributed in the United States and Canada by Sterling Publishing Co., 387 Park Avenue South, New York, NY 10016, USA.Contents Introduction Chess Notation and Symbols The Kingside Attack 1 von Scheve-Teichmann, Berlin 1907 2 Liubarski-Soultanbéieff, Litge 1928 3 Colle-Delvaux, Gand-Terneuzen 1929 4 Blackburne-Blanchard, London 1891 5 Ruger-Gebhard, Dresden 1915 6 Zeissl-Walthoffen, Vienna 1899 7 Spielmann-Wahle, Vienna 1926 8 Przepiorka-Prokes, Budapest 1929 9 Znosko-Borovsky — Mackenzie, Weston-super-Mare 1924 10 Tarrasch-Eckart, Nuremberg 1889 ll Flohr-Pitschak, Bilin 1930 12. Pitschak-Flohr, Liebwerda 1934 13 Dobias-Podgorny, Prague 1952 14 Tarrasch-Mieses, Berlin 1916 15 Alekhine-Poindle, Vienna 1936 16 Tarrasch-Kurschner, Nuremberg 1889 The Queen’s Pawn Opening 17 Pillsbury-Mason, Hastings 1895 18 Noteboom-Doesburgh, Netherlands 1931 19 Griinfeld-Schenkein, Vienna 1915 20 Rubinstein-Salwe, Lodz 1908 va Chernev-Hahlbohm, New York 1942 22 Pillsbury-Marco, Paris 1900 23 Van Vliet ~ Znosko-Borovsky, Ostend 1907 The Chess Master Explains his Ideas 24 Capablanca-Mattison, Karlsbad 1929 25 Janowsky-Alapin, Barmen 1905 26 O.Bernstein-Mieses, Coburg 1904 27 Chekhover-Rudakovsky, Moscow 1945 28 Tarrasch-Mieses, Gothenburg 1920 29 Marshall-Tarrasch, Nuremberg 1905