Thursday, July 4, 2013

Tarrasch vs. Alapin, 1889

Breslau International - Round 14

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'In the 1889 game between Siegbert Tarrasch and Semyon Alapin at Breslau, Alapin was expecting 5.d4, the normal move after 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 in Petrov's Defence. But by the time he looked at the position he had already touched his king's bishop, intending 5...Be7 in reply to the usual 5.d4, not noticing that White actually played 5.d3 (attacking the black knight). Now compelled to move the bishop, he would lose the knight, so resigned immediately.' ~ The Fireside Book of Chess by Irving Chernev & Fred Reinfeld (1949) Simon & Schuster

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