Match of the week

Hello everyone,


This match date back to the 1880's and I found it to be very intriguing as White crushes the king-side of Black's defense and loses out of sheer aggression and a little luck by Black.  Match is courtesy of chessgames.com and it is very nicely annotated on http://gameknot.com/chess-opening/english-a10-anglo-dutch-defense?nd=83 by ast_archimedean

Siegbert Tarrasch v Bernhard Richter
Halle, 1883
A84 - Dutch Defense - Classical variation

1. c4 f5 2. d4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 b6 5. Bd3 Bb7 6. O-O Bd6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. e4 fxe4 9. Nxe4 Be7 10. Ne5 Nxd4 11. Nxf6 Bxf6 12. Qh5 g6 13. Bxg6 hxg6 14. Qxg6 Ke7 15. Ng4 Qf8 16. Nxf6 Qxf6 17. Bg5 Ne2 18. Kh1 Rxh2 19. Kxh2 Rh8 20. Bh6 Qh4

I hope you enjoyed this match.  I did as it proves lost positions aren't lost until the match ends.


Cheers,
James