Elementor #17947

[lpgnv] [Event "26: World Championship Match, Havana"] [Site "?"] [Date "1892.??.??"] [Round "23"] [White "Chigorin, M.."] [Black "Steinitz, W.."] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "Garry Kasparov"] [ECO "C34"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "64"] [GameId "2237683206111362"] [EventDate "1892.??.??"] [SourceTitle "My Great Predecessors 1"] [Source "Everyman Chess"] [SourceDate "2013.04.05"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2013.04.05"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e5 Nh5 5. Be2 g6 6. d4 Bg7 7. O-O d6 8. Nc3 O-O 9. Ne1 dxe5 10. Bxh5 gxh5 11. dxe5 Qxd1 12. Nxd1 Nc6 13. Bxf4 Bf5 14. Ne3 Be4 15. Nf3 Rfe8 16. Ng5 Bg6 17. Nd5 Bxe5 18. Nxc7 Bxc7 19. Bxc7 Rac8 20. Bg3 Nd4 21. c3 Ne2+ 22. Kf2 h4 $2 ({The unpretentious} 22... Nxg3 {keeps an edge:} 23. Kxg3 ({if} 23. hxg3 Re5 24. Nf3 {there is the manoeuvre} Rb5 $1 {and the pawn cannot be held – after} 25. b3 Rxc3 {White has a difficult position}) 23... Re2 24. Rf2 h4+ 25. Kf3 Bh5+ 26. g4 Bxg4+ 27. Kg2 Rce8 {etc.}) 23. Bd6 Nd4 $2 {A very strange decision!} ({Black suddenly gives up a piece, instead of playing} 23... Rcd8 24. Rfd1 (24. Rad1 Nc1 $1) 24... Bh5 {, e.g.} 25. Nf3 (25. Rd2 Nf4 $1) 25... h3 26. gxh3 (26. g3 Ng1 $1) 26... f5 27. Rd2 f4 {with counterplay.}) (23... Rc6 $5 {.}) 24. cxd4 Rc2+ 25. Kg1 Ree2 26. Rae1 $1 {This is what Steinitz overlooked!} Rxg2+ 27. Kh1 Kg7 28. Re8 ({'} 28. Re7 Rgf2 ({overlooking the simple} 28... Rxg5 $1) 29. Rxf2 Rxf2 30. Rxb7 h6 31. Kg1 {would have won more surely for White,' writes Chigorin}) ({Also inaccurate is} 28. Be5+ $6 Kf8 29. d5 Rxg5 30. d6 Bf5 31. Bf6 {'winning' (Steinitz), in view of} Rgg2 ({or even} 31... Bd7 $1 32. Bxg5 Bc6+ 33. Rf3 Bxf3+ 34. Kg1 Bc6 35. Bh6+ Kg8 36. Re5 Rg2+ 37. Kf1 Rg6 {with a guaranteed draw}) 32. Rxf5 Rxh2+ 33. Kg1 Rcg2+ 34. Kf1 h3 {.}) 28... f5 ({If} 28... Rxg5 $4 29. Bf8+ Kg8 30. Bh6# {.}) 29. Ne6+ $6 {Time-trouble!} (29. Re7+ {would have won more easily, for example:} Kh6 (29... Kf6 $4 30. Ne4#) ({or} 29... Kg8 30. Ne6 f4 31. Nxf4 Rxh2+ 32. Kg1 h3 (32... Rxb2 33. Be5 $1 Bf7 34. Rd7 {also wins for White}) 33. Rfe1 $1 ({but not} 33. Be5 $2 Rh1+ $1 34. Kxh1 Be4+) 33... Rxb2 34. Rd7 Bf7 35. Be5 $1 Bxa2 36. Bf6 {, weaving a mating net}) 30. Bf4 $5 ({the computer makes this move instead of more normal} 30. Ne6 Rxb2 31. Bf4+ Kh5 32. h3 {with the threat of Ng7 mate}) 30... Kh5 31. Nxh7 Bxh7 32. Rxh7+ Kg6 33. Rxb7 Rxb2 34. Rxa7 Rxa2 35. Rxa2 Rxa2 36. d5 {and wins.}) 29... Kf6 30. Re7 Rge2 $1 ({More tenacious than} 30... Rxb2 31. Nc5 Rxh2+ 32. Bxh2 Kxe7 33. d5 {.}) 31. d5 Rcd2 {And here Chigorin did not bother to seal his move, although the arbiter had already prepared the envelope (the time control, I should remind you, was 30 moves in two hours, after which the game was adjourned).} 32. Bb4 $4 {(truly the 'blunder of the century!)} Rxh2+ ({In view of} 32... Rxh2+ 33. Kg1 Rdg2# {White resigned.}) 0-1 [/lpgnv]