[Event "London it"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "1922.07.31"]
[EventDate "1922.07.31"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Black "Marotti, Davide"]
[ECO "D06"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1. d4 {Notes by Geza Maroczy} d5 2. c4 Nf6 {This move is not
to be recommended, White is master of the center with his
pawns and the Black K Kt is driven away from the K side.}
3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. e4 Nb6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Be3 Bg7 8. Be2
O-O 9. Qd2 Bxf3 10. gxf3 e5 11. d5 Qe7 12. h4 h5 13. O-O-O
N8d7 14. Kb1 a6 {White threatened Nb5 followed by Nxc7 and
d6.} 15. Rc1 Rac8 16. Nd1 Bf6 17. Bh6 Rfe8 18. Ne3 Kh8
19. Rhg1 Rg8 {Black defends himself with great determination,
and as a matter of fact the game is not going to be decided on
the K side.} 20. Bf1 {!} Nf8 21. Bh3 Rd8 22. Bxf8 {Decisive;
Black cannot take with either Rook because of Nf5 would
follow, so he relinquishes the c-pawn.} Qxf8 23. Rxc7 Bxh4
24. Rxb7 Rd6 25. Rc1 Bd8 26. Rc6 Rg7 27. Qb4 1-0

[Event "London it"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "1922.07.31"]
[EventDate "1922.07.31"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Bogoljubow, Efim"]
[Black "Atkins, Henry"]
[ECO "E67"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1.d4 {Notes by Geza Maroczy} Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 Nbd7 4.Nf3 e5
5.g3 g6 6.Bg2 Bg7 7.O-O O-O 8.Qc2 {In this opening Black gets
a difficult and cramped game.} Re8 9.Rd1 {This and the
previous moves are White's best continuation, and give him the
advantage.} exd4 10.Nxd4 Qe7 11.Bg5 h6 12.Nd5 Qd8 13.Bf4 a6
{This weakens the d-pawn irretrievably; Nh5 might have been
played.} 14.Rac1 c6 15.Nc3 Bf8 16.Nf3 Nc5 17.Nd4 Ne6 {A
blunder which loses a pawn; but Black's game is bad in any
case.} 18.Nxe6 Bxe6 19.Bxd6 Bxd6 20.c5 Qa5 21.cxd6 Rad8 22.Rd4
Qe5 23.Rcd1 c5 24.Rh4 Rxd6 25.Rxd6 Qxd6 26.Bxb7 Rb8 27.Bf3 Kg7
28.Rf4 Qe5 29.Qd2 g5 {This weakens the King's
position. Black's game is, however, hopeless.}30.Ra4 Rb6 31.h4
Rb4 32.hxg5 hxg5 33.Rxa6 g4 34.Bg2 c4 35.Ra8 Nd7 {White
threatened Qd8.} 36.Rd8 Qf6 {Here Black might have resigned.}
37.Rxd7 Bxd7 38.Qxd7 Rxb2 39.Qxg4+ Kf8 40.Qxc4 Rc2 41.Qc8+ Kg7
42.Qg4+ Kf8 43.Nd5 1-0

[Event "London it"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "1922.07.31"]
[EventDate "1922.07.31"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Euwe, Machgielis"]
[Black "Capablanca, Jose Raul"]
[ECO "C66"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O d6 5. d4 Bd7 6. Nc3 exd4
7. Nxd4 Be7 8. Re1 O-O 9. Bf1 Re8 10. f3 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Be6
12. Qf2 c6 13. Bd2 Qb6 14. Na4 Qxf2+ 15. Kxf2 d5 16. e5 Nd7
17. g3 Bf5 18. Rac1 b5 19. Nc3 Bc5+ 20. Kg2 Nxe5 21. g4 Bg6
22. Kg3 h5 23. Bf4 f6 24. Bxe5 fxe5 25. Bd3 Bf7 26. g5 g6
27. Re2 Bd6 28. Kg2 Kg7 29. Rce1 Re7 30. Nd1 Rf8 31. Nf2 Be8
32. b3 Ref7 33. c4 Rxf3 34. cxd5 cxd5 35. Bb1 Bc6 36. Rd1 R3f4
37. Be4 Bc5 38. Nd3 dxe4 0-1

[Event "London it"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "1922.07.31"]
[EventDate "1922.07.31"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maroczy, Geza"]
[Black "Vidmar, Milan sr"]
[ECO "C42"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1.e4 {Notes by Geza Maroczy} e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4
5.d3 {An ancient continuation, which ought to lead to no more
than a draw.} Nf6 6.d4 d5 7.Bd3 Bd6 8.O-O O-O 9.Bg5 Bg4 10.c3
c6 11.Nbd2 Nbd7 12.Qc2 Qc7 13.Rfe1 Rfe8 14.Bh4 Bh5 {Both
players are content to fight for a draw, and the result is an
even position.} 15.Bg3 Bg6 16.Bxg6 hxg6 17.Rxe8+ Rxe8 18.Re1
Rxe1+ 19.Nxe1 Bxg3 20.hxg3 Qb6 21.Nd3 Ne4 {Forcing White to
exchange Knights; this is the simplest way to finish the
game.} 22.Nxe4 dxe4 23.Nc5 Nxc5 24.dxc5 Qxc5 25.Qxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "London it"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "1922.07.31"]
[EventDate "1922.07.31"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[Black "Reti, Richard"]
[ECO "E67"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d6 3.c4 Nbd7 4.Nc3 e5 5.g3 g6 6.Bg2 Bg7 7.O-O
O-O 8.e4 b6 9.h3 Bb7 10.d5 Nh5 11.Ne1 Qe8 12.Bf3 Nhf6 13.Be3
Kh8 14.Nd3 Nc5 15.Bg2 Nh5 16.Bf3 Nf6 17.b4 Nxd3 18.Qxd3 Ng8
19.c5 f5 20.c6 Bc8 21.Kh2 Qe7 22.Bg2 f4 23.Bd2 Qf6 24.Nb5 Ba6
25.a4 Rf7 26.a5 Raf8 27.axb6 Bxb5 28.Qxb5 axb6 29.Ra3 fxg3
30.fxg3 Qxf1 31.Bxf1 Rxf1 32.Be3 Bh6 33.g4 Bxe3 34.Rxe3 g5
35.Qa6 Ne7 36.Re2 Ng6 37.Qb7 R1f7 38.Ra2 Kg7 39.Ra7 Rf2+
1/2-1/2

[Event "London it"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "1922.07.31"]
[EventDate "1922.07.31"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Tartakower, Ksawery"]
[Black "Morrison, John"]
[ECO "C50"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.Bc4 Bc5 5.d3 d6 6.Be3 Bb6 7.Qd2
Be6 8.Bb3 d5 9.Bxb6 axb6 10.exd5 Nxd5 11.O-O Nxc3 12.Qxc3 Nd4
13.Nxd4 exd4 14.Qe1 Qf6 15.Bxe6 fxe6 16.Qb4 O-O-O 17.a4 Rd5
18.a5 bxa5 19.Rxa5 Rxa5 20.Qxa5 Kd7 21.Qb5+ Kd6 22.Qxb7 Rf8
23.f3 Qe5 24.Qb4+ Qc5 25.Qxc5+ Kxc5 26.Ra1 Rb8 27.Ra2 Rb5
28.Kf2 Kd6 29.b3 Rc5 30.h4 Kc6 31.f4 Kd5 32.Kf3 e5 33.b4 Rc3
34.Ra5+ Kd6 35.fxe5+ Ke6 36.Rc5 Rxc5 37.bxc5 Kxe5 38.g4 c6
39.Kg3 g6 40.g5 Ke6 41.Kg4 Ke5 42.h5 Ke6 43.hxg6 hxg6 44.Kf4
Kd5 45.Kf3 Ke5 46.Kg4 Ke6 47.Kf4 Kd5 48.Kf3 Ke5 49.Kg4 Ke6
50.Kf4 Kd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "London it"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "1922.07.31"]
[EventDate "1922.07.31"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Yates, Fred Dewhirst"]
[Black "Watson, Charles"]
[ECO "B27"]
[PlyCount "165"]

1.e4 {Notes by Geza Maroczy} c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Bg7
5.Nc3 d6 6.Be2 Nf6 7.O-O O-O 8.Be3 Bd7 9.f4 Nc6 10.Bf3 Ne8
11.Qd2 f5 {This advance is not good, as it leaves the king
pawn weak on the open file.} 12.exf5 gxf5 13.Rad1 Nf6 14.h3
Kh8 15.Qf2 a6 16.Rfe1 Nxd4 17.Bxd4 Bc6 18.Qe3 Re8 19.Nd5 Qa5
20.Bb6 {This does not lead to anything except that Black is
soon enabled to push his king pawn thus getting a good game.}
Nxd5 21.Bxd5 Qb5 22.Bb3 Be4 23.Bd4 e5 24.Bc3 Rad8 25.Qg3 Bf6
26.fxe5 dxe5 27.Rxd8 Rxd8 28.Kh2 Qe8 29.Re2 Qe7 30.Rd2 Re8
31.Qf2 h6 32.Qe2 Bg5 33.Rd1 Bf4+ 34.Kg1 Qg5 35.Kf1 Be3 36.Be1
f4 37.Qg4 Bf5 38.Qxg5 hxg5 39.Bc3 Kg7 40.Rd6 Be4 41.Rd7+ Kf6
42.Ba5 b6 {?} 43.Rd6+ {Why not Bxb6 followed by Rd6+?} Ke7
44.Bb4 a5 45.Ba3 Bc5 46.Bxc5 bxc5 47.Ra6 Bf5 48.Rxa5 Rc8
49.Ra7+ Kf6 50.Ra6+ Ke7 51.Bc4 e4 52.Be2 Rd8 53.Ke1 e3 54.Rc6
Rd5 55.Bf3 Re5 56.c4 Kd7 57.Rb6 Be4 58.a4 Bxf3 59.gxf3 Kc7
60.Rg6 e2 61.a5 Kb7 62.Rb6+ Ka7 63.Rb5 Re3 {Now follows an
interesting endgame which is most critical for both players,
and results ultimately in a well-deserved draw.} 64.Rxc5 Rxf3
65.Kxe2 Rxh3 66.b4 g4 67.Rg5 Re3+ 68.Kd2 g3 69.Rg4 Rb3 70.b5
g2 71.Rg7+ Kb8 72.Rg8+ Kc7 73.Rg7+ Kd6 74.a6 Rg3 75.Rxg3 fxg3
76.a7 g1=Q 77.a8=Q Qd4+ 78.Ke2 Qf2+ 79.Kd3 g2 80.Qd8+ {White
draws by perpetual check, but he must be careful not to let
the Black king come near his pawn over f4.} Ke5+ 81.Qb8+ Ke6
82.Qe8+ Kd6 83.Qd8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "London it"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "1922.07.31"]
[EventDate "1922.07.31"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Znosko-Borovsky, Eugene"]
[Black "Wahltuch, Victor"]
[ECO "C83"]
[PlyCount "105"]

1.e4 {Notes by Geza Maroczy} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6
5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.dxe5 Be6 9.c3 Be7 10.Nbd2 O-O
11.Qe2 Nc5 {Here Bf5 may be played, as White cannot reply Bc2
on account of Nxc3!}12.Bc2 d4 13.cxd4 Nxd4 14.Nxd4 Qxd4 {In
this position Black appears to have equalised the game.}
15.Re1 Rad8 16.Nf3 Qg4 {On this side the quen is liable to get
into difficulties. Why not simply Qc4 which forces the
exchange of queens, with a very good game? But the text-move
seems to have been the preparation for the following gross
blunder.} 17.b3 Bd5 {? An oversight, or at best a faulty
combination. By the line of play adopted in the following
moves, Black obtains a sort of attack.} 18.Bxh7+ Kh8 19.Bc2 f6
20.h3 Qh5 21.exf6 Bxf6 22.Ne5 {The only move to save the
game.} Qxe2 23.Rxe2 Be4 {Intereting play, but it is of no
avail.} 24.Bb2 Rde8 25.Bxe4 Bxe5 26.Bxe5 Rxe5 27.Rae1 Nxe4
28.Rxe4 Rxe4 29.Rxe4 Rd8 30.Re2 Rd1+ 31.Kh2 Rc1 {The rook
ending has to be very carefully played by White, as there are
many chances of a draw in the position.} 32.Kg3 c5 33.Re8+ Kh7
34.Ra8 c4 {Now of course the game is lost, as all the Q side
pawns will be exchanged and White will eventually have two
united passed pawns on the K side.} 35.bxc4 bxc4 36.Rxa6 c3
37.Rc6 Ra1 38.Rxc3 Rxa2 39.f4 Rb2 40.Kf3 Ra2 41.g3 Rb2 42.Kg4
Rb6 43.f5 Kh6 44.Rc4 Ra6 45.Re4 Kh7 46.Re7 Rb6 47.Kg5 Ra6
48.g4 Rb6 49.h4 Ra6 50.h5 Rf6 51.Re6 Rf8 52.h6 Rg8 53.Re7 1-0

[Event "London it"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "1922.08.01"]
[EventDate "1922.07.31"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Watson, Charles"]
[Black "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[ECO "A46"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1. d4 {Notes by Geza Maroczy} Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 b6 4. Nbd2
Bb7 5. Be2 {Alekhine thinks that Bd3 is better.} Be7 6. O-O
O-O 7. b3 c5 8. Bb2 Nc6 9. Ne5 Qc7 10. f4 {This costs a pawn;
Watson played against Rubinstein Bf3.} Nd5 11. Rf3 cxd4
12. exd4 f6 13. Nd3 Ncb4 14. Nxb4 Bxb4 {Much better than Nxb4
whereby White could obtain a strong attack for instance 15 Rh3
Qxf4 16 a3 Nd5 17 Bd3 g6 18 c4 Ne3 19 Qe2 Nf5 20 Rf1, etc.}
15. c4 Nxf4 16. Rf2 e5 {!} 17. a3 Bd6 18. Bf1 e4 {The passed
pawn decides the game. There is no further hope for White.}
19. g3 e3 20. gxf4 exf2+ 21. Kxf2 Bxf4 22. Nf3 Bxh2 23. d5
Qg3+ 24. Ke2 Rae8+ 25. Kd2 Qf2+ 26. Kc1 Bf4+ 27. Kb1 Re3 0-1

[Event "London it"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "1922.08.01"]
[EventDate "1922.07.31"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Marotti, Davide"]
[Black "Bogoljubow, Efim"]
[ECO "C68"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1.e4 {Notes by Geza Maroczy} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6
5.Nc3 f6 6.d4 exd4 7.Qxd4 Qxd4 8.Nxd4 Bd7 9.Nb3 {White treats
the opening badly, the knight had temporarily a better place
on d4; Be3 followed by O-O was worth consideration.} O-O-O
10.Be3 b6 11.O-O-O {Castling on the queen-side is faulty,
White has got the majority on the king-side and in order to
utilise it the king ought to remain there. After the move in
the text Black gets the advantage.} Ne7 12.a3 Ng6 13.f3 h5
14.h4 Bd6 15.Ne2 c5 16.Nd2 Be6 17.f4 {A gross oversight. White
loses his most useful pawn, and with this the game is
decided.} Bg4 18.Nf3 Rhe8 19.f5 Rxe4 20.fxg6+ Rxe3 21.Nc3 Bf5
22.Nd5 Re2 23.Rd2 Rxd2 24.Nxd2 Bxg6 25.Re1 Bf7 26.Ne7+ Kb7
27.Nf5 Bf4 28.Re2 g6 29.Ng7 Bh6 0-1

[Event "London it"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "1922.08.01"]
[EventDate "1922.07.31"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Euwe, Machgielis"]
[Black "Tartakower, Ksawery"]
[ECO "B28"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Qc7
7. Be2 Nf6 8. Be3 Bb4 9. f3 O-O 10. O-O Bxc3 11. bxc3 d5
12. cxd5 exd5 13. Bg5 Qe5 14. f4 Qxe4 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Bd3
Qe3+ 17. Kh1 Nxd4 18. cxd4 f5 19. Rf3 Qxd4 20. g4 Qf6 21. Rh3
fxg4 22. Rxh7 Bf5 23. Rh5 Bxd3 24. Qxd3 Qxa1+ 25. Kg2 Qb2+
26. Kg3 Rfe8 27. Qh7+ Kf8 28. Qh6+ Qg7 29. Qd6+ Re7 30. Rg5
Qc3+ 31. Kxg4 Qc6 32. Qa3 Qe6+ 33. f5 Qe2+ 34. Kh4 Qxh2+
35. Kg4 Qe2+ 36. Kh4 f6 0-1

[Event "London it"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "1922.08.01"]
[EventDate "1922.07.31"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Atkins, Henry"]
[Black "Maroczy, Geza"]
[ECO "D32"]
[PlyCount "118"]

1.d4 {Notes by Geza Maroczy} Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.e3 d5 4.c4 c5
5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Be2 Bd6 7.O-O O-O 8.dxc5 Bxc5 9.b3 {Usually 9 cxd5
exd5 is played here followed by a3 or b3.} dxc4 10.Bxc4 Qe7
11.Bb2 Rd8 {Premature; better was a6 and after that b5 and
Bb7.} 12.Qc2 Nb4 {Who says A must say B too, by Black's
playing, otherwise White could develop his forces very well
with Rad1.} 13.Qb1 a6 14.a3 {14 Ne4 seemed very strong here,
but Black had the following very energetic answer : 14...Nxe4
15 Qxe4 b5 16 Qg4 f5! 17 Qxf5 bxc4, etc.} Nbd5 15.b4 Nxc3
16.Bxc3 Bd6 17.Qb2 b5 18.Be2 Bb7 19.Rfd1 Rac8 20.Rac1 Ne8
21.Bd4 f6 22.Rxc8 {Preferable was Bb6 because Black would be
obliged to change.} Rxc8 23.Rc1 e5 24.Rxc8 Bxc8 25.Bc3 Nc7
{There are now interesting complications to come, and the game
turns out very dangerous for White. Black's position is
somewhat better, for he is master of a4 and c4.} 26.Ne1 Nd5
27.Bd2 Nb6 28.e4 Be6 29.Nc2 Qb7 30.f3 Na4 31.Qc1 Bb8 32.Ne3
Ba7 33.Bd1 Nb6 34.Kf1 Qd7 35.Be2 Na4 36.Bd1 Qd3+ 37.Be2 Qd7
{Black had too little time to consider the consequences of
Qd4! with which move he could have obtained a winning
position, for instance 38 Qc6! Kf7 39 Qxa6 Nc3! 40 Bxb5 Nxb5
41 Qxb5 Qxd2 42 Qb7+ Qd2; or 38 Ke1 Kf7 39 Qc6 Nb2 40 Qxa6 Bc4
41 Bxc4 bxc4 42 Qc6 Nd3+ 43 Kd1 Nf2+ 44 Ke1 c3!, etc.} 38.Bd1
Nb6 39.Be2 Nc8 40.Ke1 Ne7 41.Qb2 Bd4 42.Qc1 Qa7 43.Bd3 h5
44.Ke2 Kf7 45.Bb1 Qb6 46.Qc2 Qc6 47.Ba2 Qxc2 48.Bxe6+ Kxe6
49.Nxc2 Bb2 50.Kd3 Nc8 51.Bc3 Bc1 52.Bd2 Bxd2 53.Kxd2 Nb6
54.Ne3 g6 55.Kc3 h4 56.Kd3 Kd6 57.g4 hxg3 58.hxg3 Ke6 59.Kc3
Kd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "London it"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "1922.08.01"]
[EventDate "1922.07.31"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Morrison, John"]
[Black "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[ECO "D32"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.e3 c5 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bd3 a6 7.O-O
dxc4 8.Bxc4 b5 9.Bd3 cxd4 10.exd4 Nb4 11.Be2 Nbd5 12.Ne5 Bb7
13.Bg5 Be7 14.Rc1 O-O 15.Bf3 Rc8 16.Re1 h6 17.Bxf6 Bxf6
18.Nxd5 Bxd5 19.Rxc8 Qxc8 20.Bxd5 exd5 21.Qd2 Qf5 22.g4 Qe6
23.h3 Rc8 24.Kg2 Rc7 25.Nd3 Qc8 26.Nc5 Bxd4 27.Nxa6 Rc4 28.Nb4
Bxf2 29.Qxf2 Rxb4 30.Re7 f6 31.Qe2 Kf8 32.b3 Rd4 33.Re3 b4
34.Qb5 Kf7 35.Re2 Kg6 36.Qe8+ Qxe8 37.Rxe8 Kg5 38.Re2 Kh4
39.Re7 g5 40.Rh7 Rd2+ 41.Kf3 Rd3+ 42.Kg2 Rg3+ 43.Kf2 Rxh3
44.Rxh6+ Kxg4 45.Rxf6 Rh2+ 46.Ke3 Rxa2 47.Rb6 Kh3 48.Rxb4 g4
49.Rd4 g3 50.Rxd5 g2 51.Kf3 Kh2 52.Rh5+ Kg1 53.Ke3 Rb2 54.Rb5
Kf1 0-1

[Event "London it"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "1922.08.01"]
[EventDate "1922.07.31"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Reti, Richard"]
[Black "Yates, Fred Dewhirst"]
[ECO "D63"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1.d4 {Notes by Geza Maroczy} d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7
5.e3 O-O 6.Nf3 {Very energetic is Marshall's attack 6 Bxf6
Bxf6 7 cxd5 exd5 8 Bd3 Be6 9 Nf3 c5 10 h4 h6 11 Ng5, etc.}
Nbd7 7.Rc1 b6 {This defence occurs very seldom, White
exchanges the pawns in the center afterwards attacking the
Black center pawns with success.} 8.cxd5 exd5 9.Bb5 {The
best.} Bb7 10.O-O a6 11.Ba4 b5 {Drives the bishop to a better
place, but Black's game is already very difficult.} 12.Bb3 Rc8
13.Ne5 c5 14.Nxd7 Qxd7 15.dxc5 Rxc5 16.Qd4 Rfc8 17.e4 {An
oversight which costs a pawn, Rcd1 should have been played.}
Qg4 18.Be3 dxe4 19.Rcd1 h6 20.h3 Qg6 21.Ne2 a5 22.Nf4 Qf5
23.g4 Nxg4 {A very interested and far-sighted combination, it
is a pity that later Black does not find the right
continuation.} 24.hxg4 Qxg4+ 25.Ng2 Qf3 26.Qd7 Rh5 {The right
continuation was ...R4c7 27 Qxb5 Rc6 28 Qe5! Rg6 29 Qh2 Rc5 30
Bxc5 e3 31 Bd5 Bxd5 32 Rxd5 e2 33 Re1 Qxd5 34 Bxe7 Qd1 35 Qb8+
Kh7 36 Kh2! Rxg2+ 37 Kxg2 Qxe1 followed by 38...Qf1+ 39 Kf3
e1=N+ and Black wins. The move made loses.} 27.Qxe7 Rc6
28.Bxf7+ Kh7 29.Qe8 Rc8 30.Bg6# 1-0

[Event "London it"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "1922.08.01"]
[EventDate "1922.07.31"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vidmar, Milan sr"]
[Black "Znosko-Borovsky, Eugene"]
[ECO "D34"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1.d4 {Notes by Geza Maroczy} d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 {This defence
does not today enjoy a high reputation, but this game shows
that there are many things left to be examined.} 4.cxd5 exd5
5.Nf3 Nc6 6.g3 Be6 7.Bg2 Be7 8.O-O Nf6 9.Bg5 {Reti's
continuation seems to be better : 9 dxc5 Bxc5 10 Na4 Be7 11
Be3, etc.} O-O 10.dxc5 Bxc5 11.Rc1 Be7 12.Nd4 Rc8 13.Nxe6 fxe6
14.Bh3 Qd6 15.Bf4 Qd7 16.e4 d4 17.Qb3 Nd8 18.Rcd1 {Rubinstein
played Ne2 in San Sebastian against Capablanca; the move in
the text is more vigorous for the Black queen pawn is weak and
scarcely to be defended. On the other hand Black has some
chances for an attack.} Rc6 {The move with the rook was the
deciding mistake, much better was : 18...Bc5 19 Be5 Re8 and
then 20...Nc6 or f7.} 19.Qa4 {Vidmar very energetically
profits by the weakness of the rook move.} Bc5 20.Be5 d3
21.Qb5 Nxe4 {Elegant, but not correct, the pawn is untenable.}
22.Rxd3 {22 Nxe4 would be bad on account of Qd5; 23 Nxc5 Rxc5
24 Qxd3 Qe5, etc.} Nd6 23.Bxd6 Bxd6 24.Bg2 Rc7 25.Qxd7 Rxd7
26.Ne4 {White compels his adversary to exchange and thereby
arrives at an end-game which must be won. The ending is played
very simply but vigorously.} Nf7 27.Rfd1 Rfd8 28.Bh3 Kf8
29.Bxe6 Re7 30.Bxf7 Rxe4 31.Rxd6 Rxd6 32.Rxd6 Kxf7 33.Rd7+ Kf6
34.Rxb7 a5 35.Kf1 Ra4 36.a3 Rc4 37.Ke2 Rc5 38.h4 h5 39.Kd3 g5
40.Rb6+ Kf5 41.hxg5 Kxg5 42.a4 Rd5+ 43.Ke3 Kg4 44.Rb5 Rd8
45.Rxa5 Re8+ 46.Kd3 1-0

[Event "London it"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "1922.08.01"]
[EventDate "1922.07.31"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Wahltuch, Victor"]
[Black "Capablanca, Jose Raul"]
[ECO "A46"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.d4 {Notes by Geza Maroczy} Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bg5 c5 4.Bxf6
{This exchange is not to be recommended, but Wahltuch is not
fond of the well-known paths and treats the openings in a very
original manner.} Qxf6 5.e4 cxd4 6.Qxd4 Nc6 7.Qxf6 gxf6 8.c3
b6 9.Nbd2 Bb7 10.Bd3 Rc8 11.Nc4 {The knight is not well placed
on c4; O-O was to be considered, the strength of the Black
bishops makes itself gradually felt.} Rg8 12.g3 Nd8 13.Ke2 h6
14.Rhe1 {This is a mistake; it is interesting to notice how
Capablanca was waiting for this blunder; White's position
after Ne3 would not be so bad.} Bxe4 15.Bxe4 Rxc4 16.Kd3 Rc7
17.Nd4 a6 18.f4 Bc5 19.Nc2 d5 {The finishing touch, White is
without hope of saving the game.} 20.Bf3 f5 21.a3 Be7 22.Nb4
a5 23.Nc2 Nb7 24.Nd4 Nc5+ 25.Kc2 Ne4 {The knight rules the
situation.} 26.Rad1 Bf6 27.Nb5 Rc5 28.a4 Ke7 29.Bxe4 fxe4
30.Re3 h5 31.h3 Bh8 32.Kb3 f5 33.Nd4 Bxd4 34.Rxd4 h4 {The
champion of the world terminates the game with a few powerful
moves; the manner in which he rolls up the pawns and gets two
united passed pawns is very instructive.} 35.gxh4 e5 36.fxe5
f4 37.Re1 Ke6 38.c4 Kxe5 39.Rxd5+ Rxd5 40.cxd5 f3 0-1

[Event "London it"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "1922.08.03"]
[EventDate "1922.07.31"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Znosko-Borovsky, Eugene"]
[Black "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[ECO "C46"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1. e4 {Notes by Geza Maroczy} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nd5
Be7 5. d4 {Very well played; White's game is now somewhat more
free.} d6 6. Bb5 exd4 {The change is enforced, Black is
obliged to give up the center, which proves that the whole
scheme of Black has been wrong.} 7. Nxd4 Bd7 8. O-O Nf6 9. Re1
O-O 10. Bxc6 {Bf1 is to be considered.} bxc6 11. Nxe7+ Qxe7
12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 Qe5 14. Nf3 {Better was Bg3 for instance
14...Qh5 15 e5 Qxd1 16 Rad1 Nh5 17 exd6 Nxg3 18 hxg3 cxd6 19
Nb3 d5 20 Nc5, etc.} Qxb2 15. Rb1 {White sacrifices another
pawn, for the hopes to get more than a draw out of the game
considering the open position of the king, the exemplary
defence of Alekhine, however, makes an end to this
illusion. e5 could be answered by 15...Nd5 16 exd6 cxd6 17 c4
Nc3 18 Qxd6 Bf5 and White cannot take the c-pawn on account of
Bb1!} Qxa2 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Nd4 {The knight move is not the
best, Qd2 was to be preferred with good chances for aq draw.}
Qa5 {!} 18. e5 Rfe8 {This simple move wins the pawn, which was
not to be taken immediately, because White would gave
maintained a too strong attack, now, however, the game is
decided.} 19. Ra1 Qc5 20. Re3 Rxe5 21. Raa3 Rae8 22. Rg3+ Kf8
23. Rae3 Qd5 24. Qa1 c5 25. Nb3 Bc6 26. Qc1 c4 {Decides at
once; Alekhine played the game with much energy till the end.}
27. Rxe5 Rxe5 28. Nd2 Rg5 29. Nf3 Rxg3 30. hxg3 Ke7 31. Qf4
Qd1+ 32. Kh2 Bxf3 0-1

[Event "London it"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "1922.08.03"]
[EventDate "1922.07.31"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maroczy, Geza"]
[Black "Bogoljubow, Efim"]
[ECO "C49"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1.e4 {Notes from THE FIELD} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Bb4
5.O-O O-O 6.d3 d6 7.Ne2 Bc5 8.c3 Bb6 9.Ng3 Kh8 10.Be3 {A
doubtful move, as it is not advantageous for white to exchange
bishops.} Ng4 11.Bxb6 {d4 instead of the text move would have
made it more difficult for Black. If in reply Black played
11...Nxe3 it would have opened the file for White's rook, or
if 11...f5 then Bg5.} axb6 12.d4 f6 13.h3 Nh6 14.Bxc6 bxc6
15.Re1 Be6 16.a3 Qe7 17.Qd3 Rg8 18.Nf5 {This enables Black to
open theg-file for his rook.} Bxf5 19.exf5 g6 20.fxg6 Rxg6
21.Nh4 Rg5 22.f4 Rh5 23.Nf3 Rg8 24.dxe5 dxe5 25.fxe5 Rxh3
26.e6 {If 26 exf6 then 26...Qxf6 threatening Q or
RxN. Obviously White could not have played 27 Qd4 in reply to
26...Qxf6 because of 27...Rxf3.} Ng4 {Threatening to win the
queen by 27...Rh1+ followed by 28...Nf2+.} 27.Qd7 Qc5+ 28.Qd4
Qh5 29.Kf1 {If 29 gxh3 then 29...Ne5+ followed by 30...Q or
Nxf3 winning easily.} Rg3 30.Re2 Rxf3+ 31.Ke1 Ne5 {For if 32
Rxd4 then 32...Qh1+ 33 Kd2 Rxg2+ 34 Re2 Rxe2+ 35 Kxe2 Qg2+ and
wins.} 0-1

[Event "London it"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "1922.08.03"]
[EventDate "1922.07.31"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Watson, Charles"]
[Black "Euwe, Machgielis"]
[ECO "A48"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1. d4 {Notes by Geza Maroczy} Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. Nbd2
d6 5. e4 O-O 6. Bd3 Nbd7 7. Qe2 {Castling is better} Nh5
8. Be3 e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 Bxe5 11. c3 Nf4 12. Bxf4 Bxf4
13. g3 Bh6 14. h4 d5 15. O-O-O dxe4 16. Bxe4 Re8 17. f4 c6 {To
prepare f5 which cannot be played directly because of Bd5+.}
18. Qf3 Qa5 19. Bb1 Be6 20. Nb3 {White spends too much time on
the defence of his queen-side. He should have vigorously
attacked the Black king by 20 h5, e.g., Bg7 21 hxg6 hxg6 22 g4
Bd5 23 Ne4 f5? (better is Qa4) 24 gxf5 gxf5 25 Qh5. Of course,
the variations arising from h5 are dangerous to both parties,
for instance, if on the 23rd move White plays 23 Be4 instead
of Ne4 he loses by Rxe4 24 Nxe4 Qxa2.} Qb6 21. h5 Bg7 22. hxg6
hxg6 23. f5 {White cannot save the exchange; if 23 Rh4 then
Bd5 24 Qf1 Qe3+ 25 Nd2 Bxc3 26 bxc3 Qxc3+ 27 Bc2 Qa3+ 28 Kb1
Bxa2+, etc.} Bd5 24. Rxd5 cxd5 25. Nd4 Bxd4 26. fxg6 Be3+
27. Kd1 fxg6 28. a4 Kg7 {! Qxb2 would give White a draw by
means of 29 Rh8+ Kxh8 30 Qf6+ Kg8! 31 Qxg6+, etc.} 29. g4 Bg5
0-1

[Event "London it"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "1922.08.03"]
[EventDate "1922.07.31"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Atkins, Henry"]
[Black "Morrison, John"]
[ECO "D32"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1.d4 {Notes by Geza Maroczy} Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 c5 4.e3 {This
continuation is too tame. White shoul play d5 and in answer to
the so-called "Blumenthal" Gambit b5, he would get the better
game by playing Bg5!} d5 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bd3 Be7 {Here at once Bd6
is better, compare Black's 15th move.} 7.O-O O-O 8.b3 cxd4
9.exd4 b6 10.Bb2 Ba6 11.Rc1 Rc8 12.Nb5 Bb7 13.Qe2 a6 14.Nc3
Re8 15.Rfd1 Bd6 16.Na4 Bf4 17.Ra1 Nb4 18.Ne5 Nxd3 19.Rxd3 dxc4
20.bxc4 Ne4 21.f3 Nf6 22.Rb3 b5 23.Nc5 {If 23 cxb5 axb5 24
Qxb5 Bd5! with a good game.} Bxe5 24.Qxe5 Bc6 25.cxb5 axb5
26.Re1 Qa5 27.a3 Bd5 28.Rbe3 Qb6 29.R3e2 Bc4 30.Rf2 Red8
31.Ne4 Nd5 32.Nc5 {The game is absolutely even, neither player
has any chance of attack, and the following play is easily
understood and requires no comment.} Rc7 33.f4 Re7 34.Qe4 Qa5
35.Rc1 Nf6 36.Qc2 Bd5 37.h3 Rc7 38.Re2 Rd6 39.Rce1 Nd7 40.Bc3
Qa7 41.Bb4 Nxc5 42.dxc5 f6 43.Re3 Qb7 44.Qf2 Rdd7 45.Rd3 Qc6
46.Kh2 Qb7 47.Kg1 Qc6 48.Kh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "London it"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "1922.08.03"]
[EventDate "1922.07.31"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Capablanca, Jose Raul"]
[Black "Yates, Fred Dewhirst"]
[ECO "D61"]
[PlyCount "133"]

1.d4 {Notes by Geza Maroczy} d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Bg5 Be7
5.e3 O-O 6.Nc3 Nbd7 7.Qc2 c5 {This is no doubt the best move.}
8.Rd1 Qa5 9.cxd5 exd5 10.Be2 c4 {Black has now three pawns
against two on the Q side.} 11.O-O Re8 12.Ne5 Bb4 13.Nxd7 Nxd7
14.Bf3 Bxc3 15.bxc3 Nf8 16.Bf4 Bd7 17.Rb1 Bc6 18.Bd6 Re6 {Qd8
was the preferable alternative, followed by 19 a5 and 20...b5
with a good counter-chance on the Q wing by advancing the
pawns.} 19.Bb4 Qd8 20.Rfe1 Qg5 21.g3 Rae8 {Better perhaps
would have been 21...Ng6 to prevent 22...h5.} 22.h4 Qg6
23.Qxg6 hxg6 24.a4 Nh7 25.a5 {A fine move which gives White
the advantage.} a6 26.Re2 g5 27.Bg4 Rh6 28.hxg5 Nxg5 29.Kg2
Ne4 30.f3 Nd6 31.Bxd6 Rxd6 32.Rb6 Rh6 33.f4 Kf8 34.Bf3 f5
{Black has many difficulties in the actual continuation, and
his stubborn resistance is to be admired.} 35.Kf2 Re7 36.Re1
Rh2+ 37.Bg2 Rh6 38.Rbb1 Kf7 39.Rh1 Rhe6 40.Rbe1 Kf6 41.Bf3 Rd6
42.g4 Bd7 43.Rh5 g6 44.Rg5 Rh7 45.Rb1 Be6 46.Kg3 Re7 47.Re1
Rd8 48.Bg2 Rh7 49.Rb1 Rd6 50.Bh3 Rc6 51.Rb2 Rd6 52.gxf5 gxf5
53.Bg2 b5 54.axb6 Rb7 55.Rh5 Rdxb6 {This loses at once. Black
misses the chance of getting an even game. After 55...Kg6! 56
Rh8 Kg7 57 Ra8 Rb7xb6, etc., the game is saved.} 56.Rxb6 Rxb6
57.Bxd5 {This move wins by force.} Kg6 58.Rg5+ Kf6 59.e4 fxe4
60.Bxe4 Rb3 61.Rg6+ Ke7 62.f5 Rxc3+ 63.Kf4 Bf7 64.Rxa6 Bh5
65.f6+ Ke8 66.Kg5 Bf3 67.Bg6+ 1-0

[Event "London it"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "1922.08.03"]
[EventDate "1922.07.31"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Marotti, Davide"]
[Black "Reti, Richard"]
[ECO "C29"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1.e4 {Notes from THE FIELD} e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.f4 d5 4.fxe5 Nxe4
5.Nf3 Be7 6.Be2 O-O 7.O-O Nc6 8.d3 Bc5+ 9.d4 Bb6 10.Na4 Bf5
11.Nxb6 axb6 12.Be3 {c3 at once was preferable.} Bg6 13.Qe1
Qe7 14.c3 f6 15.Bb5 fxe5 16.Bxc6 bxc6 17.Nxe5 Rxf1+ 18.Qxf1 c5
19.Nxg6 {It was not avisable for White to exchange his
well-posted knight for the bishop. Better would have been 19
a3 freeing his rook and preventing his opponent from entering
at b4 in case Black exchanged pawns.} hxg6 20.dxc5 {the
exchange of pawns strengthens Black's position and weakens
White's b-pawn.} bxc5 21.Qd3 c6 22.a3 Qb7 23.Qc2 c4 24.Rf1 Rb8
25.Bc1 Qb6+ 26.Kh1 Rf8 27.Rxf8+ Kxf8 28.g3 Qf2 {This
practically forces the exchange of queens and leaves Black
with a won end-game as he must win the b-pawn.} 29.Qxf2+ Nxf2+
30.Kg2 Nd3 31.a4 Ke7 {Not 31...Nxc1 as White's a-pawn could
not then have been stopped.} 32.a5 Kd7 33.Be3 c5 34.Kh3 Kc6
35.a6 Kb6 36.Kg4 Kxa6 37.Kg5 Kb5 38.Kxg6 Nxb2 39.Kxg7 Nd1
40.Bd2 Nxc3 {The shortest way to win.} 41.Bxc3 d4 42.Be1 c3
43.h4 Kc4 44.h5 d3 45.Bxc3 Kxc3 46.h6 d2 47.h7 d1=Q 48.h8=Q
Qd4+ 49.Kh7 Qxh8+ 50.Kxh8 Kd4 {For White can neither save his
own pawn nor stop the Black pawn from queening. Reti deserves
great credit for winning this ending.} 0-1

[Event "London it"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "1922.08.03"]
[EventDate "1922.07.31"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vidmar, Milan sr"]
[Black "Tartakower, Ksawery"]
[ECO "A84"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1.d4 {Notes from THE FIELD} e6 2.c4 f5 {The Dutch defence.}
3.e3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bd2 O-O 6.Nf3 Qe7 7.Bd3 {White has
already a more preferable development.} d6 8.Qc2 g6 {The
advance of this pawn weakens the defensive position of Black's
king.} 9.a3 Bxc3 10.Bxc3 Nbd7 11.O-O-O e5 12.dxe5 Nxe5 13.Nxe5
dxe5 14.f4 {A very strong move by which White forces the
opening of the long diagonal for his queen bishop, thus
demonstrating the weakness of his opponent's 8th move.} e4
15.Be2 Be6 16.h3 a5 17.g4 Ra6 {It would have been too
dangerous to capture the g-pawn, e.g., 17...fxg4 18 hxg4 Nxg4
(if 18...Bxg4 then 19 Bxf6 winning a piece) 19 Qxe4 with an
overwhelming superiority of position.} 18.g5 Nd7 19.h4 Bf7
20.h5 gxh5 21.Bxh5 Bxh5 22.Rxh5 Rf7 23.Rd5 a4 24.Qd1
{Threatening 25 Qd4. black's game is already hopeless.} c5
25.Rh6 Rg6 26.Rxg6+ hxg6 27.Rd6 Nf8 28.Qd5 Qc7 29.Be5 Qa5
30.Kb1 Qe1+ 31.Ka2 Qxe3 32.Rf6 Qb3+ 33.Ka1 Ne6 34.Rxe6 Kh7
35.Re8 Rg7 36.Qd7 {A pretty finish. If 36...Rxd7 then of
course 37 Rh8 mate. A very finely played game by Vidmar.} 1-0

[Event "London it"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "1922.08.03"]
[EventDate "1922.07.31"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Wahltuch, Victor"]
[Black "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[ECO "A46"]
[PlyCount "46"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bg5 c5 4.Bxf6 Qxf6 5.e3 Nc6 6.c3 Be7 7.Bd3
d5 8.Nbd2 O-O 9.Qe2 e5 10.dxe5 Nxe5 11.Nxe5 Qxe5 12.O-O-O b5
13.Nf3 Qc7 14.Bxb5 Rb8 15.Bd3 Qa5 16.Bb1 Bf6 17.Rd2 Ba6 18.Qd1
Bxc3 19.Bxh7+ Kh8 20.Qc2 Rxb2 21.Rxd5 Qxa2 22.Rh5 Qa1+ 23.Qb1
Rxb1+ 0-1

[Event "London it"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "1922.08.04"]
[EventDate "1922.07.31"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Black "Euwe, Machgielis"]
[ECO "D02"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. Nbd2 c5 5. e3 d6 6. c3 Nc6
7. h3 O-O 8. Bc4 Re8 9. O-O e5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Bxe5 dxe5
12. Ng5 Be6 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. Nde4 Nxe4 15. Qxd8 Rexd8
16. Nxe4 b6 17. Rfd1 Kf8 18. Kf1 Ke7 19. c4 h6 20. Ke2 Rxd1
21. Rxd1 Rb8 22. Rd3 Bh8 23. a4 Rc8 24. Rb3 Kd7 25. a5 Kc6
26. axb6 axb6 27. Ra3 Bg7 28. Ra7 Rc7 29. Ra8 Re7 30. Rc8+ Kd7
31. Rg8 Kc6 32. h4 Kc7 33. g4 Kc6 34. Kd3 Rd7+ 35. Kc3 Rf7
36. b3 Kc7 37. Kd3 Rd7+ 38. Ke2 Rf7 39. Nc3 Re7 40. g5 hxg5
41. hxg5 Kc6 42. Kd3 Rd7+ 43. Ke4 Rb7 44. Nb5 Re7 45. f3 Kd7
46. Rb8 Kc6 47. Rc8+ Kd7 48. Rc7+ Kd8 49. Rc6 Rb7 50. Rxe6 1-0

[Event "London it"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "1922.08.04"]
[EventDate "1922.07.31"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Yates, Fred Dewhirst"]
[Black "Bogoljubow, Efim"]
[ECO "C91"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.e4 {Notes from THE FIELD} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6
5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O 9.d4 exd4 10.cxd4 Bg4
11.Be3 d5 12.e5 Ne4 13.Nc3 Bb4 14.Rc1 Ne7 15.h3 Bh5 16.Bc2
Bxc3 17.bxc3 f5 {If Nxc3 then of course Bxh7+.} 18.exf6 Rxf6
{It would have been better to recapture with the knight.}
19.g4 Bg6 20.Ne5 Nxc3 21.Qd2 Ne4 {If 21...Nxa2 then 22 Bxg6
Nxc1 23 Bc2 Na2 24 Bb3 winning the knight.} 22.Bxe4 dxe4 {If
22...Bxe4 then 23 Bg5 Re6 24 f3 Rxe5 (the only move to avoid
immediate loss of a piece) 25 dxe5 Bxf3 26 Kf2 Be4 27 Rxe4
dxe4 28 Qxd8+ Rxd8 29 Bxe7 and wins.} 23.Bg5 Rd6 24.Nxg6 Rxg6
{Better would have been hxg6; the text move loses the
exchange.} 25.Rxe4 Rxg5 26.Qxg5 Nd5 27.Qxd8+ Rxd8 28.Rc6
{Being now the exchange ahead with even pawns and the better
position, winning for White is only a question of routine.} a5
29.Re5 a4 30.a3 Rd7 31.Rc5 Nb6 32.Rxb5 Rxd4 33.Re7 Rc4 34.Rf5
g6 35.Rff7 Nd5 36.Rg7+ Kf8 37.Ref7+ Ke8 38.Rxh7 Rc5 39.Rfg7
Kf8 40.Rxg6 Nf4 41.Ra6 Kg8 42.Rd7 1-0

[Event "London it"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "1922.08.04"]
[EventDate "1922.07.31"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Marotti, Davide"]
[Black "Atkins, Henry"]
[ECO "B29"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1.e4 {Notes by Geza Maroczy} c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 e6 {The modern
theory recommends here d5.} 4.Be2 d5 5.e5 {The advance of this
pawn is not to be recommended.} Nfd7 6.d4 Nc6 7.Be3 cxd4
8.Bxd4 a6 9.O-O Qc7 10.Re1 Nxd4 {The change is premature;
Black ought to further his development with g6 and Bg7 in
order to strenthen simultaneously the attack on the king
pawn.} 11.Qxd4 Be7 12.Qg4 O-O 13.Bd3 Nc5 14.Rad1 f5 15.exf6
Bxf6 16.Ng5 {White has an inferior position; this move is not
strong and brings immediate loss. the best would have been
Qg3.} h6 17.Nh7 Bxc3 18.Nxf8 Bxe1 19.Ng6 Nxd3 20.cxd3 Ba5+
21.Qh4 Bd7 22.d4 Qc2 {Decisive; White can scarcely avoid
further material loss.} 23.Qg4 e5 24.Ne7+ Kf7 25.Qh5+ Kxe7
26.Qxe5+ Kf8 27.Qd6+ Kg8 28.Qxd5+ Kh7 29.Qf3 Rf8 0-1

[Event "London it"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "1922.08.04"]
[EventDate "1922.07.31"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Morrison, John"]
[Black "Capablanca, Jose Raul"]
[ECO "A46"]
[PlyCount "114"]

1.d4 {Notes by Geza Maroczy} Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.e3 b6 4.Bd3 Bb7
5.O-O Be7 6.b3 {Morrison adopts the old Zukertort style of
attack in the queen's pawn opening.} O-O 7.Bb2 {He should
first play Nbd2 to prevent his opponent playing Ne4.} Ne4 8.c4
f5 9.Nc3 Qe8 10.Qc2 Nxc3 11.Bxc3 Qh5 12.Qe2 Na6 {Tempting
White to weaken his pawn position by playing c4.} 13.c5 Nb8
14.b4 Bf6 15.Rac1 Nc6 16.e4 {Better would have been a3. The
text move leaves a "hole" at d4, where the knight subsequently
lodges.} Ne7 17.e5 Nd5 18.Bd2 {If 18 exf6 then 18...Nf4 19 Qe3
Nxg2 20 Qg5 (of course if 20 Kxg2 then 20...Qg4+ 21 Kh1 Bxf3+
winning the queen) Qxg5 21 Nxg5 Nf4 22 Rfd1 gxf6 and White's
knight has no escape. If 22 fxg7 then 22...Rf6 threatening rg6
again winning the knight.} Be7 19.Ne1 Qf7 20.f4 {White has now
the better position.} Rab8 21.Bc4 bxc5 22.bxc5 h6 23.Nc2 g5
24.Rb1 gxf4 25.Rb3 {Threatening to win the bishop by Rfb1.}
Bc6 26.Bxf4 Nxf4 27.Rxf4 Kh7 28.Ne3 {White here overlooked
that he could have gained a pawn by Rxf5 with probably a
winning position.} Bg5 29.Rxf5 Bxe3+ 30.Qxe3 Qg6 31.Rf2 Bxg2
{Clever play.} 32.Rxb8 {If instead 32 Rxg2 Black would have
won brilliantly by 32...Qb1+ 33 Rxb1 Rxb1+ and mate in two
moves.} Be4 33.Qg3 Rxb8 34.Qxg6+ Kxg6 35.Rf6+ Kg7 36.Rf4 Bf5
37.Rf3 Rb1+ 38.Kf2 Rb2+ 39.Kg3 Rd2 40.Rf4 a5 41.h4 c6 42.Kf3
a4 43.Ke3 Rc2 44.Ba6 Rxa2 45.Bc8 Ra3+ 46.Ke2 Rc3 47.Bxd7 a3
48.d5 cxd5 49.c6 Kf7 50.Ra4 Ke7 51.Ra8 d4 52.Re8+ Kf7 53.Ra8
Be4 54.Ra7 Rc2+ 55.Ke1 a2 56.Kd1 d3 57.Bc8 Kg6 {White has no
resource against the threat of Bf3+ followed by d2+. A highly
interesting game.} 0-1

[Event "London it"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "1922.08.04"]
[EventDate "1922.07.31"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Reti, Richard"]
[Black "Wahltuch, Victor"]
[ECO "D60"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 O-O 6.Nf3 Nbd7 7.Bd3
c5 8.O-O a6 9.Ne5 Nxe5 10.dxe5 Nd7 11.Bxe7 Qxe7 12.f4 dxc4
13.Bxc4 b5 14.Bd3 Bb7 15.Qc2 f5 16.exf6 gxf6 17.Be4 Bxe4
18.Nxe4 f5 19.Nd2 Nf6 20.Rac1 Rac8 21.Nf3 Nd5 22.Qe2 c4 23.Ne5
Nf6 24.Qf3 Kh8 25.Rfd1 Rg8 26.Rd6 a5 27.Rcd1 Rg7 28.Nc6 Qb7
29.Rxe6 Ne4 30.Qh5 Rcg8 31.g3 Nxg3 32.hxg3 Rxg3+ 33.Kf1 Qg7
34.Ke1 Rg1+ 0-1

[Event "London it"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "1922.08.04"]
[EventDate "1922.07.31"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[Black "Maroczy, Geza"]
[ECO "E21"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 Bb4+ 4.Nc3 c5 5.g3 Ne4 6.Bd2 Nxd2
7.Qxd2 Qa5 8.Bg2 O-O 9.O-O cxd4 10.Nxd4 Nc6 11.Rfc1 Qc5
12.Nxc6 bxc6 13.a3 Bxc3 14.Rxc3 a5 15.b3 f5 16.e4 Rb8 17.a4
fxe4 18.Bxe4 Rf7 19.Re1 Bb7 20.Kg2 Rbf8 21.f3 g6 22.Rd1 Ba8
23.h4 Bb7 24.Rdc1 d6 25.Rd1 Rd8 26.f4 Qb4 27.Re3 Qb6 28.Bf3 c5
29.Bxb7 Qxb7+ 30.Kh2 Qe7 31.Rde1 Rf6 32.Qxa5 Rdf8 33.Qd2 h6
34.R1e2 Kh7 35.Qd5 1-0

[Event "London it"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "1922.08.04"]
[EventDate "1922.07.31"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Tartakower, Ksawery"]
[Black "Znosko-Borovsky, Eugene"]
[ECO "A20"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1.c4 {Notes by Geza Maroczy} e5 {More in use is e6 or c5,
after the move in the text White plays the Sicilian defence a
tempo ahead.} 2.e3 Nf6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Nf3 Nxc3 6.bxc3
Bd6 7.d4 exd4 8.cxd4 O-O 9.Bd3 Bg4 10.Rb1 Bc8 {After ...Nd7
follos Be4, the retreat of the bishop costs two tempos but
still it seems inevitable.} 11.O-O Nd7 12.e4 Be7 13.Qc2 Re8
14.Bf4 c6 15.d5 {Premature and making the gained advantage of
position imaginary.} Nc5 {Naturally not ...cxd5 on account of
Bc7; the Black knight now dominates the position.} 16.Bc4 Bf8
17.dxc6 bxc6 18.Ng5 Be6 19.e5 g6 20.Rfd1 Qa5 21.Nxe6 Nxe6
22.Bg3 {The only thing White retains is the force of the
united bishops.} Rad8 23.h4 Rxd1+ 24.Rxd1 Rd8 25.Rxd8 Nxd8
26.Qe4 Qa4 {? A gross oversight; the best move was Qa3 after
which a White win would be doubtful in spite of the better
position.} 27.Bxf7+ 1-0

[Event "London it"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "1922.08.04"]
[EventDate "1922.07.31"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Watson, Charles"]
[Black "Vidmar, Milan sr"]
[ECO "D40"]
[PlyCount "118"]

1.d4 {Notes by Geza Maroczy} d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 c5 4.c4 e6
5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bd3 Bd6 7.O-O O-O 8.b3 Qe7 {This move involves the
exchange of his king bishop for the knight, and is, therefore,
perhaps not commendable.} 9.Nb5 dxc4 10.bxc4 {Here Bxc4 was
better; the two hanging pawns at c4 and d4 are always a source
of weakness.} cxd4 11.Nxd6 Qxd6 12.exd4 Rd8 13.Bb2 b6 14.Rc1
Bb7 15.Bb1 Qf4 16.h3 Rac8 17.Re1 Na5 {Beginning already the
attack on the isolated pawns; and besides there is also an
attack on the king in prospect, owing to the strong position
of Black's bishop.} 18.Ne5 Qg5 19.f3 Ba6 20.Bd3 Nh5 21.Rc2 f5
22.Bc1 Qg3 23.Be3 Nf4 24.Kf1 {It is now but a choice of evils;
the h-pawn is attacked and if Bxf4 Qxf4 the d-pawn is
lost. But after the move in the text the c-pawn fails.} Nxd3
25.Nxd3 {Qxd3 would lose a piece. Qxe5!} Bxc4 26.Bf2 Qd6
27.Kg1 Bxd3 28.Qxd3 Rxc2 29.Qxc2 Nc6 30.Qa4 Rd7 31.Rc1 Nxd4
32.Rc8+ Kf7 33.Bxd4 Qxd4+ 34.Qxd4 Rxd4 35.Rc7+ Kf6 36.Rxa7 Rd2
37.a4 f4 {The end-game is by no means easy to win.} 38.Rb7 Ra2
39.Rxb6 Rxa4 40.Rb2 h5 41.Kf2 Kf5 42.Rb5+ e5 43.Rb2 Ra3 44.Rc2
g5 45.Re2 Ra5 46.g4+ {Otherwise ...g4 would be decisive.} hxg4
47.hxg4+ Ke6 48.Re4 Ra2+ 49.Ke1 Kd5 50.Rb4 Rc2 51.Ra4 Rc4
52.Ra5+ Kd4 53.Kd2 Rb4 54.Ra8 Rb2+ 55.Ke1 Rc2 56.Ra4+ Rc4
57.Ra5 e4 {At last! Now the game is over.} 58.Ra2 e3 59.Ra8
Rc1+ 0-1

[Event "London it"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "1922.08.05"]
[EventDate "1922.07.31"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Atkins, Henry"]
[Black "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[ECO "E12"]
[PlyCount "114"]

1. d4 {Notes from THE FIELD} Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7
5. e3 Bb4 6. Bd2 O-O 7. Bd3 Bxc3 8. Bxc3 Ne4 9. Bxe4 {White
plays for a draw.} Bxe4 10. O-O f5 11. Qe2 Bb7 12. Rac1
{Better would have been 12 Nd2 or b4.} d6 13. Nd2 Qh4 14. f3
Nd7 15. Qf2 {Much better was here 15 b4 to prevent a5; White
would have advantage on the queen side.} Qh5 16. Rfe1 e5
17. Nf1 Rae8 18. Ng3 Qf7 19. b3 a5 {!} 20. Nf1 Re7 21. Nd2
Rfe8 22. Nf1 h6 23. Nd2 {During the last few moves Atkins
having a good position and not seeing how to improve it, has
been content simply to mark time with his knight.} {The
bishops being on different colors, White would have had a
better chance of drawing had he retired his bishop to b2
instead of making this exchange.} Kh7 24. Nf1 Nf8 25. Rcd1 Ng6
26. Kh1 a4 27. Rc1 exd4 28. Bxd4 axb3 29. axb3 Ne5 30. Qe2 c5
31. Bxe5 Rxe5 32. Rc3 d5 33. cxd5 Bxd5 34. Qc2 R5e6 35. Ra1
Rg6 36. Rc1 Qf6 37. Qf2 Ra8 38. Rd3 Qe6 39. Qc2 Ra3 40. Nd2
Ra6 41. Rc3 Qe5 42. Nf1 Ra7 43. Rd1 Be6 44. Rc1 Qd5 45. Ng3
Qa8 {Threatening ...Ra2.} 46. Qd3 {If 46 Nxf5 then 46...Ra2 47
Qb1 Bxf5 48 Qxf5 Rxg2 with a dangerous attack.} Rd7 47. Qc2
Qd8 {Threatening Rd2.} 48. Nf1 Qg5 49. Qf2 Bf7 50. f4 {It was
not good to open the long diagonal for his opponent's
bishop. Atkins, however, was very short of time at this point,
having ten moves to make in seven minutes.} Qd8 51. R1c2 Rd1
52. Kg1 Bd5 53. g3 Rd6 54. Rd2 Be4 55. Rxd6 Qxd6 56. Qe2 b5
57. Qxb5 {? This loses at once, but White had a loss game in
any case.} Qd2 0-1

[Event "London it"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "1922.08.05"]
[EventDate "1922.07.31"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vidmar, Milan sr"]
[Black "Bogoljubow, Efim"]
[ECO "A46"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Nbd2 c5 4.e3 Nc6 5.c3 d5 6.Bd3 Bd6 7.O-O
O-O 8.h3 b6 9.Qe2 Qc7 10.e4 cxd4 11.Nxd4 Nxd4 12.cxd4 Be7
13.e5 Nd7 14.Nf3 a6 15.Ng5 h6 16.Qh5 Nxe5 17.dxe5 Bxg5 18.Bxg5
Qxe5 19.h4 f6 20.Rfe1 Qd4 21.Rad1 Qxb2 22.Bxh6 f5 23.Bf4 Ra7
24.Bb1 Qf6 25.Be5 Qh6 26.Qxh6 gxh6 27.Bd4 Rb7 28.Re3 Kf7
29.Bd3 b5 30.Rc1 Bd7 31.Be2 Rg8 32.Rc5 a5 33.f4 a4 34.Bh5+ Ke7
35.Rxd5 Bc6 36.Bc5+ Kf6 37.Rd6 Bd5 38.Bd4+ 1-0

[Event "London it"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "1922.08.05"]
[EventDate "1922.07.31"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Morrison, John"]
[Black "Euwe, Machgielis"]
[ECO "A48"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. Bd3 d6 5. Nbd2 Nbd7 6. b3 O-O
7. Bb2 e5 8. dxe5 Ng4 9. h3 Ngxe5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Be2 Nf3+
12. Bxf3 Bxb2 13. Rb1 Bc3 14. O-O d5 15. b4 a5 16. bxa5 Rxa5
17. Nb3 Rxa2 18. Bxd5 c6 19. Nc1 Ra5 20. Bf3 Qg5 21. Nb3 Ra4
22. Qd3 Bxh3 23. Qxc3 Bxg2 24. Qc5 f5 25. Bxg2 Rg4 26. Rfd1
Rxg2+ 27. Kf1 Qg4 28. Ke1 Rh2 29. Kd2 Rxf2+ 30. Kc3 Qe4
31. Rd3 f4 32. Nd2 Qa4 33. Rxb7 fxe3 34. Rdd7 Qa1+ 35. Kb3
Rxd2 36. Qxf8+ 1-0

[Event "London it"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "1922.08.05"]
[EventDate "1922.07.31"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Capablanca, Jose Raul"]
[Black "Znosko-Borovsky, Eugene"]
[ECO "D63"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1.d4 {Notes by Geza Maroczy} d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Bg5 Be7
5.e3 Nbd7 6.Nc3 O-O 7.Rc1 c6 8.Qc2 b6 9.cxd5 exd5 10.Bd3 Bb7
11.O-O h6 12.Bh4 Nh5 13.Bxe7 Qxe7 14.Rfe1 Qd8 {There is no
reason for this move.} 15.Qa4 a6 {Obviously Black was afraid
of Ba6, but the text move makes matters worse as it wekens the
position.} 16.Bf5 g6 17.Bxd7 Qxd7 18.Qb3 {!} b5 {If 18...Qd8
then Na4 and White also brings his knight to c5.} 19.Ne5 Qd6
20.Na4 Rae8 21.Nc5 Bc8 22.Ncd3 {Here White was possibly short
of time, and to gain time, he took the opportunity of
repeating moves.} Bb7 23.Nc5 Bc8 24.Nxa6 {Winning an important
pawn with a big advantage of position.} Bb7 25.Nc5 Bc8 26.Ncd3
Bb7 27.Rc2 Rc8 28.Rec1 Rfe8 29.a4 {After this move there is no
hope of saving the game.} f6 30.Nxg6 Kf7 31.Ngf4 Nxf4 32.Nxf4
Ba6 33.axb5 Bxb5 34.Nxd5 Qe6 35.Rc3 cxd5 36.Qxb5 Rb8 37.Rc7+
Kg8 38.Qd3 1-0

[Event "London it"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "1922.08.05"]
[EventDate "1922.07.31"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Marotti, Davide"]
[Black "Yates, Fred Dewhirst"]
[ECO "C29"]
[PlyCount "34"]

1.e4 {Notes by Geza Maroczy} e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.f4 d5 4.fxe5 Nxe4
5.Nf3 Be7 6.Qe2 Nc5 {Noteworthy here is f5 in order to secure
e4 for the knight.} 7.d3 {This move is very passive. d4 is to
be considered.} O-O 8.Bd2 Nc6 9.O-O-O Bg4 10.h3 Bh5 11.g4 Bg6
{Black's positionis already so superior, the end is not far
off.} 12.Qh2 d4 13.Nb1 Qd5 14.c4 {This cannot be understood,
but White's position is lost in every case.} Qxf3 15.Bf4 Nb4
16.Bd2 Ncxd3+ 17.Bxd3 Nxd3+ {This is the shortest game in the
tournament brought to a decision.} 0-1

[Event "London it"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "1922.08.05"]
[EventDate "1922.07.31"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Reti, Richard"]
[Black "Tartakower, Ksawery"]
[ECO "A40"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1.d4 {Notes by Geza Maroczy} e6 2.e3 f5 3.c4 Nf6 4.Nc3 Bb4
5.Bd2 O-O 6.Bd3 b6 7.Qc2 Bb7 8.f3 c5 9.a3 cxd4 10.axb4 dxc3
11.Bxc3 d5 12.b3 Qe7 13.Ne2 Nc6 14.Ra4 {In order to keep the
two bishops. If b5 the reply woul be ...Nb4.} Nd7 15.O-O Nce5
16.Bxe5 Nxe5 17.Nd4 dxc4 18.bxc4 Nxd3 19.Qxd3 Qd7 20.Ra3 Rfd8
21.Qc2 f4 22.Ne2 e5 {!} 23.exf4 exf4 24.Qc3 Qd2 25.Qxd2 Rxd2
26.Nxf4 Rd4 27.Ne6 Rxc4 28.Rd1 Bc6 29.Rd8+ Rxd8 30.Nxd8 Bd5
31.Rd3 {! This move secures the draw.} Rc1+ 32.Kf2 Bc4 33.Rd7
Rc2+ 34.Kg1 {34 Kg3 would not be good, because of 34...Bf1.}
Rc1+ 35.Kf2 Rc2+ 36.Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "London it"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "1922.08.05"]
[EventDate "1922.07.31"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Wahltuch, Victor"]
[Black "Maroczy, Geza"]
[ECO "A49"]
[PlyCount "112"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 d6 5.c3 O-O 6.O-O Nbd7 7.Nbd2
h6 8.e4 e5 9.Re1 b6 10.Nh4 Rb8 11.Nf1 Bb7 12.d5 Kh7 13.Bh3 Ng8
14.Ne3 Ndf6 15.f3 Bc8 16.Bxc8 Rxc8 17.Qe2 Nd7 18.Bd2 Ne7
19.Qg2 Nc5 20.Qh3 Nd3 21.Reb1 Nc5 22.g4 Rh8 23.b4 Nd3 24.Qf1
Nf4 25.Be1 Bf6 26.Nhg2 Nh3+ 27.Kh1 g5 28.b5 Kg7 29.a4 h5
30.Ra2 Nf4 31.gxh5 Rxh5 32.Ng4 Qh8 33.N2e3 Qh7 34.Rbb2 Rh8
35.a5 Ng8 36.Nf5+ Kg6 37.axb6 axb6 38.Ra7 Bd8 39.c4 Nf6 40.Bg3
Rh3 41.Nxf6 Kxf6 42.Raa2 Ng6 43.Rg2 Nf4 44.Rgf2 Kg6 45.Ra8 Bf6
46.Rxh8 Qxh8 47.Ra2 Rh7 48.Bxf4 exf4 49.Qg2 Qe8 50.Qg4 Qe5
51.Ra8 Rh8 52.Rxh8 Bxh8 53.Nh4+ Kh6 54.Nf5+ Kg6 55.Nh4+ Kh6
56.Nf5+ Kg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "London it"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "1922.08.05"]
[EventDate "1922.07.31"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Watson, Charles"]
[Black "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[ECO "A46"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1.d4 {Notes by Geza Maroczy} Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Nbd2 c5 4.e3 Nc6
5.Be2 {White stans too much upon the defensive.} b6 6.O-O Bb7
7.b3 Be7 8.Bb2 O-O 9.Ne5 {This move turns out badly. The
knight will be exchanged and the pawn on e5 is weak. White
lost his game with Alekhine in a similar manner.} Qc7 10.Bf3
d5 11.Rc1 Nxe5 12.dxe5 Nd7 13.c4 Nxe5 {After the loss of the
pawn the game is naturally decided, and there is not much left
for tha anootator to say.} 14.cxd5 exd5 15.Qc2 Nxf3+ 16.gxf3
f5 17.Kh1 Bf6 18.Rg1 Rae8 19.Rg3 f4 20.Rh3 g6 21.Rg1 Bxb2
22.Qxb2 Qg7 23.Qc2 fxe3 24.fxe3 Rxe3 25.Rhg3 Rf6 26.Rf1 Re2
27.Qd3 Rfe6 28.Ne4 Rxa2 29.Nc3 Rb2 30.Nd1 Ree2 31.f4 c4 32.Qf5
gxf5 0-1

[Event "London it"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "1922.08.07"]
[EventDate "1922.07.31"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Wahltuch, Victor"]
[Black "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[ECO "A46"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nbd2 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. c3 d5 6. Ne5 Nxe5
7. dxe5 Nd7 8. f4 f6 9. Bd3 g6 10. exf6 Nxf6 11. Nf3 Bg7
12. O-O O-O 13. Qe2 Qb6 14. Rb1 a5 15. Bd2 Bd7 16. Ne5 Ba4
17. b3 Be8 18. c4 Nd7 19. Ng4 Nb8 20. Bc1 Nc6 21. cxd5 exd5
22. Bb2 d4 23. f5 gxf5 24. Bxf5 Ne7 25. Bd3 Rxf1+ 26. Rxf1 Ng6
27. exd4 cxd4 28. Qf2 Rd8 29. Qf5 Kh8 30. Kh1 a4 31. Nf6 Bxf6
32. Qxf6+ Qxf6 33. Rxf6 axb3 34. axb3 Ne5 35. Be4 Kg8 36. Rf1
Bc6 37. Bf5 Kg7 38. Kg1 h5 39. Bb1 Bb5 40. Rd1 Nc6 41. Be4 Kf7
42. Bxc6 bxc6 43. Rxd4 Rxd4 44. Bxd4 Bd3 45. Kf2 Bc2 46. b4
Be4 47. g3 Kg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "London it"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "1922.08.07"]
[EventDate "1922.07.31"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Capablanca, Jose Raul"]
[Black "Bogoljubow, Efim"]
[ECO "C91"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3
d6 8.c3 O-O 9.d4 exd4 10.cxd4 Bg4 11.Be3 Na5 12.Bc2 Nc4 13.Bc1
c5 14.b3 Na5 15.Bb2 Nc6 16.d5 Nb4 17.Nbd2 Nxc2 18.Qxc2 Re8
19.Qd3 h6 20.Nf1 Nd7 21.h3 Bh5 22.N3d2 Bf6 23.Bxf6 Qxf6 24.a4
c4 25.bxc4 Nc5 26.Qe3 bxa4 27.f4 Qe7 28.g4 Bg6 29.f5 Bh7
30.Ng3 Qe5 31.Kg2 Rab8 32.Rab1 f6 33.Nf3 Rb2+ 34.Rxb2 Qxb2+
35.Re2 Qb3 36.Nd4 Qxe3 37.Rxe3 Rb8 38.Rc3 Kf7 39.Kf3 Rb2
40.Nge2 Bg8 41.Ne6 Nb3 42.c5 dxc5 43.Nxc5 Nd2+ 44.Kf2 Ke7
45.Ke1 Nb1 46.Rd3 a3 47.d6 Kd8 48.Nd4 Rb6 49.Nde6+ Bxe6
50.fxe6 Rb8 51.e7+ Ke8 52.Nxa6 1-0

[Event "London it"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "1922.08.07"]
[EventDate "1922.07.31"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Euwe, Machgielis"]
[Black "Reti, Richard"]
[ECO "A54"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 exd4 5. Nxd4 Be7 6. g3 Nc6
7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. Bg2 Bb7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qc2 Qd7 11. b3 Rab8
12. Bb2 c5 13. e4 Qg4 14. Rad1 Qh5 15. Nb5 Rbc8 16. Rfe1 a6
17. e5 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Ng4 19. h3 Nxe5 20. Bxe5 dxe5 21. Rd7 Bd8
22. Na7 Ra8 23. Nc6 Bf6 24. Ne7+ Bxe7 25. Rxe7 f6 26. Rxc7
Rfc8 27. Qe4 Rxc7 28. Qxa8+ Kf7 29. Qd5+ Kg6 30. Qd6 Rc8
31. Qxa6 Rd8 32. Qc6 Rd2 33. Qxc5 Rxa2 34. Qe3 Qf5 35. Rc1 Rb2
36. c5 Qe6 37. Rc3 Qc6+ 38. Qf3 e4 39. Qe3 f5 40. h4 h6
41. Rc4 Kh7 42. g4 Qg6 43. c6 Qxg4+ 44. Qg3 Qe2 45. c7 Rb1
46. Kh2 Rf1 47. c8=Q Rxf2+ 48. Qxf2 Qxf2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "London it"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "1922.08.07"]
[EventDate "1922.07.31"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Atkins, Henry"]
[Black "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[ECO "D60"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 d5 4.Bg5 Nbd7 5.e3 Be7 6.Nc3 O-O 7.Bd3
dxc4 8.Bxc4 a6 9.a4 c5 10.O-O Qa5 11.Qe2 cxd4 12.exd4 Nb6
13.Bd3 Rd8 14.Rfd1 Bd7 15.Ne5 Be8 16.Qe3 Nfd5 17.Qg3 Bxg5
18.Qxg5 Nxc3 19.bxc3 Nd5 20.Qh4 Nf6 21.c4 h6 22.Qg3 Rac8
23.Bc2 Bc6 24.Qe3 b6 25.Ra3 Ba8 26.Qf4 b5 27.Rh3 bxc4 28.Rxh6
Rc5 29.Rh3 Rcd5 30.Kf1 Qb6 31.Rg3 Rxd4 32.Rxd4 Qxd4 33.Qxf6
Qa1+ 34.Ke2 Bf3+ 35.gxf3 1-0

[Event "London it"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "1922.08.07"]
[EventDate "1922.07.31"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Marotti, Davide"]
[Black "Tartakower, Ksawery"]
[ECO "A83"]
[PlyCount "152"]

1.d4 {Notes by Geza Maroczy} f5 2.e4 fxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 g6
5.Bxf6 {This continuationis not good for White. He should play
for immediate attack by h4.} exf6 6.Nxe4 d5 7.Ng3 Nc6 8.Nf3
Bd6 9.Bb5 O-O 10.O-O f5 11.Ne2 f4 12.Kh1 Bg4 13.Neg1 Qf6 14.c3
g5 {Black has established a strong attack.} 15.Qb3 Be6 16.Rfe1
{But the command of the king's file gives White all sorts of
good counter chances.} g4 17.Ng5 Qxg5 18.Rxe6 Qf5 19.Rae1 f3
20.Bf1 {! Of course not g3 as Bxg3 would win.} Kh8 21.g3 Qh5
{Now Bxg3 would not be good, as White would take with the
h-pawn and interpose at h3, after which the White king would
be safe behind the black pawn.} 22.Qc2 Nd8 23.R6e3 Nf7 24.h4
Nh6 25.Bd3 Bxg3 {It is not clear why Black changes his bishop
for the knight; he thought probably that his attack would win
quickly, but that was a serious mistake as the sequel shows.}
26.fxg3 f2 27.Rf1 fxg1=Q+ 28.Rxg1 Rf3 29.Re7 Nf5 30.Bxf5 Rxf5
31.Rxc7 Re8 32.Rxb7 Rf3 33.Qd2 Rfe3 34.Rg2 Qf5 35.Kh2 Qe4
36.Rf7 {White brings his rook back just in time.} Rf3 37.Rf2
Rxf7 38.Rxf7 Qg6 39.Qf2 Kg8 40.Rf6 Qd3 41.Qf1 Qxf1 {The only
chance; he wins one pawn back and gets his rook amongst the
white pawns.} 42.Rxf1 Re2+ 43.Kg1 Rxb2 44.Rf2 {Here Rf5 (or
f4) would have yielded at least a draw if not more.} Rb1+
45.Kg2 Rc1 46.Rb2 {Very feeble; he should still play Rf5.}
Rxc3 47.Rb8+ Kf7 48.Rb7+ Kg6 49.Rxa7 Rc2+ 50.Kf1 Rd2 51.Ra4
Kf5 52.Ke1 Rg2 53.Ra7 h6 54.Re7 Rxg3 {It is now merely a
question of time; the passed g-pawn must win the rook.}
55.Re5+ Kf4 56.Rxd5 Rf3 57.Rd6 Kg3 58.Rxh6 Kh2 59.Ke2 Ra3
60.Rg6 g3 61.h5 g2 62.h6 g1=Q 63.Rxg1 Kxg1 64.h7 Rh3 65.h8=Q
Rxh8 66.Kd3 Kf2 67.d5 Kf3 68.Kc4 Ke4 69.a4 Rc8+ 70.Kb5 Kxd5
71.a5 Rb8+ 72.Ka6 Kc6 73.Ka7 Rb7+ 74.Ka8 Rb5 75.a6 Kb6 76.a7
Ra5 0-1

[Event "London it"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "1922.08.07"]
[EventDate "1922.07.31"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Watson, Charles"]
[Black "Morrison, John"]
[ECO "A46"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.d4 {Notes by Geza Maroczy} Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.e3 c5 4.Nbd2 Nc6
5.c3 Be7 6.Bd3 d5 7.O-O O-O 8.Re1 b6 9.Qe2 Bb7 10.b3 Rc8
11.Bb2 cxd4 12.exd4 {! If 12 cxd4 then 12...Nb4 with an
advantage for black (13 Bb1 Ba6!, etc.} Nd7 13.Nf1 Bf6 14.Ne3
g6 15.Rad1 Re8 16.Ng4 e5 {A premature move. Preferable was
...Bg7.} 17.dxe5 Ncxe5 18.Nfxe5 Bxe5 19.Qf3 Bg7 {Black cannot
play Bxc3 because of Bxg6.} 20.Bb5 Ne5 21.Qg3 Nc6 22.Rxe8+
Qxe8 23.f4 Qe7 24.Qf2 a6 25.Bf1 h5 26.Ne3 Nb4 {Not a good
move. Better would have been 26...Qc5 or 26...Qf6.} 27.Re1 Qf6
28.Ba1 Rxc3 {? This sacrifice is not sound, but Black has a
lost game anyhow. after 28...Nc6 White would simply win by 29
Nxd5.} 29.a3 Qd6 30.Bxc3 Bxc3 31.axb4 Qxb4 32.Nc2 Qxb3 33.Re8+
Kg7 34.Rb8 Bc6 {Black ought to resign here. The rest of the
game requires no comment.} 35.Rxb6 Bb5 36.f5 Qb1 37.fxg6 Qxf1+
38.Qxf1 Bxf1 39.Kxf1 a5 40.gxf7 Kxf7 41.Ke2 1-0

[Event "London it"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "1922.08.07"]
[EventDate "1922.07.31"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Znosko-Borovsky, Eugene"]
[Black "Maroczy, Geza"]
[ECO "B43"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1.e4 {Notes by Geza Maroczy} c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.Nc3 a6 {This old
defence of Paulsen comes again into fashion.} 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4
Qc7 6.Bd3 {The bishop is better placed on e2 or g2.} Nf6 7.O-O
Be7 8.Qe2 d6 9.Be3 O-O 10.h3 Nbd7 11.f4 {This move requires
the most careful consideration in the Sicilian; when made at
the wrong moment the position is quickly ruined.} b5 12.Kh1
Bb7 13.Bd2 b4 14.Nd1 Nc5 15.Nf2 d5 {Black has obtained the
initiative.} 16.e5 Nfe4 17.Bxe4 Nxe4 18.Nxe4 dxe4 19.Be3 Bd5
20.Qg4 Kh8 21.Rfc1 f5 22.Qd1 {Better than exf e.p., for with
two bishops and open lines Black would attain the superior
game.} Rac8 23.c4 bxc3 24.Rxc3 Qb7 25.Rxc8 Rxc8 26.Qd2 h6
27.a3 a5 28.Rc1 Rxc1+ 29.Qxc1 a4 {Black's position is
superior, White's extra pawn on the queen-side is paralyzed
and the attack with g5 decides the issue sooner or later.}
30.Qd2 Qa6 {? Very hurriedly played. First g6 ought to have
been played followed by Kg7 and Kf7.} 31.Nxf5 {!} Bd8 32.Nd6
{Simpler was Nd4.} Be7 33.Bc5 {A miscalculation. White falls
into a trap.} Qf1+ 34.Kh2 Bh4 35.Qe3 g5 36.fxg5 {This loses
instantly. White thought he could give check on f7 and saw too
late that the queen guards this. Better was 36 g3 but even so
Black has a draw with 36...gxf4 37 Qxf4 Qxf4 38 gxf4 Be7! 39
Nxe4 Bxe4 40 Bxe7 Kg8, etc.} Bxg5 37.Qf2 Bf4+ 38.g3 Qxf2+
39.Bxf2 Bd2 40.Kg1 e3 41.Nb5 exf2 42.Kxf2 Bc1 43.Nc3 Bb3 0-1

[Event "London it"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "1922.08.07"]
[EventDate "1922.07.31"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vidmar, Milan sr"]
[Black "Yates, Fred Dewhirst"]
[ECO "D63"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Nf3 O-O
7. Rc1 b6 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. O-O c5 11. Qe2 c4
12. Bb1 a6 13. Ne5 b5 14. f4 Ne4 15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. Nxd7 Qxd7
17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. f5 $1 f6 19. Rf4 Rad8 20. Rcf1 Rfe8 21. Rh4
Qf7 22. a3 Re7 23. Rff4 Rde8 24. Qg4 Bc6 25. d5 Ba8 26. Qh3 h6
27. Rfg4 Kh7 28. Nxe4 Qf8 29. Nxf6+ Qxf6 30. Rg6 Qf8 $18
31. Qg4 Qf7 32. Qg5 Kh8 33. f6 Qxd5 34. Rhxh6+ 1-0

[Event "London it"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "1922.08.08"]
[EventDate "1922.07.31"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Black "Vidmar, Milan sr"]
[ECO "D40"]
[PlyCount "40"]

1. d4 {Notes by Geza Maroczy} Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c5
5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Be6 7. e4 {The right continuation was here
: 7 Bxf6 Qxf6 8 e4 dxe4 9 Bb5+ Bd7 10 Nxe4 (better than 10
Bxd7+ Nxd7 11 Nxe4 on account of ...Qa6!) followed by Bb5+ and
O-O.} Be7 8. Bb5+ Nc6 9. Ne5 {Here White could have prevented
his opponent from castling but it would not have been any more
advantageous, for instance : 9 Bxf6 Bxf6 10 exd5 Bxd5 11 Qe2+
Kf8, etc.} Rc8 10. Qa4 cxd4 {Very well played!} 11. Qxd4 O-O
12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. O-O Rfd8
16. Rfe1 c5 17. Nxd5 Rxd5 18. Qe3 {White could very well fall
into a very interesting trap. As it seems White wins the
exchange with Nc6, but in fact he loses the game : 18 Nc6 Qd7
19 Ne7+ Kf8! and black wins.} h6 19. h3 Qb7 20. b3 Rcd8
1/2-1/2

[Event "London it"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "1922.08.08"]
[EventDate "1922.07.31"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Bogoljubow, Efim"]
[Black "Wahltuch, Victor"]
[ECO "D37"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1.d4 {Notes by Geza Maroczy} d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Be7
5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 c6 7.Bd3 Nbd7 8.O-O dxc4 9.Bxc4 Nd5 10.Bg3 b5
11.Bb3 N7f6 12.Qd3 Qb6 13.e4 Nxc3 14.bxc3 c5 {Black's
treatment of the opening was rather original; but not entirely
satisfactory.} 15.Bc2 c4 16.Qe2 Qa5 17.Bh4 g6 {Of course not
...Qxc3 as e5, Bxe7, and Qe4 would win for White.}18.Qd2 Qd8
19.Rfe1 Kg7 20.Bg5 Ng8 21.Bxe7 Qxe7 22.a4 {The decisive move ,
which breaks up Black's q--side pawns. Black should have
developed his queen bishop earlier.} Bd7 23.axb5 Bxb5 24.Ne5
Rfb8 25.f4 f6 26.Nf3 Be8 27.e5 f5 {Now Black has three weak
pawns : e6, c4, and a7, and that is too much.} 28.Ba4 Rb7
29.Bxe8 Rxe8 30.Ra6 Reb8 31.Qa2 Qc7 32.Ng5 {If Rxe6, ...Rb2
would be troublesome.} Qc8 33.Nxe6+ Kh8 34.Nc5 Rb2 35.Qxc4 Qf8
{Black is trying for an attack on the white king; but this
scheme is doomed to failure.} 36.Nd7 Qh6 37.Nxb8 Qxf4 38.Qf1
{This move saves everything, and Black might now have given up
a hopeless game.} Qd2 39.Nc6 f4 40.Raa1 g5 41.Qf3 Nh6 42.Red1
Qc2 43.Nb4 Qf5 44.Rxa7 g4 45.Qd3 f3 46.gxf3 gxf3 47.Qxf5 Nxf5
48.Rf1 Ne3 49.Rxf3 1-0

[Event "London it"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "1922.08.08"]
[EventDate "1922.07.31"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Znosko-Borovsky, Eugene"]
[Black "Euwe, Machgielis"]
[ECO "B83"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 e6
7. O-O Be7 8. Kh1 O-O 9. Be3 Bd7 10. f4 Qc7 11. Bf3 Rac8
12. Ndb5 Qb8 13. e5 dxe5 14. fxe5 Qxe5 15. Re1 Qb8 16. Qd2
Rfd8 17. Bf4 e5 18. Bg3 a6 19. Na3 Bg4 20. Qe3 Bxf3 21. gxf3
Bxa3 22. bxa3 Qd6 23. Bh4 Re8 24. Rg1 Ne7 25. Rad1 Qc6
26. Bxf6 Qxf6 27. Ne4 Qc6 28. Nd6 Ng6 29. Nxe8 Qxe8 30. Qb6
Qe7 31. Rd2 h6 32. Rgd1 Kh7 33. Rd7 Qh4 34. Qb3 Ne7 35. Rg1
Qf6 36. Qxb7 Rc6 37. Qb3 e4 38. Qe3 Re6 39. fxe4 Qh4 40. e5
Qh5 41. Qe4+ g6 42. Qf4 Kg7 43. Rf1 Nf5 44. Re1 Qh3 45. Rd3
Qh5 46. c4 Re7 47. c5 Rb7 48. e6 Nh4 49. e7 Qe2 50. Qd4+ 1-0

[Event "London it"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "1922.08.08"]
[EventDate "1922.07.31"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maroczy, Geza"]
[Black "Capablanca, Jose Raul"]
[ECO "C66"]
[PlyCount "44"]

1.e4 {Notes by Geza Maroczy} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 d6
5.d4 Bd7 6.O-O Be7 {The position is now the same as in the
sixth game of the recent Lasker-Capablanca match.} 7.Bxc6 {But
here Mr. Lasker played 7 Re1; the text move is the correct
continuation for White, as it forces Black to retake with the
bishop to avoid losing his king-pawn.} Bxc6 8.Qd3 {Black is
now compelled either to give up the center by exd4 or to
defend the king-pawn.} Nd7 {In the 14th game in the match
referred to above Mr. Capablanca played 8...exd4.} 9.Be3 {If 9
d5 then 9...Nc5 attacking the queen and making an escape for
the bishop.} exd4 10.Bxd4 O-O 11.Nd5 Bxd5 12.exd5 Bf6 13.Rfe1
Bxd4 14.Qxd4 Qf6 15.Rad1 a6 {Better than exchanging queens
which would have brought the white knight in at d4 threatening
to enter either at b5 or f5.} 16.Qxf6 Nxf6 17.c4 Rfe8 18.Rxe8+
Rxe8 19.Kf1 Kf8 20.b3 g6 21.Nd4 Ne4 22.Ne2 b5 {The game was
perfectly even and a draw was the legitimate result.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "London it"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "1922.08.08"]
[EventDate "1922.07.31"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Morrison, John"]
[Black "Reti, Richard"]
[ECO "A48"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1.d4 {Notes by Geza Maroczy} Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.e3 Bg7 4.Be2 O-O
5.O-O b6 6.Nbd2 Bb7 7.c4 d6 8.Qc2 {More advisable would be 8
b3 followed by Bb2.} Nbd7 9.b3 e5 10.Bb2 Qe7 11.d5 a5 {To
prevent b4 after 12...Nc5.} 12.h3 Nc5 13.Rae1 Bc8 {Black is
quite right in posting the bishop on the king-side, as the
queen's side is blocked.} 14.Nh2 Bf5 15.Qc3 Nfe4 16.Nxe4 Nxe4
17.Qc1 g5 {This attack would not succeed against a careful
defence.} 18.f4 gxf4 19.exf4 Ng3 20.Rf3 Qh4 21.Nf1 Nxf1
22.Bxf1 Bh6 23.Qc3 f6 {23...Bxf4 would be a mistake, because
of 24 g3 followed by Rxf4, but the text move is also weak.}
24.g3 Qh5 25.g4 Qg6 26.fxe5 fxe5 27.Rxf5 {! A simple way to
win a piece.} Rxf5 28.Bd3 Raf8 29.Qc2 Be3+ {Desperation, black
having no other resource.} 30.Kh1 {? By this move White throws
away a dead won game. Aftyer 30 Rxe3 Rf1+ 31 Kg2 Black must
give two rooks for the queen, leaving white a clear advantage
of material.} Rf1+ 31.Rxf1 Rxf1+ 32.Kg2 Rg1+ 33.Kf3 Qh6
34.Bxh7+ Kh8 35.Qe4 Qxh3+ 36.Ke2 Rg2+ 0-1

[Event "London it"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "1922.08.08"]
[EventDate "1922.07.31"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[Black "Marotti, Davide"]
[ECO "B32"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1.e4 {Notes by Geza Maroczy} c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6
{Better would be 4...Nf6 here, in order to compel 5 Nc3. After
the text move White has time for 5 c4.} 5.c4 Bg7 6.Be3 d6
7.Nc3 Nf6 8.f3 {Rubinstein adopts the variation proposed and
supported by me, wherein Black is thrown entirely on the
defensive.} Bd7 9.Qd2 Nxd4 10.Bxd4 O-O 11.Be2 Ne8 12.O-O f5
{This simply weakens his king's his own king position, but
black has scarcely anything better.} 13.exf5 gxf5 14.Rfe1 e5
15.Bf2 Bc6 16.Rad1 Rf6 17.c5 {Rubinstein exploits logically
his advantage in position.} Rg6 18.Bc4+ Kh8 19.Bf7 Rh6 20.f4
Qe7 21.Bd5 e4 22.Bxc6 bxc6 23.cxd6 Rxd6 24.Qe2 Rg6 25.Qc4 Nc7
26.Rd2 Rg8 27.g3 Ne8 28.Nd1 Qh4 29.Ne3 Qxf4 {Now ensues an
interesting finish wherein Rubinstein demonstrates his
superior power of combination.} 30.Qf7 Bh6 31.Rd8 Qe5 32.Nxf5
Rf6 33.Nxh6 Rf8 34.Qxf8+ Rxf8 35.Bd4 1-0

[Event "London it"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "1922.08.08"]
[EventDate "1922.07.31"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Tartakower, Ksawery"]
[Black "Watson, Charles"]
[ECO "B12"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1.e4 {Notes by Geza Maroczy} c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Bd3 Bxd3
5.Qxd3 e6 6.Ne2 Nd7 7.O-O Qb6 8.f4 g6 9.Kh1 h5 {Obviously
Black intends playing his knight to f5 and this move is made
to prevent White's g4.} 10.b3 Nh6 11.c4 Be7 12.Nbc3 Qa6 13.a4
Nb6 14.a5 dxc4 15.bxc4 Rd8 {If 15...Qxc4 16 Qb1 and White wins
the pawn with a superior game.} 16.Rd1 Na8 17.Ba3 Ng4 {The
black queen is in a precarious position, but this excursion
makes matters worse. Perhaps c5 at once was better.} 18.Ne4 c5
19.h3 Qc6 {Black has no other resource, for if the knight
retires, then follows Bxc5 with an easily won game.} 20.hxg4
hxg4 21.Kg1 Nc7 22.Bxc5 f5 23.exf6 Bxc5 24.Nxc5 Kf7 25.Qe4 Rh4
26.Qxc6 bxc6 27.Rab1 Kxf6 28.Rb7 Rc8 29.Ne4+ 1-0

[Event "London it"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "1922.08.08"]
[EventDate "1922.07.31"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Yates, Fred Dewhirst"]
[Black "Atkins, Henry"]
[ECO "B40"]
[PlyCount "41"]

1.e4 {Notes by Geza Maroczy} c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 e6 4.d4 cxd4
5.Nxd4 Bb4 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.Nxc6 dxc6 8.e5 Nd7 {Black should have
recaptured with the b-pawn in order to strengthen the center.}
9.Qg4 Qa5 10.O-O Bxc3 11.bxc3 Qxe5 12.Ba3 c5 13.Rab1 O-O
14.Rfe1 Qc7 15.Re3 f5 16.Qh4 e5 17.Qe7 e4 18.Bc4+ Kh8 19.Rd1
Qc6 {This loses at once. Offering the exchange of queens by
Qd8 might have enabled him to hold out longer, but he had
probably a lost game whatever was done.} 20.Rd6 Qa4 21.Rg3
{This wins a piece and consequently the game, but as
Mr. A. West points out, 21 Rg6 finishes the game immediately
as well as prettily.} 1-0

[Event "London it"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "1922.08.10"]
[EventDate "1922.07.31"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Bogoljubow, Efim"]
[Black "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[ECO "D18"]
[PlyCount "140"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6
7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O O-O 9. Ne2 Nbd7 10. Ng3 Bg6 11. Nh4 c5
12. f4 Nb6 13. Ba2 cxd4 14. exd4 Nfd5 15. Nf3 Rc8 16. Ne5 Bc2
17. Qf3 f5 18. a5 Bxa5 19. Qe2 Bb4 20. Nc4 Nxc4 21. Bxc4 Qb6
22. Kh1 Be4 23. Nxe4 fxe4 24. Ba2 Qa6 25. Qxa6 bxa6 26. f5
Rce8 27. Bg5 e3 28. Bc4 Nb6 29. Be2 exf5 30. Rxa6 Rc8 31. Raa1
h6 32. Bf4 g5 33. Be5 Rc2 34. Rxa7 Rf7 35. Rxf7 Kxf7 36. Rxf5+
Kg8 37. Bd1 e2 38. Bxe2 Rxe2 39. h4 g4 40. Rf6 Nd7 41. Rg6+
Kf7 42. Rg7+ Ke6 43. Rxg4 Bd2 44. Kh2 Kf5 45. Rg8 Nxe5
46. dxe5 Bf4+ 47. Kh3 Re3+ 48. g3 Bxe5 49. b4 Rb3 50. Rg4 Bd6
51. Rg8 Rxb4 52. Rd8 Rd4 53. Kg2 Rd3 54. Rg8 Be5 55. Kf2 Ra3
56. Kg2 Rb3 57. Kf2 Bd4+ 58. Kg2 Be5 59. Kf2 Bd6 60. Kg2 Rc3
61. Kf2 Rc2+ 62. Kf3 Rc3+ 63. Kg2 Rd3 64. Kf2 Bc5+ 65. Kg2
Rd2+ 66. Kh3 Bd6 67. Rg7 Ke4 68. Kg4 Rd3 69. Kh5 Bxg3 70. Kxh6
Bf4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "London it"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "1922.08.10"]
[EventDate "1922.07.31"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Euwe, Machgielis"]
[Black "Marotti, Davide"]
[ECO "A83"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. d4 {Notes by Geza Maroczy} f5 2. e4 fxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5
g6 5. h4 {This move (an invention of Alekhine) gives White a
strong attack for the pawn.} h6 {Certainly not the best
defence, White can win the pawn back and Black's k-side is
badly damaged.} 6. Bxf6 exf6 7. Qg4 {?} Kf7 8. h5 g5 9. Bc4+
Kg7 {If 9...d5 10 Bxd5+ Qxd5 11 Qxc8.} 10. Qf5 Qe8 11. Nd5 Qf7
12. Ne3 d5 {? Black avails himself of the opportunity to give
back the pawn in order to stop the "attack". In reality there
is no attack at all. After ...Qe8 the best White can probably
do is to draw by repetition of moves Nd5. Instead of the 12
Nxe3 white could not play 12 Nxc7 on account of ...d5 winning
a piece.} 13. Bxd5 Bxf5 14. Nxf5+ Kg8 15. Bxf7+ Kxf7 16. O-O-O
Ke6 {White has a won game now, the black pawn on e4 being
weak.} 17. g4 Na6 18. Ne2 Re8 19. Nc3 Kd7 20. a3 c6 21. Rhe1
Rh7 22. Nxe4 Rf7 23. Nc5+ Kd8 24. Rxe8+ Kxe8 25. Re1+ Kd8
26. Ne6+ Kc8 27. Nxf8 Rxf8 28. Nxh6 Nc7 29. Nf5 Nd5 30. c4 Nf4
31. Kd2 Rd8 32. Re7 a5 33. c5 Rd5 34. Rf7 Rxf5 35. gxf5 Nxh5
36. d5 cxd5 37. b4 axb4 38. axb4 g4 39. Rh7 Nf4 40. Rh6 Nh3
41. Ke3 d4+ 42. Kxd4 Nxf2 43. Rxf6 1-0

[Event "London it"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "1922.08.10"]
[EventDate "1922.07.31"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Atkins, Henry"]
[Black "Watson, Charles"]
[ECO "E12"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1.d4 {Notes by Geza Maroczy} Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 b6 4.Nc3 Bb7
5.Bg5 Be7 6.e3 O-O 7.Bd3 c5 8.O-O d5 9.cxd5 Nxd5 10.Bxe7 Qxe7
11.Nxd5 exd5 12.dxc5 bxc5 {These "hanging" pawns become the
center of attack.} 13.Rc1 Nd7 14.Qe2 a5 15.Qc2 g6 16.Be2 Rfc8
17.Bb5 Nf6 18.Be2 Ne4 19.Rfe1 c4 20.Nd4 a4 21.Nb5 Qb4 22.Nd4
{White has played without any settled plan and Black has now
the initiative as well as the superior position.} Rab8 23.f3
Nd6 24.Kf2 Ba6 25.Rb1 Qa5 26.Qc3 Qb6 27.Red1 Rc7 28.Qa3 Bb7
29.Qc3 Re8 30.Re1 Bc8 31.Bd1 Bd7 32.Re2 Nb7 33.Bc2 Nc5 34.Rd1
Rb7 35.Bb1 Reb8 36.Kf1 Qc7 37.Kg1 Rb6 38.Red2 Ra8 39.Qa3 Be6
40.Re1 Na6 {There is no necessity to surrender the pawn.}
41.Qxa4 Qb7 42.b3 {A splendid specimen of "Chess Blindness".}
Nc7 0-1

[Event "London it"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "1922.08.10"]
[EventDate "1922.07.31"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Capablanca, Jose Raul"]
[Black "Tartakower, Ksawery"]
[ECO "D57"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 O-O 6.e3 h6 7.Bh4 b6
8.cxd5 exd5 9.Qb3 Be6 10.Rd1 c6 11.Qc2 Ne4 12.Bxe7 Qxe7
13.Nxe4 dxe4 14.Qxe4 Qb4+ 15.Nd2 Qxb2 16.Bd3 g6 17.Qf4 Kg7
18.h4 Nd7 19.Ne4 Qxa2 20.h5 g5 21.Qg3 Qa5+ 22.Ke2 f5 23.Nxg5
hxg5 24.Qxg5+ Kf7 25.h6 Rg8 26.Qh5+ Ke7 27.h7 Rxg2 28.Kf1 Qd5
29.h8=Q Rxh8 30.Qxh8 Qf3 31.Rd2 Bd5 32.Ke1 Rg8 33.Qh4+ Kd6
34.Rf1 Be6 35.Rc2 a5 36.Qh2+ Ke7 37.Be2 Qe4 38.Kd2 c5 39.Bd3
Qg2 40.Qh4+ Qg5 41.Qxg5+ Rxg5 42.Rb1 f4 1/2-1/2

[Event "London it"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "1922.08.10"]
[EventDate "1922.07.31"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maroczy, Geza"]
[Black "Yates, Fred Dewhirst"]
[ECO "C49"]
[PlyCount "131"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Bb4 5.O-O O-O 6.d3 d6 7.Bg5
Ne7 8.Bc4 c6 9.Nh4 d5 10.Bb3 Qd6 11.Qf3 Bg4 12.Qg3 d4 13.Bxf6
Qxf6 14.Qxg4 dxc3 15.bxc3 Bxc3 16.Rad1 a5 17.a4 b5 18.Nf3 Ng6
19.g3 Rab8 20.Rb1 Rb7 21.Kg2 Rfb8 22.Ba2 h6 23.Ng1 Kh7 24.Ne2
Bb4 25.axb5 cxb5 26.f4 Rc7 27.c4 Rd8 28.Rbd1 Rcd7 29.cxb5 Rxd3
30.Rxd3 Rxd3 31.f5 Nf8 32.Nc1 Rd2+ 33.Kh3 Kg8 34.Rd1 Nh7
35.Rxd2 Bxd2 36.Nb3 Bb4 37.Qe2 Qd6 38.Kg2 Qc7 39.Na1 Qc1
40.Nc2 Bc5 41.Ne1 Nf6 42.Nd3 Qg1+ 43.Kh3 Bd4 44.b6 Nd7 45.b7
Ba7 46.Ne1 Qc5 47.Qa6 Bb8 48.Bxf7+ Kf8 49.Be6 Nb6 50.Nf3 a4
51.Qd3 Ke7 52.Nh4 Qd6 53.Ng6+ Kd8 54.Nxe5 Qxd3 55.Nxd3 Kc7
56.Nc5 Kc6 57.Na6 Kxb7 58.Nxb8 Kxb8 59.Kg4 Kc7 60.Kh5 Nd7
61.Kg6 a3 62.Kxg7 Kd6 63.Kxh6 Nf6 64.Kg6 Ke5 65.h4 Nxe4 66.h5
1-0

[Event "London it"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "1922.08.10"]
[EventDate "1922.07.31"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vidmar, Milan sr"]
[Black "Reti, Richard"]
[ECO "A46"]
[PlyCount "30"]

1.d4 {Notes by Geza Maroczy} Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.e3 c5 4.Nbd2 Nc6
5.c3 d5 6.Bd3 Bd6 7.O-O O-O 8.h3 {e4 immediately must be taken
into account here. Mr Vidmar would then be playing Chigorin's
defence with a tempo ahead.} Qe7 9.Qe2 e5 10.dxc5 Bxc5 11.e4
Be6 {The best; ...Nh5 seems very strong here, but it is
incorrect because White can with 12 exd5 Ng3 13 Qe1 Nxf1 14
Nxf1 Nd8 15 Qxe5, sacrifice the exchange to advantage.}
12.exd5 Bxd5 13.Ne4 Nxe4 14.Bxe4 Bxe4 15.Qxe4 Qe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "London it"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "1922.08.10"]
[EventDate "1922.07.31"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Wahltuch, Victor"]
[Black "Morrison, John"]
[ECO "A46"]
[PlyCount "151"]

1.d4 {Notes by Geza Maroczy} Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Nbd2 c5 4.e3 Nc6
5.c3 d5 6.Bd3 Bd6 7.Qe2 O-O 8.O-O e5 9.dxc5 Bxc5 10.e4 Bg4
11.h3 Bh5 12.Nb3 dxe4 13.Bxe4 Nxe4 14.Qxe4 Bg6 15.Qg4 Bd6
{Black has obtained a very good game, ...Bb6 was perhaps
better.} 16.Bg5 f6 17.Rad1 Qe7 18.Bc1 e4 19.Nh4 Ne5 20.Nxg6
Nxg6 21.Nd4 Qe5 22.g3 Bc5 {Here we think that ...f5 and ...f4
would have given black a winning attack. After the text the
e-pawn is detached and the white knight has a strong position
at f5.} 23.Nf5 Rf7 24.Rfe1 Re8 25.h4 Qb8 {A strange move,
which gives up a pawn at once. Kf8 might have been tried.}
26.Rxe4 Ne5 27.Rxe5 Qxe5 28.Nh6+ Kf8 29.Nxf7 Kxf7 30.Bf4 h5
{The move ...Qe2? would lose the queen, viz., Rd7+! and if the
queen moved anywhere else Qh5+ would have won.} 31.Qf3 Qe2
32.Qxb7+ Kg6 33.Rf1 Rd8 34.Be3 Bxe3 35.Qe4+ f5 36.Qxe3 Qxe3
37.fxe3 Rd3 38.Kf2 {We would have preferred Kg2 and Rf2. The
two passed pawns would then have won easily, whereas White has
great difficulties in the actual continuation.} Rd2+ 39.Kf3
Rxb2 40.Rf2 Rb1 41.Rd2 Rb6 42.c4 Rc6 43.Rc2 Kf6 44.Kf4 Re6
45.c5 Re4+ 46.Kf3 Ke7 47.c6 Kd8 48.Rc5 g6 49.c7 Kc8 50.Rc6 Rg4
51.Ra6 Kxc7 52.Rxa7+ Kc6 53.a3 Kd5 {We fail to see how White
could have won if Black had kept his king on the q-side.}
54.Rg7 Ke6 55.a4 Kf6 56.Ra7 g5 57.hxg5+ Rxg5 58.a5 Rg8 59.a6
Kg6 60.Rb7 Ra8 61.a7 Kg5 62.Kf2 Kf6 63.Rb6+ Kg5 64.Ra6 h4
65.gxh4+ Kxh4 66.Kf3 Kg5 67.Ra1 Kf6 68.Kf4 Kg6 69.Ra6+ Kf7
70.Kxf5 Ke7 71.e4 Kf7 72.e5 Ke7 73.Kg6 Kd7 74.Kf7 Kc7 75.e6
Kb7 76.Ra4 1-0

[Event "London it"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "1922.08.10"]
[EventDate "1922.07.31"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Znosko-Borovsky, Eugene"]
[Black "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[ECO "B84"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1.e4 {Notes by Geza Maroczy} c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6
5.Nc3 d6 6.Be2 a6 7.O-O Nbd7 8.f4 b5 9.Bf3 Bb7 10.e5 {This
attack is premature and leads to nothing. White should first
complete his development!} Bxf3 11.Nxf3 b4 12.Na4 dxe5 13.fxe5
Nd5 14.Kh1 Be7 15.Bd2 O-O 16.c4 bxc3 17.Nxc3 Nxc3 18.Bxc3 Nb6
19.Rc1 Qxd1 20.Rfxd1 Nd5 21.Bd4 Rfc8 22.Kg1 h5 23.g3 g5 24.Nd2
Nb4 25.a3 Rxc1 26.Rxc1 Rd8 27.Nb3 Nd3 28.Rc7 Bf8 29.Rc6 a5
30.Bb6 Rb8 31.Rc3 Rxb6 32.Rxd3 a4 33.Nd2 Rxb2 {Black has
played the end-game which was not at all favorable for him,
very well indeed and has obtained good chances, but owing to
the scant material left it is of no avail.} 34.Ne4 Be7 35.Rd4
Rb5 36.Rxa4 Rxe5 37.Kf2 f5 38.Nd2 Rb5 39.Nf3 Rb2+ 40.Ke1 Bf6
41.h4 g4 42.Ng1 Kf7 43.Ne2 e5 44.Ra7+ Be7 45.Nc3 Ke6 46.Ra6+
Bd6 47.a4 Kd7 48.Nd5 Bc5 49.Nf6+ Kc7 50.Nxh5 Bf2+ 51.Kf1 Be3
52.Rg6 {White also plays well and frustrates all designs of
his wily opponent.} Kb7 53.Ng7 f4 54.gxf4 exf4 55.Nf5 {This
excellent move forces the draw.} Bc5 56.Rxg4 f3 57.Re4 Rf2+
58.Ke1 Rg2 59.Nd4 Rg3 60.Kf2 Rh3 61.Rf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "London it"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "1922.08.11"]
[EventDate "1922.07.31"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Black "Capablanca, Jose Raul"]
[ECO "D63"]
[PlyCount "33"]

1. d4 {Notes by Geza Maroczy} d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3
Nbd7 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Rc1 c6 8. Qc2 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nd5
10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. O-O Nxc3 12. Qxc3 b6 13. Qd3 c5 {The best;
not so good is 13...Rd8 on account of 14 Qe2 and White
maintains his advantage.} 14. Ba6 Bxa6 15. Qxa6 cxd4 16. Nxd4
Nc5 17. Qb5 {The White position is still a little better, but
that is not enough to win against Capablanca.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "London it"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "1922.08.11"]
[EventDate "1922.07.31"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Bogoljubow, Efim"]
[Black "Znosko-Borovsky, Eugene"]
[ECO "D37"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 dxc4 7.Bxc4
a6 8.a4 c5 9.O-O Nbd7 10.h3 Nb6 11.Ba2 Nbd5 12.Bh2 Nxc3
13.bxc3 b5 14.Ne5 Bb7 15.Qe1 bxa4 16.f4 Rc8 17.f5 exf5 18.Rxf5
cxd4 19.exd4 Nd5 20.Bc4 a3 21.Rb1 Ba8 22.Bxa6 Nxc3 23.Bxc8
Qxd4+ 24.Kh1 Nxb1 25.Qxb1 Rxc8 26.Nxf7 Qd2 27.Nh6+ Qxh6 0-1

[Event "London it"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "1922.08.11"]
[EventDate "1922.07.31"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maroczy, Geza"]
[Black "Euwe, Machgielis"]
[ECO "C48"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. e4 {Notes by Geza Maroczy} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5
Nd4 5. Be2 Nxf3+ 6. Bxf3 Bc5 7. O-O O-O 8. d3 d6 9. Na4 Bb6
10. Nxb6 axb6 11. d4 {First Be3 is better. Black can now
exchange one of the white bishops.} exd4 12. Qxd4 Bg4 13. Bxg4
{If Bg5 Bxf3 14 gxf3 Ra5 with equal chances.} Nxg4 14. Bf4 Qf6
15. Qxf6 Nxf6 16. f3 Nd7 17. Rfe1 Ne5 18. Bxe5 dxe5 19. Red1
Rfd8 20. Kf2 Kf8 21. a3 Ke7 22. Ke3 b5 23. Ke2 f6 24. Rac1 c5
25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Rd1 Rxd1 27. Kxd1 c4 28. b4 Kd7 29. Kd2 Kd6
30. Ke3 Ke6 31. h4 g6 32. g4 g5 33. h5 h6 34. Kd2 Kd6 35. Kc3
Kc6 {Drawn. If 36 a4 bxa4 37 Kxc4 b5+.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "London it"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "1922.08.11"]
[EventDate "1922.07.31"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Morrison, John"]
[Black "Marotti, Davide"]
[ECO "D05"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e3 e6 4.Bd3 Bd6 5.O-O O-O 6.b3 b6 7.Bb2
Nfd7 8.e4 Bb7 9.Nbd2 Re8 10.e5 Be7 11.c4 c5 12.Rc1 Nc6 13.cxd5
exd5 14.Bb1 cxd4 15.Rxc6 Bxc6 16.Qc2 Bc5 17.Qxh7+ Kf8 18.Nxd4
Bxd4 19.Bxd4 Qg5 20.f4 Qh6 21.Qf5 Nc5 22.Nf3 Kg8 23.Ng5 Re7
24.Qg4 Ne4 25.h4 Bb5 26.Rc1 Bd7 27.f5 g6 28.Bxe4 dxe4 29.Qxe4
Rae8 30.f6 Bf5 31.Qc6 Rd7 32.e6 Bxe6 33.Nxe6 fxe6 34.f7 Kxf7
35.Qxd7+ Re7 36.Rf1+ 1-0

[Event "London it"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "1922.08.11"]
[EventDate "1922.07.31"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Reti, Richard"]
[Black "Watson, Charles"]
[ECO "D60"]
[PlyCount "184"]

1.d4 {Notes by Geza Maroczy} d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7
5.e3 O-O 6.Nf3 Nbd7 7.Bd3 Re8 8.O-O Nf8 9.Ne5 c6 10.f4 dxc4
11.Bxc4 Nd5 12.Bxe7 Qxe7 13.Qf3 f6 14.Nd3 Bd7 15.e4 Nb6 16.Bb3
Rad8 17.Rad1 Bc8 18.Nc5 Kh8 19.Qf2 Qc7 20.h3 Re7 21.Kh1 Nbd7
22.Nxd7 Rexd7 23.e5 f5 24.g4 g6 25.Rg1 {White has obtained a
strong attacking position.} Rg7 26.Qh4 Qe7 27.Qh6 b6 28.Kh2
Bb7 29.Rg3 c5 30.gxf5 {The attack could have been continued
better by Nb5 cxd4 31 Nd6. The text-move simplifies the
position and leads only to equality.} gxf5 31.Rxg7 Qxg7
32.Qxg7+ Kxg7 33.Nb5 {After the preferable 33 dxc5 White would
have had rather the better end-game.} cxd4 34.Nd6 Rd7 35.Rxd4
Re7 36.Kg3 {White was extremely short of time. Rd1! was
simpler and more promising.} Kh6 37.Kf2 Rg7 38.Ke3 Ba8 39.Kd2
Rg2+ 40.Kc3 Rg3+ 41.Rd3 Rxd3+ 42.Kxd3 Bg2 43.Nf7+ Kg7 44.Nd8
Bxh3 45.Bxe6 Ng6 46.Ke3 Ne7 47.Kf2 Bg4 48.Kg3 Be2 49.Nb7 Kg6
50.Nd6 Bd3 51.a3 Be2 52.b4 Bd3 53.Bf7+ Kg7 54.Be8 h6 55.Kf3
Bf1 56.Kf2 Bd3 57.Ke3 Bf1 58.Kf2 Bd3 59.Ke3 Bf1 60.Bd7 Kg6
61.Be6 Bg2 62.Nb5 Bd5 63.Bd7 Bc6 64.Bxc6 Nxc6 65.Nd4 Ne7 66.b5
Nd5+ 67.Kf3 Nc3 68.Kg3 Ne4+ 69.Kh4 Nc3 70.Nc6 Nxb5 71.Ne7+ Kf7
72.Nxf5 Nxa3 73.Nd6+ Ke6 74.Kh5 Nc2 75.Kg6 {Kxh6 offered many
more chances.} Ne3 76.Ne8 Ke7 77.Ng7 Ng2 78.Kf5 a5 79.Ke4 a4
80.Nf5+ Kf8 81.Nd4 Nxf4 82.Nb5 Ng6 83.Kf5 Kg7 84.e6 Ne7+
85.Ke5 h5 86.Ke4 Kf6 87.Nc3 a3 88.Kd4 h4 89.Kc4 Kxe6 90.Kb3 h3
91.Ne4 h2 92.Nf2 Kf5 0-1

[Event "London it"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "1922.08.11"]
[EventDate "1922.07.31"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[Black "Vidmar, Milan sr"]
[ECO "D55"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1.d4 {Notes by Geza Maroczy} d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 Be7
5.Bg5 O-O 6.e3 Ne4 {Vidmar attempts a novelty, and hopes to be
able to justify this defence by sacrificing a pawn.} 7.Bxe7
Qxe7 8.cxd5 Nxc3 9.bxc3 exd5 10.Qb3 Be6 {The pawn sacrifice is
shown to be incorrect, but here black could obtain quite a
good game by Rd8! 11 c4 Nc6! Our suggested defence appears to
obviate all dangers for the second player in the queen's
gambit.}11.Qxb7 Nd7 12.Qb4 {!} Qf6 {12...c5 had to be
considered; to this White could reply Qa3.} 13.Be2 Rab8 14.Qa3
Rb6 15.O-O Bf5 16.c4 {!} dxc4 17.Bxc4 Be4 18.Nd2 Bb7 19.Rab1
Qh4 20.Rxb6 Nxb6 21.Ba6 Bd5 22.e4 {! Decisive : in masterly
fashion White makes his material advantage tell.} Qf4 23.Qe3
Qxe3 24.fxe3 Bxa2 {This loses a piece, but the game could no
longer be saved.} 25.d5 Re8 26.Ra1 Bxd5 27.exd5 Nxd5 28.Bb5
Rxe3 29.Rxa7 g6 30.Bc6 Nb4 31.Rxc7 Re1+ 32.Kf2 Nd3+ 33.Kg3 Rc1
34.Rd7 {!} Ne5 35.Rd8+ Kg7 36.Bf3 Rc3 37.Ne4 Ra3 38.Rd5 Nxf3
39.gxf3 f5 {? This makes the win easier for White. Black could
safely resign here.} 40.Rd7+ Kf8 41.Ng5 h6 42.Ne6+ Ke8 43.Rh7
Re3 44.Nd4+ Rd3 45.Ne2 g5 46.Rxh6 1-0

[Event "London it"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "1922.08.11"]
[EventDate "1922.07.31"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Tartakower, Ksawery"]
[Black "Atkins, Henry"]
[ECO "C46"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Nc3 Nxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Bd3 dxe4
7.Bxe4 Bd6 8.d4 Nxd4 9.Nxd4 exd4 10.Qxd4 O-O 11.Be3 Qe7
12.O-O-O Re8 13.Bd5 Be5 14.Qa4 c6 15.Bf3 Be6 16.Kb1 a5 17.Bd4
Bd6 18.Bb6 Bb4 19.c3 Ra6 20.Be3 Bf5+ 21.Ka1 b5 22.Qb3 Bd6
23.a4 Rb8 24.Rd2 Be6 25.Qd1 Be5 26.Bd4 Bf4 27.Be3 Bxe3 28.fxe3
b4 29.cxb4 Rab6 30.Rd6 Rxb4 31.Bxc6 Rxb2 32.Bb5 Ra2+ 33.Kb1
Rxa4 34.Kc2 Ra2+ 35.Kc3 Rc8+ 36.Bc6 Rxc6+ 37.Rxc6 Qb4+ 38.Kd3
Qb5+ 39.Kd4 Qxc6 40.Ke5 Qc5+ 41.Kf4 Qf5+ 42.Kg3 Qf2# 0-1

[Event "London it"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "1922.08.11"]
[EventDate "1922.07.31"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Yates, Fred Dewhirst"]
[Black "Wahltuch, Victor"]
[ECO "C83"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3
d5 8.dxe5 Be6 9.c3 Be7 10.Nbd2 O-O 11.Bc2 Nc5 12.Nb3 Qd7
13.Nxc5 Bxc5 14.Qd3 g6 15.Bg5 Bf5 16.Qd2 Bxc2 17.Bf6 Rfe8
18.Qxc2 Be7 19.a4 Bxf6 20.exf6 Qd6 21.axb5 axb5 22.Rxa8 Rxa8
23.Qd2 Nb8 24.Nd4 c6 25.Qe3 Qxf6 26.Qe8+ Kg7 27.f4 b4 28.f5
bxc3 29.bxc3 g5 30.Ne6+ Kh6 31.Qf8+ Kh5 32.Ng7+ Kh4 33.Ne8 Na6
34.Qg8 Qh6 35.Rf3 Kg4 36.h3+ Kh4 37.Rf4+ 1-0

[Event "London it"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "1922.08.12"]
[EventDate "1922.07.31"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Black "Yates, Fred Dewhirst"]
[ECO "D63"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. d4 {Notes by Geza Maroczy} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3
Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Rc1 c6 8. Qc2 Re8 9. Bd3 dxc4
10. Bxc4 Nd5 11. Ne4 f5 {A weak move. Black gets now a cramped
position; better was ...h6.} 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Ned2 b5
14. Bxd5 cxd5 15. O-O a5 {The game is lost anyhow.} 16. Nb3 a4
17. Nc5 {This practically forces the exchange of queens and
leaves White with a won end-game.} Nxc5 18. Qxc5 Qxc5 19. Rxc5
b4 20. Rfc1 Ba6 21. Ne5 {With the well-placed knight and his
rooks in command of the open file white has an easily won
game.} Reb8 22. f3 b3 23. a3 h6 24. Kf2 Kh7 25. h4 Rf8 26. Kg3
Rfb8 27. Rc7 Bb5 28. R1c5 Ba6 29. R5c6 Re8 30. Kf4 Kg8 31. h5
Bf1 32. g3 Ba6 33. Rf7 Kh7 34. Rcc7 Rg8 35. Nd7 Kh8 36. Nf6
Rgf8 37. Rxg7 Rxf6 38. Ke5 1-0

[Event "London it"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "1922.08.12"]
[EventDate "1922.07.31"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Bogoljubow, Efim"]
[Black "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[ECO "B43"]
[PlyCount "140"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.Nc3 a6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 b5 6.Bd3 Bb7 7.O-O
d6 8.Kh1 Nf6 9.a3 Nbd7 10.f4 Be7 11.Qe2 Qc7 12.Bd2 O-O 13.Rf3
Nc5 14.Rg3 d5 15.e5 Nfe4 16.Bxe4 Nxe4 17.Nxe4 dxe4 18.Bc3 Rfe8
19.f5 Bf8 20.Rf1 Rad8 21.Qe3 a5 22.h3 b4 23.axb4 axb4 24.fxe6
fxe6 25.Rxf8+ Kxf8 26.Bxb4+ Kg8 27.Bd6 Qf7 28.Kh2 Ra8 29.Ba3
Ra5 30.Qg5 Rd5 31.c3 Kh8 32.Bd6 h6 33.Qg4 Ra5 34.Nb3 Ra2
35.Ba3 Bd5 36.Nd2 Rc8 37.c4 Bc6 38.Qd1 e3 39.Rxe3 Qf2 40.Rg3
Rd8 41.Qg4 Qf7 42.Ne4 Bxe4 43.Qxe4 Ra1 44.c5 Qc7 45.b4 Kg8
46.c6 Qa7 47.Qe3 Qxe3 48.Rxe3 Rc8 49.Rc3 Rb1 50.Rc5 Rb3 51.b5
Rxa3 52.b6 Rb3 53.b7 Rc7 54.Ra5 Rxc6 55.Ra8+ Kf7 56.b8=Q Rxb8
57.Rxb8 Rc5 58.Kg3 Rxe5 59.Kf3 Ra5 60.Rb3 Ra4 61.Rc3 Kf6
62.Rb3 h5 63.g3 g6 64.Rb8 Ra2 65.Rf8+ Kg7+ 66.Re8 Rh2 67.Rb8
Ra2 68.h4 Ra7 69.Kf4 Kf6 70.Rf8+ Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "London it"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "1922.08.12"]
[EventDate "1922.07.31"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Atkins, Henry"]
[Black "Euwe, Machgielis"]
[ECO "A48"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. b3 d6 5. Bb2 O-O 6. Bd3 Nbd7
7. O-O e5 8. Be2 Re8 9. c4 e4 10. Nfd2 c6 11. Nc3 a6 12. Qc2
d5 13. Rac1 Bf8 14. Ncb1 Bd6 15. Ba3 Bb8 16. cxd5 cxd5
17. Rfe1 Nf8 18. Nf1 Ng4 19. Nc3 Qg5 20. Nd1 h5 21. Bb4 Qh4
22. Bxg4 Bxg4 23. Nc3 Qg5 24. Kh1 h4 25. Nd2 Qf5 26. Kg1 Qg5
27. Kh1 h3 28. g3 Qf5 29. f4 Ba7 30. Nd1 Rac8 31. Qb2 Rxc1
32. Qxc1 Rc8 33. Qb1 Ne6 34. Qb2 Nxd4 35. exd4 Bxd1 36. Rxd1
e3 37. Nf3 Rc2 38. Qb1 e2 39. Rd2 Qe4 0-1

[Event "London it"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "1922.08.12"]
[EventDate "1922.07.31"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Capablanca, Jose Raul"]
[Black "Reti, Richard"]
[ECO "A48"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1.d4 {Notes by Geza Maroczy} Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.h3 {White intends
to play Bf4 and this move is made to secure a retreat for the
bishop.} Bg7 4.Bf4 O-O 5.Nbd2 d6 6.e3 Nbd7 7.c3 c5 8.Bc4 b6
9.O-O Bb7 10.Qe2 Qc7 11.Bh2 Rae8 12.e4 cxd4 13.cxd4 e5 14.Rac1
Qb8 15.d5 Rc8 16.Bb5 Rxc1 17.Rxc1 Rc8 18.Bc6 Bh6 19.b4 Bxd2
{If Black intended to capture this knight he might have waited
till White had moved the rook. After 19...Bxc6 20 Rxc6! White
still has the better game.} 20.Nxd2 Bxc6 21.dxc6 b5 22.Nb3 Nf8
23.Qd3 Ne6 24.Kf1 {! With the intention to bring the bishop in
the game via g1.} Qb6 25.Na5 Qd4 26.Qxd4 Nxd4 27.f3 Rc7 {? The
best would have been ...Nh5, but White has with 28 g4 the
better end-game. After the text-move the ending is lost for
Black.} 28.Bg1 Kf8 29.Bxd4 exd4 30.Rd1 Ke7 31.Rxd4 Ke6 32.Ke2
Ng8 33.Nb7 Nf6 34.Rxd6+ Ke7 35.Ke3 Ne8 36.e5 Ng7 37.f4 h5
38.g4 hxg4 39.hxg4 1-0

[Event "London it"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "1922.08.12"]
[EventDate "1922.07.31"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maroczy, Geza"]
[Black "Tartakower, Ksawery"]
[ECO "D02"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.Bf4 e6 4.e3 Bd6 5.Bxd6 cxd6 6.c3 Nc6
7.Nbd2 O-O 8.Be2 e5 9.O-O Bg4 10.Kh1 Qb6 11.Qb3 Ne4 12.Qxb6
axb6 13.Nxe4 dxe4 14.Ng1 Be6 15.dxe5 Nxe5 16.Rfd1 Rfd8 17.Rd4
d5 18.Rb4 Rd6 19.Rd1 Rxa2 20.c4 Ra5 21.f4 exf3 22.Bxf3 Kf8
23.cxd5 Nxf3 24.gxf3 Raxd5 25.Rxd5 Bxd5 26.Kg2 Rc6 27.Kg3 Bc4
28.b3 Bf1 29.Kf2 Bd3 30.Nh3 Rc2+ 31.Kg3 Bf1 32.Nf2 b5 33.h4 g6
34.Ne4 Ke7 35.Rd4 Rg2+ 36.Kf4 h6 37.Nd6 Ke6 38.Ne4 f6 39.Nc5+
Ke7 40.Rd7+ Ke8 41.Rxb7 Rh2 42.Ne4 Rxh4+ 43.Kg3 g5 44.Nd6+
1/2-1/2

[Event "London it"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "1922.08.12"]
[EventDate "1922.07.31"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vidmar, Milan sr"]
[Black "Marotti, Davide"]
[ECO "D67"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1.d4 {Notes by Geza Maroczy} Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 e6 4.Bg5 Be7
5.e3 Nbd7 6.Nc3 O-O 7.Rc1 c6 8.Bd3 dxc4 9.Bxc4 Nd5 10.Bxe7
Qxe7 11.O-O Re8 12.Re1 Nf8 {A better plan of development would
be 12...b6 and ...Bb7.} 13.Qd2 Bd7 14.e4 Nb6 15.Bd3 Qb4 {The
queen is indeed not well posted at e7 and should perhaps be
played now to d8. By the text-move Black loses much time.}
16.a3 Qa5 17.e5 Nd5 18.b4 Qd8 19.Ne4 {! White has already got
a clear advantage in position.} Qe7 {Now the queen has
returned to the same place with a loss of four moves.} 20.Nd6
Reb8 21.Rb1 b5 22.Rb3 h6 {This move weakens the king-side.}
23.Ne4 Be8 24.Nd6 Bd7 25.Be4 a5 26.h3 axb4 27.axb4 Rb6 28.Nh2
Rba6 29.Rg3 Ra3 30.Bd3 f5 {Black has to run the risk involved
in this move, as White is threatening Qxh6. If 30...Kh8 31 Ng4
threatening Nxh6.} 31.exf6 Rxd3 {Any other move would lose at
once. If 31...Qxf6 then 32 Ng4, etc. 31...Nxf6 cannot be
played because of 32 Nf5.} 32.Qxd3 Qxd6 33.Rxg7+ Kh8 34.Ng4
Nxf6 35.Rf7 Nxg4 36.hxg4 Kg8 37.Qf3 Qxd4 38.Re4 Qd5 39.g5 {!
To Qf6 Black would reply Qg5.} Ra1+ {Black cannot play
39...hxg5 because of 40 Qf6, but the move actually played is
also a mistake, as shown by the sequel. The comparatively
better continuation would perhaps be 39...Qxg5 40 Rg4 Qxg4 41
Rxf8+ Rxf8 42 Qxg4+ Kf7 and Black might still make some
resistance although White should finally win.} 40.Kh2 Qd6+
41.g3 e5 42.gxh6 Ra3 43.Rg7+ Kh8 44.Qf7 1-0

[Event "London it"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "1922.08.12"]
[EventDate "1922.07.31"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Wahltuch, Victor"]
[Black "Watson, Charles"]
[ECO "D11"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1.d4 {Notes by Geza Maroczy} Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 c6 4.e3 g6
5.Nc3 Bg7 6.Bd3 Nbd7 7.O-O O-O 8.b3 Qa5 {? Merely loss of
time.} 9.Bd2 Qd8 10.Rc1 dxc4 11.Bxc4 b5 12.Be2 Bb7 13.Qc2 a6
14.e4 {!} Ne8 15.Nd1 Rc8 16.Ne3 c5 17.d5 Nd6 18.Rfd1 Qb6
19.Bd3 {White anticipating 20 Bc3, Bxc3 21 Qxc3 wants the
e-pawn to be protected.} Rc7 20.Bc3 f6 21.Qd2 Rcc8 {White was
threatening Ba5.} 22.Ba1 Nf7 23.Bb1 Bh6 24.b4 {Very well
played, as White is sure to win the pawn back with a slight
advantage of position.} cxb4 25.Nd4 a5 26.Ne6 Rfe8 27.Bd4 Qd6
28.Qe2 Ba6 29.Bd3 Ng5 {The pawn is not to be defended any
longer.} 30.Nxg5 Bxg5 31.Bxb5 Rxc1 32.Rxc1 Rc8 33.Rxc8+ Bxc8
34.Nc4 Qf4 {Black ought to play Qc7.} 35.g3 Qc7 36.Kg2 Bh6
37.f4 Bg7 38.Kf2 Kf7 {?} 39.e5 {The winning move.} Kg8 40.d6
Qd8 {After 40...exd6 41 exd6 Black would remain with a
hopeless position.} 41.dxe7 Qxe7 42.Nd6 Nxe5 {A piece is lost
anyhow. If 42...Qd8 then 43 Qc4+, etc.} 43.Nxc8 Qd8 44.Bb6
Qxc8 45.fxe5 Qf5+ 46.Kg2 fxe5 47.Bxa5 Bf8 48.Bc7 e4 49.Qc4+
Kh8 50.Qd4+ Bg7 51.Qd8+ Qf8 52.Qxf8+ 1-0

[Event "London it"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "1922.08.12"]
[EventDate "1922.07.31"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Znosko-Borovsky, Eugene"]
[Black "Morrison, John"]
[ECO "C49"]
[PlyCount "132"]

1.e4 {Notes by Geza Maroczy} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Bb4
5.O-O O-O 6.d3 d6 7.Bg5 Bxc3 {Ne7 without exchanging the king
bishop might be considered.} 8.bxc3 Ne7 9.Bc4 {Nh4 is usual
here.} Be6 10.Bxf6 gxf6 11.Bxe6 fxe6 12.Nh4 Ng6 13.Nxg6 {More
energetic here would be Qg4 and f4. The exchange favors the
defence.} hxg6 14.Qg4 Qe8 15.f4 Kg7 16.f5 exf5 17.Rxf5 {The
pawn could not take, since after ...g5 Black would obtain a
decisive advantage through the open h-file.} Qd7 {Stonger
would be qe6 at once.} 18.Raf1 Rf7 19.Qg3 Rh8 20.h4 Qe6 21.c4
c6 22.R5f3 d5 {Black should first secure his pawn position on
the queenside. Now the picture changes, and White gets all
sorts of attacking chances.} 23.cxd5 cxd5 24.exd5 Qxd5 25.Qf2
Qe6 26.Qxa7 Rxh4 27.Rb1 {!} Qc6 28.Qf2 g5 29.c4 Qd6 30.Rb6 Qd8
{Black appears to feel himself safe, or else he would have
avoided this loss of time, and could have played Qe7.} 31.Qb2
Qe7 {Now the move is too late, and would be better replaced by
...Rf4. White wins a pawn.} 32.Rfxf6 Qc5+ 33.Qf2 Qxf2+ 34.Rxf2
Rd7 35.Rf5 Rg4 36.Rxe5 Rxd3 37.Re7+ {Premature; Rd5 was
simpler.} Kf8 38.Re2 Rd1+ 39.Kf2 Rd7 40.g3 {White still has
the advantage and should certainly win.} Rxc4 41.Reb2 Rf7+
42.Kg2 Rcc7 43.Kh3 Rg7 44.Kg4 Rc4+ 45.Kh5 Rc3 46.R2b3 Rc2
47.Ra3 Rc8 48.Ra5 g4 49.Rb4 Kg8 50.Rxg4 Rxg4 51.Kxg4 Rc4+
52.Kf5 Rb4 53.g4 Kg7 54.g5 Rb2 55.a4 Rf2+ 56.Ke5 Kg6 57.Kd4 b6
58.Ra6 Kxg5 59.Kc3 Rf3+ 60.Kb4 Kf6 61.Rxb6+ Ke7 62.Rc6 Kd7
63.Rc1 Rf5 64.a5 Rf8 65.a6 Rc8 66.a7 Ra8 {An instructive
endgame with rooks, not faultlessly played however by either
master.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "London it"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "1922.08.14"]
[EventDate "1922.07.31"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Morrison, John"]
[Black "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[ECO "D04"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. d4 {Notes by Geza Maroczy} d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 c5 4. c4 e6
5. Be2 Bd6 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 {First dxc5 is to be considered.}
b6 8. b3 Bb7 9. Bb2 Nbd7 10. Rc1 Qe7 {The king bishop is after
the fianchetto development better placed on d6 because the
queen has obviously few places left.The opening turns out
favorably for Black.} 11. Nb5 Bb8 12. Ne5 a6 13. Nxd7 Nxd7
14. Nc3 Rd8 15. Bf3 Nf6 16. cxd5 {Na4 ought to have been
played immediately, after the text move it is a mistake.} exd5
17. Na4 c4 18. bxc4 dxc4 19. Bxb7 Qxb7 20. g3 b5 {Black has
got a considerable majority of pawns on the q-side.} 21. Nc5
Qc6 22. Qc2 Bd6 23. Nd3 Rac8 24. Ne5 {The black pawns grow
thereby stronger. White has no counterchance, his game is
lost.} Bxe5 25. dxe5 Ne4 26. Bd4 Ng5 {!} 27. f3 Nxf3+ 28. Rxf3
Qxf3 29. Rf1 Qg4 30. Qf2 Qg6 31. Qb2 h6 32. Rf4 c3 33. Bxc3
Rd1+ 0-1

[Event "London it"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "1922.08.14"]
[EventDate "1922.07.31"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Reti, Richard"]
[Black "Bogoljubow, Efim"]
[ECO "D60"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1.d4 {Notes by Geza Maroczy} d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Nbd7
5.e3 Be7 6.Nf3 O-O 7.Bd3 {The usual move Rc1 is better.} c5
8.O-O cxd4 9.exd4 dxc4 10.Bxc4 a6 11.Qe2 b5 12.Bb3 Bb7 13.Rad1
{It would have been better to move Rfd1. This loss of time
gives Black a powerful attack.} Nb6 14.Ne5 b4 {Black's method
of taking command is highly ingenious.} 15.Bxf6 Bxf6 16.Ne4
Bd5 17.Nxf6+ gxf6 18.Bxd5 Nxd5 19.Nd3 Qa5 20.Nc5 Kh8 21.Qh5
Qc7 22.Qh4 Rg8 23.Rc1 Qd8 {A hasty move which cost Bogoljubov
half a point. 23...Qf4! would have been almost certain to
win. After the text he cannot escape a draw.} 24.Rfd1 Rg6
25.Rd3 a5 26.Rh3 Qg8 27.Rg3 a4 28.a3 bxa3 29.bxa3 Kg7 30.Qe4
Qb8 31.Rb1 Qd6 32.Rb7 Kg8 33.Qc2 Nf4 34.Rd7 Qc6 35.Rxg6+ hxg6
36.Qe4 Nd5 37.h3 Re8 38.g3 Rb8 39.Kh2 Qb6 40.Nxe6 Qxe6 41.Qxd5
Qxd5 42.Rxd5 Rb3 43.Ra5 Rxa3 44.d5 Kf8 45.d6 1/2-1/2

[Event "London it"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "1922.08.14"]
[EventDate "1922.07.31"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[Black "Euwe, Machgielis"]
[ECO "A48"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. h3 Bg7 4. Bf4 b6 5. Nbd2 Bb7 6. e3 d6
7. c3 O-O 8. Bc4 Nbd7 9. O-O Ne4 10. Nxe4 Bxe4 11. Qe2 e5
12. Bh2 Qe7 13. Rad1 Kh8 14. Bb5 Rad8 15. Rd2 Bb7 16. Bxd7
Bxf3 17. Qxf3 e4 18. Qe2 Qxd7 19. d5 Qa4 20. b3 Qd7 21. Qc4 f5
22. b4 Bf6 23. Rc2 Rg8 24. Qc6 Qxc6 25. dxc6 Rge8 26. c4 Be5
27. Rd1 Bxh2+ 28. Kxh2 Kg7 29. Rc3 Kf6 30. Ra3 a5 31. bxa5 Ra8
32. Rd5 Reb8 33. Rb3 bxa5 34. Rxb8 Rxb8 35. Rb5 Rxb5 36. cxb5
Ke6 37. a4 d5 38. h4 h6 39. Kg1 g5 40. hxg5 hxg5 41. g4 f4
42. exf4 1-0

[Event "London it"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "1922.08.14"]
[EventDate "1922.07.31"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Atkins, Henry"]
[Black "Capablanca, Jose Raul"]
[ECO "B12"]
[PlyCount "134"]

1.e4 {Notes by Geza Maroczy} c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 {Simply and
better in my opinion is Nc3 dxe4 4 Nxe4 Bf5 5 Ng3 Bg6 6 f4!}
Bf5 4.Bd3 Bxd3 5.Qxd3 e6 6.Ne2 Qb6 7.O-O Qa6 8.Qd1 c5 9.c3 Nc6
10.Nd2 cxd4 11.cxd4 Qd3 12.Nb3 Qxd1 13.Rxd1 Nge7 14.Bd2 a5
15.Rac1 b6 16.a4 Kd7 {Black has a slight pull and only a
general exchange offered prospects for White. The points a4,
b4, c4, and d4 are all open to attack.} 17.Nc3 Na7 18.Kf1 Nec6
19.Ke2 Rc8 20.Be1 Be7 21.Nb1 f5 22.exf6 {Now the black bishop
also comes into play and strengthens the pressure on ther
point d4. White should have played f4.} Bxf6 23.Bc3 Nb4 24.Bd2
Nac6 25.Be3 Na2 26.Rc2 {White continues to lose ground : Mr
Atkins must have been under time pressure.} Rc7 27.Na3 Rhc8
28.Rcd2 Na7 29.Rd3 Nb4 30.R3d2 Rc6 31.Rb1 Be7 32.Ra1 Bd6 33.h3
R6c7 34.Rad1 Na2 35.Ra1 Bxa3 36.Rxa2 Bb4 37.Rd1 Rc4 38.Rc1 Nc6
39.Rxc4 dxc4 40.Nd2 Bxd2 41.Kxd2 Kd6 42.Kc3 Kd5 43.Ra1 g6
44.f3 Rb8 45.Ra3 b5 46.axb5 Rxb5 47.Bf2 Nb4 {Black has a won
end-game. The knight is here superior to the bishop since the
latter cannot leave the d-pawn unprotected. The further play
needs no comment.} 48.b3 cxb3 49.Kxb3 Nc6 50.Kc3 Rb1 51.Ra4
Rc1+ 52.Kd2 Rc4 53.Ra1 a4 54.Ra3 Na7 55.Ra1 Nb5 56.Rb1 Kc6
57.Kd3 Rc3+ 58.Kd2 Rb3 59.Rc1+ Kb7 60.Rc2 a3 61.Bg3 Nxd4
62.Rc7+ Kb6 63.Rc4 Kb5 64.Rc8 Nc6 65.Ra8 Rb2+ 66.Ke3 Rxg2
67.Bf2 Nb4 0-1

[Event "London it"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "1922.08.14"]
[EventDate "1922.07.31"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Marotti, Davide"]
[Black "Znosko-Borovsky, Eugene"]
[ECO "C42"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1.e4 {Notes by Geza Maroczy} e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4
5.d4 Be7 6.Bd3 Nf6 {This continuationis too tame. d5 is the
right move.} 7.O-O Bg4 8.Nbd2 O-O 9.b3 {A fine move,
threatening to obtain a strong attack by the further advance
of the pawns on the queenside.} Nc6 10.Bb2 Nb4 11.Be2 Nbd5
12.Ne1 Bc8 13.Nd3 c6 14.c4 {White has now the better
position.} Nc7 15.f4 d5 16.c5 Re8 17.Ne5 Ne4 18.Bd3 f6 19.Nxe4
fxe5 20.Nd6 {A powerful move. White forces the game.} Bxd6
21.cxd6 Qxd6 22.dxe5 Qh6 23.f5 b6 24.Qe2 c5 25.e6 d4 26.Bc1
Qf6 27.Qg4 Nd5 28.Bg5 Ne3 29.Qh5 g6 30.fxg6 hxg6 31.Bxg6 Qg7
32.Bf7+ {An interesting game, very finely played by the
Italian champion.} 1-0

[Event "London it"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "1922.08.14"]
[EventDate "1922.07.31"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Tartakower, Ksawery"]
[Black "Yates, Fred Dewhirst"]
[ECO "C45"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1.e4 {Notes by Geza Maroczy} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6
5.Nxc6 bxc6 6.Nd2 d5 {The better move is Bc5. After the
text-move White gets the advantage.} 7.exd5 cxd5 8.Bb5+ Bd7
9.Bxd7+ Qxd7 10.O-O Be7 11.Nf3 O-O 12.Bg5 {Maroczy played
against Janowsky in London 1899, 12 b3 and 13 Bb2.} Rfe8
13.Re1 c6 14.Qd3 Rab8 15.b3 h6 16.Bh4 Qc7 17.Nd4 Ne4 {A
blunder which loses two pawns, but black is already in trouble
and we cannot find a move to save the game.} 18.Bxe7 Rxe7
19.f3 Nd6 20.Rxe7 Qxe7 21.Nxc6 Qf6 22.Re1 Rb7 23.Qxd5 Rc7
24.Nd4 Qf4 25.Qe5 Qd2 26.Re2 Qb4 27.Nf5 Nxf5 28.Qxc7 Qd4+
29.Kf1 Qd1+ 30.Re1 Ne3+ 31.Kf2 Qd2+ 32.Re2 Nd1+ 33.Kf1 Ne3+
34.Rxe3 Qxe3 35.Qd8+ 1-0

[Event "London it"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "1922.08.14"]
[EventDate "1922.07.31"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vidmar, Milan sr"]
[Black "Wahltuch, Victor"]
[ECO "E12"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1.d4 {Notes by Geza Maroczy} Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 b6 4.Nc3 Bb7
5.Bg5 Be7 {The usual move is ...Bb4.} 6.e3 Ne4 7.Nxe4 Bxe4
8.Bf4 O-O 9.Nd2 Bb7 10.Bd3 f5 11.Rg1 g5 {The advance of this
pawn was forced as White threatened 12 g4.} 12.Bg3 d6 13.f3
Kh8 {It was better to move the king to g7.} 14.Qc2 Qd7 15.Bf2
h6 16.O-O-O c5 17.dxc5 bxc5 18.e4 f4 19.e5 d5 20.cxd5 Bxd5
21.Bc4 {Threatens Qg6.} Kg7 22.Ne4 Rc8 23.Nc3 Nc6 24.Nxd5 exd5
25.Rxd5 {White is now a pawn ahead, and his pieces are in much
better play than his opponent's.} Qe8 26.Qe4 Nb4 27.Rd2 Rd8
28.Rgd1 Rxd2 29.Rxd2 Rd8 30.Rxd8 Qxd8 31.a3 1-0

[Event "London it"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "1922.08.14"]
[EventDate "1922.07.31"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Watson, Charles"]
[Black "Maroczy, Geza"]
[ECO "D05"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e3 e6 4.Bd3 c5 5.O-O Nc6 6.b3 cxd4 7.exd4
Bd6 8.c4 O-O 9.Nc3 dxc4 10.bxc4 b6 11.Ne4 Be7 12.Be3 Bb7
13.Rb1 Na5 14.Ng3 Nd7 15.Qe2 Rc8 16.Rfc1 Qc7 17.Rb5 Rfe8
18.Ng5 Bxg5 19.Rxg5 Nf8 20.Nh5 Ng6 21.Rg3 Nc6 22.Qb2 f5 23.f4
Qf7 24.Bd2 Nb8 25.Bc3 Nd7 26.Qf2 Be4 27.Bxe4 fxe4 28.Bd2 Nf6
29.Nxf6+ Qxf6 30.Be3 Nh4 31.Rg5 Nf5 32.g4 h6 33.Rh5 Qg6 34.h3
Qf7 35.Kh2 g6 36.gxf5 gxh5 37.fxe6 Rxe6 38.d5 Rf6 39.Qg2+ Rg6
40.Qf2 Qf5 41.Qd2 Kh7 42.a4 h4 43.Bf2 Rcg8 44.Rc3 Rg2+ 45.Kh1
Qg6 46.Qe1 Rh2+ 0-1

[Event "London it"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "1922.08.15"]
[EventDate "1922.07.31"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[Black "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[ECO "D18"]
[PlyCount "120"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6
7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O O-O 9. Ne2 Nbd7 10. Ng3 Bg6 11. Nh4 c5
12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Qe2 Nfe4 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Qg4
Nf6 17. Qf3 Qc7 18. b3 Qe5 19. Ra2 Ne4 20. a5 Rfd8 21. Bb2 Bc3
22. Bxc3 Nxc3 23. Rc2 b5 24. axb6 axb6 25. Rfc1 Na2 26. Re1 b5
27. Bf1 Nc3 28. Qf4 Qxf4 29. exf4 b4 30. g3 Ra3 31. Bc4 Kf8
32. Kg2 Ke7 33. Re5 Rc8 34. h4 Nd5 35. Rce2 Nc3 36. Rd2 Rc6
37. h5 f6 38. Re3 gxh5 39. f5 e5 40. Red3 Ra7 41. Rd8 Ne4
42. R2d5 Rd6 43. Rg8 Ra2 44. Rxg7+ Kf8 45. Rg8+ Kxg8 46. Rd2+
Kg7 47. Rxa2 Rd2 48. Rxd2 Nxd2 49. Bd5 e4 50. f4 e3 51. Kg1
Kf8 52. Kg2 Ke7 53. Bg8 Kd6 54. Bf7 Kc5 55. Bxh5 Nxb3 56. Kf3
Kd4 57. Bf7 Kd3 58. Bxb3 Kd2 59. Bc4 b3 60. Bxb3 e2 0-1

[Event "London it"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "1922.08.15"]
[EventDate "1922.07.31"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Tartakower, Ksawery"]
[Black "Bogoljubow, Efim"]
[ECO "C44"]
[PlyCount "122"]

1.e4 {Notes by Geza Maroczy} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Be2 Nf6 4.d3 d5
5.Nbd2 {White pursues unusual paths. The text-move brings the
game into the Hanham variation of the Philidor where White has
a move ahead.} g6 {Something good, yet quite good.} 6.c3 Bg7
7.Qc2 O-O 8.Nf1 b6 9.Ng3 Bb7 10.h4 h5 11.Bg5 Qd6 12.O-O
{Earlier, White's intentions were quite other than just to
Castle, but there is nothing else. The uncovered king position
exacts a speedy penalty.} Nh7 13.Bd2 d4 14.Ng5 Nxg5 15.Bxg5
dxc3 16.bxc3 Nd8 17.f4 exf4 18.Bxf4 Qc5+ 19.Kh1 Ne6 20.Bd2 Qe7
{Black exploits vigorously the weakness of the opposing
pawns. White is lost, and can make no further show.} 21.Kg1
Qxh4 22.Be1 Be5 23.Rf3 Qe7 24.Rc1 Ng5 25.Rf1 h4 26.Nh1 h3
27.Bg3 Bxg3 28.Nxg3 Qe5 29.Kh2 hxg2 30.Kxg2 f5 31.Bf3 Kg7
32.Rce1 Qe6 33.Kg1 {33...fxe4 and 34...Qh3+ were threatened.}
fxe4 34.Bxe4 Bxe4 35.dxe4 Nf3+ 36.Kg2 Nxe1+ 37.Rxe1 Qg4 38.Re3
Rad8 39.e5 Rd1 40.e6 Rff1 41.Qe4 Rg1+ 42.Kf2 Qxg3+ {{! The
simplest is always the best : Black remains with an easily won
end-game with two pawns to the good.} 43.Rxg3 Rdf1+ 44.Ke3
Re1+ 45.Kf2 Rxe4 46.Rxg1 Rxe6 47.Rg4 Rc6 48.c4 Kf6 49.Ke3 g5
50.Kd4 Kf5 51.Rg1 Rd6+ 52.Ke3 Re6+ 53.Kd3 g4 54.a4 Kf4 55.Rf1+
Kg5 56.Rg1 Re5 57.Rf1 g3 58.Rf7 Kg4 59.Rxc7 g2 60.Rxa7 g1=Q
61.Rg7+ Rg5 0-1

[Event "London it"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "1922.08.15"]
[EventDate "1922.07.31"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Euwe, Machgielis"]
[Black "Yates, Fred Dewhirst"]
[ECO "D63"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1. d4 {Notes by Geza Maroczy} d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5
Be7 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Rc1 c6 8. Qc2 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nd5
10. Bxe7 {Better Ne4, as played by Alekhine against Yates the
day before.} Qxe7 11. O-O Rd8 12. Ne4 {! A strong move which
avoids exchanges, Black cannot free his cramped game now.} Nf8
13. a3 Bd7 14. Nc5 Be8 15. e4 Nb6 16. Ba2 Rab8 17. Rfe1
{Better e5.} Nbd7 18. Nd3 Rbc8 19. Qa4 {Better b4.} a6 20. Qb3
{Black threatened c5.} b6 21. h3 c5 22. dxc5 Nxc5 23. Nxc5
bxc5 24. Red1 Rb8 25. Qc2 Bc6 26. Ne5 Ba8 27. f3 Qg5 28. Nd3
{28 Rxd8 is bad, Rxd8 29 Qxc5 Rd2.} Nd7 29. Qf2 {If 29 Nxc5?
Nxc5 30 Rxd8+ Rxd8 31 Qxc5 Rd1+ and wins.} h6 30. Nxc5 Nxc5
31. Rxd8+ Rxd8 32. Qxc5 {A curious blunder. After 32 Rxc5 Rd1+
33 Kh2 Qf4+ 34 g3 Qd6 (or Rd2 35 gxf4 rxf2+ 36 Kg3 Rxb2 37
Rc8+ Kh7 38 Rxa8 Rxa2 39 Rxa6, etc.) 35 Rc2. White is a pawn
ahead and has a satisfactory position.} Rd1+ 0-1

[Event "London it"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "1922.08.15"]
[EventDate "1922.07.31"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Atkins, Henry"]
[Black "Vidmar, Milan sr"]
[ECO "C66"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1.e4 {Motes by Geza Maroczy} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 d6 4.d4 Bd7
5.Nc3 Nf6 6.O-O Be7 7.Bxc6 Bxc6 8.Qd3 exd4 9.Nxd4 O-O {Bd7 is
worth considering here.} 10.Nf5 Bd7 11.Nxe7+ Qxe7 12.Bg5 Qe6
13.f3 {Nd5 makes a draw more easy.} Bc6 14.Rad1 Rfe8 15.b3 Nd7
16.Bh4 Nc5 17.Qd2 f5 18.exf5 Qxf5 19.Bg3 Re6 20.Rfe1 Rae8
21.Rxe6 Rxe6 22.Ne2 Re8 23.Nd4 Qg6 24.Nxc6 bxc6 25.Re1 Rxe1+
26.Bxe1 Ne6 27.h3 {White has a good position, but he is
playing only for a draw.} Qf5 28.Kf1 Kf7 29.Bf2 c5 30.Be3 d5
31.Bf2 d4 32.Qe2 Qf4 33.Kg1 g6 34.Kh1 Qc1+ 35.Kh2 Qa3 36.Qe5
{The interesting part of the game begins now, the previous
part was only a sound game without any effort or
complication. White gives up a pawn temporarily and attacks
the weakly placed black king threatening to win a piece with
Bh4.} Qxa2 37.Bh4 Qa6 {The only move to save the knight.}
38.Qf6+ Kg8 39.Bg3 Qc6 40.Be5 Qe8 41.Qh8+ {Premature. After 41
h4 Qd7 (if ...h5 then 42 g4 hxg4 43 fxg4 a5 44 Kg3, etc.), 42
Qh8+ Kf7 43 Qxh7+ Ke8 44 Qxg6+ Qf7 45 Qxf7+ etc., White has a
winning position.} Kf7 42.Qxh7+ Kf8 43.Bxc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "London it"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "1922.08.15"]
[EventDate "1922.07.31"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Marotti, Davide"]
[Black "Wahltuch, Victor"]
[ECO "C83"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1.e4 {Notes by Geza Maroczy} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6
5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.dxe5 Be6 9.c3 Be7 10.Nbd2 Nc5
11.Bc2 Bg4 {Much better is the usual move 11...d4!} 12.Qe1
{Original play and perhaps the best reply.} Ne6 13.Nb3 Bxf3
14.gxf3 Bg5 15.Kh1 Bf4 16.Bxf4 Nxf4 17.Qe3 Qg5 18.Rg1 Qxe5
{Black has nothing else. It is evident Black is already in
trouble, he has not castled and cannot prevent the loss of
pawns. White's method of taking advantage are highy
ingenious.} 19.Qxe5+ Nxe5 20.Rae1 f6 21.Rxg7 Kf8 22.Rxc7 Rg8
23.Bxh7 Rg5 24.Nd4 Re8 25.Rg1 Rxg1+ 26.Kxg1 Nc4 27.h4 Nd2
28.Kh2 Nf1+ 29.Kg1 Re1 30.Bf5 {A very interesting finish.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "London it"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "1922.08.15"]
[EventDate "1922.07.31"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Morrison, John"]
[Black "Maroczy, Geza"]
[ECO "C66"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 d6 4.d4 Bd7 5.O-O Nf6 6.Nc3 exd4
7.Nxd4 Be7 8.Bg5 O-O 9.Bxc6 bxc6 10.Qd3 h6 11.Bh4 Ng4 12.Bxe7
Qxe7 13.h3 Ne5 14.Qe2 c5 15.Nd5 Qd8 16.Nb3 a5 17.f4 Nc6 18.f5
f6 19.a4 Ra7 20.Rf3 Qe8 21.Nf4 Ne5 22.Rg3 Kh8 23.Nd2 Rg8
24.Nc4 Bxa4 25.Nxe5 fxe5 26.Nh5 Bb5 27.Qf3 Bc4 28.f6 g6 29.Ng7
Qf7 30.h4 Rf8 31.Qe3 Kh7 32.Nf5+ gxf5 33.Rg7+ Qxg7 34.fxg7
Kxg7 35.exf5 Rxf5 36.b4 a4 37.bxc5 d5 38.g4 Rf6 39.c6 1-0

[Event "London it"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "1922.08.15"]
[EventDate "1922.07.31"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Reti, Richard"]
[Black "Znosko-Borovsky, Eugene"]
[ECO "D61"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Nbd7 5.e3 Be7 6.Nf3 O-O 7.Qc2
c5 8.Rd1 cxd4 9.exd4 dxc4 10.Bxc4 h6 11.Bh4 Nb6 12.Bb3 Bd7
13.O-O Rc8 14.Qe2 a6 15.Rfe1 Bb4 16.Ne5 Bxc3 17.bxc3 g5 18.Bg3
Rxc3 19.h4 Nfd5 20.Qh5 Kg7 21.Bxd5 exd5 22.Nxf7 Rxf7 23.Be5+
Rf6 24.hxg5 hxg5 25.Qxg5+ Kf7 26.Qh5+ Kg8 27.Rb1 Rcc6 28.Rb3
Be8 29.Rg3+ Bg6 30.Rxg6+ Rxg6 31.Qh8+ Kf7 32.Qxd8 Rc8 33.Qh4
1-0

[Event "London it"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "1922.08.15"]
[EventDate "1922.07.31"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Watson, Charles"]
[Black "Capablanca, Jose Raul"]
[ECO "D02"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1.Nf3 {Notes by Geza Maroczy} Nf6 2.d4 d5 3.Bf4 c5 4.e3 Nc6
5.c3 Qb6 6.Qc1 {6 Qb3 seems preferable for after c4 7 Qxb6
axb6 White has the strong move 8 Na3! e.g. e5 9 Nb5 Ra5 10
Nc7+ Kd7 11 dxe5 Nh5 12 Nxd5 Rxd5 13 Bxc4 Ra5 14 Bxf7, etc.}
Bf5 7.Nh4 Be4 8.Nd2 e6 9.f3 {A harmless innovation, but Black
gets the initiative.} Bg6 10.Nxg6 hxg6 11.Nb3 {This knight
loses alot of time; Bg3 was the right move.} c4 12.Nd2 Nh5
13.Be2 Nxf4 14.exf4 Bd6 15.g3 g5 {! Ingenious winning a pawn.}
16.Qc2 gxf4 17.O-O-O Qa5 18.Bxc4 {An unsound sacrifice, but
White has a lost game anyhow.} dxc4 19.Nxc4 Qd5 20.Qb3 O-O-O
21.Nxd6+ Qxd6 22.g4 Rh3 23.Rhf1 Rxh2 24.Qa4 Rdh8 25.Qb5 Qd5
26.Qa4 Rg2 27.Qa3 Rhh2 28.Rd3 Rc2+ 29.Kd1 Qc4 30.Qf8+ Kc7
31.Qxf7+ Kb6 32.Qg6 Qxa2 0-1

[Event "London it"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "1922.08.16"]
[EventDate "1922.07.31"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Black "Reti, Richard"]
[ECO "E90"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Bg5 h6
7. Bf4 Nbd7 8. Qd2 Kh7 9. h3 Ng8 10. g4 e5 11. Be3 exd4
12. Nxd4 Ne5 13. Be2 Be6 14. Nxe6 fxe6 15. f4 Qh4+ 16. Bf2 Qf6
17. Bg3 Nc6 18. h4 Qd4 19. Qc1 Nb4 20. Qd2 a6 21. Qxd4 Nc2+
22. Kd2 Nxd4 23. Bd1 b5 24. Kd3 Rab8 25. cxb5 axb5 26. Rc1 Rb7
27. Ke3 b4 28. Na4 Ra8 29. e5 b3 30. axb3 Nxb3 31. Rc3 Rxa4
32. Rxb3 Rab4 33. Rxb4 Rxb4 34. exd6 cxd6 35. b3 Ne7 36. Bc2
h5 37. Kf3 hxg4+ 38. Kxg4 Nf5 39. Re1 Be5 40. Re4 Rxe4
41. Bxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "London it"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "1922.08.16"]
[EventDate "1922.07.31"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Bogoljubow, Efim"]
[Black "Watson, Charles"]
[ECO "B10"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Nf3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 g6 5.Bc4 Bg7 6.d4 Nd7 7.Qe2
Nb6 8.Bb3 Nh6 9.Nf6+ Bxf6 10.Bxh6 Bg4 11.O-O-O e6 12.Kb1 Qe7
13.a4 Nc8 14.h3 Bxf3 15.Qxf3 Nd6 16.Bf4 O-O-O 17.Rhe1 Bg7
18.g4 Rd7 19.Qe3 Kb8 20.c4 Ka8 21.d5 cxd5 22.cxd5 Nc8 23.dxe6
Rxd1+ 24.Rxd1 fxe6 25.Qxe6 Qb4 26.Bd2 Qf8 27.Be3 Qf6 28.Qxf6
Bxf6 29.Rd7 Rd8 30.Rxh7 a6 31.Rh6 Ne7 32.Bf7 Nc6 33.Rxg6 Bh8
34.Rg8 1-0

[Event "London it"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "1922.08.16"]
[EventDate "1922.07.31"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Wahltuch, Victor"]
[Black "Euwe, Machgielis"]
[ECO "A48"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c3 Bg7 4. Nbd2 d6 5. e4 Nbd7 6. Bd3 e5
7. d5 O-O 8. Nf1 Nxd5 9. exd5 e4 10. Bxe4 Re8 11. Ng3 Nc5
12. O-O Nxe4 13. Nxe4 Rxe4 14. Ng5 Re5 15. f4 Re8 16. Re1 Bg4
17. Rxe8+ Qxe8 18. Qd3 Qe1+ 19. Qf1 Re8 20. h3 Bf5 21. Nf3
Qxf1+ 22. Kxf1 Be4 23. Kf2 Bxd5 24. Be3 a5 25. g3 a4 26. Nd4
Bc4 27. a3 c5 28. Nf3 Kf8 29. Rd1 Ke7 30. Rd2 b6 31. h4 Bb3
32. Re2 Kd7 33. Bd2 Rxe2+ 34. Kxe2 Ke6 35. Ke3 Kf5 36. Be1 b5
37. Nd2 Bd5 38. Nf3 Bxf3 39. Kxf3 h5 40. Bd2 d5 41. Be3 d4
42. Bd2 Bf6 43. Be1 dxc3 44. bxc3 Be7 45. Bd2 b4 46. cxb4 cxb4
47. axb4 a3 48. b5 a2 49. Bc3 Bf6 50. b6 Bxc3 51. b7 a1=Q
52. b8=Q Qf1+ 53. Ke3 Qe1+ 54. Kd3 Qd2+ 0-1

[Event "London it"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "1922.08.16"]
[EventDate "1922.07.31"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Capablanca, Jose Raul"]
[Black "Vidmar, Milan sr"]
[ECO "D63"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 Nbd7 6.e3 O-O 7.Rc1
c6 8.Qc2 dxc4 9.Bxc4 Nd5 10.Bxe7 Qxe7 11.O-O b6 12.Nxd5 cxd5
13.Bd3 h6 14.Qc7 Qb4 15.a3 Qa4 16.h3 Nf6 17.Ne5 Bd7 18.Bc2 Qb5
19.a4 Qxb2 20.Nxd7 Rac8 21.Qb7 Nxd7 22.Bh7+ Kxh7 23.Rxc8 Rxc8
24.Qxc8 Nf6 25.Rc1 Qb4 26.Qc2+ Kg8 27.Qc6 Qa3 28.Qa8+ Kh7
29.Rc7 Qxa4 30.Rxf7 Qd1+ 31.Kh2 Qh5 32.Qxa7 Qg6 33.Rf8 Qf5
34.Rf7 Qg6 35.Rb7 Ne4 36.Qa2 e5 37.Qxd5 exd4 38.Rb8 Nf6
39.Qxd4 Qf5 40.Rxb6 Qxf2 41.Qd3+ Kg8 42.Rb8+ 1-0

[Event "London it"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "1922.08.16"]
[EventDate "1922.07.31"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maroczy, Geza"]
[Black "Marotti, Davide"]
[ECO "D04"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e3 Bf5 4.c4 e6 5.Qb3 b6 6.Nc3 Be7 7.Ne5
O-O 8.Be2 Ne4 9.cxd5 Nxc3 10.bxc3 exd5 11.O-O f6 12.Nd3 Bg6
13.Nf4 Bf7 14.c4 dxc4 15.Bxc4 Qd7 16.Ne6 Rc8 17.Ng5 fxg5
18.Bxf7+ Kh8 19.Be6 Qd8 20.Bxc8 Qxc8 21.Ba3 Bf6 22.Rac1 Qd7
23.Qc2 Na6 24.Qc4 b5 25.Qc6 Qc8 26.Qxb5 Rb8 27.Qa4 Rb6 28.Bc5
Nxc5 29.Rxc5 Be7 30.Rxc7 Qf8 31.Qxa7 Re6 32.Rfc1 1-0

[Event "London it"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "1922.08.16"]
[EventDate "1922.07.31"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[Black "Tartakower, Ksawery"]
[ECO "D02"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.Bf4 e6 4.e3 Bd6 5.Nbd2 Bxf4 6.exf4 c5
7.dxc5 Qc7 8.g3 Qxc5 9.Bd3 Nc6 10.c3 O-O 11.O-O h6 12.Nb3 Qb6
13.Re1 Bd7 14.Qe2 Rae8 15.Ne5 Nxe5 16.fxe5 Nh7 17.h4 f5 18.Nd4
Re7 19.f4 Kh8 20.h5 Rg8 21.Kf2 Nf8 22.Rh1 Be8 23.Rag1 Nd7
24.g4 Nc5 25.Bb1 fxg4 26.Kg3 Rf8 27.Rh2 Ref7 28.Rf1 a6 29.Qxg4
Bb5 30.Rf3 Rf5 31.Nxf5 exf5 32.Bxf5 Rxf5 33.Qxf5 Ne4+ 34.Kg2
Be2 35.Qg6 Bxf3+ 36.Kxf3 Qb5 37.Qg2 Qd3+ 38.Kg4 g5 39.Qf3 Qb1
40.fxg5 hxg5 41.h6 Qg1+ 42.Rg2 Qc5 43.Qf7 Qc8+ 44.e6 Qg8
45.Qxg8+ Kxg8 46.Kf5 1-0

[Event "London it"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "1922.08.16"]
[EventDate "1922.07.31"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Yates, Fred Dewhirst"]
[Black "Morrison, John"]
[ECO "C78"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Be7 7.Re1
d6 8.c3 Na5 9.Bc2 c5 10.d4 Qc7 11.Nbd2 Nc6 12.d5 Nb8 13.a4 Ra7
14.Nf1 O-O 15.Qe2 Bd7 16.Be3 Rb7 17.Ng3 Re8 18.h3 Bf8 19.Rec1
h6 20.b4 c4 21.axb5 axb5 22.Ra8 Rc8 23.Rca1 Qd8 24.Nh2 Nh7
25.Qd2 Be7 26.Bd1 Bg5 27.Bg4 Bxe3 28.Qxe3 Nf8 29.Bxd7 Nbxd7
30.Rxc8 Qxc8 31.Nf5 Qc7 32.Ng4 h5 33.Ngh6+ Kh7 34.Nxf7 Ng6
35.N5xd6 Rb6 36.Ra8 Nf4 37.Rh8+ 1-0

[Event "London it"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "1922.08.16"]
[EventDate "1922.07.31"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Znosko-Borovsky, Eugene"]
[Black "Atkins, Henry"]
[ECO "B32"]
[PlyCount "170"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.Nxc6 bxc6 6.Qd4 f6
7.Be3 Nh6 8.h3 Nf7 9.Nc3 Bg7 10.Bc4 O-O 11.Qc5 Qe8 12.Qa5 d6
13.f4 e6 14.O-O f5 15.exf5 gxf5 16.Na4 Bd7 17.Rad1 c5 18.Nc3
d5 19.Bxc5 dxc4 20.Bxf8 Bxf8 21.Rf3 Qc8 22.Rg3+ Kh8 23.Kh1 Bg7
24.Qb4 Bf6 25.Ne2 Bc6 26.Qd2 Bd5 27.Nc3 Bc6 28.Qe2 Qe8 29.Qxc4
Rc8 30.Qa6 Rc7 31.Re3 Rd7 32.Rxd7 Qxd7 33.Rd3 Qc7 34.Ne2 Kg7
35.Rg3+ Kf8 36.Qa3+ Qe7 37.Qb3 Nd8 38.Rd3 Qb7 39.Qa3+ Kf7
40.Rg3 Bh4 41.Rb3 Bxg2+ 42.Kh2 Qa8 43.Ng3 Bd5 44.Re3 Qb8
45.Qa4 Qxb2 46.Qxa7+ Kg6 47.Qc5 Qb7 48.Re1 Qc6 49.Qg1 Kf7
50.Re2 Bf3 51.Rd2 Qc3 52.Qd4 Qxd4 53.Rxd4 Ke8 54.Nf1 Nc6
55.Ra4 Bd8 56.Kg3 Be4 57.Ne3 Bb6 58.Nc4 Bc7 59.Ra8+ Nd8 60.Ra7
Kd7 61.c3 Kc6 62.Ra4 Bd5 63.Ne5+ Kb5 64.Rb4+ Kc5 65.Nd7+ Kd6
66.Nf6 Ke7 67.Nxd5+ exd5 68.Rd4 Ne6 69.Rxd5 Bxf4+ 70.Kf3 Kf6
71.h4 Be5 72.a4 Nf4 73.Rd7 Ng6 74.Rxh7 Bxc3 75.h5 Ne5+ 76.Ke3
Nf7 77.h6 Kg6 78.Rg7+ Bxg7 79.hxg7 Kxg7 80.Kd4 Nd8 81.Kd5 Nb7
82.Kc6 Na5+ 83.Kb5 Nb3 84.Kc4 f4 85.Kxb3 f3 0-1

[Event "London it"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "1922.08.17"]
[EventDate "1922.07.31"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Black "Maroczy, Geza"]
[ECO "D55"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 c5
7. cxd5 exd5 8. dxc5 Be6 9. Bb5 Bxc5 10. O-O Nc6 11. Rc1 Be7
12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Na4 Rc8 14. Nd4 Bd7 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Nc5
Be8 17. Qg4 Rb8 18. b3 g6 19. Rc2 Qd6 20. Rfc1 Be5 21. Nf3 Bg7
22. Qa4 Qe7 23. Nd4 Rb6 24. h3 Be5 25. Nd3 Bxd4 26. exd4 Rb7
27. Re1 Qg5 28. Rce2 Bd7 29. Nc5 Bxh3 30. f4 Qg3 31. Nxb7 Bxg2
32. Qxc6 Be4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "London it"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "1922.08.17"]
[EventDate "1922.07.31"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Euwe, Machgielis"]
[Black "Bogoljubow, Efim"]
[ECO "D63"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1.d4 {Notes by Geza Maroczy} d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Nbd7
5.e3 Be7 6.Nf3 O-O 7.Rc1 c6 8.Qc2 h6 9.Bh4 a6 10.Bd3 {If c5,
e5!} dxc4 11.Bxc4 b5 12.Be2 {!} c5 13.O-O Bb7 14.Rfd1 Rc8
15.dxc5 Rxc5 16.b4 Rc8 17.Qb1 Qe8 18.a4 bxa4 19.Nxa4 Rxc1
20.Rxc1 Nd5 21.Bxe7 Qxe7 22.Nc5 Nb8 {After ...Nxc5 23 bxc5,
Black gets into difficulties on account of White's passed pawn
being very strong.} 23.b5 {This forces the draw. None of the
possible continuations lead to a win.} axb5 24.Nxb7 Qxb7
25.Qxb5 Qa7 26.Qc5 Qxc5 27.Rxc5 Nd7 { The game is a dead draw
now; Bogoljubov tries in vain to win, and ultimately gets into
difficulties.} 28.Rc1 Rb8 29.Nd4 Ne5 30.g3 g5 31.h3 Kg7 32.Rc2
Kf6 33.Nf3 Rb3 34.Nd2 {If Kg2?, Rxe3.} Ra3 35.Nc4 Rc3 36.Rxc3
Nxc3 37.Bf1 Nf3+ 38.Kg2 Ne1+ 39.Kg1 h5 40.Nd2 g4 41.hxg4 hxg4
42.Ba6 Ke5 43.Kf1 Nf3 {?} 44.Nxf3+ gxf3 45.Bb7 Ne4 46.Ke1 Ng5
47.Kd2 Kf5 48.e4 {! 48 Kd3 would have won a pawn. If then Nh3
49 e4+ Kg4 50 Ke3 Ng5 51 Bc6 Nh3 52 Ba4! Ng5 53 Bd1 f6 54 Bb3
Kh5 (54...e5 55 Bd1) 55 Kf4.} Nxe4+ 49.Ke3 Ng5 50.Bxf3 Nxf3
51.Kxf3 Kg5 52.Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "London it"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "1922.08.17"]
[EventDate "1922.07.31"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Reti, Richard"]
[Black "Atkins, Henry"]
[ECO "D61"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Nf3 O-O 7.Qc2
c6 8.Rc1 b6 9.cxd5 exd5 10.Be2 Bb7 11.O-O Ne4 12.Bf4 f5 13.h3
Nxc3 14.bxc3 Qe8 15.c4 dxc4 16.Bxc4+ Kh8 17.Ne5 Nxe5 18.Bxe5
Qg6 19.f4 c5 20.d5 Rad8 21.Rcd1 b5 22.Qb2 a6 23.a4 b4 24.Kh2
Bd6 25.Rf3 Qf7 26.Rg3 Rg8 27.Bxd6 Rxd6 28.Qe5 Rgd8 29.Rg5 Bc8
30.e4 h6 31.Rg3 fxe4 32.Re3 Bb7 33.Qxe4 Rxd5 34.Bxd5 Bxd5
35.Qe5 c4 36.Re4 c3 37.Rxb4 c2 38.Rc1 Re8 39.Rb8 Rxb8 40.Qxb8+
Kh7 41.Rxc2 Bb3 42.Rc8 Bxa4 43.Rh8+ Kg6 44.Qd6+ Qf6 45.Qd3+
1-0

[Event "London it"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "1922.08.17"]
[EventDate "1922.07.31"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[Black "Capablanca, Jose Raul"]
[ECO "D02"]
[PlyCount "25"]

1.d4 {Notes by Geza Maroczy} Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.Bf4 e6 4.e3 Bd6
5.Nbd2 Bxf4 6.exf4 c5 7.dxc5 Qc7 8.g3 Qxc5 9.Bd3 Nc6 10.c3 O-O
11.O-O b5 12.Ne5 Bb7 13.Qe2 {The shortest game of the
tournament. Battle was expected, but it happened
otherwise. Formerly Rubinstein never played so anxiously.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "London it"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "1922.08.17"]
[EventDate "1922.07.31"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Tartakower, Ksawery"]
[Black "Wahltuch, Victor"]
[ECO "A48"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1.d4 {Notes by Geza Maroczy} Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Nc3 {Intending
e4.} d5 4.Bf4 c6 5.h3 Bg7 6.e3 Nbd7 7.Be2 b6 8.O-O Bb7 9.Ne5
e6 {A similar defence was adopted by Reti against
Capablanca. Mr Reti, however, castled early in the game, which
seems the only hope of salvation in this questionable
innovation. In the game under review if Black had now castled
instead of making the move in the text, he might at any rate,
have put up a good fight by subsequently Ne8 followed by f6.}
10.Bh2 Nxe5 11.dxe5 Nd7 12.f4 Qe7 13.e4 f6 14.exd5 exd5
15.exf6 Nxf6 16.f5 g5 17.Bh5+ Kd8 {Already and mainly as a
result of delaying castling, Bl;ack's position is
demoralised.} 18.Re1 Qc5+ 19.Kh1 Bc8 20.Qf3 Bd7 21.Qg3
{Threatening mate and the g-pawn.} Rc8 22.Qxg5 Qf8 23.Be5 Rg8
24.Bf3 Bh8 25.Qh4 Bxf5 26.Nxd5 {A clever and perfectly sound
sacrifice.} cxd5 27.Bxd5 Rg6 28.Rad1 Bd7 29.Be6 Rc7 30.Bxc7+
Kxc7 31.Qf4+ Kc8 32.Rxd7 {Manifestly if ...Nxd7 33 Bxd7+ wins
the queen.} 1-0

[Event "London it"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "1922.08.17"]
[EventDate "1922.07.31"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Watson, Charles"]
[Black "Marotti, Davide"]
[ECO "E90"]
[PlyCount "119"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 d6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.e4 O-O 6.Be3 Ng4 7.Qd2
Nxe3 8.Qxe3 f5 9.Bd3 f4 10.Qd2 Bg4 11.Ne2 Bxf3 12.gxf3 e5
13.Qb4 Qc8 14.c5 Nc6 15.Qb3+ Kh8 16.d5 Nd8 17.cxd6 cxd6 18.h4
Rf7 19.Nc3 Rc7 20.Ke2 Nf7 21.Qa3 a6 22.Na4 Rb8 23.Nb6 Qd8
24.Qb3 Bf6 25.h5 g5 26.Rac1 Qe7 27.Kd2 g4 28.fxg4 f3 29.Rc4
Bg5+ 30.Kc2 Nh6 31.Rg1 Bh4 32.Kb1 Bxf2 33.Rgc1 Bc5 34.Na4 Nxg4
35.Nxc5 dxc5 36.Qb6 Rd7 37.Rxc5 Rf8 38.Rc7 f2 39.Bf1 Nh2
40.Rc8 Qf7 41.Qh6 Rdd8 42.R8c7 Qg8 43.Rxb7 Nxf1 44.Rxf1 Rf4
45.Qb6 Rdf8 46.Qc7 Rxe4 47.b3 Re1+ 48.Kb2 Re2+ 49.Ka3 Rc8
50.Qf7 Qf8+ 51.Re7 Qxf7 52.Rxf7 Rcc2 53.d6 Rxa2+ 54.Kb4 Kg8
55.d7 Rad2 56.Re7 e4 57.h6 e3 58.Rc1 a5 59.Ka4 f1=Q 60.Rc8+
1-0

[Event "London it"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "1922.08.17"]
[EventDate "1922.07.31"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Yates, Fred Dewhirst"]
[Black "Znosko-Borovsky, Eugene"]
[ECO "C10"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Nf3 Be7 6.Bd3 Ngf6
7.Ng3 c5 8.O-O O-O 9.c3 Qc7 10.Qe2 b6 11.Ne5 Bb7 12.Bg5 cxd4
13.cxd4 Qd6 14.Rfd1 h6 15.Bf4 Nd5 16.Bd2 N7f6 17.Rac1 Rac8
18.Ne4 Nxe4 19.Qxe4 f5 20.Qe2 Bf6 21.a3 Rfd8 22.Bc4 Re8 23.Re1
Bxe5 24.dxe5 Qe7 25.Ba6 Bxa6 26.Qxa6 Qd7 27.h3 Nc7 28.Qe2 Red8
29.Bb4 Nd5 30.Bd6 Qa4 31.g3 Rc6 32.b3 1-0

[Event "London it"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "1922.08.17"]
[EventDate "1922.07.31"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Morrison, John"]
[Black "Vidmar, Milan sr"]
[ECO "C31"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. f4 {Notes by Geza Maroczy} e5 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 e4 4. d3
exd3 5. Bxd3 Qxd5 6. Nc3 {A trap. If Black takes the g-pawn,
Be4 would follow.} Bb4 7. Qe2+ Qe6 8. Be3 {Bd2 would be
better. After this move white could have secured the position
of his pawns on the queenside. After the move in text Black
gets the advantage.} Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Nf6 10. Bc4 Qe7 11. Bc5
Qxe2+ 12. Nxe2 {White overestimated his position, chiefly, the
strength of his two bishops, but after the following plausible
move, he quickly sees his error.} b6 13. Bd4 Nbd7 14. O-O O-O
15. Ng3 c5 16. Bf2 Bb7 17. Rfe1 g6 18. Re7 Rae8 19. Rae1 Rxe7
20. Rxe7 Bc6 21. Re1 {...b5 was threatened and after Bf1, Nd5,
etc.} Nd5 22. Ne2 Re8 23. Rd1 N7f6 24. a4 $18 Re4 $2 25. Bxd5
Nxd5 26. Ng3 {White's position is not to be saved, he loses
his pawns, one after another, and further explanation is
superflous.} Rxa4 27. f5 h5 28. fxg6 fxg6 29. Ne2 Bb5 30. h3
Bc4 31. Be1 Ra2 32. Rd2 Ra1 33. Kf2 Nf6 34. Rd8+ Kf7 35. Bd2
Rd1 36. Ng3 h4 0-1

[Event "London it"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "1922.08.18"]
[EventDate "1922.07.31"]
[Round "15"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Black "Tartakower, Ksawery"]
[ECO "A81"]
[PlyCount "35"]

1. d4 {Notes by Geza Maroczy} f5 2. g3 {The fianchetto
development of the king bishop is the strongest answer against
the Hollandish defence. White has a comfortable game and Black
must be very careful if he will avoid disadvantage.} Nf6
3. Bg2 e6 4. Nh3 d5 5. O-O c6 6. Bf4 Bd6 7. Nd2 O-O 8. Nf3
{Alekhine wanted only a draw to secure the second prize, or he
would surely have tried to complicate the game.} Qc7 9. Bxd6
Qxd6 10. Nf4 b6 11. Ne5 Nbd7 12. Nfd3 Ba6 13. f4 c5 14. c3
Bxd3 15. Qxd3 Rac8 16. e3 Ne4 17. Bxe4 {Makes the draw safe.}
fxe4 18. Qb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "London it"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "1922.08.18"]
[EventDate "1922.07.31"]
[Round "15"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Bogoljubow, Efim"]
[Black "Morrison, John"]
[ECO "C65"]
[PlyCount "43"]

1.e4 {Notes by Geza Maroczy} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d4 a6 {A
mistake involving the loss of a pawn.} 5.Bxc6 dxc6 6.Nxe5 Nxe4
{Better was Be7, after the move made Black loses a piece.}
7.Qe2 Qxd4 8.Nf3 Qd5 9.Nfd2 {White plays simply and
consequently wins the piece and at the same time he simplifies
the game by exchanges.} f5 10.f3 Be7 11.fxe4 fxe4 12.Nc3 Qf7
13.Rf1 Qg6 14.Qxe4 Be6 15.Qxg6+ hxg6 16.Nf3 O-O-O 17.Bd2 Bc4
18.Rh1 Bh4+ 19.Nxh4 Rde8+ 20.Kf2 Rxh4 21.Rae1 Rf8+ 22.Kg3 1-0

[Event "London it"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "1922.08.18"]
[EventDate "1922.07.31"]
[Round "15"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Euwe, Machgielis"]
[Black "Vidmar, Milan sr"]
[ECO "D67"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Nf3 O-O
7. Rc1 c6 8. Bd3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nd5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. O-O Nxc3
12. Rxc3 b6 13. Qe2 c5 14. Rfc1 e5 15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. b4 Ne4
17. R3c2 Bb7 18. Ba6 Bxa6 19. Qxa6 Qxb4 20. Nxe5 Qd6 21. Nxf7
Qe6 22. Qc4 Kxf7 23. Qxe6+ Kxe6 24. Rc7 Nc5 25. Rxg7 Rf7
26. Rxf7 Kxf7 27. Rd1 Ke7 28. Kf1 Rd8 29. Rxd8 Kxd8 30. Ke2 b5
31. f3 Kd7 32. g4 Ke6 33. h4 a5 34. Kd2 b4 35. Kc2 a4 36. Kd2
Kd5 37. h5 Ke5 38. f4+ Ke4 39. g5 Kf5 40. Kc2 Ke6 41. Kd2 Kf5
42. Kc2 Ne4 43. g6 hxg6 44. hxg6 Kxg6 45. Kd3 Kf5 46. Kc2 Ke6
0-1

[Event "London it"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "1922.08.18"]
[EventDate "1922.07.31"]
[Round "15"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Capablanca, Jose Raul"]
[Black "Marotti, Davide"]
[ECO "B32"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1.e4 {Notes by Geza Maroczy} c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6
5.Be3 Bg7 6.c4 {Black opened the game very badly, earlier he
should have played ...Nf6 in order to force Nc3. White's move
is very strong, it impedes d5 and breaks up the QB diagonal.}
d6 7.Nc3 Nf6 8.Be2 Bd7 9.O-O O-O 10.f4 Ng4 {A blunder. Black
remenbered that ...Ng4 could be played, but he did not know
that it should not be made in this position.} 11.Bxg4 Bxg4
12.Nxc6 Qd7 13.Nxe7+ Kh8 14.Qd3 Qxe7 {Black has lost a pawn,
and has a bad game otherwise. The game is decided.} 15.Nd5 Qd7
16.f5 gxf5 17.exf5 Be5 18.h3 Bh5 19.Nf4 Bxf4 20.Bxf4 f6
21.Rae1 Rad8 22.g4 Qc6 23.Qd4 Rd7 24.Bh6 1-0

[Event "London it"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "1922.08.18"]
[EventDate "1922.07.31"]
[Round "15"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maroczy, Geza"]
[Black "Reti, Richard"]
[ECO "C01"]
[PlyCount "44"]

1.e4 {Notes by Geza Maroczy} e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Bd3 Bd6
5.Nf3 Nf6 6.O-O O-O 7.Bg5 Bg4 8.Nbd2 Nbd7 9.c3 c6 10.Qc2 Qc7
11.Rfe1 Rfe8 12.h3 Bxf3 13.Nxf3 h6 14.Bxf6 Nxf6 15.Rxe8+ Rxe8
16.Re1 Rxe1+ 17.Nxe1 Qe7 18.Qe2 Kf8 19.Kf1 Qxe2+ 20.Kxe2 Ke7
21.Nf3 Nd7 22.g3 g6 {This game scarcely needs remarks; both
players were content with a draw and tried to simplify the
position as far as possible. A definite result would have
excluded the loser from the prize list.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "London it"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "1922.08.18"]
[EventDate "1922.07.31"]
[Round "15"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Wahltuch, Victor"]
[Black "Atkins, Henry"]
[ECO "A46"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1.d4 {Notes by Geza Maroczy} Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Nbd2 d5 4.e3 c5
5.c3 Nc6 6.Bd3 Bd6 7.O-O {e4 would be worth considering, for
instance ...cxd4 8 cxd4 dxe4 9 Nxe4 Nxe4 10 Bxe4 Bb4+ 11 Bd2
Bxd2+ 12 Qxd2, etc.} O-O 8.b3 {Even here e4 would have been
better.} e5 {!} 9.dxe5 Nxe5 10.Nxe5 Bxe5 11.Qc2 b6 12.f4 {The
only way, making development possible.} Bc7 13.e4 dxe4 14.Nxe4
h6 15.Nxf6+ Qxf6 16.Bb2 Bb7 17.c4 Qh4 18.g3 Qh5 19.Qc3 f6
20.Qc2 f5 21.Rae1 Rf7 22.Re3 Qg6 23.Be2 Be4 24.Bd3 {White has
to be contented with a draw, for ...Qc6 is threatened.} Bb7
25.Be2 1/2-1/2

[Event "London it"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "1922.08.18"]
[EventDate "1922.07.31"]
[Round "15"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Yates, Fred Dewhirst"]
[Black "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[ECO "C79"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O d6 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3
Nxd4 8.Nxd4 exd4 9.c3 Bb7 10.cxd4 Bxe4 11.Re1 Be7 12.Bg5 Bg6
13.Bxf6 gxf6 14.Qf3 O-O 15.Nc3 f5 16.Nd5 Bg5 17.Qc3 Rc8 18.Qc6
f4 19.f3 Bf5 20.Rac1 Kh8 21.Re2 Rg8 22.Qxa6 c6 23.Rxc6 Bf6
24.Rxc8 Bxd4+ 25.Kh1 Qxc8 26.Qxc8 Rxc8 27.Re1 Be6 28.Nxf4 Bxb3
29.axb3 Rc2 30.Rb1 Bxb2 31.Kg1 Kg7 32.Kf1 Kf6 33.Re1 Kf5
34.Re4 Ba3 35.h4 Bc5 36.g4+ Kf6 37.Nh5+ Kg6 38.Rf4 h6 39.Rf6+
Kh7 40.Rxf7+ Kg8 41.Rb7 Rf2+ 42.Ke1 Rxf3 43.Rxb5 Bd4 44.Rb8+
Kf7 45.Rb7+ Kg6 46.Re7 Be5 47.Re6+ Kh7 48.g5 hxg5 49.hxg5 Kg8
50.g6 Kf8 51.b4 Rb3 52.g7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "London it"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "1922.08.18"]
[EventDate "1922.07.31"]
[Round "15"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Znosko-Borovsky, Eugene"]
[Black "Watson, Charles"]
[ECO "C97"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1.e4 {Notes by Geza Maroczy} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6
5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 Na5 9.Bc2 c5 10.d4 Qc7 {All
is so far played after famous patterns.} 11.h3 O-O 12.Nbd2 Bd7
13.Nf1 Rac8 14.Bd3 Nc6 15.Be3 c4 {There was no reason for
advancing this pawn, Black should not solve the center, he
should consolidate himself with Rfe8 and eventually Bf8.}
16.Bc2 Rfe8 17.Ng3 Bf8 {Kh8 was here worth considering.}
18.Bg5 Ne7 {Of two evils, Be7 is the lesser. Now his game goes
quickly downhill.} 19.Bxf6 gxf6 20.Nh5 Bg7 21.Nh4 Kf8 22.Qf3
Ng8 {The black king bishop plays a very sad role.} 23.Nf5 Bh8
24.Rad1 Rb8 25.Nhg3 b4 26.Qh5 h6 27.Nxh6 Nxh6 28.Qxh6+ Ke7
29.dxe5 dxe5 30.Rxd7+ {White simplifies the position as in the
endgame his material superiority tells.} Kxd7 31.Ba4+ Rb5
32.Rd1+ Kc8 33.Bxb5 axb5 34.Nf5 Rd8 35.Rd5 bxc3 36.bxc3 b4
37.cxb4 c3 38.Qc1 Rxd5 39.exd5 Kd7 40.Qc2 Qc4 41.Qa4+ Kd8
42.Nd6 Qxd5 43.Qe8+ Kc7 44.Nb5+ Kb7 45.Nxc3 Qc4 46.Qd7+ Ka6
47.Nd5 f5 48.a4 1-0

