January 20, 1935 Los Angeles Times Chess by Herman Steiner

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Chess by Herman Steiner 20 Jan 1935, Sun The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) Newspapers.com

Games Department

Romance is not dead! The good old Evans accounted for a grandmaster in the recent Paris Tourney. Wurgburger introduces a variant of his own.

Max Wuerzburger (white) vs. Dr. Savielly Tartakower (black)
Italian Game: Evans Gambit, Tartakower Attack

Descriptive 1. P-K4 P-K4 2. N-KB3 N-QB3 3. B-B4 B-B4 4. P-QN4 BxP 5. P-B3 B-R4 6. P-Q4 P-Q3 7. Q-N3 Q-Q2 8. O-O B-N3 9. B-QN5 P-QR3 10. BxN QxB 11. PxP PxP 12. NxP Q-K3 13. Q-R4ch P-B3 14. N-B4 B-B2 15. N-K3 N-B3 16. B-R3 QxKP 17. N-B4 P-QN4 18. Q-N4 PxN 19. N-Q2 N-Q4 20. Q-B5 BxPch 21. KxB Q-B5ch 22. P-N3 Q-B2 23. NxP B-K3 24. N-Q6ch K-Q1 25. QR-Q1 Q-N3 26. NxPch K-B1 27. QxQ NxQ 28. NxR K-B2 29. KR-K1 B-N5 30. R-K7ch N-Q2 31. B-Q6ch K-N3 32. R-N1ch K-R4 33. R-K4 1-0

Algebraic 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4(a) 5. c3 Ba5 6. d4 d6(b) 7. Qb3!(c) Qd7(d) 8. 0-0(e) Bb6 9. Bb5 a6 10. Bxc6 Qxc6 11. dxe5 dxe5(f) 12. Nxe5 Qe6 13. Qa4+ c6 14. Nc4 Bc7 15. Ne3 Nf6 16. Ba3 Qxe4 17. Nc4 b5 18. Qb4 bxc4 19. Nd2 Nd5 20. Qc5 Bxh2+(g) 21. Kxh2 Qf4+ 22. g3 Qc7 23. Nxc4 Be6 24. Nd6+ Kd8 25. Rd1(h) Qb6 26. Nxf7+! Kc8 27. Qxb6 Nxb6 28. Nxh8 Kc7 29. Re1 Bg4 30. Re7+ Nd7 31. Bd6+ Kb6 32. Rb1+ Ka5 33. Re4 1-0

(a) The gambit decline (4. … B-N3 is not unfavorable for White 5. K-N2! P-Q3; 6. P-QR4! P-QR3; 7. P-N5! and White uses the QR file—Cordel's attack.
(b) Considered best—playing for Lasker's defense.
(c) If quietly 7. O-O Black is safe with 7. … B-N3 (Lasker's defense.)
(d) If Q-K2? 8. P-Q5 N-K4; 9. NxN PxN; 10. Q-N5ch.
(e) Varying from Tartakower's own analysis. He gives 8. P-QR4 to meet B-N3 with P-R5! But Wurzburger's simpler line must be good.
(f) Better seems B-K3.
(g) Returning the piece—the only way to save his Queen and stop QxPch.
(h) The killer.
Score and Notes from “The Australasian Chess Review.”

From Zurich Tournament:

Alexander Alekhine vs Stefano Rosselli del Turco
Zurich (1934), Zurich SUI, rd 6, Jul-19
Rubinstein Opening (D05) 1-0