THE GOLDEN TREASURY OF CHESS

194 Pages·1971·16.21 MB·English

by  I. A. Horowitz and the editors of Chess Review

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THE GOLDEN TREASURY OF CHESS
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Introduction by FRANK J. MARSHALL
u.s. CHESS CHAMPION FOR 32 YEARS
There are three remarkable things about this book; its title, its motivation
and its contents.
The title at once brings to mind one of the most beloved books in
the English language. As we ':111 know, it was Palgrave's object, when he
assembled the beautiful poems which comprise "The Golden Treasury,"
to gather into one convenient volume the choicest productions of our lit-
erature through several centuries. The editor has had in mind precisely the
same goal with respect to chess, and the r.esult has been a really magnifi-
cent compilation of fine games.
As for the book's motivation: it goes without saying that such a col-
lection can only be made con am ore; only a man deeply in love with the
beauties of chess would be willing to devote a lifetime of labor, of re-
search, of travel, of correspondence, of unsparing loyalty to a cherished
ideal to produce such a monumental work. The painstaking examination
of thousands of books, magazines and manuscripts in many libraries,
museums and private collections has gone into "The Golden Treasury of
Chess," and the results are apparent from the opening game.
The contents can only be described as unique. There are of course
many collections of games, but each one has some kind of limitation.
Some are devoted to a single tournament or match, others to a single
player, some to a single epoch, while still others suffer from planlessness
and haphazard arrangement. Not so "The Golden Treasury." There is no
other collection of such scope, such all-inclusiveness and it'may be added,
with such a profusion of strikingly brilliant games. The book is therefore
an encyclopedia of beautiful games and at the same time a delightful
II reminder of the grandest achievements of our finest masters. I am hon-
ored to have been included in so distinguished a collection, which has
omitted no one from Ruy Lopez to Keres!*
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THE
G O L D E N T R E A S U R Y
O F C H E S S
Compiled by
AL HOROWITZ
AND
THE EDITORS OF CHESS REVIEW
CORNERSTONE LIBRARY • NEW YORK
Repr in ted 1971
Copyright © 1969, 1961 , 1956
By I. A. Horowitz
Copyright © 1943
By Horowitz & Harkness
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Contents
Page
I F A V O R I T E G A M E S 3
I T H E P R E - M O R P H Y P E R I O D 12
I T H E M O R P H Y P E R I O D 30
I V T H E A G E O F S T E I N I T Z 51
V M O D E R N C H E S S 67
V I M O D E R N S , H Y P E R M O D E R N S A N D E C L E C T I C S 95
V I I P E R I O D O F R U S S I A N H E G E M O N Y 16
I N D E X O F O P E N I N G S 186
I N D E X O F P L A Y E R S 18
T h i s B o o k is D e d i c a t e d
T o the Memory o f
HARRY NELSON P1LLSBURY
( 1 8 7 2 - 1 9 0 6 )
P A R T I
Favorite Games
In the course of the decades which I have devoted to the
preparation of this volume, I have had occasion to examine
thousands upon thousands of scores. Those that have pleased
me most are included in " T H E GOLDEN T R E A S U R Y OF C H E S S . "
But even among these favorites, there are some which I have
enjoyed so much that I have set them aside in order to at-
tract the reader's attention to these games. I will not deny
that ten years ago I might have selected other games, and
that in the years to come, my tastes will again be modified!
Nevertheless, you will be delighted with these games.
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THE GOLDEN TREASURY OF CHESS
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1. Warsaw, Nov. 1844 13 B—B7ch
14 K - -R3 P _ Q 3 c h
As long as we continue to be
15 P—- K6 Kt—B5ch
charmed by the triumph of mind
16 K --Kt4 K t x K P
over mater, such combinations wil
17 P—- K13 Kt x Ktch
fascinate us. The idea of readily
18 K - -Kt5 R _ B 4 c h
surrendering the Queen in order
19 K - -Kt4 R—B3ch
to hound the hostile King with the
20 K - -R4 R—B5ch
lesser pieces, has been utilized fair-
21 K - -Kt5 Kt—K3ch
ly often; but Petrof's sacrifice was
22 K - -R5 P—Kt3ch
one of the first, if not THE first,
23 K - -R6 R—R5ch
example of this appealing com-
24 P x R B—K6 mate
binative theme. Al honor to his
originality!
G I U O C O P I A N O 2.
Paris, 1845
HOFFMAN PETROFF // is many years since I first saw
this game, but the final position,
White Black
with Black's Queen trapped by its
1 P—K4 P—K4 own far-advanced Pawns, and
2 Kt—KB3 Kt—QB3 White's King gaily advancing
3 B—B4 B—B4 down the board to assist in the
4 P—B3 Kt—B3 final atack against his coleague,
5 P—Q4 P x P is stil god for a chuckle. Imagine
6 P—K5 Kt—K5 Kieseritzkys chagrin as he stares
7 B—Q5 K t x K B P ? ! ruefuly at the botled-up Quen!
8 K x K t P x P c h Who says there is no place for hu-
9 K—Kt3 P x P mor in chess?!
10 B x P Kt—K2
C O C H R A N E G A M B I T
11 Kt—Kt5 K t x B
12 Kt x BP O — O ! ! MICHELET L. KIESERITZKY
13 K t x Q
White Black
And Black mates in eleven moves. 1 P—K4 P—K4
2 P—KB4 P x P
3 Kt—KB3 P—KKt4
4 B—B4 P—Kt5
5 Kt—K5 Q—R5ch
6 K—Bl P—B6
7 P—Q4 Kt—KB3
8 Kt—B3 B—Kt2
9 P—KKt3 Q—R6ch
10 K—B2 P—Q3
11 K t x P ( B 7 ) R—Bl
12 Kt—KKt5 Q—Kt7ch
13 K—K3 B—R3
14 K—Q3 Kt—B3
15 P—QR3 B x Kt
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M Y FAVORITES
16 B x B K t x K P ! ? BISHOP'S GAMBIT
17 Q—Kl B—B4
W . SCHULTEN L. KIESERITZKY
18 K t x K t P—B7
19 Q—K3 K—Q2 White Black
20 B—Q5 QR—Kl
1 P—K4 P—K4
21 QR—KBl B x Ktch
2 P—KB4 P x P
22 B x B R—B6
3 B—B4 Q—R5ch
23 Q x R P x Q
4 K—Bl P—QKt4
24 B—B5ch R—K3
5 B x P Kt—KB3
25 P—Q5 Kt—K4ch
6 Kt—QB3 Kt—Kt5
26 K—Q4 P—KR4
7 Kt—R3 Kt—QB3
27 P x R c h K—K'l
8 Kt—Q5 Kt—Q5!
28 B—B6 P—R5
9 Kt x Pch K—Ql
29 B x Kt P x B c h
10 K t x R P—B6!
30 K x P P x K t P
11 P—Q3 P—B3
31 K—B6 and wins!
12 B—QB4 P—Q4!
13 B x P R - Q 3
14 Q—Kl P x P c h
15 K x P Q x Ktch!
16 K x Q Kt—K6ch
17 K—R4 Kt—B6ch
18 K—R5 B—Kt5 mate
4. Breslau, 1859.
// is dificult to imagine how one
could concentrate more briliancy,
more inspired inventivenes, more
sparkle into so short a game. Here
is the distiled essence of the very
One of the most astounding end-
best ches of the old masters: one
ings on record.
thril after another!
Sacrificial Orgy
RUY LOPEZ
A . ANDERSSEN D R . M . LANGE
3. Paris, Nov. 1846
White Black
Poor Kieseritzky! He achieved neg-
ative immortality by losing a mag- 1 P—K4 P—K4
nificent game to the great Anders - 2 Kt—KB3 Kt—QB3
sen, and this feat swallowed up his 3 B—Kt5 Kt—Q5
reputation forever after. That 4 K t x K t P x K t
Kieseritzky was a brilliant and able 5 B—B4 Kt—B3
player in his own right, however, is 6 P—K5 P—Q4
abundantly clear from this game. 7 B—Kt3 B—KKt5