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Chess Strategy : Evolution of Chess Style #116 - Mir Sulthan Khan vs Frank Marshall - 1930

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[Event "Liege"]
[Site "Liege BEL"]
[Date "1930.08.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Mir Sultan Khan"]
[Black "Frank James Marshall"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C22"]
[Annotator "Tryfon"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1930.08.19"]

{Frank James Marshall (August 10, 1877 - November 9, 1944), was the U.S. Chess
Champion from 1909-36, and one of the world's strongest chess players in the
early part of the 20th century.} 1. e4 {Liege 1930  Compiled by suenteus po
147    Twelve chess players were invited to Liege, Belgium in August of 1930
to compete in a round robin tournament. The participants were Aron Nimzowitsch,
Frank James Marshall, Akiba Rubinstein, Savielly Tartakower, Mir Sultan Khan,
Edgar Colle, George Allen Thomas, Karl Ahues, David Przepiorka, Henri Weenink,
Isaias Pleci, and Victor Ivanovich Soultanbeieff. It was to be one of
Tartakower's best tournaments. He finished undefeated with 8.5/11, two points
ahead of second place Sultan Khan.  The final standings and crosstable:    
1st Tartakower 8.5/11 * 1 1/2 1/2 1/2 1/2 1 1/2 1 1 1 1     2nd Sultan Khan 6.
5/11 0 * 0 1 1 0 0 1/2 1 1 1 1     =3rd Nimzowitsch 6/11 1/2 1 * 1/2 1 1/2 1/2
1/2 1/2 0 0 1} e5 2. d4 (2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4) 2... exd4 3. Qxd4 Nc6 4. Qe3 (4. Qa4
) 4... Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. Bd2 d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. Nxd5 (8. Qg3 Nxc3 (8... Ncb4 9.
O-O-O Nxc3 10. bxc3 Nxa2+ 11. Kb2 Be6)) (8. Qg3 Ncb4 9. Nxd5 Qxd5 10. Bxb4
Bxb4+ (10... Qe4+ 11. Ne2 Qxb4+ 12. Nc3 Qxb2 13. Rb1)) 8... Qxd5 9. Ne2 (9. Nf3
Bf5 10. O-O-O Qxa2) 9... Bg4 10. Nf4 (10. Nc3 Qe6) 10... Qd7 11. f3 O-O-O 12.
O-O-O (12. fxg4 Bh4+ 13. Kd1 Rhe8 14. Qd3 Qxg4+) (12. fxg4 Bh4+ 13. Kd1 Rhe8)
12... Rhe8 13. fxg4 Bb4 14. Qf2 (14. Qf3 Qxd2+ 15. Rxd2 Bxd2+ 16. Kb1 Re1+)
14... Bc5 {However, excitement descended upon us in the form of the American's
game against Sultan Khan. Marshall had been having a bad go of the tournament 
(only a half point after three rounds, partly my own doing) and he had been
drinking heavily the night before. My opponent, the Englishman Thomas, leaned
over the board in a moment's indiscreet conspiracy and whispered that it was
not pineapple juice Marshall was sipping from his flask in-between moves. ...}
(14... g5 15. Nd3) 15. Qf3 (15. Qxc5 Qxd2+) (15. Qxc5 Qxd2+ 16. Rxd2 Re1+ 17.
Rd1 Rexd1#) 15... Re3 16. Qd5 (16. Bxe3 Bxe3+) (16. Qf2 Re7 17. Qg3 Re3 18. Qh4
g5 19. Qxg5 (19. Qf2 gxf4 20. Bc4) 19... Qxd2+) 16... Qe7 (16... Qxd5 17. Nxd5
Rxd5 18. Bc4 Rd8 (18... Rxd2) 19. Bxe3 Bxe3+) (16... Qxd5 17. Nxd5 Rxd5 18.
Bxe3 (18. Bc4) 18... Bxe3+) (16... Qxd5 17. Nxd5 Rxd5 18. Bc4) 17. Qf5+ Kb8 18.
Nd3 Rdxd3 (18... Bb6 19. Bxe3 Bxe3+ 20. Kb1) 19. Bxd3 Nd4 20. Qxh7 (20. Qd5)
20... a6 21. Bxe3 Qxe3+ 22. Kb1 Nc6 23. Qe4 Qh6 24. c3 Bd6 25. h4 Ne5 26. Bc2
Qe6 1-0