1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 e6 7. f3 Nbd7 8. Nxc4

Only played after long deliberation. White hopes to tempt Black into an unsound combination.

8... Bb4 9. e4 Nxe4

If 9... Bxe4 10. fxe4 Nxe4 11. Qf3! .

10. fxe4 Qh4+ 11. Kd2 Qf2+

Black cannot play 11... Qxe4 on account of 12. Nd6+. It is, therefore, not clear how he is to continue.

12. Kd3 O-O-O

A surprise move which White had overlooked. If (12... ) 13. exf5 Nc5# ! However, White has sufficient resources.

13. Nd6+

A fatal mistake. White's idea is to block the file of the Black QR and to afford the King a flight square. Rethy soon proves it a mistaken policy. As Lilienthal afterwards remarked, White could have won by the simple 13. Qe2.

13... Bxd6 14. exf5 Ne5+

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Annotator(s): W. R. O'Shea (see source).

Source(s): Evening Echo, January 11, 1936, p. 6.

Event information: Match scorecard and final event table, OlimpBase.

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