[Event "New York"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1924.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Reti,R"]
[Black "Janowski,D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Lopez "Battle Royale""]
[ECO "A09"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 { Reti offers a gambit pawn to draw one of Black's central pawns to a flank file. } 2... dxc4 3. Na3 Nf6 { Janowski decides to develop instead of wasting another tempo in trying to defend the pawn. } 4. Nxc4 { Reti now enjoys a 2-1 pawn superiority in the center. } 4... e6 5. g3 { Reti, of course, plays in the hypermodern style. Instead of occupying the center with pawns, he'll seek to control it from the flanks. } 5... Nbd7 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O { Has Reti blundered by leaving his Knight unguarded? } 7... Nxc4 8. Qa4+ { Reti develops with a double attack. } 8... c6 9. Qxc4 Be7 10. b3 { The point is not to defend the Queen -- it's to clear the long diagonal for the dark-squared Bishop. } 10... O-O 11. Bb2 Nd5 { Janowski's a bit behind in development, but his position is solid. } 12. d4 { This looks pretty weird, since Reti just put his Bishop on the long diagonal. But he does have an idea. } 12... f5 { Odd. Janowski creates a hole on e5... } 13. Ne5 { ...which Reti is quick to exploit. Now the Knight can never be driven away by an opposing pawn. } 13... Bf6 14. e4 { Reti aggressively opens up the position. } 14... Bxe5 15. dxe5 fxe4 16. Bxe4 { It's an ugly position, but Reti's actually doing pretty well here. Janowski still hasn't developed all of his pieces; in fact, the range of his light-squared Bishop is very limited. Meanwhile, Reti has all the room in the world. } 16... Bd7 17. Qd3 h6 ( 17... g6 { was much better. } ) 18. Ba3 { Now the Black Rook's in trouble. } 18... Re8 19. Bh7+ Kh8 20. Bg6 b6 { The idea is to block out White's dark-squared Bishop by playing ...c5. } 21. f4 { Reti takes the time to shore up his Kingside pawns. The Black Rook can wait -- it's not going anywhere. } 21... Qc8 ( 21... c5 22. Bxe8 Qxe8 23. f5 { Alekhine } ) 22. Bxe8 Qxe8 23. Rf2 g6 24. h4 c5 25. h5 { The idea is to break open a file and then scoot the f2-Rook over to the newly-opened file. } 25... Kg7 26. Qxg6+ ( 26. hxg6 Bb5 27. Qe4 Ne7 { Though still materially behind, Black is slowly starting to develop some counterplay. This is an improvement over his previously bottled-up position. } ) 26... Qxg6 27. hxg6 Kxg6 28. Re1 { Reti's planning to advance the f-pawn, so he makes sure his e5-pawn is defended. } 28... h5 29. f5+ exf5 30. e6 Bc6 { Janowski has finally found good homes for his remaining pieces, but now he has an advanced passed pawn to contend with. } 31. e7 { Reti's not thinking of promotion here. His plan is to play Re6+ and win the Black Bishop. } 31... Nc7 { Nipping the Rook fork in the bud. But now the d-file is open. } 32. Rd2 Kf7 33. Rd8 Ne8 34. Bc1 a5 35. Rxa8 Bxa8 36. Bg5 Bd5 ( 36... Kg6 37. Bh4 Be4 38. Kf2 Kf7 39. Rd1 { Looking at the squares controlled by White, we see that the Black King really has nowhere to go. } ) 37. Kf2 Ng7 38. Bf4 Ne6 39. e8=Q+ Kxe8 40. Re5 { Egad! This is a really ugly position for Janowski. His Knight is pinned to the King. The Bishop is defending the Knight, but it's attacked by the White Rook and has no safe squares to which it can move while still defending the Knight. } 40... Bxb3 { We can almost hear Janowski thinking, "I might as well get *something* for it!" Any other move by the Bishop just loses the Knight with no material return. } 41. axb3 Kd7 42. Rd5+ Ke7 43. Be3 { Janowski could struggle on, but he realizes that it's just hopeless. He resigns. } 1-0