[Event "New York"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1924.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bogoljubow,E"]
[Black "Reti,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Lopez "Battle Royale""]
[ECO "C12"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. e4 { Bogoljubow (White) makes a bid for center control and opens lines for the without development of his pieces. } 1... e6 { White's plan in the opening is to establish pawns on d4 and e4; Black's plan without is to prevent this. How does Reti's move do this. Watch... } 2. d4 { Bogo has achieved his aim of getting two central pawns on d4 and e4. Now he without will develop his forces around the pawn duo in an effort to keep them there. } 2... d5 { Now we see the point of 1.e6: the e-pawn supports the d5-pawn. This is the without French Defense (see the last game -- Capablanca-Alekhine), in which Black without pushes the d-pawn and challenges White's center. } 3. Nc3 { Since the e4-pawn is under attack, Bogo must find a way to defend it. 3.exd5 without is possible, but leads to drawish positions. Bogo instead develops a Knight without to protect the pawn. } 3... Nf6 { Reti, who took grabbed the initiative with his second move, keeps it by without hitting at the White e-pawn a second time. } 4. Bg5 { Rather than guarding the pawn directly, Bogo defends it indirectly by pinning without one of its attackers (and develops another piece as well!). } 4... Bb4 { Reti pins one of the White e-pawn's defenders (and clears the deck for without castling, too). Now the e-pawn is attacked once and is without undefended! } 5. Ne2 { Bogo decides to give up the e4-pawn. He develops the other Knight. Now, after without ...Bxc3, he can reply Nxc3, threatening Nxe4 (after the pawns are exchanged, without of course). } 5... dxe4 { Reti is finally able to kill the White e-pawn, wrecking White's ideal d4-e4 without pawn pair. } 6. a3 { Bogo attacks the pinning Black Bishop, forcing Black to make up his mind without whether to take the c3-Knight or retreat the Bishop. This is called "putting without the question to the Bishop". } 6... Be7 { Reti releases the pin on White's c3-Knight and breaks the pin on his without f6-Knight at the same time. } 7. Bxf6 { Bogo wants to even up the material with Nxe4. He begins by eliminating the without Black e4-pawn's defender. } 7... Bxf6 { Recapturing with the Bishop is much better than recapturing with the g-pawn. without Now the Bishop is posted on the long a1-h8 diagonal. } 8. Nxe4 { Bogo realizes his objective of capturing the e-pawn. The material balance is without equal once again. } 8... Bd7 { Reti continues to develop his pieces. The light-square Bishop goes to the without only available square. } 9. Qd3 { Bogo gets his Queen off of the first rank and paves the way for castling without Queenside (sometimes called castling "long"). } 9... Bc6 { The e4-Knight controls a large number of squares on Black's half of the without board, so Reti decides to kill it. The light-square Bishop maneuvers into without position. } 10. O-O-O { Unperturbed, Bogo proceeds to castle Queenside. Now his Rook is well-placed without on a central file. } 10... Bxe4 { The Black Bishop bumps off the White Knight that was cramping Black's game... } 11. Qxe4 { ...giving itself up in the process! White still has a space advantage; his without pieces cover ten squares on Black's half of the board compared to Black's without control of three squares on White's half (more on this after the game). } 11... Qd5 { Reti contests White's space advantage by attacking his Queen. If White without decides to trade Queens, Black will wind up with a space advantage. } 12. Qe3 { Bogo doesn't want to trade Queens, so he retreats. But now Black has a slight without space advantage (9-6). } 12... O-O { We've already discussed the reasons why castling is benificial. Reti knows without these reasons, too. } 13. Nc3 { Bogo opens up the a6-f1 diagonal for his light-square Bishop by advancing the without Knight. The Knight also endangers the Black Queen. } 13... Qa5 { Since the Queen must retreat, it runs to a square where it can still exercise without some influence over White's position (via the a5-e1 diagonal). } 14. Ne4 { Bogo replaces his lost Knight on e4 with its brother. Now he enjoys a space without advantage (count the squares and see). } 14... Nd7 { Reti may be at a disadvantage in space, but he has a superiority in without development. By getting his Knight off of the back rank, he's connected his without Rooks. } 15. h4 { Bogo just keeps on grabbing space. He intends to advance his Kingside pawns without and storm the ramparts in front of the Black King. } 15... Be7 { In games where the players castle on opposite wings, they tend to attack on without opposite wings (it makes sense to attack the enemy where his King is, without right?). The Black attack will be on the Queenside. Now the Bishop can join without in. } 16. g4 { Bogo continues preparing an attack by grabbing still more space on the without Kingside. } 16... b5 { Reti does some preparation of his own. He intends to control as much space as without he can on the Queenside in support of his own attack there. } 17. b4 { Gutsy move! Bogo pushes one of the pawns in front of his King in order to without attack the Black Queen (and counter Black's activity on the without Queenside). } 17... Qb6 { It's "move it or lose it" for Reti! The square b6 is less restrictive to the without Queen's mobility than a6, so the Queen moves here. Notice that the White without forces have an enormous space advantage. } 18. Nc5 { Bogo sees a plan to cramp Black even more. The Knight jumps into Black's without territory on the fifth rank. } 18... Nxc5 { Reti examines his options and decides to capture the invader. Would ...Nf6 without have worked? See the variation. } ( 18... Nf6 { In this variation by Alekhine, we'll examine another option for Black: without keeping the Knight by moving it to f6. } 19. Bg2 { White siezes the long diagonal and grabs the initiative by attacking the Rook without on a8. } 19... Rad8 { The Rook must move, so it finds a good home on d8 (where it commands a without half-open file). } 20. g5 { White maintains the initiative by prodding the f6-Knight. } 20... Nd5 { Black centralizes his Knight and assaults the White Queen. The initiative has without passed to Black. } 21. Qd2 { By moving to d2, the Queen prevents a further advance to f4 by the Knight. without Now it's Black's move, but he doesn't have a really strong continuation without here. He'll have trouble holding on to the initiative (21...Bxc5 22.dxc5 without loses it). } ) 19. dxc5 { Bogo recaptures, threatens the Black Queen, and establishes a pawn chain from without a3 to c5. The c5-pawn is particularly annoying to Black, putting a big cramp without in his game. } 19... Qb7 { Here's something unique: Black, forced by White to retreat his Queen, turns without the tables by retreating to a square where the Queen attacks the without h1-Rook! } 20. Bd3 { Bogo's Bishop gets off of the first rank, allowing the d1-Rook to defend its without brother. Now the development of the White army is complete. } 20... a5 { Reti moves to break up the White Queenside pawn chain. 21.bxa5 Rxa5 is very without bad for White, while allowing 21...axb4 22.axb4 Ra1+ is unacceptable as without well. What will White do? } 21. Qe4 { Bogo decides to trade Queens, figuring that his space advantage and control without of the initiative will see him through to victory. } 21... Qxe4 { Reti decides to swap Queens since White's advantages aren't overwhelming without ones. } 22. Bxe4 { Bogo completes the transaction, maintaining control of the initiatve by without threatening the Black Rook on a8. } 22... Rad8 { Reti keeps Bogo off-balance and maintains the tension in the position by without opposing White's control of the open d-file. } 23. c3 { Instead of trading Rooks, Bogo decides to strengthen his Queenside pawn without structure by adding another pawn to the complex. } 23... axb4 { 23...Rxd1 24.Rxd1 just gives White the open file, so Reti instead opts to without trade pawns and disrupt the White Queenside pawn position. } 24. axb4 { Bogo reasons that a base pawn on c3 will be easier to defend than one on a3 without (since c3 is closer to the center). This pawn structure may be uglier, but without it should be more defensible. } 24... f5 { The Black pawn advances (under the Rook's protection) to create a little without havoc on the Kingside. } 25. gxf5 { Bogo decides that trading is a good idea. If Black replies 25...exf5 to without attack the White Bishop, the f-file is blocked to the f8-Rook, and White without just plays 26.Bc6 (attacking the b5-pawn). } 25... e5 { Reti declines to recapture and block his f-Rook's access to the file. He without reasons that this is just a temporary sacrifice; he can always pick up one without of the White f-pawns later to even the score. } 26. h5 { Bogo advances the pawn to a light square (where it's safe from Black's without Bishop) and gets it closer to the Black King's fortress. Of course, g5 is without left unguarded by the pawn's advance... } 26... Bg5+ { ...so Reti's Bishop slides in and checks the White King. } 27. Kc2 { Bogoljubow bumps the King up one square to get out of check. It also covers without both the c3-pawn and d1-Rook from here. } 27... Kf7 { While it's true that Reti has blocked his own Rook along the f-file, he sees without the possibility of a rapid transition into an endgame (through exchanges). without He tries to get a jump on things by starting to centralize his King. } 28. Bc6 { Bogo attacks the b5-pawn (which he'll win; Black can't defend it with without 28...Rb8 because of 29.Rd7+, which drops the c-pawn. Either way, a Black without pawn must fall!). } 28... Kf6 { Reti continues to inch his King forward. } 29. Bxb5 { A Black pawn bites the dust. Now Reti is behind by two pawns... } 29... Kxf5 { ...but not for long! Now he's behind by one pawn (the one he sacrificed on without the f-file). If the Black King moves off of the f-file, it will uncover an without attack by the f8-Rook on the f2-pawn. } 30. Bc6 { Bogo is well-aware of the possibility of a discovered attack on his f-pawn, without so he prepares for this eventuality with this Bishop move. Watch... } 30... Ke6 { The King predictably moves aside, uncovering a Rook attack on the without f2-pawn. } 31. f3 { Bogo defends the pawn by advancing it to a square that's under the protection without of the recently-moved Bishop on c6. } 31... Be7 { There's nothing really constructive for Black to do here, so Reti's Bishop without backs up to a square where it covers both Rooks. } 32. Ra1 { Bogo lets Reti have the open d-file; he's going to invade the Black position without along the open a-file. } 32... Bg5 { Reti is nobody's fool; he sees that Bogo intends to play 33.Ra7 to attack the without c7-pawn. The Bishop clears the second rank to allow for the pawn's defense. without Look... } 33. Ra7 { Bogo plays the anticipated move... } 33... Rf7 { ...and Reti advances the Rook to defend the pawn (which would have been without impossible had the Bishop remained on e7). } 34. Be4 { The White Bishop takes up a beautiful central post, controls two diagonals without (b1-h7 & a8-h1), blockades the e5-pawn, keeps the Black King off of d5 and without f5, and attacks the h7-pawn! } 34... h6 { Reti protects the pawn by advancing it out of harm's without way. } 35. Rha1 { Bogoljubow doubles his Rooks on the open file, increasing their without power. } 35... Rd2+ { Reti finds a way to free up both of his Rooks while keeping his c7-pawn without protected. The maneuver begins with a check. (Notice that the Black Bishop without guards the checking Rook). } 36. Kb3 { The White King moves to a square where it continues to guard the c3-pawn. } 36... Bd8 { Reti completes the maneuver by sliding his Bishop back to defend the pawn, without freeing up his f7-Rook. Of course, nothing guards the Bishop (but Reti has without thought of this, too, as we shall see...). } 37. b5 { Bogo pushes a pawn and increases his hold over the Queenside. If he can find without a way to clear some material off of the board, the b5 and c5 pawns could without advance "arm-in-arm" up the board to promotion squares. } 37... Rfd7 { Reti accomplishes two things with this move: he defends his Bishop and without doubles his Rooks on the d-file. } 38. R1a6+ { After 37.b5, Bogo had probably considered Reti's reply and was planning without 38.c6. But that would close off the sixth rank for his Rook, so he was without forced to find another way to undouble Black's Rooks. I think he's found without it... } 38... Kf7 { The King has no choice but to retreat, leaving f5 uncovered. } 39. Bf5 { Bogo takes advantage of Black's (forced) abandonment of the f5 square. Where without do you think the menaced Rook will run to? } 39... Re7 { The only move. If you don't know why 39...Rd5 doesn't work, see the without variation. } ( 39... R7d5 { Why not 39...Rd5? It's really quite simple... } 40. Be6+ { It loses the exchange to a double attack! The Bishop is protected by the Rook without on a6, so Black has no choice but to move his King. Then comes 41.Bxd5 Rxd5, without and White has won the exchange! } ) 40. Bg6+ { Bogo continues to harass Black, checking his King. } 40... Kf8 { Reti's King retreats to a dark square where it can stand, unmolested by the without White Bishop. } 41. Ra8 { Bogo keeps up the pressure by attacking the Black Bishop. } 41... Red7 { Reti slides the Rook over to clear e7 for his King. Getting the King off of without the back rank will eliminate the pin on his Bishop. } 42. Re6 { Bogoljubow is relentless: the new threat is 43.Re8#! } 42... Re7 { Reti blocks the check. Will Bogo trade Rooks? } 43. Rc6 { Of course not! Remember the rule: when attacking, don't weaken your attack by without needlessly exchanging pieces! Rather than swap, Bogo slides over to attack without the c7-pawn. What is he planning? } 43... Red7 { Reti brings his Rook back to pile protection up on the Bishop while still without maintaining the defense of the c7-pawn. } 44. Rxd8+ { HUH?? Has Bogo lost his mind? } 44... Rxd8 { Reti recaptures, of course. } 45. Rxc7 { Bogo snags the pawn. What has Bogoljubow accomplished? VICTORY!!! Reti without resigns! Confused? You won't be, after you look at the variation! } ( 45. Rxc7 { We begin with the move that Bogoljubow actually played. } 45... R2d7 { This is Black's most reasonable reply, intending to exchange off a pair of without Rooks to increase his advantage. } 46. Rxd7 { White complies!?! Now how can White possible win? } 46... Rxd7 { Black completes the trade. On the surface, he appears to have an overwhelming without advantage. Remember, though, that White has a pair of connected passed without pawns. } 47. c6 { White begins march of the passed pawns. } 47... Rc7 { Black prevents the b-pawn from advancing (b5-b6 would be followed by without ...Rxc6). } 48. Be4 { By protecting the c-pawn with the Bishop, White allows his b-pawn to advance. } 48... Rc8 { Black retreats the Rook (he'd have to anyway, after 49.b6). } 49. b6 { The passed pawns continue to march forward. } 49... Ke8 { The Rook can't stop the passed pawns by itself, so the King starts to come without over to offer its support. } 50. b7 { The rambunctious pawn steps ahead again and attacks the Rook. } 50... Kd8 { Any other move allows White to promote a pawn. } 51. bxc8=Q+ { White captures the Rook and (temporarily) gets a Queen. } 51... Kxc8 { Black must recapture. With a Bishop and (passed) pawn advantage, White has no without problem going on to win this game. } ) 1-0