Chess Advocate Setiembre 2013 | Page 13

1913 Western Open Games

White Beckner
Black Widmeyer
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. c4 Nc5 7. Bc2 d6 8. d4
exd4 9. Nxd4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Ne6 11. Re1 Be7 (Beckner's note: Moves 12-15 are
to prevent Black from castling.) 12. Qe4 Nc5 13. Qe2 Be6 14. f4 Bc8 15. Be3
Nd7 16. Nc3 c6 17. Bd4 Nf6 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Rad1 Bd7 20. Rxd6 Qb6+ 21. Kh1
O-O-O 22. Nd5 Qc5 23. Nxe7+ Kc7 24. Rxf6 Be6 25. Rxe6 fxe6 26. Qxe6 Rhe8 27.
f5 Kb8 (Beckner's Note: If ...Rd7 28. Nd5+ cxd5 29. Qxe8 Qf2 30. Qe5+ Kb6 31.
Qg3) 28. f6 Rd6 29. Nxc6+ Qxc6 30. Qxe8+ Qxe8 31. Rxe8+ Kc7 32. f7 1-0
White Beckner
Black Michelsen
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 (Mr. Beckner comments as follows: "I have had much
experience against the Petroff as [Jackson W.] Showalter used to play it on
me. The 3.P-Q4 [3.d4] attack 'cooks' it as Steinitz said years ago.") exd4
4. e5 Ne4 5. Qxd4 d5 6. exd6 Nxd6 7. Bd3 Be7 8. Nc3 Nc6 9. Qf4 Be6 10. O-O Qd7
11. Re1 O-O-O (Mr. Beckner's comments: "When Michelsen castled, I felt I
had him. White's two B's are ideally placed to shoot at the castled King.")
12. Be3 Kb8 13. Rad1 h6 14. Bb5 Qe8 15. Rd3 Bf6 16. Bd4 Nf5 17. Bxf6 Rxd3 18.
Bxd3 Qd7 19. Bxf5 Bxf5 20. Be5 g5 21. Bxc7+ Kc8 22. Qd6 Qxc7 23. Qf6 Rd8 24.
Qxf5+ Kb8 25. Ne5 Nd4 26. Qd3 f5 27. h3 g4 28. hxg4 fxg4 29. Nxg4 Rg8 30. Qxd4
1-0

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