A game to play along: what would you play if you were White?
[Event "Logical Chess, Move By Move #16"]
[Site "Nuremberg GER"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Tarrasch"]
[Black "Kurschner"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D20"]
[EventDate "1889.??.??"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 Bf5 4. Bxc4 e6
{Next?}
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[Event "Logical Chess, Move By Move #16"]
[Site "Nuremberg GER"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Tarrasch"]
[Black "Kurschner"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D20"]
[EventDate "1889.??.??"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 Bf5 4. Bxc4 e6
{Next? Developing with a threat, that can't be met by a developing move}
5. Qb3! Be4 6. f3 Bc6 7. Ne2 Nf6 8. e4
Be7 9. Nbc3 Qc8
{Next?}
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[Event "Logical Chess, Move By Move #16"]
[Site "Nuremberg GER"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Tarrasch"]
[Black "Kurschner"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D20"]
[EventDate "1889.??.??"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 Bf5 4. Bxc4 e6
{Next?}
5. Qb3 Be4 6. f3 Bc6 7. Ne2 Nf6 8. e4
Be7 9. Nbc3 Qc8
{Next? Keeping Black on the run}
10. d5 exd5 11. exd5 Bd7
{Next?}
*
[Event "Logical Chess, Move By Move #16"]
[Site "Nuremberg GER"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Tarrasch"]
[Black "Kurschner"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D20"]
[EventDate "1889.??.??"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 Bf5 4. Bxc4 e6
{Next?}
5. Qb3! Be4 6. f3 Bc6 7. Ne2 Nf6 8. e4
Be7 9. Nbc3 Qc8
{Next?}
10. d5! exd5 11. exd5 Bd7
{Next? Preventing Black from castling, releasing the Bishop and Queen}
12. d6! Bxd6 13. Bxf7+ Kd8 14. Bg5 Nc6
15. Ne4 Be7
{Next?}
*
[Event "Logical Chess, Move By Move #16"]
[Site "Nuremberg GER"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Tarrasch"]
[Black "Kurschner"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D20"]
[EventDate "1889.??.??"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 Bf5 4. Bxc4 e6
{Next?}
5. Qb3 Be4 6. f3 Bc6 7. Ne2 Nf6 8. e4
Be7 9. Nbc3 Qc8
{Next?}
10. d5 exd5 11. exd5 Bd7 12. d6 Bxd6 13. Bxf7+ Kd8 14. Bg5 Nc6
15. Ne4 Be7
{Next? Avoiding exchanges and threatening Nc5}
16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. O-O-O Ne5 18. Nf4 Qb8
{Next?}
*
[Event "Logical Chess, Move By Move #16"]
[Site "Nuremberg GER"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Tarrasch"]
[Black "Kurschner"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D20"]
[EventDate "1889.??.??"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 Bf5 4. Bxc4 e6
{Next?}
5. Qb3 Be4 6. f3 Bc6 7. Ne2 Nf6 8. e4
Be7 9. Nbc3 Qc8
{Next?}
10. d5 exd5 11. exd5 Bd7 12. d6 Bxd6 13. Bxf7+ Kd8 14. Bg5 Nc6
15. Ne4 Be7
{Next?}
16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. O-O-O Ne5 18. Nf4 Qb8
{Next? Invading with a threat }
19. Qe6 Rf8 20. Nxf6 Bd6
21. Nxd7 Nxd7
{Next?}
*
[Event "Logical Chess, Move By Move #16"]
[Site "Nuremberg GER"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Tarrasch"]
[Black "Kurschner"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D20"]
[EventDate "1889.??.??"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 Bf5 4. Bxc4 e6
{Next?}
5. Qb3! Be4 6. f3 Bc6 7. Ne2 Nf6 8. e4
Be7 9. Nbc3 Qc8
{Next?}
10. d5! exd5 11. exd5 Bd7
{Next?}
12. d6! Bxd6 13. Bxf7+ Kd8 14. Bg5 Nc6
15. Ne4 Be7
{Next?}
16. Bxf6! gxf6 17. O-O-O Ne5 18. Nf4 Qb8
{Next?}
19. Qe6! Rf8 20. Nxf6 Bd6
21. Nxd7 Nxd7
{Next? Bringing in the last piece}
22.Rhe1! 1-0