Siegbert Tarrasch (March 5th 1862 with Breslau, Germany - February 17th, 1934 with Munich) was one of best the players of failures of the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century. Although he was a German patriot and that he had lost a son during the First World War, he had to suffer from carried out the Nazis because he was Juif.
Career échiquéenne
Tarrasch was a Médecin which could very well have become the best world player with the beginning of the year 1890. It marks many points against a Wilhelm Steinitz growing old at the time of the tournaments (+3 -0 =1), but refuses an occasion to play for the world title because of the requirements of the medical exercise.
A little later Tarrasch makes null against the challenger Mikhail Tchigorine in 1893 in a difficult match (+9 -4 =9). It also gained four great tournaments of continuation: Breslau in 1889, Manchester in 1890, Dresden in 1892 and Leipzig in 1894. However, after Emanuel Lasker became world champion of failures in 1894, Tarrasch cannot face it for various reasons. Fred Reinfeld written: Thereafter, Tarrasch always played the second violins .
When Lasker accepts finally a match for the title in 1908, it overcomes Tarrasch by +8 clearly -3 =5. Nevertheless, Tarrasch remained very strong under the reign of Lasker, demolishing Frank James Marshall at the time of a match in 1905 (+8 -1 =8), and becomes one of the five first large Masters international while being one of the five finalists to the very strong tournament of Saint-Pétersbourg 1914. It was probably its Chant of the swan, because its career échiquéenne is not any more very brilliant after that, although it continued to play of the very appreciated parts.
Lesson with the failures
Tarrasch is known for its writings concerning the failures, and was called Praeceptor Germaniae (“professor d' Allemagne”, nickname of the Théologien protesting Melanchthon). He wrote some books, of which modern Die Schachpartie and Dreihundert Schachpartien . But it seems that until now only sound practical Traité of the set of failures was translated into French, although its ideas became famous. It developed the ideas of Wilhelm Steinitz (control of the center, pair the insane ones, favors space) with very an high degree of refinement. It attached much more importance to the mobility of the parts than Steinitz, and hated the closed positions, affirming that they “contained the germ of the defeat”. Tarrasch stated what is now called the rule of following Tarrasch which the turns must be placed behind the last pawns - his clean or those of its adversary. Andrew Soltis quotes Tarrasch declaring: Always place the tower behind the pawn… except when it is not correct to play thus. (Soltis 1997:129).
Dissensions with the school hypermoderne
It was an important target of the École hypermoderne, carried out by Richard Réti, Aaron Nimzowitsch and Xavier Tartakover, which considered its dogmatic ideas. However, of many modern Masters do not find the play of Tarrasch so dogmatic . For example, Tarrasch commented on its victory in the part which follows.
Nuremberg, 1888
French Defense, alternative in advance
In spite of that, one allotted to Nimzowitsch such an at the same time anti-dogmatic inventiveness and hypermoderne when he played this blow against Henryk Salwe almost a quarter century later with Karlovy Vary in 1911.
Contribution to the theory of the openings
Number of openings of failures are associated with Tarrasch, whose principal ones are:
- defense Tarrasch, alternative favorite of Tarrasch against the Gambit Rams.
- the Tarrasch alternative of the French Defense (3. Cd2), that Tarrasch considered refuted by 3… c5.
Famous combinations
The blacks seem in safety, because their lady prevents Db7+ (followed by Rxa5 Ta1#), and the tower in c8 protects from Txc5#. Tarrasch played the clever blow of interference 31.Fc7! (named Plachutta interception, because the two parts move Orthogonal ement). This blow cancels two protections, and any part capturing the insane one will be overloaded. If 31… Txc7, the tower is overloaded, having to protect the two key boxes, and rams it cannot reach b7 any more. Thus, the white can play 32.Db7+ Txb7, diverting the tower of the defense of c5, allowing 33.Txc5# then, but if the blacks play in place 31… Dxc7, the lady prevents the defense of the tower on c5 and becomes overloaded: 32.Txc5+ Dxc5 diverts the lady of the defense of b7, allowing 33.Db7+ Rxa5 34.Ta1#. The blacks give up after this blow.
Tarrasch did not play very well during this part, and its adversary has the top on him since a long moment, but it is repurchased by the following combination: 34.Txd4 seems obvious, because 34… cxd4 allows 35.Fxd4, gaining the lady, but the blacks seem to have a powerful counter-attack: 34… Cxg3 35.Cxg3 Txg3+ 36.hxg3 Txg3+ 37.Rf1! Txd3. The alarming 38.Tg4!! a term puts at their hopes with the threats devastators of 39. Tf8+ subduing and of Fxe5 followed by cxd3. The blacks give up.
References
- Andrew Soltis, Grandmaster Secrecies: Endings , 1997, Thinkers' Near. ISBN 0-938650-66-1
External bonds
- 299 of parts to format PGN
- Harald Ballo, Siegbert Tarrasch, left 1 and Siegbert Tarrasch, left 2 , Chesscafe.com, 1996
- Started from Tarrasch, muljadi.org
- Lasker Match - Tarrasch for the title
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