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A memorial to William Steinitz; containing a selection of his games chronologically arranged with an analysis of play (1901)

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sides. White succeeded in keeping back the K P, but his plan to station one of his Kts at K 5 is frustrated. (f) Black deliberately closes up the Queen's side, as he intends to employ the Q R on his open K B file. We would have reserved the option of re- suming operations on the Q wing, or at least… … m m ■a i Hi wk m h n h n i m mm 111 (i) White struggles on heroically to turn his slight advantage to ac- count. The temporary Pawn sacrifice was probably the only continuation which held out any hope of victory. (k) There is time for this important move, as two Pawns are attacked, both of which…

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