(1) Nimzowitsch - Hakansson
Kristianstad (Game, 1922

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 [3.Nc3 ]

3...c5 4.Qg4 An innovation by Nimzopvitch, but not best. 4. c3

4...cxd4 5.Nf3 over-protecting e5

5...Nc6 6.Bd3 The queen, developed perhaps too early, restrains the development of the black kingside.

6...f5 7.Qg3 Nge7 8.0-0 Ng6 9.h4 Black is untangleing, but this move (with the threat of h5) prevents normal devekopment with Be7 and 0-0.

9...Qc7 10.Re1 Over-protecting e5, confident that the space advantage offered by the e5-pawn will permit him to recover the pawn he ascrificed earlier.

10...Bd7 Not impressive. Bc5 was needed to complete development before the h5-Ne7 move pair. [10...Bc5 ]

11.a3 0-0-0 12.b4 [12.h5 Nge7 13.Ng5 Re8 14.Nf7 Rg8 15.Nd6+ ]

12...a6 13.h5 Nge7 14.Bd2 h6 15.a4 g5 16.b5 f4 17.Qg4 Having secured e5, white is in full command

17...Nb8 18.c3 [18.Nxd4 also wins easily]

18...Re8 [18...dxc3 19.Rc1 ]

19.cxd4 Rc1 is coming

19...Kd8 20.Rc1 Qb6 The black king cannot move... alll white needs is check

21.a5 Qa7 22.b6 Qa8 Add a bad queen to black's woes

23.Rc7 Brutal.

23...Nf5 24.Nc3 Be7 Diagram

25.Nxd5 Nice finish.

25...Nxd4 [25...exd5 26.Bxf5 ]

26.Nxd4 exd5 27.Qxd7+ [27.Qxd7+ Nxd7 28.Ne6# ] 1-0