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Spielmann – Nimzowitsch, Stockholm 1920

Nimzowitsch calls this game short and exciting, but not quite correct. Watch how Black drives the white king into the middle with checks and knights.

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White
Spielmann, Rudolf
Black
Nimzowitsch, Aaron
Event
II. Jubiläumsturnier
Place
Stockholm
Round
12
Date
November 19, 1920
Result
0-1 (Black wins)

In the course

Where the moves come from

Sources

The quotations from Nimzowitsch on this page are our own translations.

Arrow keys move the focus across the squares. Enter or Space selects a piece and moves it to a highlighted square. Escape cancels the selection.

Which piece should the pawn become?

Position as a list

White

  • King e1
  • Queen d1
  • Rook a1
  • Rook h1
  • Bishop c1
  • Bishop f1
  • Knight b1
  • Knight g1
  • Pawn a2
  • Pawn b2
  • Pawn c2
  • Pawn d2
  • Pawn e2
  • Pawn f2
  • Pawn g2
  • Pawn h2

Black

  • King e8
  • Queen d8
  • Rook a8
  • Rook h8
  • Bishop c8
  • Bishop f8
  • Knight b8
  • Knight g8
  • Pawn a7
  • Pawn b7
  • Pawn c7
  • Pawn d7
  • Pawn e7
  • Pawn f7
  • Pawn g7
  • Pawn h7

Starting position