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Johner – Nimzowitsch, Dresden 1926

Nimzowitsch fixes a pawn on e4 and restrains the white pawns on the kingside. Then he calmly prepares an attack on the white king.

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White
Johner, Paul F.
Black
Nimzowitsch, Aaron
Event
Internationales Meisterturnier
Place
Dresden
Round
2
Date
5 April 1926
Result
0-1 (Black wins)

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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