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Zoltan von Balla vs Miklos Brody
Main Tt Hun Chess Fed (1911), Budapest AUH, rd 8, Aug-15
Spanish Game: Closed. Yates Variation (C91)  ·  1-0

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Feb-18-14  Karpova: Von Balla was very critical of 19...g5 in the 'Magyar Sakkujsag', calling it a totally mistaken manoeuvre as it wasn't even permitted to attack a position, which is defended by 3 pieces, with 2 pieces in a coffee house game.

The annotator is less critical, pointing out that Black can't become active on queenside or in the centre and so has to operate on the kingside. Furthermore, the move was double-edged and also dangerous to White.

It should be pointed out, that this was the decisive last round game, so both sides played actively (von Balla finished with 6.5 points, Brody with 6.0).

The move 26...Nf4 is praised as not only successfully defending against White's attack, but even winning. The continuation 30...Qe7 is considered to have been a mistake, as it allows a beautiful combination by White. Instead 30...Be8 should have been winning, although von Balla considers White to have a winning advantage still. The annotator suggests two lines, one of them is <30...Be8 31.Qf3 fxe4 32.Qxe4+ Bg6 33.Qe2 Qe7 34.Be4 Qxh4+ 35.Nh3 f3> and black wins (the other starts with 31.Qe2), yet it is not entirely convincing as it is based on the huge blunder 34.Be4 (which even receives an !), when for example 34.Nf3 looks interesting.

Source: Pages 155-156 of the May-June 1912 'Wiener Schachzeitung'

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