[Event "Hannover"]

[Site "Hannover GER"]

[Date "1926.08.09"]
[EventDate "1926.08.09"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Aron Nimzowitsch"]
[Black "Hans Duhm"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1.c4 {Notes by Nimzowitsch} 1...e6 2.e4 c5 {Better was 2...d5

3.cxd5 exd5 4.exd5 Nf6} 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.f4 d6 {It is better
4...Nf6} 5.Nf3 g6 6.d4 Bg7 7.dxc5 dxc5 {If 7...Bxc3 8.bxc3
dxc5 9.Qxd8 Kxd8 10.Ne5 with white advantage. And if 9...Nxd8
10.a4 and 11.Be3, comfortably putting pressure on the enemy
queenside.} 8.Qxd8 Kxd8 9.e5 h5 {Black should have played
9...f6, to eliminate the blocking e-pawn. Black's plan to put
a knight in f5 and to establish on the other hand a blockade
is impracticable because a fast white attack does not leave
him time for maneuvers.} 10.Be3 b6 11.O-O-O Ke7 12.Bf2 {All
the diagonal will be occupied with decisive effects.} 12...Nh6
13.Bh4 Kf8 14.Bd3 Bb7 15.Be4 {the decisive effect of this
bishop in the great diagonal is due to the fact that black is
private to oppose a rook in the d-column} 15...Na5 16.Bxb7
Nxb7 17.Rd7 Rb8 18.Rhd1 Kg8 19.Be7 {In order to play Ng5
without blocking the Bishop.} 19...Nf5 20.Ng5 Re8 21.Bf6 Bxf6
22.exf6 Na5 23.Rd8 {Initiating a mating attack} 23...Kf8
24.R1d7 Nh6 25.Nce4 Nc6 26.Rxf7 Nxf7 27.Nxe6 Kg8 28.Rxe8 Kh7
29.N4g5 Nxg5 30.Nxg5 Kh6 31.Rxh8# 1-0

[Event "Hannover"]
[Site "Hannover GER"]
[Date "1926.08.10"]
[EventDate "1926.08.09"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Hermann von Gottschall"]
[Black "Aron Nimzowitsch"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "118"]

1. e4 {Notes by Raymond Keene.} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Bd3 c5 4. c3

dxe4 5. Bxe4 Nf6 6. Bf3 Nbd7 7. Ne2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Be3 cxd4
10. cxd4 Nb6 11. Nbc3 Qd7 12. Rc1 Rd8 13. Qb3 Nfd5 14. Nxd5
Nxd5 15. Bxd5 Qxd5 16. Qxd5 Rxd5 17. Nc3 Ra5 18. Rfd1 Bb4
19. a3 Bxc3 20. Rxc3 Bd7 {'A dead draw!? By no means. There is
still a great deal in the position and the game is only just
beginning' (Nimzowitsch)} 21. Rc5 Rxc5 22. dxc5 Bc6 23. f3 f6
24. Kf2 Kf7 25. Rd4 a5 26. g3 {? He should have done something
for his light squares, e.g. 26 b3 Bd5 27 Rd3 followed by h2-h3
and he can resist successfully.} a4 27. f4 h5 28. h3 Rh8
29. Rd1 Kg6 30. Rd4 Kf5 31. Bd2 Rf8 32. Be1 e5 33. fxe5 fxe5
34. Rh4 g5 35. Rb4 Ke6+ 36. Ke2 e4 37. Bf2 Rf3 38. Rb6 Ke5
39. Rb4 Kd5 40. h4 {A Zugzwang position had been achieved in
which White had to give ground somewhere. The text cedes Black
more light-squared territory on the kingside (which is soon
invaded by Black's king) but 40 Rb6 shed a pawn after 40...h4
41 gxh4 gxh4 42 Bxh4 Kxc5 and ...Rxh3. There was even a way
for White to lose a piece by 40 Rd4+ Kxc5 41 Rxe4+? Rxf2+.}
40...gxh4 41. gxh4 Rh3 42. Rd4+ Ke5 43. Rd8 Bd5 {'The win is
not too difficult now; in spite of annoying checks the black
army, now welded into a homogeneous whole, creeps ever nearer'
(Nimzowitsch)} 44. Re8+ Be6 45. Rd8 Kf4 46. Rf8+ Bf5 47. Rf7
Rh2 48. Re7 Bg4+ 49. Ke1 Kf3 50. Rf7+ Kg2 51. Kd2 Kf1 52. Ke3
Bf3 53. Bg3 Rxb2 54. Bd6 Rb3+ 55. Kd4 Kf2 56. Rg7 e3 57. Bg3+
Kf1 58. Rf7 e2 59. Re7 Bc6 0-1

[Event "Hannover"]
[Site "Hannover GER"]
[Date "1926.08.11"]
[EventDate "1926.08.09"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Aron Nimzowitsch"]
[Black "Akiba Rubinstein"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "35"]

1. c4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. cxd5 Nf6 5. Bc4 Nxd5 6. Qb3

Qe7+ 7. Ne2 Nb6 8. Nc3 Nxc4 9. Qxc4 Be6 10. Qa4+ Qd7 11. Nb5
Nc6 12. O-O a6 13. Nbd4 Nxd4 14. Qxd4 Qxd4 15. Nxd4 Kd7 16. b3
Bc5 17. Bb2 Bxd4 18. Bxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hannover"]
[Site "Hannover GER"]
[Date "1926.08.12"]
[EventDate "1926.08.09"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Walther von Holzhausen"]
[Black "Aron Nimzowitsch"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "142"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Bxe7

Qxe7+ 7. Qe2 Bf5 8. c3 Be4 9. Nbd2 O-O-O 10. O-O-O Nh6 11. Ne5
Nxe5 12. dxe5 Bg6 13. Nf3 Rhe8 14. Qe3 Kb8 15. Qf4 Be4 16. Re1
Qc5 17. Nd2 Bg6 18. Nb3 Qb6 19. Qd4 f6 20. f4 fxe5 21. fxe5
Be4 22. Nd2 c5 23. Qe3 Rxe5 24. Qg3 Qc7 25. Bd3 Rde8 26. Bxe4
dxe4 27. Nc4 R5e6 28. Qxc7+ Kxc7 29. Ne3 Nf7 30. Kc2 Nd6
31. c4 Kc6 32. Rhf1 Rh6 33. h3 Rg6 34. Re2 a6 35. Rf4 b5
36. b3 Rg5 37. g4 Rge5 38. Kc3 a5 39. Ref2 a4 40. bxa4 bxc4
41. Rf8 R5e7 42. Rxe8 Rxe8 43. Nxc4 Nxc4 44. Kxc4 Ra8 45. Rf7
Rxa4+ 46. Kb3 Rb4+ 47. Kc3 Rb7 48. Rf5 Ra7 49. Kc4 Ra4+
50. Kb3 Rd4 51. Re5 Kd6 52. Re8 Rd3+ 53. Kc4 Rxh3 54. Rxe4 Ra3
55. Re2 Ra4+ 56. Kb5 Rxg4 57. a4 Rb4+ 58. Ka5 h5 59. Rh2 Kc6
60. Re2 Rg4 61. Re6+ Kd5 62. Re8 h4 63. Rd8+ Kc4 64. Kb6 h3
65. Rd1 Kb4 66. Rb1+ Kxa4 67. Kxc5 g5 68. Rh1 Rg3 69. Kd4 g4
70. Ke4 Rg2 71. Kf4 h2 0-1
[Event "Hannover"]
[Site "Hannover GER"]
[Date "1926.08.14"]
[EventDate "1926.08.09"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Aron Nimzowitsch"]
[Black "Oscar Antze"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "161"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. f4 d6 6. Nf3 c6

7. O-O d5 8. cxd5 cxd5 9. Ne5 Qb6 10. Nc3 Rd8 11. b3 Na6
12. Ba3 Bf8 13. Na4 Qb5 14. Qd3 Qa5 15. Rfc1 Bf5 16. Qc3 Qb5
17. Bf1 Ne4 18. Qe1 Qe8 19. e3 b5 20. Nc6 Rdc8 21. Bxb5 Bd7
22. Bxa6 Rxc6 23. Bb7 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Rd8 25. Nc5 Bc8 26. Bxc8
Rxc8 27. Qa5 e6 28. Nxe4 dxe4 29. Rxc8 Qxc8 30. Bc5 Bxc5
31. Qxc5 Qa6 32. Qc2 Qa5 33. Kf2 Qh5 34. Qxe4 Qxh2+ 35. Qg2
Qh5 36. g4 Qa5 37. Kg3 h6 38. Qf2 Qc7 39. Kh3 f5 40. gxf5 gxf5
41. d5 exd5 42. Qg2+ Kf7 43. Qxd5+ Kf6 44. Qd4+ Kg6 45. Qd2
Kf6 46. Qb2+ Kg6 47. b4 Qc4 48. Qd2 Kh5 49. a4 a6 50. Kg3 Qg8+
51. Kh2 Qc4 52. Qb2 Qd3 53. Qg2 Qc4 54. Kg3 Qg8+ 55. Kh3 Qc4
56. Qf3+ Kg6 57. Kh4 Kg7 58. Qb7+ Kg6 59. Qb6+ Kh7 60. Qf6 Qd5
61. Kg3 Qg8+ 62. Kh2 Qa2+ 63. Kh3 Qd5 64. Qe7+ Kg6 65. Qe8+
Kh7 66. Kg3 Qb3 67. a5 Qb1 68. Qd7+ Kg6 69. Qc6+ Kg7 70. Qb7+
Kf8 71. Qxa6 Qe1+ 72. Kf3 Qd1+ 73. Qe2 Qd5+ 74. Kf2 Qd8 75. a6
Qh4+ 76. Kg2 Qe7 77. Qf3 Qc7 78. b5 Qg7+ 79. Kf2 Qb2+ 80. Qe2
Qa1 81. b6 1-0

[Event "Hannover"]
[Site "Hannover GER"]
[Date "1926.08.15"]
[EventDate "1926.08.09"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Aron Nimzowitsch"]
[Black "Jacques Mieses"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.e4 Bb4 5.d3 d6 6.g3 Bc5 7.Bg2
Ng4 8.O-O f5 9.Nd5 h6 10.exf5 Bxf5 11.Nh4 Be6 12.Ng6 Rg8 13.h3
Nf6 14.Be3 Bxd5 15.cxd5 Nd4 16.f4 Qd7 17.b4 Bb6 18.fxe5 dxe5
19.Nxe5 Qe7 20.Nc4 Kd8 21.a4 Re8 22.Kh2 Ne2 23.d6 cxd6 24.Re1
Bxe3 25.Rxe2 Bg1+ 26.Qxg1 Qxe2 27.Nxd6 Re7 28.a5 Rd7 29.Re1
Qd2 30.Nc4 Qxb4 31.a6 Rc8 32.Rb1 Qa4 33.axb7 Rb8 34.Qc5 Rc7
35.Qd4+ Nd7 36.Qxg7 Rc5 37.Qh8+ Kc7 38.Qxh6 Qc2 39.Qd6+ Kd8
40.Rf1 Ke8 41.Rf8+ 1-0

[Event "Hannover"]
[Site "Hannover GER"]
[Date "1926.08.17"]
[EventDate "1926.08.09"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Friedrich Saemisch"]
[Black "Aron Nimzowitsch"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bd3 Ne7 6. Ne2

O-O 7. O-O Bg4 8. f3 Bh5 9. Nf4 Bg6 10. Nce2 Bd6 11. Nxg6 hxg6
12. Bf4 b6 13. Qd2 c5 14. c4 dxc4 15. Bxc4 Nbc6 16. dxc5 Bxc5+
17. Kh1 Qxd2 18. Bxd2 Rfd8 19. Rfd1 Ne5 20. Ba6 Nd3 21. Bxd3
Rxd3 22. Bc3 Rad8 23. Rxd3 Rxd3 24. Nf4 Rd7 25. g3 f6 26. Re1
Kf7 27. b4 g5 28. bxc5 gxf4 29. cxb6 axb6 30. Bb4 Nf5 31. Kg2
Rd4 32. Re4 fxg3 33. Rxd4 Nxd4 34. hxg3 Ke6 35. g4 b5 36. f4
g6 37. Bc5 Kd5 38. Be7 f5 39. gxf5 gxf5 40. Kf2 Ke4 41. Bd6
Kd3 42. Be5 Ne2 43. Bd6 Nc3 44. a3 Ne4+ 0-1