23. R × R Kt × R
24. P - K R 4

This wins a Pawn, as will soon be seen. Black cannot reply 24...Kt - K 3; because 25 P × P ch, Kt × P; 26 Q - R 4 wins the Knight.

24. ........ P × P
25. Q × P ch K - K 3
26. Q - Kt 4 ch K - B 3
27. Q - Kt 5 ch K - K 3
28. Q × P Q - Q 3
29. P - B 5 Q - Q 4
30. P K 4 ! Q - Q 8 ch
31. K - R 2 P - B 3
32. Q - Kt 4 ch ! K - K 2
33. Kt × P Q × Q
34. Kt × Q Kt - K 3
35. P - K 5 P × P
36. Kt × P Kt - Q 5

The game went on for a few more moves, and, there being no way to counteract the advance of White's two passed Pawns, Black resigned.

GAME 4. FRENCH DEFENCE

(St. Petersburg, 1913)