24. ........ P - B 4

Not the best, as White will soon prove. Q - B 1 would have avoided everything, but Black wants to assume the initiative at once and plunges into

complications. However, as will soon be seen, the move is not a losing one by any means.

25. P × P e.p. Kt × P (B 3)
26. P × P ch R × P
27. R × P ch

This wins the Queen.

27. ........ K × R
28. Kt - B 5 ch P × Kt
29. Q × Q