| 35. Q - K 5 | K - B 2 | |
| 36. P - B 4 | R - K 1 | |
| 37. Q - Kt 2 | Kt - B 3 | |
| 38. B - Q 4 | R - K R 1 | |
| 39. Q - Kt 5 | R - R 8 ch | |
| 40. K - B 2 | P - R 3 | |
| 41. Q - Kt 6 | R - R 7 ch | |
| 42. K - K 1 | Kt - Q 2 | |
| 43. Q - Q 6 | B - B 3 | |
| 44. P - Kt 4 | P × P | |
| 45. P - K B 5 | R - R 8 ch | |
| 46. K - Q 2 | K - K 1 | |
| 47. P - B 6 | R - R 2 | |
| 48. Q - K 6 ch | K - B 1 | |
| 49. B - K 3 | R - B 2 | |
| 50. B - R 6 ch | K - Kt 1 |
Most players will be wondering, as the spectators did, why I did not resign. The reason is that while I knew the game to be lost, I was hoping for the following variation, which Chajes came very near playing: 51 Q × P ch, K - R 2; 52 Q - R 5, R × P; 53 B - Kt 5 ch, K - Kt 2; 54 B × R ch, K × B; and while White has a won game it is by no means easy. If the reader does not believe it, let him take the White pieces against a master and see what happens. My opponent, who decided to take no chances, played 51 B - Kt 7, and finally won as shown below.
| 51. B - Kt 7 | P - Kt 6 | |
| 52. K - K2 | P - Kt 7 | |
| 53. K - B 2 | Kt - B 1 | |
| 54. Q - Kt 4 | Kt - Q 2 | |
| 55. K - Kt 1 | P - R 4 | |
| 56. P - R 4 | B × P | |
| 57. Q - R 3 | R × P | |
| 58. B × R | Kt × B | |
| 59. Q × P ch | K - B 1 | |
| 60. Q × P |
and after a very few more moves Black resigned.
A very fine game on Chajes' part from move 25 on, for while Black, having the best of the position, missed several chances, White, on the other hand, missed none.
GAME 7. RUY LOPEZ
(San Sebastian, 1911)