GAME 9. QUEEN'S GAMBIT DECLINED
(Berlin, 1913)
White: J. R. Capablanca. Black: R. Teichmann.
| 1. P - Q 4 | P - Q 4 | |
| 2. Kt - K B 3 | Kt - K B 3 | |
| 3. P - B 4 | P - K 3 | |
| 4. B - Kt 5 | B - K 2 | |
| 5. Kt - B 3 | Q Kt - Q 2 | |
| 6. P - K 3 | O - O | |
| 7. R - B 1 | P - Q Kt 3 | |
| 8. P × P | P × P | |
| 9. B - Kt 5 |
An invention of my own, I believe. I played it on the spur of the moment simply to change the normal course of the game. Generally the Bishop goes to Q 3, or to R 6, after Q - R 4. The text move is in the nature of an ordinary developing move, and as it violates no principle it cannot be bad.
| 9. ........ | B - Kt 2 | |
| 10. O - O | P - Q R 3 | |
| 11. B - R 4 | R - B 1 | |
| 12. Q - K 2 | P - B 4 | |
| 13. P × P | Kt × P |
If P × P; K R - Q 1, and White would play to win one of Black's centre Pawns. The drawback to the
text move is that it leaves Black's Q P isolated, and consequently weak and subject to attack.