Position
after White's 28th move.KING MARCH
Most of the time the inventors of the original technique are unknown as their games are seen rarely in books. The follower may even get the copyright for introducing the formers originality in his games. R.Teichmann originally introduced the ‘King March’ technique.
Teichmann was one of the strongest players between 1885-1914.His greatest success was winning the Carlsbad Tournament in 1911 ahead of Schlechter, Rubinstein, Nimzowistch and Alekhine! The game in which he introduced the ‘King March’ technique is as under:
[Event
"Glascow,1902"]
[White
"R.Teichmann"]
[Black
"Consultants"]
[Result
"1-0"]
[ECO
"C56"]
["Guioco
Piano"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 exd4 6. Re1 d5 7. Bxd5 Qxd5 8. Nc3 Qh5 9. Nxe4 Be7 10. Bg5 Be6 (10... Bxg5 11. Nf6+ with a winning position for White.)
11.
Bxe7 Nxe7 12. Ng3 Qh6
13. Qxd4 O-O 14.Rad1 Nc6
15.
Qa4 Rad8 16. Nd4 Nxd4
(16...
Rxd4 17. Rxd4 b5 18. Rh4 bxa4 19.Rxh6 19... gxh6 is winning for black)
17.
Rxd4 Rxd4 18. Qxd4 b6
19. Qe5 c5 20. f4 Bc8
21. f5 Bb7 22. Qe7 Qc6 23.
Re2 f6 24. Ne4 Qd5 25. Nd6 Bc6
26. h3 c4
27. c3 h6 28. Kh2 !! (See Diagram)
Position
after White's 28th move.
28....b5 29. Kg3
(29.
Qe6+ Kh7 30. Qxd5 Bxd5
31. Nxb5 a5 is winning for White but {29... Qxe6
30.fxe6 Rd8 31.
Nf5 Be8 is about equal.})
29... a5 30. Kh4 g6 31. Re3 !
[Now the rook also joins the forces to bolster the attack] (31. fxg6 ?? Qg5 mate)
31...
Qxg2 32. Rg3 Qf2
(32...
g5+ 33. Kh5 Qxg3 34.Kg6 mates)
33.
fxg6 Qf4+ 34. Rg4 Qf2+
35. Kh5
The Final
Position. Black Resigns.
1-0
An interesting fact about this great player
was that the master had only one eye and was handicapped by chronic eye trouble
throughout his tournament career.
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