{"id":2105,"date":"2023-03-29T10:42:38","date_gmt":"2023-03-29T10:42:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forwardchess.com\/blog\/?p=2105"},"modified":"2023-03-29T10:43:40","modified_gmt":"2023-03-29T10:43:40","slug":"drawing-and-not-winning-in-chess-janowski-vs-blackburne","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forwardchess.com\/blog\/drawing-and-not-winning-in-chess-janowski-vs-blackburne\/","title":{"rendered":"Drawing and Not Winning in Chess: Janowski vs Blackburne"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Here’s an old game between the Polish-born Dawid Janowski (1868-1927) and the Englishman known as “The Black Death,” Joseph Blackburne (1841-1924). At the time of the game, the pair were among the world’s top twenty chess players. Here they take part in a typical tournament tussle involving changing fortunes and missed wins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Dawid Janowski<\/strong>
credit: chesshistory<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Joseph Blackburne<\/strong>
credit: britishchessnews<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 Nxd5 4. c4 Nf6<\/strong> This was the favored continuation at the time. The \u201chypermodern\u201d but now standard 4\u2026 Nb6 typically accompanied by a kingside fianchetto was a later invention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

5. Nc3 e6<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

5\u2026 e5 All because on his 5th move White played a knight to c3 rather than to f3. 6. dxe5 Qxd1+ 7. Nxd1 Ne4. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

6. Nf3 <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n

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