On Sep 25, 1:18 pm, Sanny wrote:

Denker,A - Feit,H
New York Interscholastic Championship, 1929

1.d4 f5 2.Nf3 e6 3.g3 b6 4.Bg2 Bb7 5.0-0 Nf6 6.c4 Be7 7.Nc3 d6 8.d5 e5 9.Ng5
Bc8 10.e4 0-0 11.f4 exf4 12.Bxf4 fxe4 13.Ncxe4 Nxe4 [diagram] 14.Bxe4 Bxg5
15.Qh5 Rxf4 16.Qxh7+ Kf7 17.Bg6+ Kf6 18.Rxf4+ Bxf4 19.Qh4+ Bg5 20.Qe4 Be3+
21.Kh1 Bh6 22.Rf1+ Kg5 23.Bh7 1-0

I loved reading whole story. And also the game was very nice. Imagine,
he played such a good game in 1929. When there was no computer to
practise.

In the game to which you refer, the young Mr. Denker
missed an obvious *mate-in-one* by 23.h4++. To me,
this brings into serious question the level of understanding
behind the grandmasterly-looking opening moves; in fact,
I wonder if this Queen's Indian style setup was a common
way of playing the Dutch Defense way back then. His
opponent, a young Mr. Feit, also missed several better
defensive tries. The move 7. ...d6 is where Black went
astray; that move can be and is played in what we now
call the Lenningrad Dutch -- with no Queenside
fianchetto, of course.

I think it must be the aggressive, attacking style
which pleases the eye here; to me, it looks like White
was pursuing the opponent's Queen (not his King), up
until the final move, and that Black was defending the
wrong monarch, but to no avail.


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