An old chess adage says "An attack is the best defense." Some players are determined to play for an attack at all cost, and such style almost always pays dividends. The following game is interestingly such a masterpiece.
MARSHALL vs. BURN
Ostend, 1907
King's Indian Defense
1. d4, Nf6
2. Nf3, d6
3. Bf4, Nbd7
4. e3, g6
5. Bd3, Bg7
6. Nbd2, 0-0
7. h4!? ....
Such dubious move might be regarded with horror by modern chess theorists, but Marshall is determined in his attack.
7. .... Re8
8. h5!?, Nxh5
9. Rxh5!?, gxh5
10. Bxh7!? ....
Black now loses the game because he allowed his King to be exposed to attack. He would have fared better if he moved 10....Kf8! and would give White a difficult time to recover his lost pieces.
11. Ng5+, Kg6
Not 11....Kg8 because of 12. Qxh5 Nf6, 13. Qxf7+ Kh8, 14. 0-0-0, and then Rh1+.
12. Ndf3 ....
Threatening 13. Qd3+ f5, 14. Nh4+ etc.
12. .... e5
13. Nh4+, Kf6
Of course not 13....Kh6, 14. Nxf7+ winning the Queen.
14. Nh7+, Ke7
15. Nf5+, Ke6
16. Nxg7+, Ke7
17. Nf5+, Ke6
18. d5+, Kxf5
19. Qxh5+, Ke4
20. 0-0-0, Resigns
White threatens 21. f3 mate. The only way to prevent this is to capture White's Bishop with 20....exf4, but then comes another bolt of lightning: 21. Rd4 mate.
An entertaining yet instructive piece of game.
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