White. Black. White. Black.
Halprin. Pillsbury. Halprin. Pillsbury.
1. P-K4 P-K4 | 14. P-Kt6 BPxP
2. Kt-KB3 Kt-QB3 | 15. Kt-Q5 PxKt
3. B-Kt5 Kt-B3 | 16. KR-K sq(ch) K-B sq
4. Castles KtxP | 17. R-R3 Kt-K4
5. P-Q4 Kt-Q3 | 18. RxKt PxR
6. PxP KtxB | 19. R-B3 (ch) K-Kt sq
7. P-QR4 P-Q3 | 20. B-R6 Q-K2
8. P-K6 PxP | 21. BxP KxB
9. PxKt Kt-K2 | 22. R-Kt3 (ch) K-B sq
10. Kt-B3 Kt-Kt3 | 23. R-B3 (ch) K-Kt2
11. Kt-Kt5 B-K2 | 24. R-Kt3 (ch) K-B sq
12. Q-R5 BxKt | 25. R-B3 (ch) K-Kt sq
13. BxB Q-Q2 | Draw.
This brilliant game, played at the Munich tournament, 1900, would be
unique had the combinations occurred spontaneously in the game. As a
matter of fact, however, the whole variation had been elaborated by
Maroczy and Halprin previously, on the chance of Pillsbury adopting the
defence in the text. The real merit belongs to Pillsbury, who had to
find the correct defence to an attack which Halprin had committed to
memory and simply had to be careful to make the moves in regular order.