For black’s part, he is betting that white is overextended and he can undermine the center and exploit the resulting structural weaknesses and King exposure.
The winner of this game, Karel Opocensky (1893-1975) was Czech champions four times (1927, 1928, 1938 and 1944). When World War II broke out he was playing in the 8th Olympiad in Argentina and chose to return home and during the War he participated in many pf the Nazi sponsored tournaments After the war he played in several international and local Czech tournaments with varying results. He was awarded the IM title in 1950, and became an International Arbiter in 1951.
August Haida (1887–1940) was an Austrian-Czech layer active during the early 1900s. The 1925 tournament in Marienbad, Czechoslovakia was important because Nimzovich showcase his Hypermodern ideas.
[Event "Marienbad"]
[Site "Marienbad"]
[Date "1925.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Karel Opocensky"]
[Black "August Haida"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E76"]
[Annotator "Atockfisg 18"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1925.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "CSR"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{76: King's Indian: Four Pawns Attack} 1. d4 {[%eval 48,20] [%wdl 120,877,3] [%emt 0:00:02]} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4 (5. Bg5 {This was GM Arthur Bisguier's favorite method of entering the Four Ps Attack.} O-O 6. f4 c5 7. d5) 5... Nc6 6. Nf3 {The next two moves are hard to understand, Black allows 7.e5! and white doesn't play it.} (6. e5) 6... O-O 7. Be2 {Most often played is 7.d5, but it's the wrong P push/} (7. e5 $1 dxe5 8. fxe5 {and neither e8 nor h5 is an especially good square for the N.}) 7... Nd7 {The logical followup to his last move was 7...e5!} (7... e5 {Both sides have several options and they are all of about equal worth. The optimal moves for both sides are.} 8. dxe5 (8. fxe5 dxe5 9. d5 {is not as effective as it was in the Alekhine-Yates game in the next note because there white's B on e3 prevents black's next move,} Nd4 {with equak chances.}) 8... dxe5 9. Qxd8 Rxd8 10. fxe5 Ng4 11. Nd5 {with about equal chances/}) 8. e5 {Finally someone has played e5!} (8. Be3 {is also good.} e5 9. fxe5 dxe5 10. d5 Ncb8 11. c5 a5 12. O-O {White has a decisive attack. Alekhine,A-Yates,F New York 1924}) 8... Ncb8 9. O-O {White's strategy is working well!} c5 10. exd6 {White is more active.} exd6 11. d5 {This gains space and prevents ...Nc6 and leaves black horribly cramped.} Re8 12. Bd3 (12. g4 {would appeal to a more aggressive player.} Nf6 13. h3 Na6 14. a3 Bd7 15. Kh2 Rb8 16. f5 {with the initiative, but black might be able to survive.}) 12... Nf8 {A horrible move that only worsens his already miserably cramped position.} (12... f5 {was his only chance.} 13. Qc2 Nf6 {followed by ...Na6 and black would then have real chances of holding his position,}) 13. Bd2 {White is hardly pressing his attack.} (13. f5 $1 {has better winning chances.} Nbd7 14. Bg5 Nf6 15. Qd2 {with excellent attacking chances.}) 13... Bg4 {Once again 13...f5 offered better chances of defending himse;f.} 14. h3 {[%mdl 32]} Bxf3 15. Qxf3 f5 {It's now too late to play this because white has the followup g4 available.} (15... Nbd7 16. g4 a6 17. Kh1 Qc7 {Black is runnng out of good moves. His best chance is now to play ,,,b5 and hope for the best.}) 16. g4 fxg4 17. hxg4 Nbd7 18. Kg2 a6 19. Rae1 Qf6 20. g5 Qf7 21. Ne4 {White is clearly winning, but how does he going land the knockout blow? He doesn;t have to because his opponent commits suicide.} Qe7 {This is a gross blunder.} (21... Rxe4 {This is a bit better than losing the Q; at least black can reach a lost endong} 22. Rxe4 Re8 23. Rxe8 Qxe8 24. Qe2 Qxe2+ 25. Bxe2 Kf7 26. b3) 22. Nf6+ {[%mdl 576]} Bxf6 {[%mdl 32]} 23. Rxe7 Bxe7 24. Bc3 {Opocensky finishes up efficiently.} Bd8 25. Qh3 Re7 26. Qh6 Rf7 27. Re1 Be7 {Now comes ta problem like finish.} 28. Re6 $1 {Black resigned, Not an especially brilliant game, but it shows how dangerous the Fout Pawns Attack can be.} (28. Re6 Bxg5 29. Qxg5 b5 30. f5 Ne5 31. Bxe5 dxe5 32. fxg6 Rg7 33. Re7 Nxg6 34. Rxg7+ Kxg7 35. d6 b4 36. d7 Kf7 37. Bxg6+ hxg6 38. d8=Q) 1-0
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