This is the headline given to Barav’s victory against the 2nd place finisher in the Verbandsmeisterschaft in Berlin, Waechter (to use the English transliteration). Barav himself was then Rabinovitch, or 'Rabinowitsch' in the German spelling above -- 'Barav' is a Hebrew translation of the name, which means 'the Rabbi's son'.
We see, as the annotator notes, Barav's favorite weapon -- a kingside sacrificial attack -- at work once more. The tournament crosstable, and the newspaper cutting, were sent to me by his son, A. Barav.
Barav, Israel - Waechter
(Souce & Annotations: Vossische Zeitung,
26/5/1929, p. 12)
Queen’s Pawn Game (D00)
"Powerful
Piece-Play" [V.Z.]
1.d4 Nf6 2.e3 d5 3.Bd3 c5
4.c3 e6 5.Nd2 Nc6 6.f4 cxd4
Now Black has an inferior
center. 7.exd4 Bd6 8.Nh3 Qc7 9.0–0 a6 10.Qe2 0–0 11.Nf3 b5 12.Ne5 Bb7 13.Bd2
Rfe8
Black should not have
given up the defense of f7 with the rook. Now both White knights join the
attack on it. 13...Ne4 Is no good: 14.Bxe4 dxe4 15.Ng5 (not 15.Qxe4? Nxe5); but 13...g6
should have been considered, with the idea of Kg7 and Rh8, parrying Ng5 with
h6.
14.Ng5! Nd8 One should not that the Bb7 and Ra8 should have been
freed. 15.Ng4 The Nf6 defender
must be eliminated. 15...Nxg4
If 15...h6 16.Nxf6+ gxf6 17.Nh7 Be7 18.Qg4+ Kh8
19.Qh5 and wins. 16.Bxh7+ Kf8 17.Qxg4 g6 18.Qh4
Threatens 19. Bxg6 fxg6
20. Qh8+. 18...Kg7 18...Ke7 19.Ne4+ Kf8 20.Nf6 19.Rf3 Rh8 20.Rh3 Bc6
21.f5! exf5 22.Ne4 Kf8 22...dxe4
23.Bh6+ Kxh7 24.Bf8+ (Or 24.Bg5+
) 24...Kg8 25.Qxh8# 23.Bh6+
Black Resigns 1–0
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