Grandmaster Ben Finegold looks at three memorable games from the decades around the turn of the 20th century. The "Gold Coin Game" Levitsky-Marshall is included. Did spectators really throw money at the board in appreciation?
2017.06.22
Stefan Levitsky vs Frank James Marshall, 18th DSB Kongress (1912): C10 French, Marshall variation
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1094915
Wilhelm Steinitz vs Curt von Bardeleben, Hastings (1895): C54 Giuoco Piano, Greco's attack
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1132699
Emanuel Lasker vs William Ewart Napier, Cambridge Springs (1904): B34 Sicilian, accelerated fianchetto, modern variation
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1036787