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Annotated Games
Lasker v. Steinitz [Click here to view the "Annotated_Games" PGN file in Chess Tutor, an interactive chess board.] [Or download the PGN file to use in your own chess program.] A turning point in the match. Lasker tries a new line and sacrifices more than one pawn to stir up an attack. Steinitz defends masterfully, but overestimates his position and plays for a win, only to make a horrible blunder on the forty-first move, throwing away the game. This must have greatly affected the old lion. The match had been perfectly even up to this point, but Lasker went on to win not only this game, but the next four straight, effectively sealing the outcome of this title match. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. d4 Bd7 5. Nc3 Nge7 6. Be3 Lasker: The game proceeded on novel lines from the sixth move, when, in order to get more advantage out of the position, I changed my line of attack completely. [Lasker had previously played 6.Bc4] The fundamental difference of the two treatments consisted in the early castling on the queenside and playing for an attack on the kingside. Steinitz: A novel line of play for the attack. 6... Ng6 7. Qd2 Be7 8. O-O-O a6 9. Be2 exd4 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Bf6 12. Qd2 Bc6 13. Nd5 O-O 14. g4 Lasker: It seems, however, that I overreached my attack when playing 14.g4. A quiet move like 14.f3 first would have greatly solidified my position. 14... Re8 15. g5
Steinitz: This advance is premature, He evidently overlooked Black's coming scheme. 15.f3 was better. 15... Bxd5 16. Qxd5 Steinitz: This is bad and should have lost; 16.exd5 was the correct move. 16... Re5 17. Qd2 Bxg5 18. f4 Steinitz: This results in the loss of a second pawn, but is White's best chance of attack now. 18... Rxe4 (The following note appears between White's 18th move and Black's 23rd move.-Pope) Steinitz: A kingside attack was here his only chance and White now plays a rather ingenious one. 19. fxg5 Qe7 20. Rdf1 Lasker: Steinitz, by a very finely laid trap, gained two pawns, and, although I could have won at least one of them back by 20.Bf3, I preferred to go on with my attack. 20... Rxe3 21. Bc4 Nh8 Lasker: Apparently Black underrated the game, otherwise he would have played 21...Rf8. 22. h4 c6 23. g6
Lasker: Perhaps my twenty-third move was unexpected to him. When I sacrificed a third pawn he did not see his way clear to accept the offer, because I would have forced an open h-file. 23... d5 Steinitz: A little consideration ought to have shown Black that he could safely capture, 23...hxg6, followed by pawn to g5 upon the advance of White's h-pawn to the fifth. 24. gxh7+ Kxh7 25. Bd3+ Kg8 26. h5 Re8 27. h6 g6 28. h7+ Kg7 29. Kb1 Qe5 30. a3 c5 31. Qf2 c4
32. Qh4 Steinitz: At first glance it would seem that White could win by 32. Bxg6 But this does not realize if Black simply plays 32... fxg6 33. Qh4 Nf7 34. h8=Q+ Rxh8 35. Rxf7+ Kxf7 36. Qxh8 Qxh8 32... f6 Lasker: On Steinitz's thirty-second turn I expected 32... Kf8 whereupon again 33. Bf5 would have left me with good chances for a draw, as the bishop could not well be taken: 33... gxf5 on account of 34. Rhg1. My opponent preferred to play 32...f6 instead, which was a trifle risky. In consequence I held a very strong position, which should have been a warning for Black not to attempt to force the win. In the end Black's winning chances were almost annihilated, if indeed White had not the best of the bargain. 33. Bf5 Kf7 34. Rhg1 gxf5 Steinitz: 34...g5 was probably better. 35. Qh5+ Ke7 36. Rg8 Kd6 37. Rxf5 Qe6 38. Rxe8 Qxe8 39. Rxf6+ Kc5 Steinitz: Now 39...Kc7 was much better. 40. Qh6 Re7 41. Qh2 Qd7
Lasker: However, Steinitz, still playing for a win, committed a great blunder on his forty-first move, lost the queen and knight or rook, and resigned shortly afterward. Steinitz: Disastrous. Black was, however, under pressure of time limit hereabouts. He should have played 41... Re6 42. Qg1+ d4 43. Qg5+ Qd5 44. Rf5 Qxf5 45. Qxf5+ Kd6 46. Qf6+ 1-0
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