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Steinitz v. Lasker [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.] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 Lasker: Perhaps not as strong as the usual continuation 3...Nf6. It has the advantage of creating a free game in the center. Steinitz: First brought into public notice by the late J. H. Bauer in a local tournament in Vienna. 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Ng3 c5 7. Be2 Lasker: The bishop cannot well be played to d3 as it would constantly be harassed on that square by the black knights. 7... cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bc5 9. Nb3 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Bd2 Qc7 12. c4
Lasker: Partly to keep the black pieces from d5, partly a preparation for a queenside attack. The text move gives White a little pull. 12... Ne5 13. Qc2 Steinitz: 13.Rc1 was superior. 13... Ng6 Steinitz: Hardly as good as 13...Nc6. 14. Rfe1 Steinitz: More consistent with the queenside attack which he had in view was 14.Rfc1. 14... Bd7 15. Rac1 Rfc8 Steinitz: Black also loses time. 16. Bf1 Ba4 17. Bc3 Ng4 Steinitz: This move is wasted, as will be seen. Lasker: Laying a trap. If White advances 18. h3 Bxb3 19. axb3 Bc5 20. hxg4 Qxg3 21. b4 Nf4 22. bxc5 Nh3+ 23. Kh1 Nxf2+ 24. Kg1 Nxg4 and should win. 18. Qe2 Nf6 19. Nd4 Bd7 20. b4 Rd8 21. Qb2 Rac8 22. Nb3 Qf4 23. Bd2 Qb8 Steinitz: Black sees in time that nothing could be gained by 23... Qh4 24. Nd4 Bc6 25. Ngf5 winning a very strong pawn. 24. b5
Lasker: This move gets White into difficulties. 24.Bc3 would have been preferable. White's object ought to have been to maintain a pressure on the adversary's kingside, while the c-pawn ought to have been pushed first. Steinitz: This advance was probably premature. The two pawns abreast are much stronger than in the present situation. 24... b6 25. Bc3 Ne8 26. Nh5 Steinitz: 26. Ne4 was obviously much stronger and in fact there seems to be no satisfactory answer. If 26... f6 or 26... f5 27. Ned2 followed by 28.a3 and 29.Bb4. [If] 27. c5 bxc5 28. Ba5 Nc7 29. Nbxc5 with a winning advantage. 26... f6 27. a4 Steinitz: Again wrong. He should either not advance it at all or only one square. 27... e5 28. a5 Bg4 29. Ng3 Be6 30. Nd2 Lasker: Hardly a move to my liking, inasmuch as it crowds White's pieces too much. Why not 30.Bd2? 30... Nf4 31. Qb1 Bf7 32. Nf5 Bf8 33. Bb4 Nd6 34. Nxd6 Bxd6 35. Ne4 Steinitz: Time pressure becomes evident from this point up to the forty-fifth move. White could have obtained an excellent attack by 35. Bxd6 Rxd6 36. Ne4 Bg6 37. axb6 axb6 38. Nxd6 Bxb1 39. Nxc8 Bg6 40. Nxb6 Qxb6 41. c5 and it will be found by close examination that White wins. 35... Bxb4 36. Qxb4 Rd4 37. axb6 Lasker: Here 37.Rcd1 was preferable, because the black rooks threaten to become rather dangerous on that file, and it would have been advantageous for White to exchange at least one of the rooks and to continue his attack with Qe7. 37... axb6 38. g3
Lasker: An error in judgment; it weakens the kingside and allows Black to exchange his knight for bishop, a piece which added much toward solidifying White's game. Now White loses a pawn by force. 38... Nd3 39. Bxd3 Rxd3 40. c5 Rd4 Lasker: 40... Rb3 would probably lead to a draw, namely: 41. Qa4 bxc5 42. Nxc5 Rxb5 (if 42... Qxb5 instead, White continues 43. Nxb3) 43. Nd7 Rxc1 44. Rxc1 Qb7 45. Nc5 and so on. 41. Qb1 bxc5 42. Nxc5 Rc4 43. Nd7 Lasker: Giving up the piece for two pawns would have been the best course to adopt, but for the consequences of White's thirty-eighth move. Any other continuation loses the b-pawn by force. Steinitz: Hazardous in the extreme. 43. Na6 Rxc1 44. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 45. Qxc1 Qxb5 46. Qc8+ and though Black is a pawn ahead White ought to draw. 43... Qb7 44. Rcd1 Be6 45. Nxe5 fxe5 Steinitz: This desperate resource was the only one. 46. Rxe5
[The game was adjourned here, with Lasker sealing.] 46... Bh3 47. Red5 Rc1 48. Qd3 h6 Lasker: If 48... Rxd1+ 49. Qxd1 Rc1 50. Rd8+ Kf7 51. Rd7+ Qxd7 52. Qxc1 and matters for Black would have been made more difficult. Although White makes a gallant fight, he could not possibly prevent the ultimate loss. 49. g4 Steinitz: White is completely tied up, and this is the only way to give him temporary relief. If 49. f3 Qb6+ 50. Kh1 (or 50. Rd4 Rxd1+ followed by 51...Rc4) 50... Rxd1+ 51. Qxd1 Qf2 52. Rd8+ Rxd8 53. Qxd8+ Kh7 54. Qd3+ g6 and wins. 49... Bxg4 50. f3 Rxd1+ 51. Qxd1 Be6 52. Rd6 Qe7 53. b6 Rc1 54. Qxc1 Qxd6 55. Qe3 Bd5 56. Kg2 Qg6+ 57. Kf2 Qc2+ 58. Kg3 Qg6+ 59. Kf2 Qc2+ 60. Kg3 Qg6+ 61. Kf2 Bb7 62. Qb3+ Qf7 63. Qd3 Qd5 64. Qe3 Qd6 65. Kg2 Kf7 66. h4 Qe6 Steinitz: The ending is beautifuly played by Lasker. 67. Qf4+ Kg6 68. Qg3+ Kh7 69. Qf2 Qg4+ 70. Kh2 Qxf3 71. Qc2+ Qe4 72. Qf2 Qf3 73. Qc2+ Be4 74. Qd2 Qf6 75. Qe3 Qxh4+ 76. Kg1 Qg5+ 0-1
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