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Steinitz,W — Lasker,Em
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| 1894.03.19 |
USA New York, NY (Union Square
Hotel)
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Annotations by Lasker &
Steinitz
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 d6 5.c3 Bd7
| ** |
Lasker: 5...g6 is here the
more common continuation. |
6.Ba4
| ** |
Steinitz: To prevent the
exchange
of bishops by 6...Na5. |
6...g6 7.Nbd2 Bg7 8.Nc4
| ** |
Steinitz: Usually I play
8.Nf1
at this juncture. The text move is just as good; it prevents 8...d5 at
once. |
8...0-0 9.Ne3 Ne7 10.Bb3 c6 11.h4
| ** |
Steinitz: The usual course
of attack against the king’s
fianchetto is
here initiated. |
11...Qc7 12.Ng5 d5 13.f3 Rad8 14.g4 dxe4
| ** |
Lasker: 14...h6 at once
would
have been better as White then would not have a chance to place his
queen
on f3, as was actually done on the sixteenth move.
Steinitz: As matters turned out, White
obtains a much stronger position in consequence of the open file than he
would have had by 14...h6 instead of this exchange. |
15.fxe4 h6 [0:45-0:42]
16.Qf3
| ** |
Lasker: A beautiful move,
which
turns the tables at once. |
16...Be8
| ** |
Steinitz: This is evidently
best, as White threatens 17.Nxf7 followed ultimately by pawn to g5. If,
however, 16...hxg5 17.hxg5 Nh7 18.Nf5 followed soon by Qh3!. |
17.Bc2 Nd7
| ** |
Steinitz: Again if 17...hxg5
18.hxg5 Nh7 19.Nf5 gxf5 20.gxf5 f6 21.Bb3+ followed by 22.Qh5 or 22.g6
accordingly. |
18.Nh3 Nc5 19.Nf2 b5
| ** |
Lasker: Premature. First
19...f6
would finally have led to a block on the queenside, and White had then
hardly any chance of an attack left.
I believe Lasker means a block on the
kingside,
but all three sources of Lasker annotations state
queenside.-[Pope] |
20.g5 h5 21.Nf5
| ** |
Lasker: Very fine and good
play. Black is now almost forced to accept the Grecian gift, as
otherwise
22.Nxg7 would follow, creating an ugly hole at f6. |
21...gxf5 22.exf5 f6
| ** |
Lasker: Forced; for if
22...Nd5,
23.Qxh5 Bh8 24.Ng4 follows, threatening 25.Nh6+ and 26.Nf7.
Steinitz: If 22...Nd5 then 23.f6 Bh8
24.Qxh5
threatening 25.Ng4 or 25.d4 accordingly. |
23.g6 Nxg6
| ** |
Lasker: This move is also
forced,
as 23...Bd7 leads to a straight loss on account of 24.Qxh5 Re8 25.Qh7+
Kf8 26.h5, threatening 27.h6. |
24.fxg6 Bxg6 25.Rg1 e4
| ** |
Lasker: A bad move in the
nature
of a blunder. With 25...Kh7 White seems hardly to have anything better
than to continue with 26.Rxg6, followed by 27.d4+; although White wins
thereby a piece, the two passed pawns and the exchange should tell in
the
endgame.
Steinitz: This is absolutely a failure
as a defensive measure. He had a much better resource, namely: 25...Bxd3
26.Bxd3 Rxd3 27.Nxd3 e4! with a counter-attack against which it would
have
been difficult for White to make good his superiority of
material. |
26.dxe4 Kh7
| ** |
Lasker: A great blunder,
which
leaves no hope for Black. After this White finishes the game in a
remarkably
energetic style.
Steinitz: His game was difficult to
defend:
26...Qf7, however, was undoubtedly better. |
27.Rxg6 Kxg6 28.Qf5+ Kf7 29.Qxh5+
Kg8 30.Qxc5 Qe5 [1:42-1:35]
| ** |
Steintiz: Necessary to parry
31.Bb3+, followed by 32.Qh5+. |
31.Be3 a6 32.a4 Rfe8 33.axb5 axb5 34.Qxe5 Rxe5 35.Ra6
Rc8
| ** |
Steinitz: If 35...c5, 36.Ng4
winning the f-pawn. |
36.Ng4 Re7 37.Bc5 Ree8 38.Ne3 Bf8
39.Bd4 Kf7 40.h5 Be7 41.Bb3+ Kf8
42.Nf5 [2:10-2:05]
1-0.
| ** |
Steinitz: White threatens
43.Be3
and afterward Ra7. |
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The Sun, New York,
1894.03.20
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New-York Daily Tribune,
1894.03.20
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The Brooklyn Daily Eagle,
1894.03.20
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New York Recorder, 1894.03.20
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