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Lasker,Em — Steinitz,W
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(3)
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| 1894.03.21 & 22 |
USA New York, NY (Union Square
Hotel)
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Annotations by Lasker &
Steinitz
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 d6 4.d4 Bd7 5.Nc3 Nge7 6.Bc4
exd4
7.Nxd4 Nxd4
8.Qxd4 Nc6 9.Qe3 Ne5 10.Bb3 Be6
| ** |
Lasker: In the first game
Steinitz
played here 10...c6, as that move is made later on it amounts to a
reversal
of moves. |
11.f4 Nc4
| ** |
Steinitz: A sad waste of
time.
Four moves later this knight returns to d7, where it should have gone at
once. |
12.Qg3 Nb6 13.Be3 c6 14.f5 Bxb3
15.axb3 Nd7 [0:28-0:45] 16.Bf4
| ** |
Steinitz: Of course he could
not take the pawn with either rook or bishop, or the latter would have
been ultimately blocked out by pawn to b6. |
16...Qc7
| ** |
Steinitz: If 16...Nf6 17.e5
Nh5 18.Qe3 Nxf4 19.exd6+ Be7 (or 19...Kd7 20.Qxf4 Bxd6 21.0-0-0 Kc7
22.Qc4
threatening 23.Nb5+ or 23.Qxf7+) 20.dxe7 Qxe7 21.Qxe7+ Kxe7 22.0-0 with
the superior game. |
17.b4 f6
| ** |
Lasker: Very risky on
account
of the hole which is created thereby on e6 and which the white knight at
once tries to occupy. On the other hand, it is necessay for the purpose
of relieving the queen.
Steinitz: Sooner or later this move had
to come in, but now it was so ill-timed as to compromise the game
seriously.
17...Ne5 was undoubtedly superior. |
18.Ne2 Ne5 19.Nd4 Qb6 20.c3 0-0-0 21.Ne6 Rd7 22.Be3
Qb5
| ** |
Lasker: A grand conception,
for if 22...c5 23.0-0 a6 24.bxc5 dxc5 25.b4, and White wins a pawn with
a perfectly safe and strong position.
Steinitz: Probably the best resource.
If 22...c5, 23.Nf4 followed soon by 0-0 with a powerful
attack. |
23.Rxa7 b6
| ** |
Steinitz: Desperate as this
appears, Black had hardly anything better. If 23...Kb8, 24.Ra5 followed
by 25.Ba7+, or if 23...Rc7 24.Ra8+ Kd7 25.Rd8+ Ke7 26.Bd4 with a winning
game. As it is White obtains a strong attack for the material
sacrificed. |
24.Ra8+ Kb7 25.Rxf8 Rxf8 26.Nxf8 Qd3 27.Rf1
| ** |
Lasker: Of course 27.Nxd7
only
leads to a draw by perpetual check. |
27...Qc2 28.Bd2 Re7
| ** |
Steinitz: After careful
analysis,
I think that Black should at least draw, and had many winning chances
had
he played 28...Nc4. If then 29.Qf4 Rd8 20.Ne6 Ra8 31.Ke2 Ra2 with a
powerful
attack. Other variations are still more favorable for the second
player. |
29.Ne6 Qxe4+ 30.Qe3
| ** |
Lasker: The proper reply.
30.Kd1
would be bad on account of 30...Qb1+ 31.Bc1 Nd3 32.Qxd6 Nxb2+ 33.Ke2
Qe4+
34.Be3 Qxe3+. |
30...Qxg2 [1:56-1:51]
31.b3
| ** |
Lasker: If 31.Qe2 at once,
31...Qd5 follows with a very strong attack. |
31...Re8
| ** |
Steinitz: 31...Qxh2 seems to
give White much time for development by 32.b5, followed by
33.Kd1. |
32.Qe2 Qh3
| ** |
Lasker: Of course not
32...Qd5,
as 33.c4 forces the exchange of queens. |
33.Kd1 Ra8 34.Rf2
| ** |
Steinitz: Compulsory, to
avoid
a draw at least, and simple as it looks it is beautiful play, which came
quite unexpectedly. |
34...Ra2 35.b5 c5 36.Nxg7 d5 37.Kc1
| ** |
Steinitz: Another fine and
quiet move in Lasker’s happy style. It
practically
forces the exchange of queens. |
37...Qd3
| ** |
Lasker: A last attempt, and
as such an ingenious resource. White’s
material
advantage, however, must tell in the end. |
38.Qxd3 Nxd3+ 39.Kb1 Rb2+ 40.Ka1 Rxb3 41.Rf3 c4
42.Ne8 Nb4
43.Rg3 Ra3+ 44.Kb1 Rb3+ 45.Kc1 Nd3+
(Adjourned) [2:50-2:57] 46.Rxd3
| ** |
Steinitz: 46.Kc2 would have
won quicker, for if 46...Rb2+ 47.Kd1 Nf2+ 48.Kc1 and wins. |
46...cxd3 47.Nxf6 Rxb5 48.Ne8
| ** |
Steinitz: By no means as
expeditious
as 48.Nxh7. |
48...Kc6 49.f6 d4 50.Ng7 dxc3 51.Bxc3 Rg5
| ** |
Steinitz: An awful blunder.
There was still some chance of a draw by 51...Kd7. After the text
move the game is lost, for if 52...Rg1+ 53.K-moves Rf1 54.Ne6
wins. |
52.f7 [3:09-3:25]
1-0.
| ** |
Lasker: For if 52...Rg1+
33.Kd2
Rf1 34.Ne6, winning the rook. |
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The Sun, New York, 1894.03.22
&
23
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New-York Daily Tribune, 1894.03.22
& 23
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The Brooklyn Daily Eagle,
1894.03.22
& 23
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New York Recorder, 1894.03.22, 23
& 04.01
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