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Steinitz,W — Lasker,Em
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| D60/01 |
Queen’s Gambit Declined: Orthodox
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| 1894.05.03 |
CAN Montreal, PQ (Cosmopolitan
Club)
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Annotations by Steinitz
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.Nf3 0-0 6.e3 Nbd7
7.c5
| ** |
In a similar position against
Chigorin
the same blocking move was adopted, the difference being that
White’s
dark-square bishop had not been developed on the kingside but stood at
its original square. Further experiment must show whether this line of
play is applicable under these altered conditions. |
7...c6 8.Bd3
| ** |
More consistent with the plan
initiated
on the previous move was 8.b4. Still Black could then effect exchanges
on the queen’s wing by ...b6 and ...a5
before
attempting to open the center. |
8...h6
| ** |
Necessary in pursuance of
Black’s
plan. If 8...e5 9.dxe5 Ne4 10.Bxe4 Bxg5 11.Bb1 Nxc5 12.h4 Be7 13.Ng5 h6
(if 13...g6 14.f4 with a strong position) 14.Qc2 g6 15.Nxf7 winning
three
pawns for the knight and remaining with four united passed pawns on the
kingside. |
9.Bh4 e5
| ** |
If this should prove sound after
repeated
practical and analytical investigation, it becomes a remarkable novelty
of great igenuity and depth at this early stage of the
opening. |
10.dxe5
| ** |
The block on the queenside cannot
well be maintained. If, for instance, 10.Be2 Ne4 etc. |
10...Ne4 11.Bxe4 Bxh4 12.Bc2
| ** |
12.Bb1 leads to most complicated
variations
in which White gains material but subjects himself to a powerful attack:
12.Bb1 Nxc5 13.Qc2 g6 14.Nxh4 Qxh4 15.Nxd5 cxd5 16.Qxc5 Qg5 17.Qxd5 Rd8
18.Qe4 (18.h4 Qxe3+, with a superior position, or if 18.Qf3 Bg4 and
wins)
18...Bf5 19.Qxb7 Rab8 20.Qc6 Rb6! and should win. |
12...Nxc5 13.Qd4 Be7 14.0-0-0 a5 15.h4
| ** |
Having castled on opposite sides
each
player throws forward his pawns against the adverse king and weaknesses
for the ending are thus created in both camps. White might have done
better
here as a preparatory move by 15.Qf4 threatening pawn to e4. |
15...b5 16.Ne2 b4 17.g4 b3
| ** |
Probably the only method to
continue
the attack. 17...a4 would be met by 18.Bf5. |
18.axb3 Rb8 19.Qc3
| ** |
If White attempted to preserve the
pawn on the kingside the game might have proceeded 19.g5 Nxb3+ 20.Bxb3
Rxb3 21.gxh6 g6 followed in most cases by 22...Rb4. |
19...Bxg4 20.Nfd4 Qb6 21.f3 Bd7 22.Nf4
| ** |
White adopted this move in
preference
to 22.Rdg1, apprehending 22...f6 as the answer to that move. But on
subsequent
examination I find that in such case I could proceed with 23.f4, keeping
up a strong pressure against the kingside. |
22...Qb4 23.Rdg1 Qxc3 24.bxc3 Rfc8 25.Nh5
| ** |
The immediate attack on the
kingside
is perhaps not effective enough, and White might have done better by
25.Kd2,
opening an option of operations with the rooks on the
queen’s
wing. |
25...g6 26.Nf4 Bf8 27.Nfe2 Bg7 28.h5 g5 29.f4 Ne4
30.Rg2
c5 31.Nf3 c4 32.bxc4 Rxc4 33.Nd2 Nxd2 34.Kxd2 f6 35.exf6 Bxf6 36.fxg5
Bxg5
37.Rb1 Rxb1 38.Bxb1 Kf8 39.Nd4 Ke7 40.Ba2 Rc5 41.Kd3 Kd6 42.Rb2 Bg4
43.Rb6+
Kc7 44.Ra6 Kb7 45.Rd6 Kc7 46.Ra6 Kb7 47.Rd6 Kc7 48.Ra6 Kb7 49.Rd6 Kc7
50.Ra6
Kb7 ½-½.
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The Sun, New York,
1894.05.04
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New-York Daily Tribune,
1894.05.04
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New York Recorder, 1894.05.04
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