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Lasker,Em — Steinitz,W
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(13)
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| C68/01 |
Spanish: Exchange (Steinitz)
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| 1894.05.05 |
CAN Montreal, PQ (Cosmopolitan
Club)
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Annotations by Steinitz
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
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Probably fully as good as 3...d6,
and also adopted on the presumption that White was probably not so well
prepared for it. |
4.Bxc6
| ** |
A favorite combination of Winawer;
but most masters prefer 4.Ba4. |
4...dxc6 5.d4
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Winawer castled at this point, and
other masters prefer the slow development by 5.d3 and 6.Be3. |
5...exd4 6.Qxd4 Qxd4 7.Nxd4 c5
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This is new and probably of greater
value than the usual 7...Bd6, which places this bishop too much in the
way of the hostile pawns. But still better would be the simple
7...Bd7. |
8.Ne2 Bd7 9.Nbc3 0-0-0 10.Bf4
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A premature attack which
subsequently
costs time; the bishop should at once have been posted at
e3. |
10...Bc6 11.0-0 Nf6 12.f3 Be7 13.Ng3 g6
14.Rfe1
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14.Bg5 and if 14...h6 15.Be3; or
else
14.Rfd1, both afterward suggested by Lasker were undoubtedly superior to
the text. |
14...Nd7 15.Nd1
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Mere demonstrative tactics were
evidently
out of order, and White retreats his pieces with a view to concentration
for operations in the center. |
15...Nb6 16.Nf1 Rd7 17.Be3 Rhd8 18.b3 c4
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Black could not allow the opponent
to advance pawn to c4, as sooner or later it would have enabled White to
plant one of his knights at d5 with great effect. Moreover, Black
obtains
a strong attack for the pawn sacrificed. |
19.Bxb6 cxb6 20.bxc4
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It was White’s
best policy probably not to accept the proffered pawn, but to continue
20.Nde3 instead. |
20...Bb4 21.c3 Bc5+ 22.Kh1
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Obviously if 22.Nfe3 Rxd1 and wins,
and if 22.Nde3 Rd3 23.Rac1 f5! with a strong attack. |
22...Rd3 23.Rc1 a5
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23...f5 would be premature, and
this
more quiet advance does important service on the queen’s
wing in the ending. White is in the mean time much hampered. |
24.Nde3 f5
(Adjourned)
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Now correctly timed and extremely
difficult to meet. |
25.exf5
(Sealed)
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25.Nd5 might have prolonged
resistance,
but would hardly equalize the game: e.g. 25.Nd5 fxe4 26.fxe4 Rf8 27.Rc2
h5, with a strong attack. |
25...gxf5 26.h3
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If 26.Nxf5 Rxf3 27.Ne7+ Bxe7
28.gxf3
Bxf3+ 29.Kg1 Bc5+ 30.Ne3 Rd2 31.a4 Rg2+ 32.Kf1 Rxh2 and if 33.Rc2 Rh1+
34.Kf2 Rxe1 and wins. |
26...Rg8 27.Nd5
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27.Nxf5 would be again disastrous
on account of the same rejoinder, 27...Rxf3. |
27...Bxd5 28.cxd5 Rxd5 29.Rcd1 Rxd1 30.Rxd1
f4
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This and the following series of
moves
give Black a winning superiority in position. The white knight is a
prisoner,
and the end can be only a question of time. |
31.Kh2 Re8 32.a4 Kc7 33.h4 Kc6 34.c4 Bb4 35.Kh3 Re1
36.Rxe1
Bxe1 37.Kg4 Kc5 38.Kxf4 Kxc4 39.Ke4 Bxh4 40.g3 Bd8 41.Ne3+ Kb4 42.Kd3
Kxa4
43.Kc2 Kb4 44.f4 Kc5 45.f5 Kd6 46.g4 b5 47.Nd1 Ke5 48.Nc3 b4 49.Na4 Kd4
50.Nb2 b5 51.Kb3 Be7 52.g5 a4+ 53.Nxa4 bxa4+ 54.Kxa4 Ke5 55.Kb5 Kxf5
0-1.
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The Sun, New York,
1894.05.06
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New-York Daily Tribune,
1894.05.06
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New York Recorder,
1894.05.20
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