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Steinitz,W — Lasker,Em
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(16)
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| D60/01 |
Queen’s Gambit Declined: Orthodox
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| 1894.05.17 |
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 Nbd7 6.e3 0-0
7.c5 Ne4
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A new and highly ingenious method
of dealing with the blocking idea, which seems a perfect answer to
it. |
8.Nxe4 dxe4 9.Bxe7 Qxe7 10.Nd2 Nf6
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An excellent part of
Black’s
line of development. |
11.Nc4
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If 11.Qc2 e5 12.Nxe4 exd4 13.Nxf6+
Qxf6 with the better game. |
11...b6 12.b4 Nd5 13.Qb1 f5 14.Ne5 a5 15.Nc6 Qg5 16.h4
Qf6 17.cxb6 f4! 18.Qxe4 fxe3 19.f3 Bb7
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A very ingenious trap. |
20.b5
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If 20.Ne5 Nxb4 21.Qxb7 Qf4! 22.Qe4
(best) 22...Qxe4 23.fxe4 Nc2+, with a winning game. And if 20.Nxa5 Rxa5
21.bxa5 Nb4 22.Qxb7 Qxd4 23.Rd1 Nc2+ 24.Ke2 Qc4+ 25.Rd3 Rd8 26.Qe4 Rd4
or 24.Ke2 Qc2+ 25.Kxe3 Qxd1 with a powerful attack. |
20...Bxc6 21.bxc6 cxb6 22.Bd3 Qh6 23.g3 Rac8 24.Rc1 Rc7
25.0-0
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There were objections in some
variations
to 25.Ke2, for White could not then advance pawn to f4 without allowing
the queen to check at h5; and at a latter stage the rook could not
occupy
the b-file on account of the knight checking at c3. |
25...Rd8 26.f4
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The kingside is much weakened by
this
advance, and 26.Rfe1 was much better; 26.Rc4, however, is met by
26...e2. |
26...Qg6! 27.Qxg6 hxg6 28.Bxg6? Ne7 29.Be4 Rxd4 30.Bf3
Nf5 31.Rfe1 Kf7 32.Rb1 Nxg3 33.Rxb6
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It was probably
White’s
best plan to get rid of the adverse e-pawn, in which case Black would
have
no doubt answered 33...Nf5, followed by 34...Ke7. |
33...Nf5 34.Rb7 Rxb7 35.cxb7 Rb4 36.Rc1 Nd4 37.Kg2 Rb2+
38.Kg3 Rxb7 39.Bxb7 Ne2+ 40.Kf3 Nxc1 41.Kxe3 Nxa2 42.Kd4
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White here misses his final chance.
42.f5 leads to a clear draw! Obviously the pawn cannot be taken
(on
account of 43.Bd5+ winning the knight), and after White exchanges pawns
his king crosses to the queenside and draws with ease. |
42...Kf6 43.Kc5 Nc3 44.Kc4 Ne2 45.Kb5 Nxf4 46.Kxa5 Ng6
47.h5 Nf4 48.Bf3 Kf5 49.Kb4 e5 50.Kc3 e4 51.Bd1 e3 52.Bf3 Kg5 53.Kc2 Kh4
54.Kd1 Kg3 0-1.
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The Sun, New York,
1894.05.18
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New-York Daily Tribune,
1894.05.18
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New York Recorder, 1894.05.18
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06.17
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