[Event "World Championship Match"]
[Site "USA New York, NY (Union Square Hotel)"]
[Date "1894.03.15"]
[Round "01"]
[White "Lasker,Em."]
[Black "Steinitz,W."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C62"]
[LongECO "C62/01 (3rd ed.)"]
[Opening "Spanish: Steinitz"]
[Annotator "Lasker & Steinitz"]
[Source "The Sun, New York, 1894.03.17"]
[Source "New-York Daily Tribune, 1894.03.17"]
[Source "New York Recorder, 1894.03.17 & 18"]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 d6 
{Lasker: Steinitz's well-known defense.;
 Steinitz: The revival of this defense met with much
 opposition, but I have seen nothing as yet to vitiate the
 equalizing effect, which, in my opinion, it possess.}
4.d4 Bd7 5.Nc3 Nge7 
{Steinitz: An important key move to this defense which I
 first adopted in my match against Gunsberg.}
6.Bc4 
{Lasker: Apparently loss of time, but the good position of
 that bishop seems ample compensation.}
6...Nxd4 7.Nxd4 exd4 8.Qxd4 Nc6 9.Qe3 Ne5 10.Bb3 c6 11.Qg3
Ng6
{Steinitz: Of doubtful merit.  11...Be7 at once was
 preferable.}
12.h4 
{Lasker: 12.Be3 was strong enough in this position. However,
 the text move embarrasses Black's development of pieces.}
12...Be6 13.Bxe6 fxe6 14.Bg5 Be7 15.0-0-0 e5 {[0:45-0:50]}
16.Be3 0-0
{Lasker: If 16...Bxh4 17.Qg4, and now Black cannot play
 17...Qc8, as 18.Rxh4 would follow, and he cannot stir the
 bishop on account of 18.Rxh7.;
 Steinitz: If 16...Bxh4 17.Qg4 Be7 18.Rxh7, and should win.}
17.Ne2 Rf7 
{Steinitz: Again Black would expose himself to great danger
 by 17...Bxh4 18.Qg4, followed soon by Qh5.}
18.h5 
{Lasker: It would have been risky to leave the pawn on its
 fourth, and to proceed with an attack by means of 18.Kb1.
 It might, however, have been promising enough.}
18...Nf4 19.Bxf4 exf4 20.Qf3 
{Steinitz: Obviously if 20.Nxf4 Rxf4, and the queen dare not
 retake.}
20...Qa5 21.Kb1 Qe5 22.Nd4 Bf6 23.c3 Re8 24.Rhe1 Bd8 25.Qg4
Bc7 26.Nf3 Qf6 27.Nd2 Rfe7 28.f3 d5 29.Rh1 Re5 
{Steinitz: 29...Qf7 was by far better.}
30.g3 
{Steinitz: A masterly coup, which relieves his position on
 the kingside, no matter what Black reply.}
30...Rg5
{[1:45-1:59];
 Lasker: Of course if 30...fxg3 31.f4, and Black would do
 best to sacrifice the exchange.}
31.Qd7 Qf7 32.Qxf7+ Kxf7 33.g4 Bb6 
{Steinitz: Inferior to 33...Rge5.}
34.exd5 cxd5 
{Steinitz: 34...Rxd5 is preferable, leading to a natural
 draw position, with which I should have been content under
 the circumstances.}
35.Nb3 Re6 36.Rhf1 Rge5 37.Nc1 
{Lasker: This forces the win of a pawn.}
37...Bc7 38.Nd3 Rg5 39.Nb4 Ree5 40.Rd4 Bb6 
{Lasker: A very fine move, which nearly would have turned
 the tables.}
41.Rxf4+ Kg8 42.Nd3 
{Steinitz: Much inferior to 42.Nc2, which wins easily.}
42...Re2 43.Rd1 Be3 44.Rb4 b6 45.Ra4 a5 46.b4 
{Steinitz: This gives Black a chance for a counter-attack,
 which I believe should have equalized the game at least.}
46...d4 47.c4 
{Lasker: White has nothing better as 47.cxd4 would be
 neutralized with 47...Rb5.}
47...Bd2 48.b5 Bc3 49.Rg1 Rd2 
{Lasker: Black intends to sacrifice his exchange and very
 nearly succeeds in scoring the game thereby. As will be
 seen by the subsequent play, Black excels in detecting
 means of attack, which could only be met by a series of
 difficult and forced moves on the part of his antagonist.;
 Steinitz: Ill-judged. 49...Kf7 seems better, with the
 following probable continuation: 50.f4 Rc5 51.Nxc5 bxc5,
 with better drawing chances.}
50.f4 Rxg4 {(Adjourned) [2:43-3:00]} 51.Rxg4 Rxd3 52.c5 
{Steinitz: Black cannot recover from the effects of this
 splendid move.}
52...Re3 
{Steinitz: If 52...Rd1+ 53.Kc2 Rd2+ 54.Kb3 (54.Kb1 drives by
 54...d3) 54...bxc5 55.Kc4, and wins.}
53.Rc4 d3 54.Rg1 d2 55.Rd1 bxc5 56.b6 Bd4 57.b7 Re8 58.Kc2
Rb8 59.Rb1 Kf7 60.Ra4 {[2:55-3:55]} 1-0

[Event "World Championship Match"]
[Site "USA New York, NY (Union Square Hotel)"]
[Date "1894.03.19"]
[Round "02"]
[White "Steinitz,W."]
[Black "Lasker,Em."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[LongECO "C65/01 (3rd ed.)"]
[Opening "Spanish: Berlin"]
[Annotator "Lasker & Steinitz"]
[Source "The Sun, New York, 1894.03.20"]
[Source "New-York Daily Tribune, 1894.03.20"]
[Source "The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 1894.03.20"]
[Source "New York Recorder, 1894.03.20 & 25"]
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];
 Steinitz: White threatens 43.Be3 and afterward Ra7.}
1-0

[Event "World Championship Match"]
[Site "USA New York, NY (Union Square Hotel)"]
[Date "1894.03.21"]
[Round "03"]
[White "Lasker,Em."]
[Black "Steinitz,W."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C62"]
[LongECO "C62/01 (3rd ed.)"]
[Opening "Spanish: Steinitz"]
[Annotator "Lasker & Steinitz"]
[Source "The Sun, New York, 1894.03.22 & 23"]
[Source "New-York Daily Tribune, 1894.03.22 & 23"]
[Source "The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 1894.03.22 & 23"]
[Source "New York Recorder, 1894.03.22, 23 & 04.01"]
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];
 Lasker: For if 52...Rg1+ 33.Kd2 Rf1 34.Ne6, winning the
 rook.}
1-0

[Event "World Championship Match"]
[Site "USA New York, NY (Union Square Hotel)"]
[Date "1894.03.24"]
[Round "04"]
[White "Steinitz,W."]
[Black "Lasker,Em."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[LongECO "C54/01 (3rd ed.)"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano: Greco"]
[Annotator "Lasker & Steinitz"]
[Source "The Sun, New York, 1894.03.25"]
[Source "New York Recorder, 1894.03.26"]
[Source "New-York Daily Tribune, 1894.03.26"]
[Source "The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 1894.03.26"]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d4 exd4 6.e5 d5 7.Bb5
Ne4 8.cxd4 Be7 
{Steinitz: A good deal of surprise prevailed when I, as my
 debut in this game, selected a Giuoco Piano. Not only
 because I heretofore have never been known to adopt this
 opening, but moreover, because I chose a most universal
 form, which practically has been given up by the masters.
 The new idea which I had in view did not come to the
 surface, as Lasker was the first to make an alteration from
 the usual line of play by 8...Be7.}
9.Nc3 0-0 10.Bd3 f5 11.exf6 
{Steinitz: My eleventh move proved a surprise, as I
 exchanged an apparently strong passed pawn, and
 furthermore, deliberately isolated my d-pawn in order to
 keep up an attack against the kingside.}
11...Nxf6 12.Be3 Nb4 13.Bb1 Ng4 
{Steinitz: On the thirteenth move Black initiated an
 ingenious counter attack and a regular fireworks game of
 sacrifices.}
14.a3 Nxe3 15.fxe3 Bh4+ {[0:40-0:53]} 16.g3 
{Steinitz: After Black checked with his bishop, White
 perhaps, would have done better to play 16.Kd2, which would
 have yielded him a clear pawn, as Black was bound to
 retreat his knight, whereupon 17.Nxd5 would have been
 followed, which Black evidently could not retake on account
 of 18.Ba2 winning the queen.}
16...Bg4 
{Lasker: Black sprung an attack upon his adversary early in
 the game, leaving two pieces "en prise," which, however
 could not have been taken, because Black would have doubled
 his rooks on the f-file, and thereby forced a win. White
 thereupon extricated himself skillfully and eventually he
 espied a variation by means of which he secured a pawn.}
17.0-0 Qe8 18.axb4 Qh5 19.Nxd5 
{Steinitz: My nineteenth move was faulty; a subsequent
 examination showed that I should have taken the bishop
 instead of the knight. It would have much sooner extricated
 me from all difficulties.}
19...Rxf3 
{Lasker: Many players thought that with 19...Bxg3 I could
 have forced a win. White, however, would have replied
 20.hxg3 and if then 20...Rxf3 21.Qe1, and if 20...Bxf3
 21.Rxf3 Rxf3 22.Kg2, and has the best of it.}
20.Nf4 
{Lasker: Now an end game of highly interesting, in which
 White seemed to have the pull.;
 Steinitz: With my twentieth move I forced a series of
 exchanges which left me with a simple end game and a pawn
 ahead. A long struggle followed.}
20...Rxf4 21.Qb3+ Rf7 22.Rxf7 Qxf7 23.Ba2 Qxb3 24.Bxb3+ Kf8
25.gxh4 Ke7 26.Bd5 
{Steinitz: White missed several chances of finishing off the
 game in a more easy manner. Notably, in the twenty-sixth
 move, where he should have played 26.b5, instead of
 26.Bd5.}
26...c6 27.Be4 a6 28.Ra5 h6 29.b5 cxb5 30.Bxb7 Ra7
{[1:21-1:14]} 31.Bc6 Bd7 32.Bxd7 Kxd7 33.Kf2 Kc6 34.Ke2 Kb6
35.Ra1 a5 36.Kd3 a4 37.e4 Rf7 38.e5 Rf3+ 39.Ke4 Rf2 40.Rb1
Kc6 41.d5+
{Lasker: Black defended himself all right to a certain
 point, but lost in the end by an obvious blunder, when the
 game ought to have been a draw.;
 Steinitz: Lasker defended himself most ingeniously, and
 owing to some weak play on the other side, it is by no
 means certain that White would have won, after having
 neglected the forcible 42.Rg1.}
41...Kd7 42.Kd4 Rd2+ 43.Kc5 Rc2+ 44.Kxb5 Re2 45.e6+ Kd6
{[1:42-1:55]} 46.Rd1 Rxb2+ 47.Kxa4 Rxh2 48.Re1 Ra2+ 49.Kb3
Ra8 50.Kc4 g5 51.hxg5 hxg5 52.Kd4 Ra4+ 53.Kd3 Ra3+ 
{Steinitz: However, Lasker completely compromised his game
 on his fifty-second and fifty-third moves by useless
 checks, which only helped White to bring his king to the
 support of his pawns, which now marched on victoriously.}
54.Ke4 g4 55.Kf5 Ra8 56.e7 Re8 57.Kf6 g3 58.Kf7 Kd7 59.d6 g2
60.Rg1 {[2:17-2:05]} 1-0

[Event "World Championship Match"]
[Site "USA New York, NY (Union Square Hotel)"]
[Date "1894.03.27"]
[Round "05"]
[White "Lasker,Em."]
[Black "Steinitz,W."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C62"]
[LongECO "C62/01 (3rd ed.)"]
[Opening "Spanish: Steinitz"]
[Annotator "Lasker & Steinitz"]
[Source "New-York Daily Tribune, 1894.03.28"]
[Source "The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 1894.03.28"]
[Source "The Sun, New York, 1894.03.28 & 30"]
[Source "New York Recorder, 1894.03.28 & 29"]
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 Be6 
{Lasker: This seems better than 9...Ne5, as played by
 Steinitz in the first and third games.;
 Steinitz: The whole variation arising from White's sixth
 move is new. Black, after different experiments, came to
 the conclusion that the text move is Black's best reply.}
10.Nd5 Be7 11.Bd2 0-0 12.0-0 
{Lasker: It is safer to castle on the kingside in this
 position.}
12...Ne5 13.Bb3 Bxd5 
{Lasker: An unpleasent necessity. White retains two bishops
 against bishop and knight, which is considered an
 advantage.;
 Steinitz: Black has gained some moves by first attacking
 the bishop before effecting this exchange. It is pretty
 obvious that White will have to retake with the bishop.}
14.Bxd5 c6 15.Bb3 Nd7 {[0:24-0:50]} 16.Rad1 
{Lasker: Playing against the weak d-pawn.}
16...a5 
{Lasker: An ingenious departure in order to develop inactive
 pieces.;
 Steinitz: For defensive purposes to prevent Bb4, but for
 attacking purpose also.}
17.c3 a4 18.Bc2 Re8 19.Qh3 Nf8 
{Lasker: 19...g6 would weaken the position too much.}
20.Be3 
{Steinitz: White had not much prospect of an attack; for
 this reason, 20.Bc1, fortifying the queenside would have
 been finer play.}
20...Qa5 
{Lasker: In order to get the queen to the kingside.;
 Steinitz: Not as good as 20...Qc7.}
21.a3 
{Steinitz: Uncalled for; since in reply to 21...a3, which
 White seemed to fear, 22.b4 was a satisfactory answer.}
21...Qb5 
{Steinitz: Black's counter attack is probably premature. He
 should have been contented with having weakened the adverse
 queenside and retreated 21...Qc7, followed by 22...b5.}
22.Bc1 Rad8 
{Lasker: This move ought to lose the game.;
 Steinitz: An oversight, which costs a pawn, 22...Ng6
 instead would have given him a capital game. Still, Black
 has acquired some superiority of position which compensates
 him for the loss.}
23.Rd4 d5 24.exd5 
{Lasker: 24.Bxa4 would have been simpler and better.}
24...Bc5 25.Rf4 
{Lasker: Also here 25.Bxa4 and if 25...Qe2, 26.Rd2 would
 easily win; the text move gives all the advantage away and
 Black gets the best of it.;
 Steinitz: By far superior was 25.Bxa4, and if 25...Qa6 then
 26.Rf4 Ng6 27.Bc2, and the attack would be worth the
 exchange which Black offers.}
25...Ng6 26.c4 
{Steinitz: Although this blocks out Black's queen for a
 time, it is very injurious for the ending. The right play
 was 26.dxc6 bxc6 (best) 27.Re4. It should be noted,
 however, that if Rxa4 on this or his previous move, Black
 would win by Bxf2+ followed by Qe2+, or Re1+ accordingly.}
26...Qa6 
{The following comment goes somewhere between Black's 26th
 move and White's 30th move.  The original source does not
 specify which move (or color).-[Pope];
 Steinitz: "This and the next two moves were made under
 pressure of time-limit; but certainly without merit; P-QKt4
 instead looks more feasible."}
27.Bxg6 fxg6 28.Rh4 h5 29.Bg5 Rd6 30.dxc6 Qxc6
{[1:59-1:58];
 Steinitz: It was thought by some experts that Black could
 win here 30...Bxf2+; but White effects a narrow escape by
 31.Kxf2 Qb6+ 32.Kg3 Rd3+ 33.Rf3 and wins.}
31.Qf3 
{Steinitz: He had nothing better, as Black threatened
 31...Re2.}
31...Qxf3 32.gxf3 Re2 33.Bc1 Rxf2 34.Rxf2 Rd1+ 35.Kg2 Bxf2
36.Kxf2 Rxc1 37.Kg3 b6 38.Rd4 Rc2 39.Rd8+ Kh7 40.Rb8 Rxb2
41.Ra8
{Steinitz: White is wriggling out of a difficult game with
 consumate skill.}
41...g5 42.Rxa4 h4+ 43.Kh3 Rf2 44.Rb4 Rxf3+ 45.Kg4 Rxa3
{[2:55-2:40]} 46.Rxb6 Ra2 47.Kxg5 Rxh2 48.Rb3 Rh1 
{Steinitz: 48...Rc2 instead was the simplest way of
 drawing.}
49.Rc3 h3 50.Kg4 {(Adjourned)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Championship Match"]
[Site "USA New York, NY (Union Square Hotel)"]
[Date "1894.03.29"]
[Round "06"]
[White "Steinitz,W."]
[Black "Lasker,Em."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[LongECO "C54/01 (3rd ed.)"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano: Greco"]
[Annotator "Lasker & Steinitz"]
[Source "The Sun, New York, 1894.03.30 & 31"]
[Source "New York Recorder, 1894.03.30 & 31"]
[Source "New-York Daily Tribune, 1894.03.30 & 31"]
[Source "The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 1894.03.30 & 31"]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d4 exd4 6.e5 d5 7.Bb5
Ne4 8.cxd4 Bb6 
{Lasker: In the fourth game I played here 8...Be7; as,
 however, the c6-knight has the intention of going to that
 square later on, this move seems superior.;
 Steinitz: The regular book move and superior to the
 experiment, 8...Be7, as Lasker played in the fourth game.}
9.Nc3 0-0 10.Be3 f5 
{Lasker: Necessary, in order to break White's attack.}
11.exf6 Nxf6 12.Rc1 Qd6 
{Lasker: White threatened 13.Bxc6, followed by 14.Ne5.}
13.0-0 Bg4 
{Steinitz: Black develops rapidly. This is certainly better
 than 13...Ng4 14.h3 Rxf3 15.hxg4 Rf7 (best) 16.f3 etc., as
 pointed out by Pillsbury.}
14.Be2 Rae8 15.h3 Bxf3
{[0:45-0:57];
 Lasker: 15...Bc8 would have been just as good, but this
 move leads subsequently to the weakening of White's
 queenside.}
16.Bxf3 Ne7 17.Ne2 Ng6 18.g3 
{Lasker: Forced, as 18...Nh4 with a strong attack was
 threatening.}
18...c6 19.Bg2 Ne4 20.Qb3 Qf6 21.a4 Nd6 
{Steinitz: Several experts afterward pointed out that
 21...Nd2 was much superior. The most likely continuation
 was 22.Bxd2 Rxe2 23.Be3 Bxd4 24.Qxb7 Bxe3 25.fxe3 Rf2, and
 play as White may, Black will remain with a superiority.}
22.Qb4 
{Steinitz: 22.a5 with a view to going on to the sixth, in
 case the bishop retreats, would not have worked well, on
 account of 22...Bxa5 23.Bxd5+ cxd5 24.Qxd5+ Kh8 25.Qxa5 Qf3
 followed soon by 26...Nf5.}
22...Nc4 23.Rxc4 
{Lasker: The turning point of the game was the sacrifice of
 the exchange; although daring it relieved White
 considerably, and it appears that in no stage of the
 subsequent play could Black force a win.;
 Steinitz: The sacrifice seems to be sound, as the sequel
 shows.}
23...dxc4 24.a5 Bd8 25.Qxb7 Bxa5 26.Qxa7 
{Steinitz: Perhaps a better plan was 25.Qxc4+, followed
 ultimately by pawn to a6.}
26...Bd2 
{Steinitz: Very ingenious.}
27.Qc5 Bxe3 28.fxe3 Qe6 29.Rxf8+ Rxf8 30.e4 Qf7
{[1:56-1:58]} 31.Kh2 Rb8 32.Qxc6 Ne7 
{Lasker: If, for instance, Black on his thirty-second move,
 had continued with 32...Rxb2, then White would have
 replied: 33.Qc8+ Nf8 34.Nf4 g5 35.Qg4 and it cannot be seen
 how Black could play for a win in this position, strong as
 his passed pawn may appear.;
 Steinitz: 32...Rxb2 at once appears to be stronger.  The
 game was likely to proceed 33.Qc8+ Nf8 34.Nf4 g5 35.Qg4 c3
 36.Qxg5+ Ng6 37.Nd3 Qa2.}
33.Qc7 Rxb2 34.Nf4 g5 35.Nd5 Nxd5 36.Qd8+ Kg7 37.Qxg5+ Kh8
38.exd5 Re2 39.Qd8+ Re8 40.Qg5 Qg7 41.Qd2 Qf6 42.Qc3 Rc8
43.Bf3 Rb8 44.Bg2 Rc8 
{Steinitz: The last moves were made under pressure of time
 limit.}
45.h4 Qd6
{[2:50-2:57];
 Lasker: If there was any chance later on with a line of
 play suggested by Showalter, namely 45...Qf5 instead of
 45...Qd6, I could not take advantage of such a line of play
 because I was pressed for time, and could not possibly
 study out all the variations at my disposal.}
46.Bh3 {(Adjourned)} 46...Rc7
{(Sealed);
 I'm under the impression Steinitz means 46...Rb8 and not
 46...Rg8, but I am not certain.-[Pope];
 Steinitz: "R-Ktsq seems to give Black more chances of
 attack. White's best answer would have been B-Bsq."}
47.Be6 Qf8 48.Kg2 Qf6 49.Qa5 Re7 50.Qc5
{Steinitz: To drive the king out to h6 was of no use. It was
 more important to get rid of the dangerous c-pawn.}
50...Re8 51.Qxc4 Rf8 52.Qe2 
{Steinitz: No better was 52.d6 Qf2+ 53.Kh3 Rf3 54.Qc8+ Rf8
 55.Qc7 Qf1+ etc.}
52...Qxd4 53.d6 Rd8 
{Lasker: The position after the forty-fifth move was rather
 to White's advantage, which he increased very nicely on his
 fifty-third turn by the offered sacrifice of his passed
 pawn. Of course I could not take it, as his queen would
 have given a neat mate on b2. However I could sacrifice the
 exchange, which White had to accept, because, if 54.Qf3
 Qb2+ 55.Kh3 Qe5 and it would lead to a draw.}
54.d7 Rxd7 55.Bxd7 Qxd7 56.Qe5+ Kg8 57.h5 Qg7 58.Qe8+ Qf8
59.Qxf8+ Kxf8 
{Steinitz: After this a regular book position arises.}
60.Kf3 Kf7 {[3:25-3:45]} 61.Kg4 Kg7 62.Kg5 Kf7 
{Steinitz: It is noteworthy that 62...Kg8 would lose by
 63.Kh6 Kh8 64.g4 Kg8 65.g5 Kh8 66.g6 hxg6 67.hxg6 Kg8 68.g7
 wins.}
63.Kh6 Kg8 64.Kg5 
{Lasker: After the exchange of queens on the fifty-ninth
 move the game got to a well known book position, in which
 White lacked a tempo to win. For instance, if 64.g4 Kh8
 65.g5 Kg8 66.g6 Kh8 and draws.;
 Steinitz: It will be seen that by advancing the pawn only a
 stalemate would result.}
64...Kf7 65.Kf4 Kg7 66.Kf5 Kf7 67.g4 h6 68.Ke5 Ke7 69.Kd5
Kf6 70.Ke4 Ke6 71.Kd4 Kf6 {[3:39-3:59]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Championship Match"]
[Site "USA New York, NY (Union Square Hotel)"]
[Date "1894.04.03"]
[Round "07"]
[White "Lasker,Em."]
[Black "Steinitz,W."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C62"]
[LongECO "C62/01 (3rd ed.)"]
[Opening "Spanish: Steinitz"]
[Annotator "Lasker & Steinitz"]
[Source "The Sun, New York, 1894.04.04"]
[Source "New-York Daily Tribune, 1894.04.04"]
[Source "The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 1894.04.04"]
[Source "New York Recorder, 1894.04.05 & 22"]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 d6 4.d4 Bd7 5.Nc3 Nge7 6.Be3
{Lasker: The game proceeded on novel lines from the fifth
 move, when, in order to get more advantage out of the
 position, I changed my line of attack completely.  The
 fundamental difference of the two treatments consisted in
 the early castling on the queenside and playing for an
 attack on the kingside.;
 Steinitz: A novel line of play for the attack.}
6...Ng6 7.Qd2 Be7 8.0-0-0 a6 9.Be2 exd4 10.Nxd4 Nxd4 11.Qxd4
Bf6 12.Qd2 Bc6 13.Nd5 0-0 14.g4 
{Lasker: It seems, however, that I overreached my attack
 when playing 14.g4.  A quiet move like 14.f3 first would
 have greatly solidified my position.}
14...Re8 15.g5 
{Steinitz: This advance is premature, He evidently
 overlooked Black's coming scheme.  15.f3 was better.}
15...Bxd5 {[0:45-0:46]} 16.Qxd5 
{Steinitz: This is bad and should have lost; 16.exd5 was the
 correct move.}
16...Re5 17.Qd2 Bxg5 18.f4 
{Steinitz: This results in the loss of a second pawn, but is
 White's best chance of attack now.}
18...Rxe4  
{The following note appears between White's 18th move and
 Black's 23rd move.-[Pope];
 Steinitz: A kingside attack was here his only chance and
 White now plays a rather ingenious one.}
19.fxg5 Qe7 20.Rdf1 
{Lasker: Steinitz, by a very finely laid trap, gained two
 pawns, and, although I could have won at least one of them
 back by 20.Bf3, I preferred to go on with my attack.}
20...Rxe3 21.Bc4 Nh8 
{Lasker: Apparently Black underrated the game, otherwise he
 would have played 21...Rf8.}
22.h4 c6 23.g6 
{Lasker: Perhaps my twenty-third move was unexpected to him.
 When I sacrificed a third pawn he did not see his way clear
 to accept the offer, because I would have forced an open
 h-file.;
 Steinitz: A little consideration ought to have shown Black
 that he could safely capture, 23...hxg6, followed by pawn
 to g5 upon the advance of White's h-pawn to the fifth.}
23...d5 24.gxh7+ Kxh7 25.Bd3+ Kg8 26.h5 Re8 27.h6 g6 28.h7+
Kg7 29.Kb1 Qe5 30.a3 c5 {[1:58-1:50]} 31.Qf2 c4 32.Qh4
{Steinitz: At first glance it would seem that White could
 win by 32.Bxg6. But this does not realize if Black simply
 plays 32...fxg6 33.Qh4 Nf7 34.h8Q+ Rxh8 35.Rxf7+ Kxf7
 36.Qxh8 Qxh8 etc.}
32...f6 
{Lasker: On Steinitz's thirty-second turn I expected
 32...Kf8, whereupon again 33.Bf5 would have left me with
 good chances for a draw, as the bishop could not well be
 taken on account of 34.Rhg1.  My opponent preferred to play
 32...f6 instead, which was a trifle risky.  In consequence
 I held a very strong position, which should have been a
 warning for Black not to attempt to force the win. In the
 end Black's winning chances were almost annihilated, if indeed
 White had not the best of the bargain.}
33.Bf5 Kf7 34.Rhg1 gxf5 
{Steinitz: 34...g5 was probably better.}
35.Qh5+ Ke7 36.Rg8 Kd6 37.Rxf5 Qe6 38.Rxe8 Qxe8 39.Rxf6+ Kc5
{Steinitz: Now 39...Kc7 was much better.}
40.Qh6 Re7 41.Qh2 Qd7 
{Lasker: However, Steinitz, still playing for a win,
 committed a great blunder on his forty-first move, lost the
 queen and knight or rook, and resigned shortly afterward.;
 Steinitz: Disastrous. Black was, however, under pressure of
 time limit hereabouts. He  should have played 41...Re6.}
42.Qg1+ d4 43.Qg5+ Qd5 44.Rf5 Qxf5 45.Qxf5+ Kd6
{[2:55-2:52]} 46.Qf6+ {[2:56-2:53]} 1-0

[Event "World Championship Match"]
[Site "USA New York, NY (Union Square Hotel)"]
[Date "1894.04.05"]
[Round "08"]
[White "Steinitz,W."]
[Black "Lasker,Em."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C10"]
[LongECO "C10/12 (3rd ed.)"]
[Opening "French: Paulsen (Rubinstein)"]
[Annotator "Lasker & Steinitz"]
[Source "The Sun, New York, 1894.04.06 & 07"]
[Source "New York Recorder, 1894.04.06, 07 & 29"]
[Source "The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 1894.04.06 & 07"]
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4
{Lasker: Perhaps not as strong as the usual continuation
 3...Nf6. It has the advantage of creating a free game in
 the center.;
 Steinitz: First brought into public notice by the late J.
 H. Bauer in a local tournament in Vienna.}
4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.Ng3 c5 7.Be2
{Lasker: The bishop cannot well be played to d3 as it would
 constantly be harassed on that square by the black
 knights.}
7...cxd4 8.Nxd4 Bc5 9.Nb3 Be7 10.0-0 0-0 11.Bd2 Qc7 12.c4
{Lasker: Partly to keep the black pieces from d5, partly a
 preparation for a queenside attack.  The text move gives
 White a little pull.}
12...Ne5 13.Qc2 
{Steinitz: 13.Rc1 was superior.}
13...Ng6 
{Steinitz: Hardly as good as 13...Nc6.}
14.Rfe1 
{Stenitz: More consistent with the queenside attack which he
 had in view was 14.Rfc1.}
14...Bd7 15.Rac1 Rfc8
{[0:52-0:45];
 Steinitz: Black also loses time.}
16.Bf1 Ba4 17.Bc3 Ng4 
{Lasker: Laying a trap. If White advances 17...Ng4 18.h3
 Bxb3 19.axb3 Bc5 20.hxg4 Qxg3 21.b4 Nf4 22.bxc5 Nh3+ 23.Kh1
 Nxf2+ 24.Kg1 Nxg4 and should win.;
 Steinitz: This move is wasted, as will be seen.}
18.Qe2 Nf6 19.Nd4 Bd7 20.b4 Rd8 21.Qb2 Rac8 22.Nb3 Qf4
23.Bd2 Qb8 
{I suspect that that in the following note 25.Kt-B5 is
 25.Ndf5 but I have no proof.-[Pope];
 Steinitz: "Black sees in time that nothing could be gained
 by 23...Q-R5 24.Kt-Q4 B-B3 25.Kt-B5, winning a very strong
 pawn."}
24.b5 
{Lasker: This move gets White into difficulties. 24.Bc3
 would have been preferable. White's object ought to have
 been to maintain a pressure on the adversary's kingside,
 while the c-pawn ought to have been pushed first.;
 Steinitz: This advance was probably premature. The two
 pawns abreast are much stronger than in the present
 situation.}
24...b6 25.Bc3 Ne8 26.Nh5 
{In the following note I believe Steinitz means 28.a3
 instead of 28.a4.  See next note by Steinitz.-[Pope];
 Steinitz: 26.Ne4 was obviously much stronger and in fact
 there seems to be no satisfactory answer. If then 26...f6
 27.c5 bxc5 28.Ba5 Nc7 29.Nbxc5 with a winning advantage. Or
 26...f5 27.Ned2 followed by 28.a4 and 29.Bb4.}
26...f6 27.a4 
{Steinitz: Again wrong. He should either not advance it at
 all or only one square.}
27...e5 28.a5 Bg4 29.Ng3 Be6 30.Nd2 
{Lasker: Hardly a move to my liking, inasmuch as it crowds
 White's pieces too much. Why not 30.Bd2?}
30...Nf4 {[1:55-1:55]} 31.Qb1 Bf7 32.Nf5 Bf8 33.Bb4 Nd6
34.Nxd6 Bxd6 35.Ne4
{Steinitz: Time pressure becomes evident from this point up
 to the forty-fifth move.  White could have obtained an
 excellent attack by 35.Bxd6 Rxd6 36.Ne4 Bg6 37.axb6 axb6
 38.Nxd6 Bxb1 39.Nxc8 Bg6 40.Nxb6 Qxb6 41.c5 and it will be
 found by close examination that White wins.}
35...Bxb4 36.Qxb4 Rd4 37.axb6 
{Lasker: Here 37.Rcd1 was preferable, because the black
 rooks threaten to become rather dangerous on that file, and
 it would have been advantageous for White to exchange a
 least one of the rooks and to continue his attack with
 Qe7.}
37...axb6 38.g3 
{Lasker: An error in judgment; it weakens the kingside and
 allows Black to exchange his knight for bishop, a piece
 which added much toward solidifying White's game. Now White
 loses a pawn by force.}
38...Nd3 39.Bxd3 Rxd3 40.c5 Rd4 
{Lasker: 40...Rb3 would probably lead to a draw, namely:
 41.Qa4 bxc5 42.Nxc5 Rxb5 (if 42...Qxb5 instead, White
 continues 43.Nxb3) 43.Nd7 Rxc1 44.Rxc1 Qb7 45.Nc5, and so
 on.}
41.Qb1 bxc5 42.Nxc5 Rc4 43.Nd7 
{Lasker: Giving up the piece for two pawns would have been
 the best course to adopt, but for the consequences of
 White's thirty-eigth move.  Any other continuation loses
 the b-pawn by force.;
 Steinitz: Hazardous in the extreme. 43.Na6 Rxc1 44.Rxc1
 Rxc1+ 45.Qxc1 Qxb5 46.Qc8+, and though Black is a pawn
 ahead White ought to draw.}
43...Qb7 44.Rcd1 Be6 45.Nxe5 fxe5
{[3:00-2:54];
 Steinitz: This desperate resource was the only one.}
46.Rxe5 {(Adjourned)} 46...Bh3 {(Sealed)} 47.Red5 Rc1 48.Qd3
h6
{Lasker: If 48...Rxd1+ 49.Qxd1 Rc1 50.Rd8+ Kf7 51.Rd7+ Qxd7
 52.Qxc1, and matters for Black would have been made more
 difficult. Although White makes a gallant fight, he could
 not possibly prevent the ultimate loss.}
49.g4 
{Steinitz: White is completely tied up, and this is the only
 way to give him temporary relief.  If 49.f3 Qb6+ 50.Kh1 (or
 50.Rd4 Rxd1+ followed by 51...Rc4) 50...Rxd1+ 51.Qxd1 Qf2
 52.Rd8+ Rxd8 53.Qxd8+ Kh7 54.Qd3+ g6 and wins.}
49...Bxg4 50.f3 Rxd1+ 51.Qxd1 Be6 52.Rd6 Qe7 53.b6 Rc1
54.Qxc1 Qxd6 55.Qe3 Bd5 56.Kg2 Qg6+ 57.Kf2 Qc2+ 58.Kg3 Qg6+
59.Kf2 Qc2+ 60.Kg3 Qg6+ {[3:15-3:50]} 61.Kf2 Bb7 62.Qb3+ Qf7
63.Qd3 Qd5 64.Qe3 Qd6 65.Kg2 Kf7 66.h4 Qe6 
{Steinitz: The ending is beautifuly played by Lasker.}
67.Qf4+ Kg6 68.Qg3+ Kh7 69.Qf2 Qg4+ 70.Kh2 Qxf3 71.Qc2+ Qe4
72.Qf2 Qf3 73.Qc2+ Be4 74.Qd2 Qf6 75.Qe3 Qxh4+ {[3:40-4:20]}
76.Kg1 Qg5+ {[3:40-4:20]} 0-1

[Event "World Championship Match"]
[Site "USA Philadelphia, PA (Franklin Chess Club)"]
[Date "1894.04.14"]
[Round "09"]
[White "Lasker,Em."]
[Black "Steinitz,W."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C62"]
[LongECO "C62/01 (3rd ed.)"]
[Opening "Spanish: Steinitz"]
[Annotator "Lasker & Steinitz"]
[Source "The Sun, New York, 1894.04.15 & 16"]
[Source "New-York Daily Tribune, 1894.04.16"]
[Source "New York Recorder, 1894.04.17"]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 d6 4.Nc3 
{Lasker: The fourth move of White inaugurated not a mere
 transposition of the succession of moves, as were played in
 former games, but it left White with the additional
 advantage of playing Bc4 either before or after pawn to
 d4.;
 Steinitz: Played by Chigorin vs. Steinitz in match at
 Havana in '91, with the continuation: 4...Bd7 5.d4 Nge7
 6.Bg5 f6 7.Be3.}
4...a6 5.Bc4 
{Steinitz: White could hardly exchange and 5.Ba4 would have
 cut him off from the kingside.  Black has therefore
 evidently gained a move in the development as compared with
 similar positions.}
5...Be6 
{Steinitz: Either this or 5...Be7 was now indispensable.}
6.Bxe6 
{Lasker: The opening, after Black's fifth move, into
 well-known lines of the Philidor defense.  It is doubtful
 whether the exchanging of bishops, or the retiring to b3,
 is preferable.}
6...fxe6 7.d4 exd4 8.Nxd4 Nxd4 
{Steinitz: Too much simplification was the result of this
 exchange and 8...Qd7 was probably the best way to avoid
 this.}
9.Qxd4 Ne7 10.Bg5 Nc6 
{Lasker: Black's tenth move was practically forced, as White
 threatened 11.Bxe7 with a very strong position.}
11.Bxd8 Nxd4 12.0-0-0 Nb5 
{Lasker: Black evidently overrated his attack when he
 offered the exchange of knights on the twelfth move.;
 Steinitz: As second player, Black should have been content
 with the slight advantage arising from doubling the pawns
 by 12...Nb3+, followed by 13...Rxd8. In trying to do more
 he seriously compromises his position. Although he recovers
 the sacrificed pawn, his doubled b-pawns become the source
 of trouble.}
13.Nxb5 axb5 14.Bxc7 Rxa2 
{Steinitz: The better plan was anyhow 14...Ra6 15.e5 d5
 16.a3 Kd7 17.Bd6 Bxd6 18.exd6 Rf8 etc.}
15.Bb6 
{Steinitz: Obviously he could not take the pawn on account
 of the check, and Black threatens ...Ra6.}
15...Be7 
{Steinitz: Feeble as compared with 15...b4, which would have
 rendered White's game very difficult.}
16.c3 Kf7 
{Lasker: Probably 16...Ra4 and if 17.Rhe1 b4 was Steinitz's
 strongest line of play, as this was really his only chance
 to dissolve his doubled pawn during the whole game. After
 this omission White got a slight pull.;
 Steinitz: A grave error of judgment to which the loss of
 the game may fairly be ascribed.  16...Kd7, followed soon
 by Kc6, would have brought the necessary support to the
 weak pawns on the queenside. If then, 17.Bd4 Rf8, or 17.Bc5
 Kc6 18.Ba3 Ra1+ 19.Kc2 Rxd1, with at least an even game.}
17.Kc2 Rha8 18.Kb3 R2a4 19.f3 R8a6 
{Steinitz: Only driving the bishop to a better square. Much
 superior was 19...g5 either on this or the next move.}
20.Bd4 g6 21.Rd3 Ke8 22.Rhd1 e5 
{Lasker: On account of the weakness of his d-pawn Black
 seemed compelled to push his e-pawn on his twenty-second
 turn.;
 Steinitz: Black overlooked the force of White's
 twenty-fourth move. 22...g5 was, under any circumstances,
 much better.}
23.Be3 Kd7 24.Bc5 
{Steinitz: A beautiful key move to splendid ending play in a
 series of fine moves carried through by White in a style
 that can hardly be improved upon.}
24...Ra1 25.R1d2 Ke6 26.Ba3 
{Lasker: Now on my twenty-sixth move I might have avoided
 many complications by advancing 26.h3, although 26...h5
 would have been a very strong rejoinder on the part of
 Black.}
26...g5 27.Rd5 Rb6 28.Kb4 g4 29.Ka5 
{Steinitz: All in grand style. Black will gain nothing now
 by 29...Bd8, as White seems to answer 30.Rxb5.}
29...Ra6+ 30.Kxb5 
{Lasker: In actual play I had to make a very tedious
 maneuver in order to win the b-pawn. While I was thus
 engaged in my scheme Black initiated a strong attack upon
 my king's flank in a truly marvellous manner and I had to
 give my entire attention to it, although I had a decisive
 superiority of pawns.}
30...h5 
{Lasker: On Steinitz's thirtieth move he might have
 continued 30...Rh1 31.fxg4 Re1 32.h3 Rxe4 33.c4; but he
 evidently thought that in this variation White's kingside
 pawns would prove to be too dangerous.;
 Steinitz: Lasker himself was of the opinion that 30...Rh1
 gave Black drawing chances. After the text move there
 appears to be no hope and Lasker plays the ending with his
 accustomed accuracy.}
31.Rd1 Rxd1 32.Rxd1 gxf3 33.gxf3 Ra8 34.Kb6 Rg8 35.Kxb7 
{Lasker: Had I, at my thirty-fifth move, continued with
 35.Rd2, then my opponent would have replied with 35...Rg7,
 thus saving his b-pawn, and he would have threatened to
 push his h-pawn, which, in some variations, would have
 given him even a chance to win.}
35...Rg2 36.h4 Rh2 37.Kc6 Bxh4 38.Rxd6+ Kf7 39.Kd5
{Lasker: My thirty-ninth move was probably forced, as
 Black's h-pawn could advance, for if 39.Rh6 Bg5 40.Rh8 Kg7
 41.Re8 Bf4 42.Bd6 Kf7 43.Rh8 Kg7 44.Re8 Kf7 45.Re7+ Kf6
 46.Rh7 Kg6 and it is very doubtful, indeed, whether White
 could win.}
39...Bf6 
{Lasker: Black could have won my bishop by 39...Rd2+ 40.Kxe5
 Rxd6 41.Bxd6 Bg3+ 42.f4 h4 43.Bc5 h3 44.Bg1 h2, but my
 pawns would have won.}
40.Rd7+ Kg6 41.Ke6 h4 42.Rd1 h3 43.Rg1+ Rg2 44.Rxg2+ hxg2
45.Bc5 Bd8 46.b4 Kg5 47.Kd7 Bf6 48.b5 Kf4 49.b6 1-0

[Event "World Championship Match"]
[Site "USA Philadelphia, PA  (Franklin Chess Club)"]
[Date "1894.04.19"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Steinitz,W."]
[Black "Lasker,Em."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D35"]
[LongECO "D35/01 (3rd ed.)"]
[Opening "Queen's Gambit Declined"]
[Annotator "Lasker & Jackson Showalter"]
[Source "The Sun, New York, 1894.04.20"]
[Source "New-York Daily Tribune, 1894.04.20 & 21"]
[Source "New York Recorder, 1894.07.08"]
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.f3 
{Lasker: As far as I know Steinitz first introduced his
 fourth move, 4.f3, in his match against Gunsberg, in
 similar positions. The object of the move is to establish a
 strong center by means of afterward playing pawn to e4. Of
 course Black's rejoinder, 4...c5, seems therefore
 practically forced.;
 Showalter: Steinitz first tested this experiment in his
 match against Gunsberg, if our memory is not at fault, and
 with better results than in the present instance. But,
 critically considered, this move seems by no means
 favorable to White giving him an awkward form of
 development and practically throwing away at once the
 advantage of the move.}
4...c5 
{Showalter: No doubt the correct and best reply, and one
 that to our way of thinking speedily exposes the weakness
 of White's fourth move.  White is practically forced to
 exchange the pawns now as 5.e3 is an unfavorable
 alternative and results in the isolation of the d-pawn with
 a weakened pawn position on the kingside; or, if 6.Qxd4 in
 reply to 5...cxd4, the gaining of important developing time
 by 6...Nc6 attacking the queen; either contingency being
 unfavorable to White.}
5.dxc5 Bxc5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.e4 
{Lasker: Some of the spectators expected that Steinitz would
 take the knight on his seventh turn, but like myself he
 probably thought that the pawn, although isolated, was not
 at all weak; to the contrary, it might have been very
 troublesome to White.;
 Showalter: 7.Nxd5 Qxd5 8.Qxd5 exd5 isolates a pawn on the
 d-file for Black, but at the same time leaves White with
 the inferior game as his e-pawn is weak and he is behind in
 development.  It will be seen that in this case White must
 play 9.e3 (if 9.e4, 9...dxe4 etc.) at once, as Black
 threatens by pawn to d4, to permanently block the white
 pawn's advance. Black then proceeds by 9...0-0 and ...Re8,
 or ...Nc6, with decidely the better game. However, even the
 text move (7.e4) is not free from disadvantages, in that it
 seriously weakens White's queenside pawns, but it is
 obviously the best under the circumstances.}
7...Nxc3 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8 9.bxc3 Nc6 
{Showalter: Black has two pieces in the field and an intact
 pawn position on either side, while the white pieces are
 unmoved as yet. This, in addition to the disadvantages
 mentioned in preceding note.  The outcome of the opening
 thus far is in itself sufficient commentary on 4.f3.}
10.Nh3 Kc7 11.Nf4 Rd8 12.Nd3 Bd6 13.f4 
{Lasker: Nothing need be said about the following five
 moves, but White's thirteenth move, 13.f4 was hardly to be
 recommended. His object ought to have been to bring about a
 quick development of his pieces, as for instance, 13.Be2
 and 0-0, rather than go in for a useless attack, which
 seriously compromised his e-pawn.}
13...b6 14.Nf2 Bc5 15.Be2 Bb7 {[0:45-0:32]} 16.Nd3 Bf8 17.f5 
{Lasker: The champion's seventeenth move was a well laid
 trap, for had I played 17...exf5, I would have removed
 White's weakness from e4, and would have given him a free
 game for attacking purposes. I therefore selected 17...e5
 as my reply, which kept my pawns well joined and in a good
 position.;
 Showalter: If 17.e5 Ne7 18.0-0 Ba6 19.Rd1 Rd7 20.Ba3
 (20.Bb2 Rad8 21.Nc1 Bxe2 22.Rxd7+ Rxd7 23.Nxe2 Rd2 and
 wins) 20...Nd5 21.Bxf8 Rxf8 22.g3 Ne3 23.Rd2 Rfd8 24.Kf2
 Ng4+ 25.Bxg4 (best) 25...Rxd3 26.Rxd3 Rxd3 and should win.}
17...e5 18.Bg5 
{Showalter: Why this strengthening of the e-pawn instead of
 18.Be3 at once is not clear, except upon presumption of
 pressure of time limit.  Perhaps, however, White had
 visions of posting a bishop at e6.  The knight could not
 readily reach that square.}
18...f6 19.Be3 Rac8
{Lasker: My nineteenth move, 19...Rac8, was preparing
 ...Na5, to be followed by ...Nc4; if then the knight would
 have been taken, I should have retaken with my rook and
 would certainly have received my adversary's e-pawn. That
 this line of play could not have been prevented will best
 be seen on White's twenty-first move.}
20.0-0-0 
{Showalter: Bad indeed. The weakened queenside menaced by
 hostile rooks on open files affords very uncertain security
 for the white king. He had much better have castled
 kingside, afterward playing 21.Rfc1 and advancing the
 c-pawn and a-pawn with some prospect of attack.}
20...Kb8 21.Nf2 
{Lasker: If, for instance: 21.Kb2 Na5 22.Nf2 either
 22...Rxd1 followed by 23...Ba3+ etc., as pointed out by
 Steinitz after the game, or simply 22...Bd6 followed by
 23...Nc4+, would have decided the game in favor of Black.;
 Showalter: If 21.Kb2, the following was a likely
 continuation: 21...Na5 22.Nf2 Ba3+ 23.Kc2 Bc6 etc., but,
 though Black has a fine attack, he does not necessarily win
 the pawn.}
21...Nd4 
{Lasker: My twenty-first move, 21...Nd4, was the simplest
 way of forcing the win, as obviously White was bound to
 lose at least one pawn, while Black still kept his
 superiority in position.}
22.Bxd4 exd4 23.Bd3 dxc3 24.g4 Ba3+ 25.Kc2 
{Showalter: Forced; as, if 25.Kb1 Rxd3 and wins.}
25...Bc6 26.Kb3 Bc5 27.Nh3 
{Showalter: This unfortunate knight, which has been rolling
 porpoise like to and fro between h3 and d3 (via f2 and f4)
 at intervals all through the game, has this time sufficient
 grounds for a return to the old love at h3.  If 27.Rhf1
 Bxf2 28.Rxf2 Bxe4 winning easily.}
27...Be3 28.Bc2 Bd2 29.Nf2 
{Showalter: Floundering back to d3! But there is now nothing
 else.  The game is hopeless.}
29...Rd4 30.Ka3 Be8 
{Showalter: Black pushes his attack with consummate skill.
 Every move tells.  He now forces White to give up the
 e-pawn by the threat of ...b5 and ...b4, followed by
 ...Bf7+ etc.}
31.Nd3 Rxe4 32.Nb4 Rd4 
{Showalter: A beautiful finish!}
33.Bb3 a5 34.Nc2 b5 0-1

[Event "World Championship Match"]
[Site "USA Philadelphia, PA (Union League Club)"]
[Date "1894.04.21"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Lasker,Em."]
[Black "Steinitz,W."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D40"]
[LongECO "D40/01 (3rd ed.)"]
[Opening "Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch"]
[Annotator "Lasker & Jackson Showalter"]
[Source "The Sun, New York, 1894.04.22"]
[Source "New-York Daily Tribune, 1894.04.22"]
[Source "New York Recorder, 1894.04.23 & 07.15"]
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 Be7 5.e3 0-0 6.Bd3 c5 7.dxc5
dxc4 8.Bxc4 Qxd1+ 9.Kxd1 
{Showalter: The sacrifice of the castling privilege is of
 little moment in this opening, generally speaking, while in
 the present instance the position of the king in the center
 even proves of great advantage to White in the later stages
 of the game. The newly crowned king of chess evidently
 approves of the Steinitzian maxim that "the king is also a
 fighting piece."  It is significant that the overthrow of
 the apostle of the "modern school" was accomplished by that
 disciple who has shown in his play the keenest appreciation
 of "modern school" principles and who has adhered to those
 principles with more tenacious consistency than any other
 master who has yet appeared, not even excepting the great
 founder of that "school" himself.}
9...Nc6 10.a3 Bxc5 
{Lasker: With the one exception of White leaving his king in
 the center, the opening is played up to the tenth move on
 conservative and well-known lines, resulting in an even
 position.}
11.b4 Bb6 
{Showalter: Probably reserving the square at e7 for the
 retreat of the knight.}
12.Ke2 Bd7 13.Bb3 Rac8 14.Bb2 a5 
{Showalter: Creating subsequent difficulties. 14...Rfd8
 looks much better and more consistent.}
15.b5 Ne7
{[0:32-0:45];
 Lasker: On his fifteenth move Black, as the sequel shows,
 made a premature move, and got into a rather difficult
 game; for instance, if he had played 15...Kh8, White would
 have answered 16.Na4 Bc7 17.Nc5, with a decided advantage.}
16.Ne5 Be8 
{Showalter: For now this bishop, which Black is loath to
 give up for the opposing knight, temporarily blocks the
 development of the f-rook.}
17.a4 
{Showalter: Black threatens now to win the pawn by ...Ned5,
 etc.}
17...Bc7 18.Nc4 Bd7 19.Rac1 
{Lasker: Of course, when I had to consider my nineteenth
 move, I did not proceed with 19.b6 Bd8 20.Nxa5 Bxb6 21.Nxb7
 on account of 21...Rb8 22.Nd6 Bxe3 recovering his
 material.;
 Showalter: If 19.b6 Bd8 20.Nd6 Rc6, winning the pawn at
 least; or 20.Nxa5 Bxb6, and Black presently gets an
 advantage.}
19...Ned5 
{Showalter: Which turns out badly, ...Rfd8 is now out of the
 question, however, on account of pawn to b6, etc.  We
 believe that the proper course was 19...b6.}
20.Nxd5 Nxd5 21.Ne5 Bxe5 
{Showalter: The only alternative was 21...Nf6, and that
 seems to give Black a bad game by 22.Nxd7 Nxd7 23.Rhd1 or
 23.Rc2. 21...Be8 loses at once by 22.Bxd5 exd5 23.Ba3 etc.,
 or by 22.Ba3 Nb4 23.b6; while 21...Rfd8 is bad on account
 of 22.Nxd7 Rxd7 23.Bxd5 Rxd5 or 23...exd5 24.b6.}
22.Bxe5 f6 23.e4 fxe5 
{Lasker: Black's twenty-third move was forced; if, for
 instance, 23...Ne7 24.Bc7 Ra8 25.Bd6, followed by 26.Rc7.
 On his next turn Black played the best possible variation,
 for, if 24...Rxc1 25.Rxc1 Re8 26.dxe6 Bxe6 27.Rc8 and wins
 the exchange.;
 Showalter: This is certainly bad, but Black's game is
 already somewhat compromised.  His best chance, however,
 was certainly 23...Ne7. If, then, 24.Bd6, Black seems to
 come off with an even game by either 24...Kf7 or 24...Rxc1
 25.Rxc1 Rc8 etc.; and if 24.Bc3 Ra8 (not 24...b6 25.Rhd1 to
 which there is no defense, as the bishop cannot be
 supported by either rook without the loss of a piece)
 25.Rhd1 Bc8, and though Black has the inferior position he
 may yet hope to draw.  Of course all other moves with the
 knight are weak and lose at least a pawn.}
24.exd5 Kf7 25.Rhd1 Ke7 
{Lasker: Many people thought that Steinitz could have
 proceeded on his twenty-fifth turn with 25...Rxc1 then the
 following variation would have been the result: 26.Rxc1 Rc8
 27.dxe6+ Ke7 28.Rxc8 Bxc8 29.Ke3 Bxe6 30.Bxe6 Kxe6 31.Ke4
 and White would have probably won.  For instance, let us
 continue 31...b6 32.h4 g6 33.h5 Kd6 34.hxg6 hxg6 35.g4 Ke6
 36.f3 Kd6 37.f4 exf4 38.Kxf4 Ke6 39.Kg5 Kf7 40.Kh6 Kf6
 41.Kh7 Kg5 42.Kg7 Kxg4 43.Kxg6 Kf4 44.Kf6 Ke4 45.Ke6 Kd4
 46.Kd6 Kc4 47.Kc6 Kb4 48.Kxb6 Kxa4 49.Kc5 and wins.;
 Showalter: He should now have played 25...Rxc1 by all
 means. The next move increases his difficulties most
 seriously.}
26.d6+ Kf6 27.Ke3 Rxc1 
{Showalter: Again bad. The position is peculiar and
 simplification aids White materially. Black's only hope to
 draw was in keeping the rooks on the board, or at least one
 of them.}
28.Rxc1 Rc8 29.Rxc8 Bxc8 30.Bc2
{(Adjourned);
 Showalter: A beautiful move, against which Black has no
 defense.}
30...Kf7
{[1:09-1:05];
 Lasker: My opinion is that at his thirtieth move Steinitz's
 best play was 30...e4, but should lose after 31.Bxe4 e5
 32.d7, etc.;
 Showalter: If 30...h6 31.Be4 Kf7 (31...g5 32.g4 or 31...h5
 32.h4) 32.Bf3 Kf6 33.Kd3 Kf7 (33...Kf5 34.Bxb7 and wins, or
 if 33...b6 34.Bc6 and wins.) 34.h4 Kf6 35.Kc4 Kf7 36.Kc5
 Ke8 37.Kb6 Kd7 38.Bxb7 and wins.}
31.Bxh7 b6 
{Lasker: If 31...g6 32.Ke4 Kg7 33.Kxe5 Kxh7 34.Kf6 e5 35.Ke7
 and wins.;
 Showalter: 31...g6 32.Ke4, and Black dare not win the
 bishop, as the white king meanwhile marches to d8 and wins
 the other bishop and the game.}
32.Ke4 
{Showalter: Here White, who has played with consummate skill
 throughout, misses his shortest course to victory, viz.,
 32.Be4 Ke8 (forced) 33.Bc6+ Kd8 or 33...Bd7 34.Ke4, etc.}
32...Kf6
{Lasker: About Black's thirty-second move little can be
 said. The remaining moves are not of special interest, as
 White's superior forces must win.}
33.g4 g5 34.Kf3 Kf7 35.Be4 Ke8 36.h4 Kd7 37.h5 Ke8 38.Ke3
1-0

[Event "World Championship Match"]
[Site "CAN Montreal, PQ (Cosmopolitan Club)"]
[Date "1894.05.03"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Steinitz,W."]
[Black "Lasker,Em."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D60"]
[LongECO "D60/01 (3rd ed.)"]
[Opening "Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox"]
[Annotator "Steinitz"]
[Source "The Sun, New York, 1894.05.04"]
[Source "New-York Daily Tribune, 1894.05.04"]
[Source "New York Recorder, 1894.05.04 & 13"]
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
1/2-1/2

[Event "World Championship Match"]
[Site "CAN Montreal, PQ (Cosmopolitan Club)"]
[Date "1894.05.05"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Lasker,Em."]
[Black "Steinitz,W."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C68"]
[LongECO "C68/01 (3rd ed.)"]
[Opening "Spanish: Exchange (Steinitz)"]
[Annotator "Steinitz"]
[Source "The Sun, New York, 1894.05.06"]
[Source "New-York Daily Tribune, 1894.05.06"]
[Source "New York Recorder, 1894.05.20"]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
{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 
{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 
{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 
{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 
{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 
{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
{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 
{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 
{Obviously if 22.Nfe3 Rxd1 and wins, and if 22.Nde3 Rd3
 23.Rac1 f5! with a strong attack.}
22...Rd3 23.Rc1 a5 
{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);
 Now correctly timed and extremely difficult to meet.}
25.exf5
{(Sealed);
 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 
{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 
{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
{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

[Event "World Championship Match"]
[Site "CAN Montreal, PQ (Cosmopolitan Club)"]
[Date "1894.05.08"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Steinitz,W."]
[Black "Lasker,Em."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D46"]
[LongECO "D46/30 (3rd ed.)"]
[Opening "Semi-Slav: Meran (Chigorin)"]
[Annotator "Lasker & Steinitz"]
[Source "The Sun, New York, 1894.05.09"]
[Source "New-York Daily Tribune, 1894.05.09"]
[Source "New York Recorder, 1894.05.09 & 27"]
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6
{Steinitz: An old idea revived by Chigorin and Gunsberg, and
 also adopted by Lasker against Blackburne in a similar
 position. It practically prevents the development of
 White's c1-bishop on the kingside, but it has its
 drawbacks, notably that it exposes Black to an attack in
 the center, as in the game.}
4.e3 Nf6 5.Nf3 Bd6 6.Bd3 Nbd7 7.0-0 0-0 
{Steinitz: If Black here advanced 7...e5 White would have
 exchanged both pawns, creating an isolated pawn in the
 adverse center.}
8.e4 dxe4 9.Nxe4 Nxe4 10.Bxe4 h6 
{Steinitz: He could not now advance the e-pawn without
 losing a pawn, as White would have exchanged twice,
 followed by Bxh7+, etc.}
11.Bc2 f5 
{Lasker: Although this advance weakens the e-pawn, it paves
 the way for a strong attack on the king's wing.;
 Steinitz: If now 11...e5 12.Qd3 f5 13.Qb3 Kh8 14.dxe5 Nxe5
 15.Rd1, with a strong attack.  The text move, however,
 weakens his center at once.}
12.Re1 Nf6 13.Bd2 Bd7 14.Bc3 Qc7 15.Ne5 Be8 16.Qd3 g5 
{Steinitz: Black, no doubt, on his eleventh move speculated
 upon this attack.  However, it will be seen that it does
 not compensate for the weakness of his e-pawn.}
17.Qh3 Qg7 18.Rad1 
{Lasker: "White has skillfully prepared a strong attack in
 the centre of the board if an opportunity arrives.  He
 threatens now P-Q5, and if then 19...PxP 20.PxP KtxP and
 21.RxKt PxR followed by a discovered attack on the queen."}
18...g4 
{Lasker: Playing White's game, it merely drives the queen
 from a harmless post to a most threatening position.  Black
 was under the impression that he could continue with
 19...Qg5, but saw too late that White could then gain a
 clear pawn by 20.Nxg4. Black should have played 18...Bh5
 and if 19.f3 g4 or if 19.Rd2 Rae8 and his position would
 have been excellent.}
19.Qe3 Bh5 20.Nxc6 
{Steinitz: The soundness of the sacrifice here involved is
 shown by the sequel.}
20...Bxh2+ 21.Kxh2 g3+ 22.Qxg3 
{Lasker: "The combination selected in the text is by far
 superior to the alternative 22.K-Q, because there might
 follow PxP."}
22...Qxg3+ 23.fxg3 Bxd1 24.Bxd1 
{Steinitz: Better than 24.Ne7+ Kf7 25.Bxd1 Rfe8 26.Bb4 Rxe7
 27.Bxe7 Kxe7 28.d5 Ne4 etc.}
24...bxc6 25.Rxe6 Ne4 
{Lasker: This seems to be the only move to prevent White
 from playing 26.d5.;
 Steinitz: If 25...Rac8, White intended to continue 26.Bf3
 Ne4 27.Rxh6 (or 27.Bxe4).  It should be remembered that
 26.d5 would not work well on account of the continuation
 26...Ne4 and if 27.Rg6+ Kh7 28.Rg7+ Kh8 29.Bd4 c5 30.Be5
 Rfe8 etc.}
26.Rxc6 Nxc3 27.bxc3 Kg7 
{The following note is not a direct quote from a single
 source.  My first source gives 'superior' in place of
 'inferior', and then gives 'mating' where the second source
 has 'waiting'.  So for the sake of clarity I have merged
 the two sources to provide a single ambiguous rook-quote.
 -[Pope];
 Lasker: "By far inferior to R-K. White could hardly then
 have taken the KRP on account of the close confinement of
 his king, and if Black can force the entrance of his rooks
 into the enemy's camp it would be at least very difficult
 to avoid a mating position."}
28.Ra6 Rf7 29.c5 Rd8
{(Sealed);
 Lasker: Far superior would have been 29...Re7.  Although
 White would have had a chance to extricate himself on
 account of the three moves that Black had lost, by means of
 pawn to g4, followed eventually by Ra4, yet the maneuver
 would have made the win more difficult for White.}
30.Kg1 
{Steinitz: The only danger to White's game now was that the
 opponent should double rooks on the eighth file, and the
 move adopted tends to prevent the formation of any possible
 mating position of this nature, but creates other
 difficulties which might have been obviated at once by
 30.Re6 followed by 31.Bf3, after which the advance of the
 pawns could not be hindered.}
30...Re7 31.Kf2 Rb8 32.Bb3 Rbe8 33.Bc4 Rb8 34.Bd3 h5 35.Kf3
Rb2 36.Bxf5 Rf7 37.Ke4 
{Lasker: The crossing of the king into the support of his
 pawns practically ends the battle.}
37...Re2+ 38.Kd3 Rxg2 39.Rg6+ Kf8 40.Be4 Rg1 41.d5 Rg7
42.Rxg7 Kxg7 43.c6 Kf6 44.c7 Rxg3+ 45.Kd4 Rg8 46.d6 1-0

[Event "World Championship Match"]
[Site "CAN Montreal, PQ (Cosmopolitan Club)"]
[Date "1894.05.15"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Lasker,Em."]
[Black "Steinitz,W."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D60"]
[LongECO "D60/04 (3rd ed.)"]
[Opening "Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox (Lipschutz)"]
[Annotator "Steinitz"]
[Source "The Sun, New York, 1894.05.16"]
[Source "New-York Daily Tribune, 1894.05.16"]
[Source "New York Recorder, 1894.05.16 & 06.10"]
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 Be7 5.e3 0-0 6.Bd3 c5 7.0-0 
{In the eleventh game of the present match Lasker proceeded
 with 7.dxc5 dxc4 8.Bxc4 Qxd1+ 9.Kxd1 etc.}
7...cxd4 8.exd4 dxc4 9.Bxc4 Nbd7 
{In the early stages of the match Steinitz-Zukertort (1886)
 I adopted this line of play in similar positions, but
 afterward played 9...Nc6, which is undoubtedly stronger.}
10.Bb3 Nb6 11.Bg5 Bd7 12.Qd3 Rc8 
{12...Bc6 with a view of fixing that bishop at d5 as soon as
 possible seems superior.}
13.Ne5 Bc6 14.Nxc6 Rxc6 15.Rfd1 Nfd5 
{It would have been better to advance 15...h6 first, making
 room for the king.}
16.Bxe7 Nxe7 17.Bc2 Ng6 
{Not as good as 17...g6, keeping a better hold on the
 isolated pawn.}
18.Qf3 Nd5 19.Be4 Nxc3 20.bxc3 Rb6 21.c4 f5 22.Bc2 Qf6 23.c5
Rc6
{Black's original intention was to continue 23...Rb4 24.Qc3
 a5 25.a3 Nf4 26.Kf1 Qh6 27.h3 (best) 27...Nd5. However, as
 White could now force the exchange of queens by 28.Qd2
 followed soon by Rb1, Black abandoned the idea.}
24.Rab1 Nh4 25.Qe3 
{25.Qb3 appears still stronger.}
25...Rc7 26.f4 Ng6 27.Bb3 Re7 28.a4 Rd8 29.a5 a6 30.Ba4 Qh4
{The work of the time limit and not well considered.
 30...Nf8 was more likely to be of good service.}
31.g3 Qg4 
{Faulty in the extreme and really the cause of the almost
 immediate loss of the game. The queen should have retreated
 to f6, followed at once by 32...Rc8 and thence to c7.}
32.Rd2 Nf8 33.Bd1 Qg6 34.d5 
{After this Black's struggles are hopeless. The latter part
 of the game has been conducted by Lasker with the utmost
 ingenuity and is a grand example of chess.}
34...Rf7 35.d6 Qf6 36.Rdb2 g5 37.Rxb7 gxf4 38.Rxf7 Qxf7
39.gxf4 Qg7+ 40.Kh1 Ng6 41.Qxe6+ Kh8 42.Qe3 Rg8 43.Bf3 Nh4
44.Bd5 1-0

[Event "World Championship Match"]
[Site "CAN Montreal, PQ (Cosmopolitan Club)"]
[Date "1894.05.17"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Steinitz,W."]
[Black "Lasker,Em."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D60"]
[LongECO "D60/01 (3rd ed.)"]
[Opening "Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox"]
[Annotator "Steinitz"]
[Source "The Sun, New York, 1894.05.18"]
[Source "New-York Daily Tribune, 1894.05.18"]
[Source "New York Recorder, 1894.05.18 & 06.17"]
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.e3 0-0 7.c5
Ne4
{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
{An excellent part of Black's line of development.}
11.Nc4 
{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
{A very ingenious trap.}
20.b5 
{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
{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 
{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
{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
{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

[Event "World Championship Match"]
[Site "CAN Montreal, PQ (Cosmopolitan Club)"]
[Date "1894.05.19"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Lasker,Em."]
[Black "Steinitz,W."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C50"]
[LongECO "C50/04 (3rd ed.)"]
[Opening "Italian: Four Knights (Pianissimo)"]
[Annotator "Lasker & Steinitz"]
[Source "The Sun, New York, 1894.05.20 & 23"]
[Source "New-York Daily Tribune, 1894.05.20 & 22"]
[Source "New York Recorder, 1894.05.24 & 06.24"]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.d3 
{Lasker: A solid, well-known variation of this opening.}
4...Nf6 5.Nc3 
{Steinitz: A slow form of a slow opening, transposing the
 position into a well-known variation of the Four Knights
 game.}
5...d6 6.Be3 Bb6 
{Steinitz: As matters turn out, this only loses time.  In
 this and similar positions I consider 6...Bxe3 at once
 superior.}
7.Qd2 Na5 8.Bb5+ 
{Lasker: In view of the probable intention of the second
 player to force the attack on the queenside. This, however,
 seems somewhat inferior to 8.Bb3 at once.;
 Steinitz: Tactics of a similar sort have been heretofore
 adopted in like positions by great masters with a view to
 weakening the adverse queenside; but since Black's best
 subsequent plan seems to be to attack on this wing, and
 inasmuch as he also creates a doubled pawn on this side for
 the opponent, it is doubtful whether the text move can be
 relied on as the best attacking measure.}
8...c6 9.Ba4 Bxe3 10.fxe3 
{Lasker: The doubled pawn causes trouble afterward and White
 seems unable to obtain a compensating file. 10.Qxe3 seems
 perhaps safer.;
 Steinitz: In entire accordance with theoretical and
 practical precedence in similar positions, but the progress
 of the present game will probably tend to indicate that the
 open f-file does not outweigh the disadvantage of the
 doubled pawn in the center.}
10...b5 11.Bb3 Qb6 12.0-0 Ng4 13.Rae1 f6 14.h3 Nh6 15.Ne2
Nxb3 16.axb3 0-0 17.Ng3 a5 
{Lasker: Black forces matters on the queenside without loss
 of time, while White in the mean time is unable to obtain
 any advantage either in the center or on the king's wing.}
18.d4 Nf7 19.Qf2 Ra7 
{Lasker: If 19...a4 at once, White might well answer with
 20.Ra1, thereby breaking the force of the attack.}
20.Rd1 a4 21.b4 Qc7 
{Steinitz: Black could not at once advance the c-pawn on
 account of the continuation; 22.bxc5 dxc5 23.dxe5 fxe5
 24.Nxe5 etc.}
22.Ne1 c5 23.Qd2 
{Lasker: The only move at his disposal. 23.Nd3 c4 24.Ne1 c3
 was still more unsatisfactory.}
23...Be6 24.d5 Bd7 25.Ra1 cxb4 
{Steinitz: 25...Rc8 in many ways was preferable.}
26.Qxb4 Rc8 27.Qd2 Qc4 28.Rf2 Ng5 
{Lasker: The time lost here with the knight is finely
 compensated for by the increased weakness on White's king's
 wing after driving the knight away.;
 Steinitz: A sort of non-committal move of a character
 sometimes adopted in order to add a move to the average
 allowed under the time limit. However, it serves a good
 turn, as this knight cannot be dislodged without the
 weakening of White's kingside. But probably 28...Rac7 was
 still stronger.}
29.Qd3 Rac7 30.h4 Nf7 31.Qxc4 Rxc4 32.Rd2 g6 33.Kf2 Nd8
34.b3 R4c7 35.Rdd1 Nb7 36.Rdb1 Kf7 
{Steinitz: In order to neutralize any attack on the d-pawn
 by 37.bxa4 bxa4 38.Rb6, which would render the knight
 temporarily inactive.}
37.Ke2 Ra8 38.Kd2 Na5 
{Lasker: Threatening 39...axb3 40.cxb3 Nxb3+, winning the
 exchange.}
39.Kd3 h5 40.Ra2 Raa7 
{Lasker: Again threatening the combination 41...axb3 42.cxb3
 Nxb3 43.Rxa7 Nc5+ with a winning game. The reply in the
 last seems, therefore, forced.;
 Steinitz: Threatening 41...axb3 42.cxb3 Nxb3 43.Rxa7 Nc5+
 etc.}
41.b4 Nc4 42.Nf3 Ra8 43.Nd2 Nb6 44.Rf1 Rac8 45.Nb1 Ke7 46.c3
Nc4 47.Raf2 
{Lasker: At least, a grave miscalculation. If, however,
 47.Na3 Nb2+ 48.Kc2 Rxc3+ 49.Kxb2 Rb3+ 50.Ka1 Rxe3 51.Rf3
 Rxf3 52.gxf3 Rc3 winning a third pawn for the piece, and
 owing to the indefensible nature of White's remaining
 pawns, his game would be untenable.;
 Steinitz: Anyhow weak, but 47.Na3 would allow the
 continuation 47...Nb2+ 48.Kc2 Rxc3+ 49.Kxb2 Rb3+ 50.Ka1
 Rxe3 51.Rf3 Rxf3 52.gxf3 Rc3 with a winning ending as
 White's remaining pawns seem indefensible.}
47...Na3 
{Lasker: This appears to win by force.  If 48.Rxf6 Nxb1
 49.Rf7+ Kd8 50.Rf8+ Be8 51.Rxb1 Rxc3+ and should win.;
 Steinitz: This appears to win by force.}
48.Ne2 
{Steinitz: If 48.Rxf6 Nxb1 49.Rf7+ Kd8 50.Rf8+ Be8 and
 wins.}
48...Nxb1 49.Rxb1 Bg4 50.Rc1 Rc4 
{Steinitz: Threatening of course Bxe2+, followed by Rxb4.}
51.Rc2 {(Adjourned)} 51...f5
{(Sealed);
 Lasker: After White's fifty-second move the win of two
 pawns, as pointed out by Mr. Steinitz, is forced, for if
 51...f5 52.Ng3 fxe4+ 53.Kd2 Bd7 54.Rc1 Be8 55.Ne2 Bf7
 56.Rcf1 Bxd5 57.Rf6 Rg8 and eventually wins.;
 Steinitz: At this stage the game was adjourned for the day,
 Black sealing the text move. When the game was resumed
 Lasker resigned without continuing, the game being beyond
 remedy. If, for instance, 52.Ng3 fxe4+ 53.Kd2 (best)
 53...Bd7 54.Ne2 Be8 55.Rc1 Bf7 56.Rcf1 Bxd5 57.Rf6 Rg8
 followed by pawn to a3 soon, and must win.}
0-1

[Event "World Championship Match"]
[Site "CAN Montreal, PQ (Metropolitan Club)"]
[Date "1894.05.22"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Steinitz,W."]
[Black "Lasker,Em."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D67"]
[LongECO "D67/01 (3rd ed.)"]
[Opening "Queen's Gambit Declined: Capablanca"]
[Annotator "Jackson Showalter"]
[Source "The Sun, New York, 1894.05.23 & 24"]
[Source "New-York Daily Tribune, 1894.05.23 & 24"]
[Source "New York Recorder, 1894.05.24 & 07.29"]
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.Nf3 0-0 6.e3 Nbd7
7.Rc1 c6 8.Bd3 dxc4 9.Bxc4 Nd5 10.Bxe7 Qxe7 11.e4 Nf4 12.g3
{12.0-0 followed by 13.Ne2 looks like a satisfactory
 continuation.}
12...Ng6 13.0-0 
{Here we prefer 13.h4 with flattering prospects of a
 kingside attack later.}
13...Rd8 14.Qe2 b5 15.Bb3 Bb7 16.Qe3 a6 17.Ne2 Rac8 18.Rfd1
Re8
{For the obvious purpose of advancing and exchanging the
 rather weak c-pawn thus opening the diagonal for the bishop
 at the same time.}
19.Ne1 c5 20.dxc5 Nxc5 21.Bc2 Rc7 22.f3 Rec8 23.Bb1
{23.Nd3 permits of many exchanges and soon reduces to a
 probable draw. Black has thus early overcome the slight
 disadvantage of the move against him and the struggle for
 "points" for the ending has already begun.}
23...Ne5 24.b3 
{Necessary to prevent the threatened loss of a pawn by
 24...Nc4, and at the same time keeping a hostile knight
 from a point of vantage at a4.}
24...f6 25.Rc2 f5 26.exf5 exf5 27.Qf2 
{Black threatens to win a pawn by 27...Nxf3+ etc.}
27...g6 28.Nf4 Ncd7 29.Nd5 Qd6 30.Rcd2 Rc1 31.Ne3 Rxd1
32.Nxd1 Qe6 33.Kf1 Rc5 34.Qe3 
{Threatening Rxd7 as well as pawn to f4.}
34...Rd5 35.Rxd5 Qxd5 36.Nc3 Qc6 37.Kf2 Kg7 38.Ne2 Qd6
39.Nd4
{Again White was threatened with the loss of the f-pawn.}
39...Qf6 
{But now if 39...Bxf3 (neither knight can retake on account
 of 40...Ng4+) 40.Bxf5 with the better game.}
40.Ng2 Nc6 
{Why not 40...Bxf3 now is not clear. Both players seem to
 overlook points hereabouts, perhaps under pressure of time
 limit.}
41.Ne6+ Kg8 42.Bc2 Qe5 43.Ngf4 Qxe3+ 44.Kxe3 
{After this a draw is the rational and almost necessary
 outcome of the position.}
44...Nb4 45.Bb1 Ne5 46.Nd4 Kf7 47.a3 Nd5+ 48.Nxd5 Bxd5
49.Bd3 Ke7 50.Be2 Kd6 51.f4 Nd7 52.g4 fxg4 53.Bxg4
{(Adjourned)} 53...Nb6
{(Sealed);
 Forcing another exchange of pieces with a drawing certainty.}
54.h4 Bb7 55.Be6 Nd5+ 56.Bxd5 Kxd5 57.Nf3 Bc8 58.Ng5 h5
59.Ne4 Bf5 60.Nc3+ Kc5 61.Ne4+ Kd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Championship Match"]
[Site "CAN Montreal, PQ (Metropolitan Club)"]
[Date "1894.05.26"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Lasker,Em."]
[Black "Steinitz,W."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D40"]
[LongECO "D40/01 (3rd ed.)"]
[Opening "Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch"]
[Annotator "Lasker & Steinitz"]
[Source "The Sun, New York, 1894.05.27"]
[Source "New-York Daily Tribune, 1894.05.27"]
[Source "New York Recorder, 1894.05.28 & 06.03"]
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 Be7 5.e3 0-0 6.Bd3 c5 7.dxc5
dxc4 8.Bxc4 Qxd1+ 9.Kxd1 Nc6 10.a3 Bxc5 11.b4 Rd8+
{Materially different from the eleventh game of the present
 match, where Black here continued 11...Bb6.}
12.Ke2 Bf8 
{Quite a new plan; with the object of bringing the knight
 into more attacking play via e7, but possibly a waiting,
 defensive policy like 12...Be7 is fully as good, especially
 as it leaves the king untrammeled.}
13.Bb2 Bd7 14.Rhd1 Rac8 15.Bb3 Ne7 16.Nd4 Ng6 17.Rd2 e5
{Hardly a commendable plan, as it weakens the center. Far
 superior was 17...Ne5 18.Rad1 Be7 (not 18...Nc4 19.Bxc4
 Rxc4 20.Nf3 followed by Ne5 and pawn to g4 with a winning
 attack) 19.Ndb5 Ne4 with an excellent game.}
18.Nf3 Bg4 19.Rxd8 Rxd8 20.h3 Bxf3+ 
{After this capture troubles increase for Black, mainly due
 to the strength of the adverse combined bishops. 20...Bd7
 21.Rd1 Be7 preserved equality with greater ease.}
21.gxf3 Be7 22.Rc1 Kf8 23.Na4 b6 24.Nc3 Bd6 25.Rd1 Ne8
26.Nb5 Rd7
{A fatal error, which utterly ruins his game. 26...a6 was
 now the only correct move for Black to preserve material
 equality, and by careful play on both sides the balance of
 position could have been well defended and White's broken
 pawns on the king's wing would have deterred him from
 adopting attacking measures.}
27.Bc2 Ke7 28.Bf5 a6 29.Bxd7 Kxd7 30.Nc3 f5 
{Also very bad. If anything were yet to be done 30...Ne7
 followed by 31...f6 furnishes undoubtedly a much better
 defense. The weakness of the e-pawn leaves a mark for the
 breaking in by White's combined forces, which soon renders
 resistance hopless.}
31.b5 axb5 32.Nxb5 Ke6 33.Bc3 Ne7 34.Nxd6 Nxd6 35.Bb4 Nd5
36.Rc1 Nf7 37.Bd2 Nd6 38.Kd3 Kd7 39.e4 Nf6 40.Be3 fxe4+
41.fxe4 b5 42.f3 Nc4 43.Rc3 Ne8 44.Bc1 Ncd6 45.Rc5 Nc7
46.Rxe5 Ne6 47.Rh5 h6 48.Re5 g5 49.h4 gxh4 50.Rh5 Kc6
51.Rxh6 Nc5+ 52.Kc2 1-0
