[Event "Ch World (match)"]
[Site "New York/Philadelfia (USA)"]
[Date "1894.04.14"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Emanuel Lasker"]
[Black "Wilhelm Steinitz"]
[ECO "C62"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. Nc3 a6 5. Bc4 Be6 6. Bxe6
fxe6 7. d4 exd4 8. Nxd4 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Ne7 10. Bg5 Nc6 11. Bxd8
Nxd4 12. O-O-O Nb5 13. Nxb5 axb5 14. Bxc7 Rxa2 15. Bb6 Be7
16. c3 Kf7 17. Kc2 Rha8 18. Kb3 R2a4 19. f3 R8a6 20. Bd4 g6
21. Rd3 Ke8 22. Rhd1 e5 23. Be3 Kd7 24. Bc5 Ra1 25. R1d2 Ke6
26. Ba3 g5 27. Rd5 Rb6 28. Kb4 g4 29. Ka5 Ra6+ 30. Kxb5 h5
31. Rd1 Rxd1 32. Rxd1 gxf3 33. gxf3 Ra8 34. Kb6 Rg8 35. Kxb7
Rg2 36. h4 Rh2 37. Kc6 Bxh4 38. Rxd6+ Kf7 39. Kd5 Bf6 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 "Ch World (match)"]
[Site "New York/Philadelfia (USA)"]
[Date "1894.05.19"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "17"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Emanuel Lasker"]
[Black "Wilhelm Steinitz"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "102"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 Bb6
7. Qd2 Na5 8. Bb5+ c6 9. Ba4 Bxe3 10. fxe3 b5 11. Bb3 Qb6
12. O-O Ng4 13. Rae1 f6 14. h3 Nh6 15. Ne2 Nxb3 16. axb3 O-O
17. Ng3 a5 18. d4 Nf7 19. Qf2 Ra7 20. Rd1 a4 21. b4 Qc7
22. Ne1 c5 23. Qd2 Be6 24. d5 Bd7 25. Ra1 cxb4 26. Qxb4 Rc8
27. Qd2 Qc4 28. Rf2 Ng5 29. Qd3 Rac7 30. h4 Nf7 31. Qxc4 Rxc4
32. Rd2 g6 33. Kf2 Nd8 34. b3 R4c7 35. Rdd1 Nb7 36. Rdb1 Kf7
37. Ke2 Ra8 38. Kd2 Na5 39. Kd3 h5 40. Ra2 Raa7 41. b4 Nc4
42. Nf3 Ra8 43. Nd2 Nb6 44. Rf1 Rac8 45. Nb1 Ke7 46. c3 Nc4
47. Raf2 Na3 48. Ne2 Nxb1 49. Rxb1 Bg4 50. Rc1 Rc4 51. Rc2 f5
0-1

[Event "Ch World (match)"]
[Site "New York/Philadelfia (USA)"]
[Date "1894.05.05"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Emanuel Lasker"]
[Black "Wilhelm Steinitz"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "110"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d4 exd4 6. Qxd4
Qxd4 7. Nxd4 c5 8. Ne2 Bd7 9. Nbc3 O-O-O 10. Bf4 Bc6 11. O-O
Nf6 12. f3 Be7 13. Ng3 g6 14. Rfe1 Nd7 15. Nd1 Nb6 16. Nf1 Rd7
17. Be3 Rhd8 18. b3 c4 19. Bxb6 cxb6 20. bxc4 Bb4 21. c3 Bc5+
22. Kh1 Rd3 23. Rc1 a5 24. Nde3 f5 25. exf5 gxf5 26. h3 Rg8
27. Nd5 Bxd5 28. cxd5 Rxd5 29. Rcd1 Rxd1 30. Rxd1 f4 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. Kb3 Kxf5 0-1

[Event "Ch World (match)"]
[Site "New York/Philadelfia (USA)"]
[Date "1894.04.03"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Emanuel Lasker"]
[Black "Wilhelm Steinitz"]
[ECO "C62"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. d4 Bd7 5. Nc3 Nge7 6. Be3 Ng6
7. Qd2 Be7 8. O-O-O a6 9. Be2 exd4 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Bf6
12. Qd2 Bc6 13. Nd5 O-O 14. g4 Re8 15. g5 Bxd5 16. Qxd5 Re5
17. Qd2 Bxg5 18. f4 Rxe4 19. fxg5 Qe7 20. Rdf1 Rxe3 21. Bc4
Nh8 22. h4 c6 23. g6 d5 24. gxh7+ Kxh7 25. Bd3+ Kg8 26. h5 Re8
27. h6 g6 28. h7+ Kg7 29. Kb1 Qe5 30. a3 c5 31. Qf2 c4 32. Qh4
f6 33. Bf5 Kf7 34. Rhg1 gxf5 35. Qh5+ Ke7 36. Rg8 Kd6 37. Rxf5
Qe6 38. Rxe8 Qxe8 39. Rxf6+ Kc5 40. Qh6 Re7 41. Qh2 Qd7
42. Qg1+ d4 43. Qg5+ Qd5 44. Rf5 Qxf5 45. Qxf5+ Kd6 46. Qf6+
1-0

[Event "Ch World (match)"]
[Site "New York/Philadelfia (USA)"]
[Date "1894.03.21"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Emanuel Lasker"]
[Black "Wilhelm Steinitz"]
[ECO "C62"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "103"]

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 11. f4
Nc4 12. Qg3 Nb6 13. Be3 c6 14. f5 Bxb3 15. axb3 Nd7 16. Bf4
Qc7 17. b4 f6 18. Ne2 Ne5 19. Nd4 Qb6 20. c3 O-O-O 21. Ne6 Rd7
22. Be3 Qb5 23. Rxa7 b6 24. Ra8+ Kb7 25. Rxf8 Rxf8 26. Nxf8
Qd3 27. Rf1 Qc2 28. Bd2 Re7 29. Ne6 Qxe4+ 30. Qe3 Qxg2 31. b3
Re8 32. Qe2 Qh3 33. Kd1 Ra8 34. Rf2 Ra2 35. b5 c5 36. Nxg7 d5
37. Kc1 Qd3 38. Qxd3 Nxd3+ 39. Kb1 Rb2+ 40. Ka1 Rxb3 41. Rf3
c4 42. Ne8 Nb4 43. Rg3 Ra3+ 44. Kb1 Rb3+ 45. Kc1 Nd3+ 46. Rxd3
cxd3 47. Nxf6 Rxb5 48. Ne8 Kc6 49. f6 d4 50. Ng7 dxc3 51. Bxc3
Rg5 52. f7 1-0

[Event "Ch World (match)"]
[Site "New York/Philadelfia (USA)"]
[Date "1894.03.15"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Emanuel Lasker"]
[Black "Wilhelm Steinitz"]
[ECO "C62"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "119"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. d4 Bd7 5. Nc3 Nge7 6. Bc4
Nxd4 7. Nxd4 exd4 8. Qxd4 Nc6 9. Qe3 Ne5 10. Bb3 c6 11. Qg3
Ng6 12. h4 Be6 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. Bg5 Be7 15. O-O-O e5 16. Be3
O-O 17. Ne2 Rf7 18. h5 Nf4 19. Bxf4 exf4 20. Qf3 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 30. g3 Rg5 31. Qd7 Qf7
32. Qxf7+ Kxf7 33. g4 Bb6 34. exd5 cxd5 35. Nb3 Re3 36. Rhf1
Rge5 37. Nc1 Bc7 38. Nd3 Rg5 39. Nb4 Ree5 40. Rd4 Bb6
41. Rxf4+ Kg8 42. Nd3 Re2 43. Rd1 Be3 44. Rb4 b6 45. Ra4 a5
46. b4 d4 47. c4 Bd2 48. b5 Bc3 49. Rg1 Rd2 50. f4 Rxg4
51. Rxg4 Rxd3 52. c5 Re3 53. Rc4 d3 54. Rg1 d2 55. Rd1 bxc5
56. b6 Bd4 57. b7 Re8 58. Kc2 Rb8 59. Rb1 Kf7 60. Ra4 1-0

[Event "Ch World (match)"]
[Site "New York/Philadelfia (USA)"]
[Date "1894.04.21"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Emanuel Lasker"]
[Black "Wilhelm Steinitz"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 c5
7. dxc5 dxc4 8. Bxc4 Qxd1+ 9. Kxd1 Nc6 10. a3 Bxc5 11. b4 Bb6
12. Ke2 Bd7 13. Bb3 Rac8 14. Bb2 a5 15. b5 Ne7 16. Ne5 Be8
17. a4 Bc7 18. Nc4 Bd7 19. Rac1 Ned5 20. Nxd5 Nxd5 21. Ne5
Bxe5 22. Bxe5 f6 23. e4 fxe5 24. exd5 Kf7 25. Rhd1 Ke7 26. d6+
Kf6 27. Ke3 Rxc1 28. Rxc1 Rc8 29. Rxc8 Bxc8 30. Bc2 Kf7
31. Bxh7 g6 32. Ke4 Kf6 33. g4 g5 34. Kf3 Kf7 35. Be4 Ke8
36. h4 Kd7 37. h5 Ke8 38. Ke3 1-0

[Event "Ch World (match)"]
[Site "New York/Philadelfia (USA)"]
[Date "1894.05.26"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "19"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Emanuel Lasker"]
[Black "Wilhelm Steinitz"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 c5
7. dxc5 dxc4 8. Bxc4 Qxd1+ 9. Kxd1 Nc6 10. a3 Bxc5 11. b4 Rd8+
12. Ke2 Bf8 13. Bb2 Bd7 14. Rhd1 Rac8 15. Bb3 Ne7 16. Nd4 Ng6
17. Rd2 e5 18. Nf3 Bg4 19. Rxd8 Rxd8 20. h3 Bxf3+ 21. gxf3 Be7
22. Rc1 Kf8 23. Na4 b6 24. Nc3 Bd6 25. Rd1 Ne8 26. Nb5 Rd7
27. Bc2 Ke7 28. Bf5 a6 29. Bxd7 Kxd7 30. Nc3 f5 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

[Event "Ch World (match)"]
[Site "New York/Philadelfia (USA)"]
[Date "1894.04.05"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Wilhelm Steinitz"]
[Black "Emanuel Lasker"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "152"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Ng3
c5 7. Be2 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bc5 9. Nb3 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Bd2 Qc7
12. c4 Ne5 13. Qc2 Ng6 14. Rfe1 Bd7 15. Rac1 Rfc8 16. Bf1 Ba4
17. Bc3 Ng4 18. Qe2 Nf6 19. Nd4 Bd7 20. b4 Rd8 21. Qb2 Rac8
22. Nb3 Qf4 23. Bd2 Qb8 24. b5 b6 25. Bc3 Ne8 26. Nh5 f6
27. a4 e5 28. a5 Bg4 29. Ng3 Be6 30. Nd2 Nf4 31. Qb1 Bf7
32. Nf5 Bf8 33. Bb4 Nd6 34. Nxd6 Bxd6 35. Ne4 Bxb4 36. Qxb4
Rd4 37. axb6 axb6 38. g3 Nd3 39. Bxd3 Rxd3 40. c5 Rd4 41. Qb1
bxc5 42. Nxc5 Rc4 43. Nd7 Qb7 44. Rcd1 Be6 45. Nxe5 fxe5
46. Rxe5 Bh3 47. Red5 Rc1 48. Qd3 h6 49. g4 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+ 61. Kf2 Bb7 62. Qb3+ Qf7 63. Qd3 Qd5 64. Qe3 Qd6 65. Kg2
Kf7 66. h4 Qe6 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+ 76. Kg1 Qg5+ 0-1

[Event "Ch World (match)"]
[Site "New York/Philadelfia (USA)"]
[Date "1894.05.15"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "15"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Emanuel Lasker"]
[Black "Wilhelm Steinitz"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 c5
7. O-O cxd4 8. exd4 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nbd7 10. Bb3 Nb6 11. Bg5 Bd7
12. Qd3 Rc8 13. Ne5 Bc6 14. Nxc6 Rxc6 15. Rfd1 Nfd5 16. Bxe7
Nxe7 17. Bc2 Ng6 18. Qf3 Nd5 19. Be4 Nxc3 20. bxc3 Rb6 21. c4
f5 22. Bc2 Qf6 23. c5 Rc6 24. Rab1 Nh4 25. Qe3 Rc7 26. f4 Ng6
27. Bb3 Re7 28. a4 Rd8 29. a5 a6 30. Ba4 Qh4 31. g3 Qg4
32. Rd2 Nf8 33. Bd1 Qg6 34. d5 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 "Ch World (match)"]
[Site "New York/Philadelfia (USA)"]
[Date "1894.03.19"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Wilhelm Steinitz"]
[Black "Emanuel Lasker"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. Ba4 g6
7. Nbd2 Bg7 8. Nc4 O-O 9. Ne3 Ne7 10. Bb3 c6 11. h4 Qc7
12. Ng5 d5 13. f3 Rad8 14. g4 dxe4 15. fxe4 h6 16. Qf3 Be8
17. Bc2 Nd7 18. Nh3 Nc5 19. Nf2 b5 20. g5 h5 21. Nf5 gxf5
22. exf5 f6 23. g6 Nxg6 24. fxg6 Bxg6 25. Rg1 e4 26. dxe4 Kh7
27. Rxg6 Kxg6 28. Qf5+ Kf7 29. Qxh5+ Kg8 30. Qxc5 Qe5 31. Be3
a6 32. a4 Rfe8 33. axb5 axb5 34. Qxe5 Rxe5 35. Ra6 Rc8 36. Ng4
Re7 37. Bc5 Ree8 38. Ne3 Bf8 39. Bd4 Kf7 40. h5 Be7 41. Bb3+
Kf8 42. Nf5 1-0

[Event "Ch World (match)"]
[Site "New York/Philadelfia (USA)"]
[Date "1894.03.24"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Wilhelm Steinitz"]
[Black "Emanuel Lasker"]
[ECO "C53"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "119"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 d5
7. Bb5 Ne4 8. cxd4 Be7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Bd3 f5 11. exf6 Nxf6
12. Be3 Nb4 13. Bb1 Ng4 14. a3 Nxe3 15. fxe3 Bh4+ 16. g3 Bg4
17. O-O Qe8 18. axb4 Qh5 19. Nxd5 Rxf3 20. Nf4 Rxf4 21. Qb3+
Rf7 22. Rxf7 Qxf7 23. Ba2 Qxb3 24. Bxb3+ Kf8 25. gxh4 Ke7
26. Bd5 c6 27. Be4 a6 28. Ra5 h6 29. b5 cxb5 30. Bxb7 Ra7
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+ Kd7 42. Kd4 Rd2+ 43. Kc5 Rc2+ 44. Kxb5 Re2 45. e6+ Kd6
46. Rd1 Rxb2+ 47. Kxa4 Rxh2 48. Re1 Ra2+ 49. Kb5 Ra8 50. Kc4
g5 51. hxg5 hxg5 52. Kd4 Ra4+ 53. Kd3 Ra3+ 54. Ke4 g4 55.Kf5
Ra8 56.e7 Re8 57.Kf6 g3 58.Kf7 Kd7 59.d6 g2 60.Rg1 1-0

[Event "Ch World (match)"]
[Site "New York/Philadelfia (USA)"]
[Date "1894.04.19"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Wilhelm Steinitz"]
[Black "Emanuel Lasker"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. f3 c5 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. cxd5
Nxd5 7. e4 Nxc3 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. bxc3 Nc6 10. Nh3 Kc7 11. Nf4
Rd8 12. Nd3 Bd6 13. f4 b6 14. Nf2 Bc5 15. Be2 Bb7 16. Nd3 Bf8
17. f5 e5 18. Bg5 f6 19. Be3 Rac8 20. O-O-O Kb8 21. Nf2 Nd4
22. Bxd4 exd4 23. Bd3 dxc3 24. g4 Ba3+ 25. Kc2 Bc6 26. Kb3 Bc5
27. Nh3 Be3 28. Bc2 Bd2 29. Nf2 Rd4 30. Ka3 Be8 31. Nd3 Rxe4
32. Nb4 Rd4 33. Bb3 a5 34. Nc2 b5 0-1

[Event "Ch World (match)"]
[Site "New York/Philadelfia (USA)"]
[Date "1894.05.17"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "16"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Wilhelm Steinitz"]
[Black "Emanuel Lasker"]
[ECO "D60"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. e3 O-O
7. c5 Ne4 8. Nxe4 dxe4 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Nd2 Nf6 11. Nc4 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 20. b5 Bxc6 21. bxc6 cxb6
22. Bd3 Qh6 23. g3 Rac8 24. Rc1 Rc7 25. O-O Rd8 26. f4 Qg6
27. Qxg6 hxg6 28. Bxg6 Ne7 29. Be4 Rxd4 30. Bf3 Nf5 31. Rfe1
Kf7 32. Rb1 Nxg3 33. Rxb6 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 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 "Ch World (match)"]
[Site "New York/Philadelfia (USA)"]
[Date "1894.05.08"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Wilhelm Steinitz"]
[Black "Emanuel Lasker"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bd6 6. Bd3 Nbd7
7. O-O O-O 8. e4 dxe4 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Bxe4 h6 11. Bc2 f5
12. Re1 Nf6 13. Bd2 Bd7 14. Bc3 Qc7 15. Ne5 Be8 16. Qd3 g5
17. Qh3 Qg7 18. Rad1 g4 19. Qe3 Bh5 20. Nxc6 Bxh2+ 21. Kxh2
g3+ 22. Qxg3 Qxg3+ 23. fxg3 Bxd1 24. Bxd1 bxc6 25. Rxe6 Ne4
26. Rxc6 Nxc3 27. bxc3 Kg7 28. Ra6 Rf7 29. c5 Rd8 30. Kg1 Re7
31. Kf2 Rb8 32. Bb3 Rbe8 33. Bc4 Rb8 34. Bd3 h5 35. Kf3 Rb2
36. Bxf5 Rf7 37. Ke4 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 "St. Petersburg 1895-96"]
[Site "Petersburg 1895-96"]
[Date "1895.12.19"]
[EventDate "1895.12.13"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Wilhelm Steinitz"]
[Black "Emanuel Lasker"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. d4 {Notes by Fred Reinfeld} d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bf4
Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Rc1 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. cxd5 exd5 {Not
...Nxd5?, or account of 9 Nxd5, with an attack on the
Bishop. After the text-move, though, 9 Nxd5 would be
ineffective.} 9. Nf3 Nc6 10. Bd3 d4 11. exd4 Nxd4 12. O-O {It
would be safer to exchange on d4, prior to castling.} Bg4
13. Nb5 {? This 'attack' is uncalled for; after 13 Be2 White
would have had a tenable game.} Bxf3 14. gxf3 Ne6 {!} 15. Be5
Nh5 16. Kh1 Qg5 17. Bg3 Rad8 {! Typical for Lasker: a
positional manoeuvre combined with a tactical threat.} 18. Qc2
Qh6 {The point of Lasker's trap is this that the natural move
19 Rfd1 would now be faulty, in as much as ...Rc8 would give
Black a win in every variation.} 19. Rcd1 Rc8 {! Having
interfered with the opponent's natural development Lasker now
regroups his forces. For much the same manoeuvre see his games
against Janowski (Petersburg 1914) and Rubinstein (Moscow
1925).} 20. Qb3 a6 21. Nc3 Nd4 {! A P-sacrifice which should
secure at least a draw.} 22. Qxb7 Nxg3+ 23. fxg3 Rb8 24. Qxa6
Rb6 25. Qc4 Rxb2 26. h4 {? By 26 Ne2 White could have forced a
draw, but Steinitz evidently means to play for a win. Indeed,
his position looks fairly secure.} Ba7 27. Be4 Qd6 {! Stopping
Ne2 for good and all and all practically forcing the next
move.} 28. f4 Qd7 29. Bg2 Qg4 {! Very pretty since 30 Rxd4 can
now be countered by ...Qxg3.} 30. Qd3 Nf5 31. Ne4 Be3 {Much
better than ...Nxh4 and putting paid to Steinitz's excellent
defence.} 32. Rf3 Rxg2 {!} 33. Kxg2 Nxh4+ 34. Kh2 Nxf3+
35. Kg2 Nh4+ 36. Kh2 Nf5 37. Rb1 h5 38. Rb5 Ra8 39. a3 Rxa3
{If 40 Qxa3 Black mates in 4; nor could White save himself by
Qd8+.} 0-1

[Event "St. Petersburg 1895-96"]
[Site "Petersburg 1895-96"]
[Date "1895.12.15"]
[EventDate "1895.12.13"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Emanuel Lasker"]
[Black "Wilhelm Steinitz"]
[ECO "C71"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. d4 Bd7 6. c3 Nf6
7. Nbd2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Re1 Re8 10. Nf1 Bf8 11. Ng3 g6
12. h3 Bg7 13. Bc2 Bc8 14. d5 Ne7 15. Be3 Rf8 16. Qd2 Ne8
17. Bh6 Kh8 18. Rad1 Ng8 19. Bxg7+ Nxg7 20. c4 f5 21. Qc3 fxe4
22. Bxe4 Nf6 23. Qe3 Nxe4 24. Nxe4 Rf4 25. c5 Bf5 26. Nfg5 Qd7
27. Qxf4 exf4 28. Nf6 Ne6 29. Nxd7 Nxg5 30. Re7 Kg8 31. Nf6+
Kf8 32. Rxc7 1-0

[Event "St. Petersburg 1895-96"]
[Site "Petersburg 1895-96"]
[Date "1896.01.14"]
[EventDate "1895.12.13"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Emanuel Lasker"]
[Black "Wilhelm Steinitz"]
[ECO "C62"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. d4 Bd7 5. Nc3 Nge7 6. dxe5
dxe5 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. Be3 Ng6 10. Qd3 Bd6 11. Nd2 Ne7
12. Nc4 Nc8 13. O-O-O Qe7 14. f4 f6 15. fxe5 fxe5 16. Rhf1 Qe6
17. Na4 Qe7 18. Bc5 Bxc5 19. Nxc5 Bg4 20. Rd2 Nb6 21. Na6 Rf8
22. Na5 Rxf1+ 23. Qxf1 Rd8 24. Nxc6 Rxd2 25. Nxe7 Rd1+
26. Qxd1 Bxd1 27. Nc6 Be2 28. Nc5 Bf1 29. g3 Nc4 30. Nxa7 Bg2
31. Nc6 Nd6 32. Nxe5 Nxe4 33. Nxe4 Bxe4 34. Nd3 Ke7 35. Kd2
Kd6 36. Kc3 Bd5 37. Kd4 g5 38. c4 Bg2 39. b4 h5 40. b5 h4
41. gxh4 gxh4 42. c5+ Kd7 43. a4 Kc8 44. c6 Kb8 45. Ne5 Ka7
46. Kc5 Bh3 47. Nd7 1-0

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "Hastings, England"]
[Date "1895.08.16"]
[EventDate "1895.08.05"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Emanuel Lasker"]
[Black "Wilhelm Steinitz"]
[ECO "C72"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. e4 {Notes by L. Gunsberg} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 {If a
census were taken of the games played with the d6 defence as
against any other defence to the Ruy Lopez, it would be found
that this move has up to the present produced the worst
proportionate results.} 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Ne7 6. c3 Bd7 7. d4
Ng6 8. Re1 Be7 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Nf1 Qe8 {Somehow or other we do
not believe in the manouvre of bringing the White Queen’s
Knight over on to the King’s side; we think too much time is
lost thereby, and it is advisable for Black to adopt an
aggressive policy before White has time to fully develop his
Pieces. Suppose Black played exd4 instead of Qe8, and if 11
cxd4 , then b5 12 Bc2 Nb4 13 Bb3 c5 14 d5 c4 15 Bc2 Nxc2 16
Qxc2 f5. The point is to do something while the Knight is on
f1, and before it can get g3.} 11. Bc2 Kh8 12. Ng3 Bg4 {We do
not see what good can come from this move; anyway it would
have been stronger if exd4 had preceded it.} 13. d5 Nb8 14. h3
Bc8 {The fact that the Bishop ought not to have gone to g4 at
all must now be clear.Bxf3 would not have been an improvement,
as that would bring White’s Queen into play.} 15. Nf5 Bd8
16. g4 Ne7 17. Ng3 Ng8 {Black has now completed his strategic
movement towards the rear. If this is good strategy, then the
modern theory of development must be all wrong. One fact,
however, must be borne in mind. Black, having all his Pieces
concentrated on his base, is certainly less assailable, and
should White rashly advance against that formation, Black
might probably be able to break up the White line with
advantage to himself.} 18. Kg2 {Considering that Black’s only
hope lies in an advance of the King’s Bishop’s Pawn, we should
have preferred to play Kh2, so as to be able to occupy the
King’s Knight’s file with the Rook, which would effectually
prevent f5 at any future time. And, after developing his
Rooks, White could take his own time about cautiously turning
on the pressure.} Nd7 19. Be3 Nb6 20. b3 Bd7 21. c4 Nc8 {There
seems little prospect of Black being able to harass White by a
flank attack on the Queen’s side. Yet it is the only way at
present that promises some relief.} 22. Qd2 Nce7 23. c5 g6
24. Qc3 f5 {It was pointed out by Mr. Steinitz that he would
have done much better if he had played h6 first. In this we
perfectly agree with him, as it would have given the King some
elbow room, and would, therefore, have made the impending
sacrifice less profitable, which by-theby must have stared
Black in the face in rather an obvious manner.} 25. Nxe5 dxe5
26. Qxe5+ Nf6 27. Bd4 {White’s play is extremely
interesting. If he had simply contented himself with 27 g5,
Black might have replied in several ways: i.e. Nxd5 28 Bd4 Nb4
29 Bb1 Kg8 30 gxf6 Bxf6 31 Qxd8 Raxd8, etc. Though these moves
may be varied, we still think this line would have been
profitable for Black.} fxg4 {Kg8 would not have released the
Knight, as White would, nevertheless, have played g5, and the
Knight could not move. f4 also looks an enticing move, but
then White would have replied with 28. g5, and Black could not
take the Knight.} 28. hxg4 Bxg4 { This was a deceptive
move. It seemed no doubt advantageous to get rid of this
Knight’s Pawn, but it did not result favourably.} 29. Qg5 Qd7
30. Bxf6+ Kg8 31. Bd1 Bh3+ 32. Kg1 Nxd5 {Black played the
following moves with desperate ingenuity. The move of Rxf6
does not promise much, nor is h6 any better, except that it
would allow Black to play Kh7 on the following move, which
would give him more liberty of action.} 33. Bxd8 Nf4 34. Bf6
Qd2 35. Re2 {Though this is the only move on the board, yet it
answers all practical purposes of defence.} Nxe2+ 36. Bxe2 Qd7
37. Rd1 Qf7 {Black having failed in his counter-attack, there
is Iitth left for him to do. If he had played Qe8 or Qc6 it
would not have made much difference in the position.} 38. Bc4
Be6 39. e5 Bxc4 40. Nf5 {A neat finish to a brilliantly played
game.} 1-0

[Event "Ch World (match)"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "1896.12.27"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Wilhelm Steinitz"]
[Black "Emanuel Lasker"]
[ECO "D53"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Qb3 dxc4
7. Bxc4 c5 8. dxc5 Nbd7 9. Nf3 Nxc5 10. Qc2 a6 11. Rd1 Qa5
12. Nd2 b5 13. Be2 Bb7 14. O-O Rac8 15. Qb1 b4 16. Nc4 Qc7
17. Bf4 e5 18. Bxe5 Qc6 19. Bf3 Qe6 20. Bxf6 Bxf3 21. gxf3
bxc3 22. Bxe7 Qxe7 23. Rd5 Rc6 24. Rfd1 Rg6+ 25. Kf1 Rh6
26. Nd6 Rxh2 27. Rxc5 Qh4 28. Ne4 f5 29. Ng3 Rxf2+ 30. Kxf2
Qh2+ 31. Kf1 Qxg3 32. Rxc3 Qxf3+ 33. Ke1 f4 34. Qd3 Qg3+
35. Kd2 f3 36. Kc1 f2 37. Qc4+ Kh8 38. Qf4 Qxf4 39. exf4 g5
40. Rf3 1-0

[Event "Nuremberg"]
[Site "Nuremberg DEU"]
[Date "1896.07.22"]
[EventDate "1896.07.20"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Wilhelm Steinitz"]
[Black "Emanuel Lasker"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. dxc5 Bxc5 5. Nb3 Bb6 6. exd5
Nf6 7. Bb5+ Bd7 8. Bxd7+ Qxd7 9. c4 exd5 10. c5 Bc7 11. Nf3
Nc6 12. O-O O-O 13. Nbd4 Nxd4 14. Qxd4 Rfe8 15. Be3 Re4
16. Qd3 Rae8 17. Rfd1 h6 18. a3 Qg4 19. b4 g5 20. Qc3 Qf5
21. Qd3 Qg6 22. Qb5 Qh5 23. Qxb7 Bxh2+ 24. Nxh2 Rh4 25. f3
Rxh2 26. Qc7 Rh1+ 27. Kf2 Qh4+ 28. Qg3 Qxg3+ 29. Kxg3 Rxd1
30. Rxd1 Rxe3 31. Rc1 Ne8 32. a4 Ra3 33. b5 Rxa4 34. Rb1 Rc4
35. b6 axb6 36. cxb6 Rc8 37. Kg4 Nd6 38. Kh5 Kg7 39. b7 Rb8
40. Rb6 Nf5 41. f4 gxf4 42. Kg4 Ne3+ 43. Kxf4 Nc4 44. Rb4 Kf6
0-1

[Event "Ch World (match)"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "1896.11.17"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Wilhelm Steinitz"]
[Black "Emanuel Lasker"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4
Bb4+ 7. Nc3 Nxe4 8. O-O Bxc3 9. bxc3 d5 10. Ba3 dxc4 11. Re1
Be6 12. Rxe4 Qd5 13. Qe2 O-O-O 14. Ne5 Rhe8 15. Nxc6 Qxc6
16. Re1 Rg8 17. Re5 b6 18. Bc1 g5 19. Rxg5 Rxg5 20. Bxg5 Rg8
21. f4 Bd5 22. g3 Kb7 23. h3 Qb5 24. Kh2 Rg6 25. Qc2 f6
26. Bh4 Bc6 27. g4 Qd5 28. Qf2 h5 29. g5 fxg5 30. Bxg5 h4
31. Rf1 Rg8 32. Qd2 a5 33. a4 Re8 34. f5 Rg8 35. Re1 Qxf5
36. Re5 Qf3 37. d5 Qg3+ 38. Kh1 Qxe5 39. dxc6+ Kxc6 0-1

[Event "Ch World (match)"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "1896.11.07"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Wilhelm Steinitz"]
[Black "Emanuel Lasker"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4
Bb4+ 7. Nc3 Nxe4 8. O-O Bxc3 9. bxc3 d5 10. Ba3 dxc4 11. Re1
f5 12. Nd2 Kf7 13. Nxe4 fxe4 14. Rxe4 Qf6 15. Qe2 Bf5
16. Qxc4+ Kg6 17. Re3 Rae8 18. Rae1 Rxe3 19. Rxe3 h5 20. h3 h4
21. d5 Ne5 22. Qxc7 Nd3 23. Qxb7 Bc8 24. Qc6 Qxc6 25. dxc6 Nf4
26. Re7 a6 27. c4 Kf6 28. Ra7 Nd3 29. Be7+ Ke6 30. Rc7 Ne5
31. Bb4 Rg8 32. Be7 g5 33. c5 Nf7 34. f3 Re8 35. Kf2 Rxe7
36. Rxc8 Kd5 37. Ra8 Ne5 38. Ke3 Nxc6+ 39. Kd2 a5 40. Rf8 Re5
41. f4 gxf4 42. Rxf4 Rh5 43. Ke3 Ne5 44. Ra4 Nc4+ 45. Kf4 Kxc5
0-1

[Event "St. Petersburg 1895-96"]
[Site "Petersburg 1895-96"]
[Date "1896.01.08"]
[EventDate "1895.12.13"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Wilhelm Steinitz"]
[Black "Emanuel Lasker"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bf4 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. c5 Ne4
7. Nxe4 dxe4 8. Qc2 f5 9. Bc4 Nc6 10. a3 Bf6 11. O-O-O Kh8
12. f3 Qe7 13. Bg3 f4 14. Qxe4 fxg3 15. hxg3 g6 16. Qxg6 Bd7
17. f4 Rf7 18. g4 Rg7 19. Qh6 Rxg4 20. Bd3 Rg7 21. Nf3 Qf7
22. g4 Rag8 23. g5 Bd8 24. Rh2 Rg6 25. Qh5 R6g7 26. Rdh1 Qxh5
27. Rxh5 Rf8 28. Rxh7+ Rxh7 29. Rxh7+ Kg8 30. Rxd7 Rf7 31. Bc4
1-0

[Event "Ch World (match)"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1896.12.17"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Wilhelm Steinitz"]
[Black "Emanuel Lasker"]
[ECO "D53"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "128"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Qb3 dxc4
7. Bxc4 c5 8. dxc5 Nbd7 9. c6 bxc6 10. Nf3 Nd5 11. Bxe7 Qxe7
12. O-O Rb8 13. Qc2 Qb4 14. Nd1 Bb7 15. Ne1 Rfd8 16. Nd3 Qd6
17. f3 N7b6 18. Bxd5 cxd5 19. b3 e5 20. N1f2 Rbc8 21. Qb2 f6
22. Rfc1 Nd7 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Rc1 Qb6 25. Rxc8+ Bxc8 26. Qd2
Bb7 27. Kf1 Nf8 28. Qb4 Qxb4 29. Nxb4 Kf7 30. Nfd3 Ne6 31. Ke2
Ke7 32. Kd2 Kd6 33. Kc3 g5 34. Nc2 Ba6 35. b4 Bb5 36. Na3 Be8
37. Nc2 Bh5 38. a4 f5 39. b5 f4 40. e4 dxe4 41. fxe4 Bg6
42. Na3 Bxe4 43. Nc4+ Ke7 44. g3 Bxd3 45. Kxd3 Nc5+ 46. Ke2
fxg3 47. hxg3 Nxa4 48. Nxe5 Nc3+ 49. Kf3 Nxb5 50. Kg4 Ke6
51. Nc6 Kf6 52. Kh5 a6 53. g4 Nd6 54. Nb8 a5 55. Nd7+ Ke7
56. Nc5 Nf7 57. Na4 Ke6 58. Nc5+ Kd5 59. Na4 Ke5 60. Nc3 Nd6
61. Na4 Ke4 62. Nb6 Kf4 63. Nd5+ Kg3 64. Nb6 Kf3 0-1

[Event "Ch World (match)"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1897.01.02"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "16"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Emanuel Lasker"]
[Black "Wilhelm Steinitz"]
[ECO "C71"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. d4 Bd7 6. Bb3 exd4
7. Nxd4 Nf6 8. Nc3 Be7 9. Nde2 Na5 10. O-O O-O 11. f3 Re8
12. Be3 Bf8 13. Qd2 Nxb3 14. axb3 Be6 15. Nf4 Nd7 16. Rad1 c6
17. Qf2 Qa5 18. Qg3 Ne5 19. Nfe2 Bd7 20. Nd4 b5 21. h3 b4
22. Nb1 c5 23. Ne2 Qa2 24. f4 Nc6 25. Bxc5 Rxe4 26. Nbc3 bxc3
27. Nxc3 Qxb2 28. Nxe4 Qxc2 29. Nf6+ Kh8 30. Nxd7 dxc5 31. Qf3
Rc8 32. Ne5 Nxe5 33. fxe5 c4 34. bxc4 Qxc4 35. Kh1 a5 36. Rd7
a4 37. Rxf7 Bb4 38. Rf4 Qc5 39. Qg4 Ba3 40. Rxa4 Re8 41. Qf3
Bb2 42. Ra8 1-0

[Event "Ch World (match)"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1896.12.23"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Emanuel Lasker"]
[Black "Wilhelm Steinitz"]
[ECO "C71"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. d4 Bd7 6. Bb3 Be7
7. dxe5 dxe5 8. Qd5 Be6 9. Qxd8+ Rxd8 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. c3 Nf6
12. Nbd2 Bc5 13. b4 Ba7 14. a4 b5 15. Ke2 Bb6 16. axb5 axb5
17. Ne1 Rf8 18. f3 Rf7 19. Nb3 Nxe4 20. Bb2 Nd6 21. Rf1 Nc4
22. Bc1 Ne7 23. Bg5 Nd5 24. Bxd8 Nf4+ 25. Kd1 Rd7+ 26. Kc2
Ne3+ 27. Kb2 Nxf1 28. Bg5 Ne3 29. Bxf4 exf4 30. Rc1 e5 0-1

[Event "Ch World (match)"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1896.12.29"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Emanuel Lasker"]
[Black "Wilhelm Steinitz"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "155"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. Nc3 f6 6. d4
exd4 7. Qxd4 Bd6 8. Be3 Ne7 9. Nd2 c5 10. Qd3 b5 11. Qe2 c4
12. Qh5+ g6 13. Qh6 Kf7 14. f4 Qf8 15. Qh4 Nc6 16. Nd5 f5
17. Qf6+ Kg8 18. Qxf8+ Bxf8 19. Nxc7 Rb8 20. O-O-O Kf7 21. Nf3
h6 22. e5 Be7 23. Nd5 Bd8 24. h4 Rg8 25. Rhe1 Be6 26. Bc5 b4
27. Ne3 Rb5 28. Bd6 c3 29. b3 a5 30. Rd3 a4 31. Nd4 Nxd4
32. Rxd4 Bxh4 33. Re2 axb3 34. cxb3 Be7 35. Nc2 g5 36. Bxe7
Kxe7 37. Nxb4 gxf4 38. Nc6+ Kf7 39. Rxf4 Rg4 40. Rd4 h5
41. Nd8+ Ke7 42. Nxe6 Kxe6 43. Rd6+ Ke7 44. Rh6 Re4 45. Rf2
Rbxe5 46. Rxh5 Ke6 47. Rh6+ Kd5 48. Rf6 Kd4 49. Rd6+ Kc5
50. Rd8 Re2 51. Rf3 Rxa2 52. Rxc3+ Kb4 53. Rc2 Rxc2+ 54. Kxc2
Re2+ 55. Rd2 Re4 56. Rf2 Rg4 57. Kb2 Re4 58. g3 Re5 59. Rf4+
Kb5 60. Ka3 Rd5 61. Rf3 Ka5 62. b4+ Kb5 63. Kb3 Kb6 64. Kc4
Kc6 65. Rb3 Re5 66. b5+ Kb6 67. Kd4 Re4+ 68. Kd5 Re8 69. Kd6
Re1 70. Rf3 Kxb5 71. Rxf5+ Kc4 72. g4 Kd4 73. g5 Rg1 74. Ke6
Ke4 75. Kf6 Ra1 76. g6 Ra7 77. Re5+ Kf4 78. Re7 1-0

[Event "Ch World (match)"]
[Site "New York (USA)"]
[Date "1896.12.11"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Emanuel Lasker"]
[Black "Wilhelm Steinitz"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. Nc3 Bg4 6. h3
Bxf3 7. Qxf3 Ne7 8. d3 c5 9. Qg3 Ng6 10. Be3 Bd6 11. O-O-O O-O
12. h4 Nf4 13. Kb1 Ne6 14. Qg4 Qe8 15. Ne2 Nd4 16. Nxd4 exd4
17. Bh6 Be5 18. Bc1 Qe6 19. Qe2 f5 20. f4 Bd6 21. e5 Be7
22. h5 Rad8 23. g4 b5 24. Rdg1 c4 25. Rg2 cxd3 26. cxd3 fxg4
27. Rxg4 Rf5 28. Rhg1 Bf8 29. Rg5 Rxg5 30. Rxg5 Rd5 31. Qf3
Rd7 32. Qe4 Rd5 33. Rg2 c6 34. Re2 Qg4 35. e6 Be7 36. Rc2 Qxh5
37. Rxc6 Rd8 38. Rxa6 Qe8 39. Ra7 h5 40. f5 h4 41. Qg4 1-0

[Event "Moscow, WCH"]
[Site "6"]
[Date "1896.11.24"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Emanuel Lasker"]
[Black "Wilhelm Steinitz"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "115"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.Be3 Bxe3
7.fxe3 Na5 8.Bb3 Nxb3 9.axb3 Ng4 10.Qe2 f6 11.d4 c6 12.O-O-O
Qe7 13.h3 Nh6 14.g4 Bd7 15.Nh4 g6 16.Nf3 Nf7 17.Rdg1 O-O-O
18.b4 Kb8 19.Qf2 Rdf8 20.Qg3 h6 21.Rf1 Nd8 22.Rhg1 Ne6 23.Rf2
Nc7 24.Rgf1 Rfg8 25.Nh4 Ne8 26.b5 Ka8 27.bxc6 bxc6 28.Nf3 g5
29.Rg2 h5 30.b3 Rh6 31.Kb2 Rgh8 32.Qf2 Nc7 33.Ra1 Rb8 34.Qe2
Rb7 35.Rgg1 Rh8 36.Rad1 hxg4 37.hxg4 Rc8 38.Qd3 Be6 39.Nd2 Nb5
40.Ndb1 Rbc7 41.Na4 Rb7 42.Kc1 Rcb8 43.Rg2 Rd7 44.Nbc3 Nc7
45.d5 cxd5 46.exd5 Bg8 47.Qc4 Rc8 48.Kb2 Rb8 49.e4 Rdd8 50.Rf2
Rf8 51.Rdf1 Bh7 52.Rxf6 Rxf6 53.Rxf6 Qxf6 54.Qxc7 Qh8 55.Qc6+
Rb7 56.Nb5 Kb8 57.Qxd6+ Kc8 58.Qc6+ 1-0

[Event "Ch World (match)"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1896.11.11"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Emanuel Lasker"]
[Black "Wilhelm Steinitz"]
[ECO "C64"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. c3 Nge7 5. O-O Ng6 6. d4
exd4 7. cxd4 Bb6 8. Nc3 O-O 9. a4 a6 10. Bc4 h6 11. h3 d6
12. Be3 Nce7 13. Re1 c6 14. Qb3 Bc7 15. Nd2 Rb8 16. Rac1 b5
17. axb5 axb5 18. Bd3 Kh8 19. Ne2 f5 20. exf5 Bxf5 21. Bxf5
Rxf5 22. Ng3 Rf8 23. Qe6 Qc8 24. Qxc8 Rfxc8 25. Nb3 Kg8
26. Ne4 Kf7 27. g3 Ke8 28. Re2 Kd7 29. Rce1 Bb6 30. Bf4 Bc7
31. h4 h5 32. Bg5 Bd8 33. g4 hxg4 34. h5 Nf8 35. Nec5+ dxc5
36. Nxc5+ Kd6 37.Bf4+ Kd5 38.Re5+ Kc4 39.Rc1+ Kxd4 40.Re4+ Kd5
41.Rd1+ 1-0

[Event "Ch World (match)"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1896.11.20"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Emanuel Lasker"]
[Black "Wilhelm Steinitz"]
[ECO "C64"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "131"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. c3 Nge7 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4
Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Bxd2+ 8. Qxd2 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Bxc6+ bxc6
11. O-O O-O 12. Nc3 f6 13. Rfe1 Rb8 14. h3 Bf5 15. Rac1 Qd6
16. Nh4 Bd7 17. Ne4 Qf4 18. Qxf4 Nxf4 19. Nc5 Bc8 20. b3 Kf7
21. Nf3 Re8 22. Rxe8 Kxe8 23. Re1+ Kf7 24. Nd2 Ne6 25. Nxe6
Bxe6 26. Ne4 Bd5 27. Nc5 Rb4 28. Rd1 Ke7 29. f3 Kd6 30. Kf2
Rb8 31. Re1 Bf7 32. Ne4+ Kd7 33. Ke3 Bd5 34. Nc5+ Kd6 35. Kd3
h5 36. h4 Rh8 37. Kc3 Rb8 38. f4 Rg8 39. g3 g5 40. fxg5 fxg5
41. Re5 gxh4 42. gxh4 Rg3+ 43. Kb4 Rg4 44. Nb7+ Kd7 45. Rxh5
Rxd4+ 46. Ka5 Bf7 47. Rh6 Rd2 48. Nc5+ Ke7 49. a4 Rd6 50. Rh8
Rd5 51. b4 Be8 52. Rh6 Rf5 53. Re6+ Kd8 54. Re4 Bf7 55. Ka6
Bd5 56. Rd4 Kc8 57. Kxa7 Rh5 58. Rf4 Rh8 59. h5 Ba2 60. h6 Bd5
61. h7 Ba2 62. Re4 Bf7 63. Rh4 Ba2 64. Ne4 Bb3 65. a5 Bc2
66. Rg4 1-0

[Event "Match"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "1897.01.14"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "17"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Wilhelm Steinitz"]
[Black "Emanuel Lasker"]
[ECO "D60"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "126"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Qb3 Nbd7
7. Nf3 c6 8. Bd3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Be2 a6 11. a4 b4 12. Nb1
c5 13. Nbd2 Bb7 14. a5 cxd4 15. exd4 Nd5 16. Be3 Bd6 17. Nc4
Bc7 18. Bg5 f6 19. Bd2 Qe7 20. Ne3 Rab8 21. Bc4 Rfd8 22. O-O
Nf8 23. Rfe1 Qf7 24. Nf1 Kh8 25. Ng3 Bxg3 26. hxg3 Ng6 27. Qd3
Rd6 28. Re2 Bc8 29. Ne1 Qd7 30. Nc2 e5 31. Rae1 Bb7 32. Qb3
Bc6 33. Nxb4 Nxb4 34. Bxb4 Rxd4 35. Qc3 Bxg2 36. Kxg2 Qc6+
37. Re4 Rxe4 38. Rxe4 Qxe4+ 39. Kg1 Qb7 40. Bc5 Rd8 41. Be2 e4
42. b4 Ne5 43. Be3 Nd3 44. Bb6 Rc8 45. Qd4 h6 46. Kh2 Ne5
47. Qd1 Rc3 48. Qd6 Nf3+ 49. Kg2 Qf7 50. g4 Qa2 51. Bf1 Nh4+
52. Kg1 Rc1 53. Be3 Nf3+ 54. Kg2 Rxf1 55. Qxa6 Rg1+ 56. Kh3
Qd5 57. Qc8+ Kh7 58. a6 Rh1+ 59. Kg2 Rg1+ 60. Kh3 Rh1+ 61. Kg2
Nh4+ 62. Kxh1 Qd1+ 63. Kh2 Qf1 0-1

[Event "London"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "1899.07.06"]
[EventDate "1899.05.30"]
[Round "27"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Wilhelm Steinitz"]
[Black "Emanuel Lasker"]
[ECO "C29"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d5 4. d3 Nc6 5. fxe5 Nxe5 6. d4 Ng6
7. exd5 Nxd5 8. Nxd5 Qxd5 9. Nf3 Bg4 10. Be2 O-O-O 11. c3 Bd6
12. O-O Rhe8 13. h3 Bd7 14. Ng5 Nh4 15. Nf3 Nxg2 16. Kxg2
Bxh3+ 17. Kf2 f6 18. Rg1 g5 19. Bxg5 fxg5 20. Rxg5 Qe6 21. Qd3
Bf4 22. Rh1 Bxg5 23. Nxg5 Qf6+ 24. Bf3 Bf5 25. Nxh7 Qg6
26. Qb5 c6 27. Qa5 Re7 28. Rh5 Bg4 29. Rg5 Qc2+ 30. Kg3 Bxf3
0-1

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg  RUS"]
[Date "1914.05.18"]
[EventDate "1914.04.21"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Emanuel Lasker"]
[Black "Jose Raul Capablanca"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.d4 exd4 6.Qxd4 Qxd4
7.Nxd4 Bd6 8.Nc3 Ne7 9.O-O O-O 10.f4 Re8 11.Nb3 f6 12.f5 b6
13.Bf4 Bb7 14.Bxd6 cxd6 15.Nd4 Rad8 16.Ne6 Rd7 17.Rad1 Nc8
18.Rf2 b5 19.Rfd2 Rde7 20.b4 Kf7 21.a3 Ba8 22.Kf2 Ra7 23.g4 h6
24.Rd3 a5 25.h4 axb4 26.axb4 Rae7 27.Kf3 Rg8 28.Kf4 g6 29.Rg3
g5+ 30.Kf3 Nb6 31.hxg5 hxg5 32.Rh3 Rd7 33.Kg3 Ke8 34.Rdh1 Bb7
35.e5 dxe5 36.Ne4 Nd5 37.N6c5 Bc8 38.Nxd7 Bxd7 39.Rh7 Rf8
40.Ra1 Kd8 41.Ra8+ Bc8 42.Nc5 1-0

[Event "Habana, WCH"]
[Site "Habana, WCH"]
[Date "1921.04.13"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Jose Raul Capablanca"]
[Black "Emanuel Lasker"]
[ECO "D63"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1.d4 {Notes by J. R. Capablanca} d5 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 Nf6 4.Bg5
Nbd7 5.e3 Be7 6.Nc3 O-O 7.Rc1 Re8 8.Qc2 c6 9.Bd3 dxc4 10.Bxc4
Nd5 11.Bxe7 Rxe7 12.O-O Nf8 13.Rfd1 Bd7 {I do not consider the
system adopted by Dr. Lasker in this game to be any good.}
14.e4 Nb6 {...Nxc3 would have simplified matters somewhat, but
it would have left Black in avery awkward position. The text
move, by driving back the bishop, gains time for the defense.}
15.Bf1 Rc8 16.b4 {To prevent c5, either now or a later
stage. There is no Black bishop and White’s whole plan is
based on that fact. He will attempt, in due time, to place a
knight on d6.} Be8 17.Qb3 {White might have played a4 at once,
but wanted at first to prevent the Black Queen from coming out
via d6 an f4.} Rec7 18.a4 Ng6 19.a5 Nd7 20.e5 b6 21.Ne4 Rb8
22.Qc3 {Qa3 at once was best. The text move gives Black a
chance to gain time.} Nf4 23.Nd6 Nd5 {Had the White Queen been
at a3 Black could not have gained this very important tempo.}
24.Qa3 f6 25.Nxe8 {This Bishop had to be taken, since it
threatened to go to h5, pinning the Knight.} Qxe8 26.exf6 gxf6
{To retake with either Knight would have left the e Pawn
extremely weak.} 27.b5 {With this move White gets rid of his
Queen's side Pawns.} Rbc8 28.bxc6 Rxc6 29.Rxc6 Rxc6 30.axb6
axb6 31.Re1 {Bb5 was better.} Qc8 32.Nd2 {This was my sealed
move and unquestionably the only move to keep the initiative.}
Nf8 {...Rc3 would have been met by Qa1.} 33.Ne4 {The White
Knight stands now in a very commanding position. Black's game
is far more difficult than appears at first glance and I
believe that the only good system of defense would have to be
based on ...f5, after ...h6, driving back the White Knight.}
Qd8 34.h4 Rc7 {This might be said to be the losing move. Black
had to play ...h6 in order to be ready to continue with ...f5,
forcing the White Knight to withdraw.} 35.Qb3 {White's plan
consists in getting rid of Black's powerfully posted Knight at
d5, which is the key to Black's defense.} Rg7 36.g3 Ra7 37.Bc4
Ra5 38.Nc3 Nxc3 39.Qxc3 Kf7 40.Qe3 Qd6 41.Qe4 Ra4 {Neither one
of us had very much time left at this stage of the
game. Black's alternative was ...Ra7, which would have been
met by d5, leaving Black with what in my opinion is a lost
position.} 42.Qb7+ Kg6 {If 42...Qe7 43.Qc6 wins.} 43.Qc8 Qb4
44.Rc1 Qe7 {Black's game was now hopeless; for instance
44...Qa3 (best) 45.Bd3+! f5 (best) 46.Qe8+ Kh6 47.Re1 Ra8
48.Rxe6+ Nxe6 49.Qxe6+ Kg7 50.Qe5+, etc. In practically all
the other variations the check with the Bishop at d3 wins.}
45.Bd3+ Kh6 {..f5 would have prolonged the game a few moves
only. 46.Rc7 would always win.} 46.Rc7 Ra1+ 47.Kg2 Qd6
48.Qxf8+ 1-0

[Event "Habana, WCH"]
[Site "Habana, WCH"]
[Date "1921.03.29"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Jose Raul Capablanca"]
[Black "Emanuel Lasker"]
[ECO "D63"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1.d4 {Notes by J.R. Capablanca} d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Bg5
Nbd7 5.e3 Be7 6.Nc3 O-O 7.Rc1 b6 8.cxd5 exd5 9.Qa4 c5
{Considered up to now the best answer for Black, but I believe
to have had the pleasure of finding over the board in this
game the one way to knock it out.} 10.Qc6 Rb8 11.Nxd5 Bb7
12.Nxe7+ Qxe7 13.Qa4 Rbc8 14.Qa3 {This move might be said to
be the key of White's whole plan. The main point was to be
able to play Ba6.} Qe6 15.Bxf6 {This exchange had to be made
before putting the plan into execution.} Qxf6 16.Ba6 Bxf3
{Dr. Lasker thought for over half an hour before deciding on
this continuation. It is not only the best, but it shows at
the same time the fine hand of the master. An ordinary player
would never have thought of giving up the exchange in order to
keep the initiative in this position, which was really the
only reasonable way in which he could hope to draw the game.}
17.Bxc8 Rxc8 18.gxf3 Qxf3 19.Rg1 Re8 20.Qd3 g6 21.Kf1 {The
play here was extremely difficult. I probably did not find the
best system of defense. I can not yet tell which was the best
defense here, but it is my believe that with the best play
White should win.} Re4 22.Qd1 Qh3+ 23.Rg2 Nf6 24.Kg1 cxd4
25.Rc4 {The move with which I counted upon to check Black’s
attack.} dxe3 26.Rxe4 Nxe4 27.Qd8+ Kg7 28.Qd4+ Nf6 29.fxe3 Qe6
30.Rf2 g5 31.h4 gxh4 {This was Lasker's sealed move. It was
not the best. His chance to draw was to play Kg6.Any other
continuation should lose.} 32.Qxh4 Ng4 33.Qg5+ Kf8 34.Rf5 {Not
the best. Rd2 would have won. The text move gives Black a
chance to draw the game.} h5 35.Qd8+ Kg7 36.Qg5+ Kf8 37.Qd8+
Kg7 38.Qg5+ Kf8 39.b3 Qd6 40.Qf4 Qd1+ 41.Qf1 Qd7 42.Rxh5 Nxe3
43.Qf3 Qd4 44.Qa8+ {Not the best.Kh1 offered better chances of
success.} Ke7 45.Qb7+ Kf8 {A blunder, which loses what would
otherwise have been a drawn game. It will be noticed that it
was Dr. Lasker's forty-fifth move. He had very little time to
think and, furthermore, by his own admission, he entirely
misjudged the value of the position, believing that he had
chances of winning, when, in fact, all he could hope for was a
draw.} 46.Qb8+ 1-0

[Event "Habana, WCH"]
[Site "Habana, WCH"]
[Date "1921.04.20"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Emanuel Lasker"]
[Black "Jose Raul Capablanca"]
[ECO "C66"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "112"]


1.e4 {Notes by J.R. Capablanca} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O
d6 5.d4 Bd7 6.Nc3 Be7 7.Bxc6 Bxc6 8.Qd3 exd4 9.Nxd4 Bd7 10.Bg5
O-O 11.Rae1 h6 12.Bh4 Nh7 13.Bxe7 Qxe7 14.Nd5 Qd8 15.c4 {White
has now a powerful position and Black has to play with extreme
care in order to avoid drifting into a hopeless position.} Re8
16.f4 c6 {This weakens the queen's pawn, but something had to
be done to obtain manouvering space for the White
pieces. Besides, with the advance of the f-Pawn, White's
king's pawn becomes also weak, which is somewhat of a
compensation.} 17.Nc3 Qb6 18.b3 Rad8 {Unnecessary. Re7 was the
proper move.} 19.Kh1 Nf6 20.h3 Bc8 21.Rd1 {This is waste of
time. In order to obain an advantage, White will have to make
an attack on the king's side, since Black's queen's pawn,
though weak, cannot be won through a direct attack against
it.} Re7 22.Rfe1 Rde8 23.Re2 Qa5 24.Rf1 Qh5 25.Kg1 a6 26.Rff2
Qg6 27.Rf3 {If 27.Nf5 Bxf5 28.exf5 Qh5 29.Rxe7 Rxe7 and Black
has a good game.} Qh5 28.f5 {Of doutbful value. While it shuts
off the bishop, it weakens furthermore the king's pawn and
also creates a hole on e5 for Black's pieces. The position at
first glance, looks very much in favor of White, but careful
analysis will show that is much more apparent than true.} Qh4
29.Kh2 {A blunder, made under time pressure combined with
difficulties attached to the position.} Ng4+ 30.Kh1 Ne5 31.Qd2
Nxf3 32.Nxf3 Qf6 {Qg3 was dangerous and might lead to the loss
of some material} 33.a4 {To prevent b5. There are a number of
variations where White would regain the quality in exchange
for a pawn had he played 33. g4, to be followed by e5 and
Ne4,but the resulting ending would be so much in favor of
Black that the course pursued by White may be considered the
best.} g6 34.fxg6 fxg6 35.Re3 Bf5 36.Qd3 {There were some very
interesting variations beginning with 36.Rd3, viz.,36...Bxe4
37.Rxd6 Qg7 38.Nh4 Bf5 39.Nxf5 gxf5 40.Rxh6 Re1+ 41.Kh2 Qe5+
42.g3 Qxc3, and White is lost.} g5 37.Nd2 Bg6 38.b4 {White's
idea is to change as many pawns as possible, hoping to reach
an ending where the advantage of the exchange may not be
sufficient to win.} Qe6 39.b5 axb5 40.axb5 Ra8 41.Qb1 Qe5
42.Qe1 Kh7 43.bxc6 bxc6 44.Qg3 Qxg3 45.Rxg3 Ra3 46.Kh2 Rb7
47.c5 {Forced, as Rb2, winning a piece, was threatened.} dxc5
48.Nc4 Ra1 49.Ne5 Rc1 {The moves of this rook are worth
studying. I believe that Black had no better way to play.}
50.h4 {This brings the game to a climax, for which Black is
now ready.} Re7 51.Nxc6 Re6 52.Nd8 gxh4 53.Rd3 Rf6 {The key to
Black's defence. The holding of the KB file.} 54.Rd7+ Kh8
55.Nd5 Rff1 56.Kh3 Bxe4 0-1

[Event "Habana, WCH"]
[Site "Habana, WCH"]
[Date "1921.04.08"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Emanuel Lasker"]
[Black "Jose Raul Capablanca"]
[ECO "D61"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "136"]

1.d4 {Notes by J. R. Capablanca} d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5
Be7 5.e3 O-O 6.Nf3 Nbd7 7.Qc2 c5 8.Rd1 Qa5 9.Bd3 h6 10.Bh4
cxd4 11.exd4 dxc4 12.Bxc4 Nb6 13.Bb3 Bd7 14.O-O {The
development is now complete. White has a lone d Pawn, but, on
the otherhand, Black is somewhat hampered in the manoeuvering
of his pieces.} Rac8 15.Ne5 Bb5 {With this move and the
following, Black brings about an exchange of pieces, which
leaves him with a free game.} 16.Rfe1 Nbd5 17.Bxd5 Nxd5
18.Bxe7 Nxe7 19.Qb3 Bc6 {Not Ba6 because of Nd7, followed by
Nc5.} 20.Nxc6 bxc6 21.Re5 Qb6 22.Qc2 Rfd8 23.Ne2 {Probably
White's first mistake. He wants to take a good defensive
position, but he should instead have counter-attacked with Na4
and Rc5.} Rd5 24.Rxd5 cxd5 {Black has now the open file and
his left side Pawn position is very solid, while White has a
weak d-Pawn. The apparently weak Black a Pawn is not actually
weak because White has no way to attack it.} 25.Qd2 Nf5 26.b3
{In order to free the Queen from the defense of the b-Pawn and
also to prevent Rc4 at any stage.} h5 { In order to prevent g4
at a later stage. Also to make a demonstration on the king’s
side, prepatory to further operations on the other side.}
27.h3 {Weak, but White wants to be ready to play g4.} h4 {To
tie up White's King side. Later on it will be seen that White
is compelled to play g4 and thus further weaken his game.}
28.Qd3 Rc6 29.Kf1 g6 30.Qb1 Qb4 31.Kg1 {This was White's
sealed move. It was not the best move, but it is doubtful if
White has any good system of defense.} a5 32.Qb2 a4 {Now Black
exchanges the pawn and leaves White with a weak, isolated
b-Pawn, which will fall sooner or later.} 33.Qd2 Qxd2 34.Rxd2
axb3 35.axb3 Rb6 {In order to force Rd3 and thus prevent the
White rook from supporting his b-Pawn by Rb2 later on. It
means practically tying up the White rook to the defense of
his two weak pawns. } 36.Rd3 Ra6 37.g4 hxg3 38.fxg3 Ra2 39.Nc3
Rc2 40.Nd1 {The alternative Na4, was not any better. White’s
game is doomed. } Ne7 41.Nc3 Rc1+ 42.Kf2 Nc6 43.Nd1 Rb1 {Not
Nb4 because of 44. Rd2 Rb1 45. Nb2 Rxb2 46.Rxb2 Nd3+ 47.Ke2
Nxb2 48.Kd2, and Black could not win. } 44.Ke2 {Not a mistake,
but played deliberately. White had no way to protect his
b-Pawn.} Rxb3 45.Ke3 Rb4 46.Nc3 Ne7 47.Ne2 Nf5+ 48.Kf2 g5
49.g4 Nd6 50.Ng1 Ne4+ 51.Kf1 Rb1+ 52.Kg2 Rb2+ 53.Kf1 Rf2+
54.Ke1 Ra2 {All these moves have a meaning. The student should
carefully study them.} 55.Kf1 Kg7 56.Re3 Kg6 57.Rd3 f6 58.Re3
Kf7 59.Rd3 Ke7 60.Re3 Kd6 61.Rd3 Rf2+ 62.Ke1 Rg2 63.Kf1 Ra2
64.Re3 e5 {This was my sealed move and unquestionably the best
way to win.} 65.Rd3 {If 65.Ne2 Nd2+ 66.Kf2 e4 67.Rc3 Nf3
68.Ke3 Ne1 69.Kf2 Ng2. and White would be helpless. If 65.Nf3
Nd2+ exchanging knights wins.} exd4 66.Rxd4 Kc5 67.Rd1 d4
68.Rc1+ Kd5 {There is nothing left. The Black pawn will
advance and White will have to give up his Knight for it. This
is the finest win of the match and probably took away from
Dr. Lasker his last real hope of winning or drawing the
match.} 0-1

[Event "New York"]
[Site "New York, NY USA"]
[Date "1924.04.05"]
[EventDate "1924.03.16"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Jose Raul Capablanca"]
[Black "Emanuel Lasker"]
[ECO "A50"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bf4 e6
7. e3 Be7 8. Bd3 O-O 9. O-O Nh5 10. Be5 f5 11. Rc1 Nf6
12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Nh4 Kh8 14. f4 Rg8 15. Rf3 Bd7 16. Rh3 Be8
17. a3 Rg7 18. Rg3 Rxg3 19. hxg3 Rc8 20. Kf2 Na5 21. Qf3 Nc4
22. Qe2 Nd6 23. Rh1 Ne4+ 24. Bxe4 fxe4 25. Qg4 f5 26. Nxf5
exf5 27. Qxf5 h5 28. g4 Rc6 29. g5 Kg8 30. Nxd5 Bf7 31. Nxe7+
Qxe7 32. g4 hxg4 33. Qh7+ Kf8 34. Rh6 Bg8 35. Qf5+ Kg7
36. Rxc6 bxc6 37. Kg3 Qe6 38. Kxg4 Qxf5+ 39. Kxf5 Bd5 40. b4
a6 41. Kg4 Bc4 42. f5 Bb3 43. Kf4 Bc2 44. Ke5 Kf7 45. a4 Kg7
46. d5 Bxa4 47. d6 c5 48. bxc5 Bc6 49. Ke6 a5 50. f6+ 1-0

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1935.02.27"]
[EventDate "1935.02.15"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Emanuel Lasker"]
[Black "Jose Raul Capablanca"]
[ECO "C15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "127"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nge2 dxe4 5.a3 Be7 6.Nxe4 Nf6
7.N2c3 Nbd7 8.Bf4 Nxe4 9.Nxe4 Nf6 10.Bd3 O-O 11.Nxf6+ Bxf6
12.c3 Qd5 13.Qe2 c6 14.O-O Re8 15.Rad1 Bd7 16.Rfe1 Qa5 17.Qc2
g6 18.Be5 Bg7 19.h4 Qd8 20.h5 Qg5 21.Bxg7 Kxg7 22.Re5 Qe7
23.Rde1 Rg8 24.Qc1 Rad8 25.R1e3 Bc8 26.Rh3 Kf8 27.Qh6+ Rg7
28.hxg6 hxg6 29.Bxg6 Qf6 30.Rg5 Ke7 31.Rf3 Qxf3 32.gxf3 Rdg8
33.Kf1 Rxg6 34.Rxg6 Rxg6 35.Qh2 Kd7 36.Qf4 f6 37.c4 a6 38.Qh4
Rg5 39.Qh7+ Kd8 40.Qh8+ Kc7 41.Qxf6 Rf5 42.Qg7+ Bd7 43.Ke2 Kc8
44.Qh8+ Kc7 45.Qh2+ Kc8 46.Qd6 Rh5 47.Ke3 Rf5 48.Ke4 Rh5
49.Qf8+ Kc7 50.Qf4+ Kc8 51.Qd6 Rf5 52.Ke3 Rh5 53.Kd3 Rf5
54.Ke2 Rh5 55.Kd2 Rf5 56.Ke3 Rh5 57.Qf8+ Kc7 58.Qf4+ Kc8
59.Qd6 Rf5 60.Qg3 Rh5 61.Qg4 Rf5 62.Qg8+ Kc7 63.Qg3+ Kc8
64.Qg6 1-0

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1936.06.03"]
[EventDate "1936.05.14"]
[Round "15"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Emanuel Lasker"]
[Black "Jose Raul Capablanca"]
[ECO "B58"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2
Bd7 7. Be3 e6 8. Qd2 a6 9. f4 Qc7 10. Nb3 b5 11. Bf3 Rb8
12. Ne2 Be7 13. O-O O-O 14. Ng3 a5 15. Nd4 a4 16. Rae1 Rfc8
17. Rf2 Ne8 18. Nxc6 Bxc6 19. f5 e5 20. Nh5 Qb7 21. Bg5 f6
22. Be3 Nc7 23. Qd1 Rd8 24. Rd2 Kh8 25. a3 Rbc8 26. Bf2 d5
27. exd5 Nxd5 28. Bxd5 Rxd5 29. Qg4 Bc5 30. Red1 Bxf2+
31. Kxf2 Rcd8 32. Rxd5 Rxd5 33. Rxd5 Bxd5 34. Qb4 Qa7+ 35. Ke2
Bc4+ 36. Kf3 Qa8+ 37. Kf2 Qd8 38. Qc3 Qd1 39. Ng3 h6 40. b3
axb3 41. cxb3 Bxb3 42. Nf1 Qb1 43. g4 Bc4 44. Ne3 Qh1 45. Nxc4
Qxh2+ 46. Ke1 Qg1+ 47. Kd2 Qf2+ 48. Kc1 Qf1+ 49. Kd2 bxc4
50. a4 Qf4+ 51. Kc2 Qxg4 52. a5 Qxf5+ 53. Kc1 Qf2 54. Qa3 Kh7
0-1

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg  RUS"]
[Date "1914.05.17"]
[EventDate "1914.04.21"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Alekhine"]
[Black "Emanuel Lasker"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "178"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. Nc3 f6 6. d4
exd4 7. Qxd4 Qxd4 8. Nxd4 Bd6 9. Be3 Ne7 10. O-O-O O-O 11. Nb3
Ng6 12. Bc5 Bf4+ 13. Kb1 Re8 14. Rhe1 b6 15. Be3 Be5 16. Bd4
Nh4 17. Rg1 Be6 18. f4 Bd6 19. Bf2 Ng6 20. f5 Bxb3 21. axb3
Nf8 22. Bxb6 Bxh2 23. Rh1 cxb6 24. Rxh2 b5 25. Re1 Nd7 26. Nd1
a5 27. Rh3 b4 28. Nf2 Nc5 29. Rhe3 a4 30. bxa4 Nxa4 31. e5
fxe5 32. Rxe5 Reb8 33. Ne4 b3 34. Re2 Nb6 35. cxb3 Nd5 36. g4
h6 37. g5 hxg5 38. Nxg5 Nf6 39. Re7 Rxb3 40. Rg2 Nd5 41. Rd7
Rd3 42. Rxd5 Rxd5 43. Ne6 Kf7 44. Rxg7+ Kf6 45. Rc7 Rd6
46. Nf4 Kxf5 47. Rf7+ Ke5 48. Kc2 Rh6 49. Nd3+ Kd6 50. Rf5 Rb8
51. Kc3 Kc7 52. Rf7+ Kb6 53. Rd7 Rh3 54. Rd4 Rbh8 55. Rb4+ Kc7
56. Kc2 R8h4 57. Rb3 Rh2+ 58. Kc3 R4h3 59. Rb4 Rh5 60. Rg4
R2h3 61. Kc2 Rd5 62. Nf4 Rc5+ 63. Kb1 Rh1+ 64. Ka2 Ra5+
65. Kb3 Rb5+ 66. Kc3 Kb6 67. Nd3 Rh3 68. Kc2 Rd5 69. Rb4+ Kc7
70. Rb3 Rh2+ 71. Kc3 Kd6 72. Ra3 Rg2 73. Ra1 Rg3 74. Rd1 Kc7
75. Rd2 Kb6 76. Rd1 Kb5 77. Kc2 Kc4 78. b3+ Kb5 79. Rd2 Rh3
80. Rd1 Rh2+ 81. Kc3 Rd8 82. Rg1 Rh3 83. Rd1 Rdh8 84. Rg1 R8h5
85. Kc2 Rd5 86. Rd1 Rg5 87. Rd2 Rhg3 88. Nc1 Rg2 89. Ne2 Kb6
0-1

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg  RUS"]
[Date "1914.05.10"]
[EventDate "1914.04.21"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Emanuel Lasker"]
[Black "Alexander Alekhine"]
[ECO "D08"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 d4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. a3 Bg4 6. Nbd2 Qe7
7. h3 Bxf3 8. Nxf3 O-O-O 9. Qd3 h6 10. g3 g6 11. Bg2 Bg7
12. O-O Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. b4 f5 15. c5 Qe6 16. c6 Ne7
17. cxb7+ Kb8 18. Bb2 Rd6 19. Rac1 Rhd8 20. Rc2 f4 21. gxf4
Bxf4 22. Rd1 Nf5 23. Bc1 Ne3 24. Rc5 Qf6 25. Qe4 Nxd1 26. Bxf4
Nc3 27. Bxd6 Qxd6 28. Qe5 Qb6 29. Qe7 Qd6 30. Re5 d3 31. exd3
Qxd3 32. Re3 Qd1+ 33. Kh2 Nb5 34. Re6 Nxa3 35. Rf6 1-0

[Event "New York"]
[Site "New York, NY USA"]
[Date "1924.03.18"]
[EventDate "1924.03.16"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Alekhine"]
[Black "Emanuel Lasker"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4
c6 7. e3 Nh5 8. Bd3 Nxf4 9. exf4 Bd6 10. g3 O-O 11. O-O Re8
12. Qc2 Nf8 13. Nd1 f6 14. Ne3 Be6 15. Nh4 Bc7 16. b4 Bb6
17. Nf3 Bf7 18. b5 Bh5 19. g4 Bf7 20. bxc6 Rc8 21. Qb2 bxc6
22. f5 Qd6 23. Ng2 Bc7 24. Rfe1 h5 25. h3 Nh7 26. Rxe8+ Rxe8
27. Re1 Rb8 28. Qc1 Ng5 29. Ne5 fxe5 30. Qxg5 e4 31. f6 g6
32. f4 hxg4 33. Be2 gxh3 34. Bh5 Rb2 35. Nh4 Qxf4 36. Qxf4
Bxf4 0-1

[Event "Zurich"]
[Site "Zurich SWI"]
[Date "1934.07.25"]
[EventDate "1934.07.14"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Alekhine"]
[Black "Emanuel Lasker"]
[ECO "D67"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 Be7 5.Bg5 Nbd7 6.e3 O-O 7.Rc1
c6 8.Bd3 dxc4 9.Bxc4 Nd5 10.Bxe7 Qxe7 11.Ne4 N5f6 12.Ng3 e5
13.O-O exd4 14.Nf5 Qd8 15.N3xd4 Ne5 16.Bb3 Bxf5 17.Nxf5 Qb6
18.Qd6 Ned7 19.Rfd1 Rad8 20.Qg3 g6 21.Qg5 Kh8 22.Nd6 Kg7 23.e4
Ng8 24.Rd3 f6 25.Nf5+ Kh8 26.Qxg6 1-0

[Event "Maehrisch-Ostrau"]
[Site "Maehrisch-Ostrau, Czechoslovakia"]
[Date "1923.07.10"]
[EventDate "1923.07.01"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Emanuel Lasker"]
[Black "Max Euwe"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "129"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. Qc1 h6 5. h3 b6 6. Nc3 Bb7
7. Qd2 a6 8. Rd1 e6 9. Qc1 d6 10. g3 Nbd7 11. Bg2 Qe7 12. Nh4
Bxg2 13. Nxg2 e5 14. dxe5 dxe5 15. Be3 Qe6 16. f3 O-O-O
17. Kf2 g5 18. b4 Nb8 19. Qa3 Rxd1 20. Nxd1 Qf5 21. Nc3 Rd8
22. g4 Qxc2 23. Rc1 Qg6 24. b5 a5 25. Bxb6 Nxg4+ 26. hxg4
Qxb6+ 27. Kf1 h5 28. Qb3 Qe6 29. Qxe6+ fxe6 30. gxh5 Rh8
31. Kf2 Rxh5 32. Ne4 Bf8 33. Kg3 Rh8 34. Ne3 Bb4 35. Nc4 Rd8
36. Kg4 Kb7 37. Kxg5 c6 38. b6 Nd7 39. Kg6 Nxb6 40. Nxe5 Nd5
41. Nxc6 Nf4+ 42. Kg5 Rf8 43. Nxb4 axb4 44. Rc2 Rf5+ 45. Kg4
Kb6 46. Nd6 Rf8 47. Rc8 Rf6 48. Kg5 Nd5 49. Rc2 Rf8 50. Kg6
Nc3 51. Nc4+ Kc5 52. Ne5 Ra8 53. Nd3+ Kb5 54. Nc1 Rf8 55. Kg7
Rf5 56. a3 Ka4 57. axb4 Kxb4 58. Na2+ Nxa2 59. Rxa2 Kc3
60. Ra4 Re5 61. e4 Rb5 62. f4 Kd3 63. Kf6 Ke3 64. e5 Rb6
65. f5 1-0

[Event "Zurich"]
[Site "Zurich SWI"]
[Date "1934.07.14"]
[EventDate "1934.07.14"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Max Euwe"]
[Black "Emanuel Lasker"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Nbd7 5.e3 c6 6.Nf3 Be7 7.Qc2
O-O 8.a3 Re8 9.Rc1 dxc4 10.Bxc4 Nd5 11.Bxe7 Qxe7 12.Ne4 N5f6
13.Ng3 c5 14.O-O cxd4 15.Nxd4 Nb6 16.Ba2 Rb8 17.e4 Rd8 18.Rfd1
Bd7 19.e5 Ne8 20.Bb1 g6 21.Qe4 Ba4 22.b3 Bd7 23.a4 Nd5 24.Bd3
Rbc8 25.Bc4 Bc6 26.Nxc6 bxc6 27.Rd3 Nb4 28.Rf3 Rc7 29.h4 Rcd7
30.h5 Qg5 31.Re1 Rd4 32.hxg6 hxg6 33.Qe2 Rd2 34.Qf1 Nc2 35.Ne4
Qxe5 36.Nf6+ Qxf6 37.Rxf6 Nxf6 38.Rc1 Ne4 39.Be2 Nd4 40.Bf3
Nxf2 41.Qc4 Nd3 42.Rf1 Ne5 43.Qb4 Nexf3+ 44.gxf3 Ne2+ 45.Kh2
Nf4+ 46.Kh1 R2d4 47.Qe7 Kg7 48.Qc7 R8d5 49.Re1 Rg5 50.Qxc6 Rd8
0-1

[Event "Nottingham"]
[Site "Nottingham ENG"]
[Date "1936.08.25"]
[EventDate "1936.08.10"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Emanuel Lasker"]
[Black "Max Euwe"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. d4 {Notes by Alekhine} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5
5. Bd3 {This seems to promise even less winning chances than
the more usual 5 cxd5 after which Black gets a satisfactory
position by the manouver ... Qc8 and eventually ...Nfd7} e6
6. cxd5 {If first 6 Bxf5 exf5 and then 7 cxd5, Black would
reply Nxd5.} Bxd3 7. Qxd3 exd5 {The position now reached is
familiar with colors reversed, in a variation of the Caro Kann
Defence (1 e4 c6 2 d4 d5 3 exd5 cxd5 4 c3) in which Black - as
in this case White - has to choose between a "minority attack"
on the Q side or a break in the center by e4. Dr. Lasker
selects the second method, which gives him, however, only
prospects for a draw.} 8. Nc3 Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Nbd7
{White's next move could not be prevented.} 11. e4 dxe4
12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 {This looks like a drawing proposition,
as after Black's next move further liquidation will be
practically forced. But White had no objective reason to avoid
a draw, as the alternative 13 Rxe4 Qf6 would now offer him
attacking chances.} Re8 14. Qxe8+ Qxe8 15. Rxe8+ Rxe8 16. Kf1
{At this moment the game might safely be declared a draw;
certainly with more reason that many other games in this
tournament. That the draw was not declared here was only, I
presume, because neither player offered one, for different
reasons. Dr. Lasker, because (although he doubtless was
perfectly aware that his isolated pawn is by no means a
serious weakness) he was, theoretically at least, at a slight
disadvantage; Dr. Euwe because as the new champion he felt
obliged to exploit even the shade of a winning chance. The
unfortunate result was the ending catastrophe, which changed
the normal course of the tournament.} Nb6 17. Bd2 f6 18. Re1
Rxe1+ 19. Nxe1 Kf7 20. Ke2 Ke6 21. h3 Nc4 22. Bc1 Bc7 23. Kd3
Ba5 {?? This move is hard indeed to understand, as even the
answers 24 Nc2 or 24 Kxc4 Be1 25 Be3 would yield Black no
advantage.} 24. b4 {! The rest of the game requires no
comment.} Bxb4 25. Nc2 Bd2 26. Bxd2 Nb2+ 27. Ke3 Kd5 28. Bc1
Nc4+ 29. Kd3 Nb6 30. Ne3+ Ke6 31. Nc4 Nc8 32. Na5 Nd6 33. Bf4
1-0

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1936.05.27"]
[EventDate "1936.05.14"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[Black "Emanuel Lasker"]
[ECO "E07"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "41"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 Be7 5.O-O O-O 6.d4 Nbd7 7.Nc3
dxc4 8.e4 c6 9.a4 a5 10.Qe2 Nb6 11.Rd1 Bb4 12.Ne5 Qe7 13.Be3
Bd7 14.Nxc4 Nxc4 15.Qxc4 b5 16.Qe2 Rab8 17.axb5 cxb5 18.e5 Ne8
19.d5 exd5 20.Nxd5 Qxe5 21.Nxb4 1-0

[Event "Wch10-GER/OST (Berlin)"]
[Site "Wch10-GER/OST (Berlin)"]
[Date "1910.01.30"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Carl Schlechter"]
[Black "Emanuel Lasker"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1. e4 {Notes by J. R. Capablanca.} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4
4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Bc4 d6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. e5 Ng4 {Of
course if 8...dxe5 9.Bxf7+.} 9. e6 {The advance of this pawnso
early in the game is at least very risky. Black's game is
perfectly safe, while White hto struggle to protect this
advanced pawn.} f5 10. O-O Bg7 11. Bf4 Qb6 {If 11...d5 12.Nxd5
cxd5 13.Qxd5 winning.} 12. Bb3 Ba6 13. Na4 Qd4 14. Qxd4 Bxd4
15. c4 O-O $1 16. Rad1 Bf6 {16...c5 was the alternative ; in
which case White would probably play 17.Nc3 Bxc3 18.bxc3 Kg7
19.Rfe1, and White's game seems good.} $1 17. Rfe1 $6 g5
18. Bxd6 {Played with very fine judgement. The pawn at e6
which was weak becomes very strong now.} $1 18... exd6
19. Rxd6 Be5 20. c5 {Fine. If 20...Bxd6 21.cxd6 and the two
white pawns would become irresistable. This is one of the
finest games of the match. Black has to play with great
caution to avoid White's many threats.} Rfe8 21. g3 {If 21.h3
Bh2+ 22.Kh1 Bxd6 23.cxd6 Nxf2+ 24.Kh2 Ne4, and if 21.f3 Bxh2+
22.Kh1 Bg3, or perhaps 22.Bxd6 23.cxd6 Nf2+ 24.Kh2 Nd3.} $1
Bf6 22. Rxc6 Bb7 {Black might have played here 22...Bb5 23.Rd6
Rac8, with what appears to be a very good game. If in answer
to 22...Bb5 23.Rc7 then 23...Re7, or if 23.e7+ in answer to
22...Bb5 then 23...Kg7 24.Rc7 Ne5 25.Re3 f4 26.Re4 Nf3+ 27.Kg2
Nd2 and Black's game looks very good.} 23. Rc7 Be4 24. Nc3
Bxc3 25. bxc3 Ne5 26. Rd1 Nf3+ 27. Kf1 Nxh2+ 28. Ke1 Nf3+
29. Ke2 Ne5 30. Rdd7 30... f4 31. Rg7+ Kh8 32. Rxg5 Bd3+
33. Kd1 fxg3 $1 34. fxg3 Ng6 {All this play is very
fine. Unfortunately for Black, he has no pawns left by the
time the attack is over.} 35. Rd5 Be4 36. Rd6 Bf5 37. Bd5 Rab8
38. c6 Nf8 39. Rb7 Rbc8 40. e7 Ng6 41. Bf7 Rxe7 42. Bxg6 Bg4+
43. Kc1 Re1+ 44. Kb2 hxg6 45. Rxg6 Bf5 46. Rf6 Be4 47. Rxa7
Rb1+ 48. Ka3 Bxc6 1/2-1/2

