[Event "Nuremberg"]
[Site "Nuremberg GER"]
[Date "1883.07.16"]
[EventDate "1883.07.16"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Fritz"]
[Black "James Mason"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "42"]

1. e4 {From Emmanual Lasker's "How To Play Chess."} e6 {Black
develops without exposing his KP.} 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5
Be7 5. Bxf6 Bxf6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. e5 Be7 8. Bd3 b6 {This is too
slow. Better to engage White immediately by 8...c5.} 9. h4
{Intending an attack against the black king.} Bb7 {Far too
slow. At least 9...Ba6 should be played}. 10. Bxh7+ Kxh7
11. Ng5+ Kg6 {If 11..., Kg8; 12. Qh5 or if 11..., Kh6;
12. Qd2.} 12. Ne2 Bxg5 13. hxg5 f5 14. gxf6 Rh8 15. Nf4+ Kf7
16. Qg4 Rxh1+ 17. Kd2 gxf6 18. Qxe6+ Kg7 19. Rxh1 Bc8 20. Rh7+
Kxh7 21. Qf7+ {and mates next move}1-0

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "Hastings, England"]
[Date "1895.08.21"]
[EventDate "1895.08.05"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Mikhail Chigorin"]
[Black "Wilhelm Steinitz"]
[ECO "C52"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1. e4 {Notes by Emanuel Lasker} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4
Bxb4 5. c3 Ba5 6. O-O d6 7. d4 exd4 8. cxd4 Nf6 9. e5 dxe5
10. Ba3 Be6 {So far everything is book. It has always been the
opinion that Black, although two Pawns ahead, will not be able
to develop his Pieces, as Castling King's side is prevented,
and the King dare not occupy the centre any length of
time. Black seemed to believe that he may get his King safely
Castled to the Queen's side ; but this game does not
corroborate such an opinion, in spite of the success which
attended that manoeuvre in this instance.} 11. Bb5
{Tchigorin’s favourite post for the Bishop in the Evans'
Gambit.} Qd5 12. Qa4 O-O-O 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Bc5 Bb6 15. Qa6+
{White ultimately wins the exchange by this manauvre, but at
an enormous expense. It would have been better to leave things
as they were,and to continue simply with 15 Nxe5. If then
15...Nd7 16 Nxc6 must win the exchange in favourable position;
and if 15....Ne4 16 Bxb6 cxb6 17 Qxa7 will equalise the
material forces. with the position to White's advantage.} Kb8
16. Nxe5 Nd7 17. Nc3 Nxc5 18. Qe2 Qd6 19. dxc5 Qxc5 20. Na4
Qb5 21. Qxb5 cxb5 22. Nxb6 axb6 23. Nc6+ Kb7 24. Nxd8+ Rxd8
25. a3 c5 26. f3 Kc6 27. Rfd1 Ra8 { A Rook being very well
qualified to support advancing Pawns and to check the approach
of the hostile King, it is judicious play to avoid its
exchange for the present.} 28. Kf2 Ra4 29. Ke3 h5 {Advancing
these Pawns, which constitute the only weakness in Black's
camp, protects them against any possible attack of the Rooks
or King.} 30. Kd2 b4 31. axb4 Rxb4 32. Rdb1 Rxb1 {Now it is
just as well to simplify, two united passed Pawns with the
support of the King and Bishop being more than a match for
King and Rook. Black need only take care to leave the passed
Pawns as much as possible on the colour not dominated by the
Bishop-i.e. on black squares.} 33. Rxb1 b5 34. Ra1 b4 35. Kc2
Kd5 36. Rd1+ Kc4 37. Rd8 Bd5 38. h4 Kd4 39. Rb8 Be6 40. Rb7 g6
41. Rb5 b3+ 42. Kb2 c4 43. Rb4 Kd3 44. Rb6 c3+ 45. Kb1 Ke3
{Threatening 13 Bf5+ 45 g4 would be answered by Kxf3. White is
therefore perfectly helpless.} 0-1

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "Hastings, England"]
[Date "1895.08.06"]
[EventDate "1895.08.05"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Wilhelm Steinitz"]
[Black "Carl Schlechter"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1. e4 {Notes by Emanuel Lasker} 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 {A novelty by the leader of the White forces. White
intends to give up the piece in order to prevent Black from
castling into safety.} Be6 {Black declines the acceptance of
the sacrifice with doubtful judgement. If 10...dxc4 11 Re1 f5
12 Nd2 Kf7 13 Nxe4 fxe4 14 Rxe4 Qf6, (this appears to be the
only possible move as ...Re8 would be answered by Qh5+ and
...Bf5 by Rf4) 15 Qe2 Be6 (?) 16 Rae1 Rhe8 17 d5 and wins or
15...Bd7 (?) 16 Qxc4+ Kg6 17 d5 Ne5 18 Qxc7 Rhe8 19 Qxb7 with
three pawns for the piece or 15...Bf5 (!) 16 Rf4 h5 17 Qxc7+
Kg6 18 d5 Ne5 19 Qxb7 Rhe8 and although Black is two Pawns
behind for the piece, and may lose a third, his attack is
excellent.} 11. Bb5 Nd6 12. Bxc6+ bxc6 13. Ne5 O-O 14. Nxc6
Qf6 {Black plays exceedingly well for position. It is with
best judgement that he allows White the opportunity of
doubling his Queen's Pawn, and White is wise to abstain from
it, as by doing so he would involve both his Knight and his
c-pawn in difficulties. } 15 15. Rb1 Bf5 16. Rb3 {The Rook
ought to have left the open file, as Rb4 would be answered by
a5 ; and the move actually made loses the exchange for a
Pawn.} Bd7 17. Nb4 Ba4 18. Nxd5 Qd8 19. Qd3 Bxb3 20. axb3 Re8
21. c4 c6 22. Ne3 Qd7 23. d5 Rad8 24. Bb2 f6 25. Bd4 {A poor
place for the Bishop. It seems as though Ba3 would give him
better prospects of fixing his Pawns far ahead in the camp of
his adversary.} Nc8 26. Rd1 Nb6 27. d6 {A faulty combination,
which by opening up all lines to the Rooks endangers White's
game to a considerable extent. White probably expected to win
a Piece in case the Pawn was captured, but overlooked the
retort of Black’s 29th move regaining the Piece immediately.}
Qxd6 $17 28. c5 Qe6 29. cxb6 c5 30. bxa7 Rxd4 31. Qc2 Rxd1+
32. Qxd1 Qf7 33. h4 Qxa7 34. h5 h6 35. Nf5 Qc7 36. g3 Qc6
37. Kh2 Kh8 38. Qg4 Qd7 39. Qf3 Re5 40. Nh4 Kg8 41. Ng6 Re8
42. Nf4 Rb8 43. Qe4 Qf7 44. Qf5 Qxb3 45. Qxc5 Qb5 46. Qc7 Re8
47. Kg2 Rb8 48. Kh2 Re8 49. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Casual Game"]
[Site "Cologne GER"]
[Date "1898.??.??"]
[EventDate "1898.07.31"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Rudolf Rezso Charousek"]
[Black "Amos Burn"]
[ECO "C39"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1. e4 {Notes by Em. Lasker.} e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4
5. Ne5 Bg7 6. d4 Nf6 7. Nxg4 Nxe4 8. Bxf4 Qe7 9. Qe2 Bxd4 {Had
black played for development, 9...d5 would have been the
move.} 10. c3 Bg7 11. Ne3 Qe6 12. g3 O-O 13. Bh3 f5 14. O-O d6
15. Nd2 Nxd2 16. Qxd2 Nc6 17. Rae1 Qf7 18. Bg2 Kh8 19. Nd5 Ne5
20. Bg5 c6 {Black should develop by Be6 and Rae8} 21. Nf4 d5
22. h5 Bd7 {Now that the Kt on e5 has to be supported by the
KB, Black cannot play h6 on account of BxP.} 23. h6 Bf6
24. Bxf6+ Qxf6 25. Nh5 Qd6 26. Rxe5 Qxe5 27. Re1 {The Queen
can no longer guard the point d4, so Black resigns.} 1-0

[Event "Belgium"]
[Site "it Ostende"]
[Date "1906.06.08"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Akiba Rubinstein"]
[Black "David Janowski"]
[ECO "D04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1.d4 {Notes by Dr. Emanuel Lasker, condensed from those in
"Lasker's Chess Magazine", June 1906.} d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 c5
4.c4 e6 5.Nc3 dxc4 6.Bxc4 a6 7.a4 Nc6 8.O-O Nb4 {!?} 9.Qe2 b6
10.Rd1 Qc7 11.e4 {!} cxd4 12.Nxd4 Bc5 13.Bg5 {?! More relevant
is 13.Nb3, followed eventually by f3 and Be3. The bishop is
badly situated on g5 because Bxf6 is not a threat.} Bb7
14.Rac1 Rd8 15.Nb3 Rxd1+ 16.Rxd1 Bd6 17.a5 {!? A very deep
conception, which would have been much stronger the next move
(for example, after 17.g3).} b5 {!} 18.Bxb5+ {! Forced,
because if 18.Bd3, then 18...Bxh2+ and 19...Be5.} axb5 19.Nxb5
Bxh2+ 20.Kh1 Qb8 {There are many dangerous continuations at
White's disposal, but not one is killing: a) 21.g3? Bxg3
22.fxg3 Nxe4 and White is in trouble. b) 21.Bxf6 gxf6 22.g3?
Bxg3 23.fxg3 Qxg3 24.Nd6+ Ke7 25.Nxb7 Rg8 and White will be
mated. c) 21.f4 Bxf4 22.Bxf4 Qxf4 23.Nd6+ Ke7 24.Nxb7 Ng4
25.g3 Qxg3 26.Rf1 Nd3, etc. d) 21.Nc5 Bc6! 22.Nd4 Be5 and
Black's position is secure. e) 21.Qc4! (G. Marco) 21...Nc6!
(but not 21...Na6? 22.Nc5). In this variation White can only
make the situation more complicated, but still without any
advantage.} 21.Qd2 {? This continuation is weaker than
21.Qc4!. Now White is lost.} Na6 22.Bxf6 gxf6 23.Qd7+ Kf8
24.g3 Bxg3 25.fxg3 Bxe4+ 26.Kh2 Kg7 27.N3d4 Qe5 {!} 28.Nd6 {?
A blunder, but already there is no defense.} Qh5+ 29.Kg1 Qxd1+
0-1

[Event "Ostend"]
[Site "Ostend"]
[Date "1906.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Akiba Rubinstein"]
[Black "Carl Schlechter"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1.d4 {Notes by Dr. Emanuel Lasker, Carl Schlechter and Leopold
Hoffer. *** Lasker: A game that in no way distinguishes itself
in the opening, novel though the course pursued by the two
brilliant masters may be, it is void of interest until the
endgame stage is reached. Then a position full of of varied
combinations is arrived at. A draw should, nevertheless, have
resulted. The first player concludes by a blunder, but his
game was hopeless then.} d5 2.Bf4 e6 3.e3 Bd6 4.Bg3 Nf6 5.Nd2
Bxg3 6.hxg3 Qe7 7.f4 {Lasker: To prevent 7...e5 which, in view
of the weakness of White on the black squares, would have
allowed Black a dominating sphere of action.} Ne4 {Lasker:
Hardly advancing his cause. 7...c5 at once would have yielded
a quicker development. *** Schlechter: Here 7...b6!? deserves
attention.} 8.Nxe4 dxe4 9.Qd2 Nd7 10.g4 Nb6 11.Be2 Bd7 12.Nh3
f6 13.Nf2 Bc6 14.c4 O-O-O 15.O-O-O h6 16.Qc2 f5 17.Qc3
{Hoffer: After 17.g3! White is better.} Kb8 18.gxf5 exf5 19.g4
Bd7 20.Rdg1 g5 21.Nh3 {Lasker: 21.fxg5 first would have
avoided the ensuing complication. The exchange of both pawns
on the kingside, though opening the rook file for Black, would
have resulted to the advantage of White, inasmuch as the extra
pawn on the queenside should be at greater value than the
isolated pawn of Black, all other things being equal. ***
Schlechter: Much better is 21.fxg5 hxg5 22.gxf5 with
advantage.} fxg4 22.Bxg4 Bxg4 23.Rxg4 Qe6 24.Rhg1 Qxc4 25.Qxc4
Nxc4 26.fxg5 hxg5 27.R4g3 {? Lasker: More natural is 27.Nxg5
Nxe3 28.Rxe4 Rhe8 which would have readily led to a draw. ***
Hoffer: Perhaps White should try 27.R1g3!?} g4 28.Nf2 Rh2
29.Nd1 {? Schlechter: Better is 29.Nxg4! Rxb2 30.Ne5 Rb4
31.Rg8 Rc8 32.Nxc4 Rxc4 33.Kb2.} c5 {! Lasker: Charming an
attack out of nothing. 30.dxc5 would now, of course, be bad,
as Black would then double his rooks on the 2nd rank, and at
the very least recoup himself.} 30.R3g2 {Schlechter and
Lasker: This loses a pawn and the game. But, 30.Rxg4 cxd4
31.Rxe4 is met by the elegant move 31...Rc8! whereupon 32.Rxd4
Na3+ 33.Nc3 Rc2+ 34.Kd1 Rxb2 35.Ne2 Rcc2 will ultimately win.}
Rxg2 31.Rxg2 cxd4 32.exd4 Rxd4 33.Rxg4 Rxd1+ {The rest of the
game is unavailable.} 0-1

[Event "Ostend"]
[Site "Ostend"]
[Date "1906.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Akiba Rubinstein"]
[Black "Dr. Julius Perlis"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "43"]

1.d4 {Notes by Dr. Emanuel Lasker from "Lasker's Chess
Magazine" 1906. *** The play of White is apparently simplicity
itself. But there are several moves among the twenty-two made
that betoken the instinct of a real master.} d5 2.Bf4 e6 3.e3
Nf6 4.Nf3 Bd6 5.Bg3 Qe7 {?! Preferable is 5...c5.} 6.Nbd2 Nbd7
7.Ne5 {If 7.Bd3 or 7.Be2, then 7...e5! with a good game for
Black.} Ne4 {The object of this is not clear, as the resulting
pawn position is unfavorable for Black.} 8.Nxe4 dxe4 9.Qd2
Bxe5 10.dxe5 Nb6 11.Bb5+ {! Such moves are either made by
great masters or duffers! Here Rubinstein's powerful
positional idea is that Black must permit the entrance of the
white pieces via the d6-square as well as restrict his queen
bishop (i.e. if he plays 11...c6), or exchange the bishop,
whose retention is necessary to guard the weak pawn on e4.}
Bd7 12.Bxd7+ Nxd7 13.Qd4 f5 14.exf6 Nxf6 15.Qa4+ {! Again
masterly. If the queen interposes, White will exchange, castle
to the queenside and play Rd4. The fall of the e4-pawn is then
certain.} Kf7 16.O-O-O a6 17.Bh4 Qe8 18.Qc4 Nd5 {Unless he
plays 18...Qc6, which would ruin his pawn position completely,
Black can no longer avoid the loss of a pawn.} 19.Qxe4 Qc6
20.Qf3+ Kg8 21.e4 Nb4 22.Qb3 1-0

[Event "Karlsbad"]
[Site "Karlsbad CZE"]
[Date "1907.09.05"]
[EventDate "1907.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Akiba Rubinstein"]
[Black "Richard Teichmann"]
[ECO "D61"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "46"]

1.d4 {Notes by Dr. Emanuel Lasker from "Lasker's Chess
Magazine" and Carl Schlechter from "Deutsche Schachzeitung"
1908.} d5 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.Nc3 Nbd7 6.e3 O-O
7.Qc2 b6 {Schlechter: The best continuation is 7...c5.} 8.cxd5
exd5 9.Bd3 Bb7 10.O-O-O {Schlechter: Deserving serious
attention is 10.Rd1.} c5 11.h4 Rc8 {Schlechter: Weak. The
right plan was counterplay with ...c4, ...a6, ...b5 and ...b4,
and it is unclear who will come first.} 12.Kb1 Re8 13.dxc5
{!?} Rxc5 {Schlechter: If 13...bxc5 then 14.Bxf6 Nxf6 15.Bc4
is very unpleasant.} 14.Nd4 Ne4 {? Lasker: Black should have
played here 14...a6 threatening an advance of the queenside
pawns, which should have developed a powerful attack. The text
move is obviously bad. *** Schlechter: Preferable was
14...Nf8.} 15.Bxe4 dxe4 16.Ndb5 {!} Ba6 {Lasker: Necessary, as
17.Nd6, winning the exchange, was threatened.} 17.Qa4 {!} Bxb5
18.Nxb5 {Lasker: By a few simple strokes White has not only
circumvented the formation of any hostile attack, but his
pieces now virtually control the field.} Bxg5 19.hxg5 Re7
20.Rd4 Qa8 21.b4 {!} Rc8 22.Nd6 b5 {? Schlechter: If 22...Rc7
or 22...Rd8, then White wins simply by 23.f5.} 23.Nxc8 {!
Lasker: In view of Black's weak position he was quite
justified in resigning after losing the exchange. He could
not, of course, capture the queen since White would be left
with three pieces against the queen: 23...bxa4 24.Nxe7+ Kf8
25.Rxd7 and wins.} 1-0

[Event "Karlsbad"]
[Site "Karlsbad CZE"]
[Date "1907.09.12"]
[EventDate "1907.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Geza Maroczy"]
[Black "Akiba Rubinstein"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.e4 {Notes by Dr. Emanuel Lasker in "Lasker's Chess Magazine"
1907. *** The most important game in the tournament, and in
many respects the most exciting, was the encounter between the
two leaders toward the close. Maroczy, the hero of many hard
fights, was half a point better off than the young Rubinstein,
but the latter had to meet weaker opponents subsequently. With
the instinct and judgement of a veteran, with confidence in
his ability to succeed in his remaining games, Rubinstein set
out with a determination to draw with Maroczy. The state of
the score would have impelled most players to take exceptional
risks in order to depose his antagonist and take his
place. Rubinstein is evidently au fait in all the arts of
winning tournaments besides games. An eyewitness thus
describes the attitude of the players at the conclusion of the
game: "That Rubinstein was perfectly satisfied with his
partial success was apparent from his beaming countenance;
Maroczy looked depressed in proportion.} e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4
4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.Nxf6+ {Under the circumstances White's
tactics cannot be commended. By exchanging he not only does
not simplify, but actually develops Black's game. It should be
Black's business for that reason to find out how to develop
the knight on d7. Far preferable would have been 6.Ng3 leaving
Black's game cramped.} Nxf6 7.Bd3 c5 8.dxc5 Bxc5 9.O-O O-O
10.Bg5 {White wastes time with this move, which could only be
justified if followed up with Bxf6. Instead, 10.Bf4 is much
better, for Black cannot reply with 10...Bd6, because of
11.Bxd6 Qxd6 12.Bxh7+ winning the queen.} Be7 11.Qe2 Qc7
12.Rad1 {In order to be able to advance the queenside pawns it
would have been better to have played 12.Rfe1.} Rd8 13.c4 Bd7
14.Bd2 Rac8 15.Bc3 Be8 16.Qc2 h6 17.Ne5 Nd7 {Black has
cleverly anticipated all possible attacks on the kingside. The
position is remarkable. The black king is only protected by
pawns, and White has considerable force bearing on it, yet
nothing tangible can be done.} 18.Nxd7 Bxd7 {If 18...Rxd7,
with the object of doubling, White would reply 19.Qe2,
threatening Qe4 with a very promising attack.} 19.Qe2 Bc6
20.Qg4 Bf8 21.f4 {White should play 21.Rfe1, threatening Bf6
with much the better game. It is impossible to give all the
combinations that might arise, but as an instance the
following will show a possible continuation showing why 21.Bf6
cannot be played at once: 21...Rd7 22.Rfe1 Kh8 23.Be5 Qd8
24.Re3 f5 25.Qg6 Qg5 26.Rg3 Qxg6 27.Rxg6 Rcd8 28.Rxh6+ Kg8
29.Rh3 Be4 winning a piece.} Rxd3 {! As a means of winning,
this sacrifice cannot be recommended. But taking into account
that Black realized that his position was getting very
difficult, this move is highly ingenious and shows great power
of resistance. For the exchange versus a pawn Black has got
rid of one of the most dangerous pieces.} 22.Rxd3 Be4 23.Rd2
{If 23.Rg3 then 23...Qxc4 24.Bxg7 Bf5 25.Qh4 Bxg7 26.Qf6 Bg6
and Black should win.} Qxc4 24.Rfd1 Bd5 25.h3 {This is an
unnecessary defense, as Black does not threaten anything. The
proper thing to do would be to play 25.a3 first, and so save
this pawn. Maroczy undoubtedly labored under some delusion
when he made the subsequent combination. Otherwise he would
certainly have acted on the reorganized principle that a
player with a superior force should first of all render
everything secure.} f5 26.Qg6 {Had White played 25.a3 as
suggested, he could have complacently played now 26.Qg3. To
defend this pawn now and leave the other would not permit many
winning chances.} Qxf4 27.Rxd5 {The countersacrifice nearly
wins. At the same time, White guards against the sacrifice of
a a second exchange, to be followed by ...Bd6.} Qe3+ 28.Kh1
exd5 29.Qxf5 Rd8 30.Rxd5 Qc1+ 31.Kh2 Bd6+ 32.Be5 Bc7 {This
innocent-looking move is the only one which draws easily. If
32...Bxe5+ 33.Qxe5 Rxd5 (otherwise White plays Rd7) 34.Qxd5+
Kh7 35.Qxb7 Qf4+ 36.g3 with a pawn to the good, though winning
would be remote.} 33.Rxd8+ Bxd8 34.Qd7 Qg5 35.Bg3 Qe7 36.Qxe7
Bxe7 37.Be5 Kf7 38.Kg3 g6 39.Kf4 Ke6 40.Ke4 h5 41.b3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Prague"]
[Site "Prague CZE"]
[Date "1908.06.09"]
[EventDate "1908.05.18"]
[Round "17"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Geza Maroczy"]
[Black "Akiba Rubinstein"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1.e4 {Notes by Dr. Emanuel Lasker and Carl Schlechter.} e6
2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bd3 Bd6 6.O-O O-O 7.Bg5 Bg4
8.Nc3 c6 9.h3 Bh5 {Schlechter: Black allows 10.g4 with the
hope that this will give him winning chances. The simple
9...Bxf3 10.Qxf3 Nbd7 11.Ne2 Qb6 leads to equality.} 10.g4 Bg6
11.Ne5 Be7 {Schlechter: Here 11...Nbd7!? comes into
consideration; for example, 12.f4 Qb6, or 12.Nxd7 Qxd7 13.Bxf6
gxf6 14.f4 Bxd3 15.Qxd3 Kh8.} 12.f4 Bxd3 13.Qxd3 Nbd7 {?!
Lasker: Black should play 13...Ne4. After the text move, White
achieves an advantage.} 14.Rae1 Re8 15.Re2 Nxe5 16.fxe5 Nd7
17.Bc1 {!} Nf8 18.Nd1 c5 19.c3 Rc8 {? Schlechter: Better was
19...cxd4. White must capture with the pawn, and Black can
take control of the open c-file.} 20.Be3 cxd4 21.Bxd4 Bc5
22.Ne3 Ng6 23.Qf5 Rc7 24.Rfe1 {! Schlechter: But not 24.Bxc5?
Rxe5 25.Qf2 Rxc5 26.Qxf7+ Kh8 and Black stands well (27.Nf5?
Rc7).} Bb6 25.Bxb6 axb6 26.Nc2 Rce7 27.Nd4 Qb8 28.Nf3 f6 {?!}
29.exf6 {!} Qg3+ {? Schlechter: Here 29...Rxe2!? comes into
consideration: 30.f7+ Kh8 31.fxe8=Q+ Rxe8 32.Rxe8+ Qxe8 33.Kf2
Qc6, or 33.Qxd5 Qe3+ 34.Kf1 Qc1+, etc.} 30.Kf1 {? Lasker:
Instead 30.Kh1! Qxh3+ 31.Nh2 gives White the advantage.} Qxh3+
31.Kf2 Rxe2+ 32.Rxe2 Rxe2+ 33.Kxe2 gxf6 34.Qxd5+ Kg7
{Schlechter: Or 34...Kf8 35.Qd8+ Kg7 36.Qc7+ Kf8 37.Qb8+ and
38.Qxb7+, with play similar to the game.} 35.Qxb7+ Kh6 {?
Schlechter: Losing immediately. Rubinstein overlooked the
following combination. The black king had to return to f8.}
36.g5+ {!} fxg5 37.Qxh7+ 1-0

[Event "Lodz"]
[Site "Lodz POL"]
[Date "1908.10.??"]
[EventDate "1908.10.??"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Akiba Rubinstein"]
[Black "Georg Salwe"]
[ECO "D33"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1.d4 {Notes by Lasker} d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nf3
Nf6 6.g3 Nc6 7.Bg2 {Already this mode of developing the Bishop
is determined by the weakness of Black on d5.} cxd4 8.Nxd4 Qb6
9.Nxc6 bxc6 10.O-O Be7 11.Na4 {White concentrates on c5 and
c6.} Qb5 12.Be3 O-O 13.Rc1 Bg4 {Black should rather
strenghthen c6 by Bd7.} 14.f3 Be6 15.Bc5 Rfe8 16.Rf2 Nd7
17.Bxe7 Rxe7 18.Qd4 Ree8 19.Bf1 Rec8 20.e3 Qb7 21.Nc5 Nxc5
22.Rxc5 {Now c5 is gained and the Pawn at c6 fixed; that Pawn
therefore becomes the target.} Rc7 23.Rfc2 Qb6 24.b4 {White
threatens b5. Black has no time for 24...Bd7. The sequence is
25.b5 Rac8 26.Qc3 and Black cannot liberate himself. Again if
24...Bd7 25.b5 Rcc8 26.bxc6 Bxc6 27.Qc3.} a6 25.Ra5 Rb8 26.a3
Ra7 {Black cannot guard all of his weak spots.} 27.Rxc6 Qxc6
28.Qxa7 Ra8 29.Qc5 Qb7 30.Kf2 {The intent is to guard his own
weaknesses, particularly on the second and third ranks.} h5
31.Be2 g6 32.Qd6 {The c-file is important because open.} Qc8
33.Rc5 Qb7 34.h4 a5 {A desperate attempt at a counter-attack.}
35.Rc7 Qb8 36.b5 a4 37.b6 Ra5 38.b7 {This game illustrates how
much greater weight the effect of the pieces on weaknesses has
in comparison to their effect on other points.} 1-0

[Event "Germany, WCH"]
[Site "5"]
[Date "1908.09.01"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Emanuel Lasker"]
[Black "Siegbert Tarrasch"]
[ECO "C98"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1.e4 {Notes by Emanuel Lasker} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6
5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 Na5 9.Bc2 c5 10.d4 Qc7
11.Nbd2 Nc6 12.h3 O-O 13.Nf1 cxd4 14.cxd4 Nxd4 15.Nxd4 exd4
{So far it's exactly like the third game of the match when I
continued 16 Ng3.} 16.Bg5 {The idea being either to get rid of
Black's important King's Bishop or to hamper its
development. The position is now getting very complicated.} h6
17.Bh4 Qb6 {This is much too passive a move and Black will
almost immediately get into trouble.} 18.Qd3 {The threat being
19 Bxf6, followed by e5. Black can't parry this by 18...Be6 on
account of 19 Bxf6 Bc4 20 Qxd4, hence the loosening of Black's
K-wing is practically forced.} g5 19.Bg3 Be6 20.Rad1 {!} Rfc8
21.Bb1 Nd7 22.e5 Nf8 23.Qf3 {Threatening exd6 followed by
Qf6.} d5 24.Qh5 Kg7 25.f4 {Threatening f5.} f5 {Like an
ancient Roman hero Tarrasch throws himself on his own sword!
Evidently he did not feel like offering some prolonged
resistance by 25...Ng6.} 26.exf6 Bxf6 27.fxg5 hxg5 28.Be5 d3+
29.Kh1 Ng6 30.Qxg5 Bf7 31.Ng3 Bxe5 32.Rxe5 Rh8 {...Qd8 would
have been countered by 33 Re7.} 33.Bxd3 Ra7 34.Rde1 Kf8
35.Bxg6 Qxg6 36.Qe3 Rc7 37.Nf5 Qc6 38.Qg5 1-0

[Event "Amsterdam Match"]
[Site "Amsterdam, The Netherlands"]
[Date "1908.12.26"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Abraham Speijer"]
[Black "Emanuel Lasker"]
[ECO "D55"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. d4 {Annotations by Emanuel Lasker} d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6
4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 b6 7. Bd3 {Pillsbury's
continuation was 7.cxd5 exd5 8.Bd3 with the intent of
castling, placing his knight on e5, his pawn on f4, and of
attacking the adverse King in a variety of manners. This
attack has been often conducted with success, but games lately
played by Teichmann indicate that by means of a timely retreat
of the knight to e8 the defense gains the upper
hand. Mr. Speijer conducts the opening in the style of Burn.}
dxc4 8. Bxc4 Bb7 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Qe2 a6 11. Rad1 c5 12. Bd3 b5
13. Bb1 Nd5 {White prepa res for e4-e5, Ne4 and massing of
pieces on the kingside. Black must foil this plan.} 14. Bxe7 {
14.Ne4 was a possibility, but an advantage thereby not
apparent.} Qxe7 15. e4 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Rfc8 17. Qe3 a5 18. e5
{He now prepares Ng5 (or Nd2-e4-d6).} Bxf3 19. gxf3 {To
strengthen his center and to provide open lines for an
attack.} Nb6 20. Kh1 {20.Be4 was here essential. The important
square d5 should not be left to the knight without a
struggle. Now the attack of Black comes so quick that the
counter attack of White must fail.} Nd5 21. Qd3 g6 22. Rg1 b4
23. cxb4 c4 24. Qc2 axb4 25. Rg3 Qa7 26. Qd2 Nc3 27. Rdg1 Nxb1
28. Rxb1 { 28.Qh6 Nc3 29.Rh3 would not avail White because of
29...Nd5} c3 29. Qf4 { If 29.Qh6 Qxd4 30.Rh3 Qxe5 and Black
must win the endgame.} Qxa2 30. Rbg1 Qd2 31. Qh4 c2 32. Rh3 h6
33. f4 c1=Q 34. Qxh6 Qxg1+ 35. Kxg1 Qe1+ 36. Kg2 Qe4+ 37. f3
Rc2+ 38. Kg3 Qe1+ 39. Kg4 Qg1+ 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg  RUS"]
[Date "1909.02.15"]
[EventDate "1909.02.15"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Erich Cohn"]
[Black "Amos Burn"]
[ECO "C25"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "35"]

1.e4 {Notes by Lasker} e5 2.Nc3 Bc5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 d6 {Nc6
appears to be preferable, with a view of saving the imporatnt
KB from being exchanged, by a6.} 5.Na4 Nc6 6.Ne2 Qe7 7.d3 Be6
8.O-O d5 9.Nxc5 Qxc5 10.Be3 Qd6 11.exd5 Bxd5 12.Nc3 Bxg2
13.Kxg2 Nd5 14.Qd2 {Qf3, taking possession of the diagonal
which the KB commanded before, seems more natural.} O-O {Black
ought to O-O-O, in order to attack on the King's wing.} 15.Ne4
Nxe3+ {15...Qg6 16.f4 f5 17.Nc3 Rad8; or 17.Nc5 Nxe3+ 18.Qxe3
Nd4, would have created interesting complications, which would
probably have turned out in Black's favor.} 16.Qxe3 Qd4 17.c3
Qxe3 18.fxe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg  RUS"]
[Date "1909.02.16"]
[EventDate "1909.02.15"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Amos Burn"]
[Black "Vladimir Nenarokov"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1.e4 {Notes by Lasker} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.Nc3
b5 6.Bb3 Be7 7.d3 d6 8.a4 Rb8 9.axb5 axb5 10.O-O O-O {10...Bg4
11.Be3 Nd4 12.Bxd4 exd4 13.Ne2 c5 would be more
energetic. Black would thereby obtain a promising position.}
11.Ne2 Bg4 12.c3 Qc8 13.Ne1 b4 14.f3 Bd7 15.f4 exf4 16.Bxf4
bxc3 17.bxc3 Ne5 18.Bc2 Ng6 19.d4 Re8 20.Ng3 Bc6 21.Bc1 Ra8
22.Rb1 Rb8 23.Rxb8 Qxb8 24.Nf3 Bb5 25.Re1 {Better would have
been Bd3, since Black by changing Bishops, would weaken his f4
square. It would also have been useful to maintain the
possession of the f-file.} Nd7 26.Bb3 Qd8 27.Nf5 {Here
27.Bxf7+ Kxf7 28.Qb3+ would have gained an important pawn.}
Bc6 28.Nxe7+ Qxe7 29.Ng5 Nh8 {Not by any means 29...d5 on
account of 30.Rf1.} 30.Bc2 h6 31.Nf3 Ng6 32.c4 Ndf8 33.d5 Bd7
34.c5 {In order to obtain some attack after 34...dxc5. Black's
pawn at c5 would, in any case, be but of little value.} Ne5
35.Nxe5 Qxe5 36.Be3 Ng6 37.Rf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg  RUS"]
[Date "1909.02.18"]
[EventDate "1909.02.15"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Richard Teichmann"]
[Black "Amos Burn"]
[ECO "C49"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1.e4 {Notes by Lasker.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Bb4 5.O-O
O-O 6.d3 d6 7.Ne2 {White should play for attack by
7.Bg5. After the actual continuation Black has time to take up
quite as strong a position as White.} Ne7 8.c3 Ba5 9.Ng3 c6
10.Ba4 Ng6 11.d4 Bb6 12.h3 exd4 13.Nxd4 d5 14.exd5 Nxd5
15.Ndf5 Qf6 16.Bc2 Bxf5 17.Nxf5 Rfe8 18.Qg4 Qe5 19.Bb3 Nf6
{Why not first Rad8? Black ought to complete his development,
before making aggresive or defensive manouvers. Moreover the
Knight was well posted on d5.} 20.Qf3 Bc7 {This Bishop was
also well placed. The simplest continuation was Ne7 in order
to dislodge White's advanced post at f4.} 21.g3 Rad8 22.Bg5
Kf8 {As Nh6 was threatened.} 23.Rae1 {An ingenious sacrifice,
which however, should not have won with the best defense.}
Qxe1 24.Bxf6 {Of course, White does not want to give the two
Rooks for the Queen.} gxf6 {Not the right answer; 24...Qe2
should have been played. White would then have achieved no
mate by 25.Bxg7+ Kg8 26.Nh6+ Kxg7 27.Qxf7+ Kxh6, nor by
25.Bxg7+ Kg8 26.Bxf7+ Kxg7 27.Nd6+ Kxg7 28.Qf7+ Kh6 29.Nf5+
Kg5 30.f4+ Bxf4 31.gxf4+ Nxf4 32.h4+ Kg4 33.Rxf4+ Kh3.} 25.Qh5
Qd2 26.Qxh7 Re6 27.Bxe6 fxe6 28.Qg7+ Ke8 29.Qxg6+ Kd7 30.Qf7+
Kc8 31.Qxe6+ Kb8 32.h4 Qxb2 33.Qb3 Qxb3 34.axb3 Be5 35.c4 b5
36.f4 Bc3 37.Rf3 b4 38.h5 a5 39.h6 Ka7 40.g4 a4 41.bxa4 Ka6
42.g5 fxg5 43.fxg5 Ka5 44.g6 Be5 45.Ne7 Kxa4 46.Nxc6 Rd1+
47.Kg2 Rd2+ 48.Rf2 Rxf2+ 49.Kxf2 b3 50.g7 b2 51.g8=Q 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg  RUS"]
[Date "1909.02.19"]
[EventDate "1909.02.15"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Amos Burn"]
[Black "Carl Schlechter"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1.e4 {Notes by Lasker.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.Nc3
d6 6.d4 exd4 {Here Black can play very well 6...b5 7.dxe5 dxe5
8.Qxd8+ Nxd8 9.Bb3 Bd6.} 7.Nxd4 Bd7 8.Nxc6 Bxc6 9.Bxc6+ bxc6
10.O-O Be7 11.Qe2 O-O 12.b3 Re8 13.Bb2 Qc8 {The natural move
is Bf8, in order to give free play to the Rook.} 14.Rad1 Nd7
15.Qg4 Bf6 16.Rfe1 Re6 17.Na4 Qe8 18.f3 Be5 {And here 18...c5
might have been played, threatning the sacrifice of the pawn
by ...c4. 19.c4 would then be answered by Ne5-c6-d4.} 19.Bxe5
Nxe5 20.Qg3 Qe7 {c5 was still indicated. After Black has
missed this opportunity, all the life is taken out of the
game.} 21.Nb2 Re8 22.Nd3 Nxd3 23.cxd3 c5 24.Rf1 Qf6 25.Qf2 Qc3
26.d4 cxd4 27.Qxd4 Qa5 28.Qd2 Qb5 29.Qc2 c6 30.Qc4 Qb6+ 31.Qd4
1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg  RUS"]
[Date "1909.02.23"]
[EventDate "1909.02.15"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "S Von Freymann"]
[Black "Amos Burn"]
[ECO "D40"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "38"]

1.d4 {Notes by Lasker.} d5 2.Nf3 c5 3.e3 Nc6 4.c4 e6 5.Nc3 Nf6
6.a3 cxd4 7.exd4 Be7 8.c5 {White might have prepared this
advance by 8.b4. In answer to 8...Ne4 he would then have had
9.Bb2 at his disposal.} Ne4 {The right reply. Now White is
prevented from playing b4 and he has to weaken the point d4.}
9.Qc2 f5 10.b4 Bf6 11.Bb5 {By this move White makes straight
for a draw.} O-O 12.Bxc6 bxc6 13.O-O Qc7 14.Bb2 Bd7 15.Rfe1
Be8 16.Ne5 {Here White obtains Bishops of opposite color, and
an evenly balanced position.} Bxe5 17.dxe5 Nxc3 18.Bxc3 Bg6
19.f4 Qb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg  RUS"]
[Date "1909.03.01"]
[EventDate "1909.02.15"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Znosko-Borovsky"]
[Black "Amos Burn"]
[ECO "C26"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1.e4 {Notes by Lasker.} e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.d3 d6 5.Bg5
c6 6.Qd2 Nbd7 7.Bb3 a5 8.Nge2 {Both sides have treated the
opening in good style, but this Knight should have been played
to f3, so as to leave e2 open for the other Knight, and
besides the Knight at f3 would guard important squares.} h6
9.Be3 b5 10.a3 Ng4 {Here 10...Qb6 followed by further
operations on the Q side, was better.} 11.d4 Ba7 12.Nd1
{Abandoning too much ground to his opponent. The logical
attack was against Black's c-pawn, by 12.d5, after 12...Nxe3
13.fxe3 b4 14.dec6 White would have a good game, for instance,
14...Nc5 15.Nb5 O-O 16.Bd5.} O-O 13.f3 Nxe3 14.Nxe3 Nf6 15.c3
Qb6 16.Rd1 Be6 17.Bc2 c5 {But now Black obstructs the diagonal
of the KB, giving all his advantage away. Had he played
systematically to open the center by 17...Rad8, followed by
Rfe8, Bc8 and d5, White would have had a difficult defence.}
18.d5 Bd7 19.c4 b4 20.O-O Rae8 21.Ng3 g6 22.f4 Kg7 23.h4 exf4
24.Rxf4 Re5 25.Rdf1 Ng8 26.h5 g5 27.Ngf5+ Kh7 28.R4f2 Bxf5
29.Rxf5 Rxf5 30.Rxf5 Kg7 31.e5 dxe5 32.Qd3 Re8 33.d6 Bb8
34.Rxg5+ hxg5 35.Qh7+ Kf8 36.Nf5 Rd8 37.Qg7+ Ke8 38.Qxg8+ Kd7
39.Qxf7+ 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg  RUS"]
[Date "1909.03.09"]
[EventDate "1909.02.15"]
[Round "17"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Amos Burn"]
[Black "Jacques Mieses"]
[ECO "D32"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "116"]

1.d4 {Notes by Lasker.} d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.e3 Nf6 5.Nf3 Nc6
6.Bd3 a6 7.O-O cxd4 8.exd4 dxc4 9.Bxc4 b5 10.Bb3 Na5 {Black
dare not allow d5, as long as his King is still in the
center.} 11.Bc2 Bb7 12.Re1 Bb4 13.Bg5 {Now that the b-pawn is
blocked, was the time to attack it, in order to bring the QR
into action. After 13.a4 O-O 14.axb5 axb5 White would be well
developed and Black's b and h- pawn would become objects of
attack. For this reason Black's last move was not as good as
Be7.} Nc4 14.Qe2 {If Qc1, Rc8 might follow threatening Nxb2;
this move would also be strong against Bc1, and Rb1 would be
answered by Nxb2 at once. White now begins to complicate
matters, in order to make an attempt of saving himself.} Nxb2
15.Ne4 Bxe1 16.Rxe1 Nc4 17.Ne5 Rc8 {By 17...Nd6 Black could
have repulsed the attack. After 18.Nxf6+ gxf6. 19.Nxf7 Kxf7
neither 20.Qxe6+ (Kg7) nor 20.Qh5+ (Ke7) would lead to
anything. After the text the sacrifice is correct and leads to
a draw.} 18.Nxf7 Kxf7 19.Nxf6 gxf6 20.Qxe6+ {But now he ought
to play 20.Qh5+. If Ke7 21.Bxf6+ Kxf6 22.Qh6+ Ke7 23.Qxe6+ and
draws by perpetual check. If 20...Kg8 21.Bh6 White's position
would be good enough to win. If 20...Kf8 21.Qh6+ Ke8? 22.Rxe6+
Kd7 23.Bf5 Black would stand on a volcano.} Kg7 21.Bh4 Re8
22.Qg4+ Kf8 23.Rf1 Rc7 24.Qf4 Rg7 25.f3 Re2 26.Rf2 Re1+ 27.Rf1
Rxf1+ 28.Kxf1 Kf7 29.Bg3 Qe7 30.Kf2 Bd5 31.Bf5 Nb6 32.Qb8 Nc4
33.Qf4 Qd8 34.Bg4 Qa5 35.Kg1 Qb6 36.Kh1 Be6 37.Bh5+ Ke7 38.Qh6
Rf7 39.Bf2 Qa5 40.d5 Bxd5 41.Bxf7 Bxf7 42.Qxh7 Nd6 43.h4 Qxa2
44.Bg3 Qd5 45.Qh8 Ne8 46.Qh6 Qc5 47.Qd2 b4 48.Qe2+ Kf8 49.Bf4
b3 50.Qb2 a5 51.g4 a4 52.Bc1 Qe5 53.Qd2 Bd5 54.Kg2 Nd6 55.Bb2
Qe6 56.Kg3 Kg8 57.Qh6 Qe1+ 58.Kg2 Qe2+ 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg  RUS"]
[Date "1909.03.11"]
[EventDate "1909.02.15"]
[Round "18"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Oldrich Duras"]
[Black "Amos Burn"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1.e4 {Notes by Lasker.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.d3
d6 6.h3 Be7 7.c4 O-O 8.Be3 Nd7 9.Nc3 f5 10.exf5 Rxf5 11.O-O
Nf8 {According to the old and good rule, Black plays strongly
for development.} 12.d4 exd4 13.Nxd4 Nxd4 14.Bxd4 Ne6 15.Be3
Bf6 {Up to this point Black played the game in the very best
style, but here he unnecessarily endangers the position of his
Rook, by hampering its mobility. Had he played Bg5, the Knight
at e6, which commands the important squares c5, d4, and f4,
would have attained far greater effect by getting rid of
White's QB, which counteracts his movements.} 16.Bc2 Re5
{Likewise after 16...Ra5 17.Nd5 Bxb2 18.Bxh7+, the Rook would
remain in a miserable plight.} 17.Nd5 g6 18.f4 Rxe3 19.Nxe3
Bd4 20.Qe1 Qf6 21.Kh1 Bxb2 22.Nd5 Qg7 23.Rb1 Nf8 24.Qe7 Bd4
25.Rfd1 Be6 26.Qxg7+ Bxg7 27.Nxc7 Rc8 28.Nxe6 Nxe6 29.Rxd6
Nxf4 30.Rxb7 Re8 31.Rdd7 Bf8 32.c5 Re1+ 33.Kh2 Bxc5 34.Bb3+
Ne6 35.Rb8+ Bf8 36.Rdd8 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg  RUS"]
[Date "1909.03.08"]
[EventDate "1909.02.15"]
[Round "16"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Oldrich Duras"]
[Black "Milan Vidmar"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1.e4 {Notes by Lasker.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O
Be7 6.d3 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 Bg4 9.a4 Na5 {The advantage of this
flanking movement of the Knight is not clear. Why not castle,
and prepare either f5 or d5?} 10.Bc2 h6 11.d4 Nd7 12.Qe2 O-O
{A gross blunder. He had nothing better than 12...c6.} 13.axb5
axb5 14.Qxb5 Bxf3 15.Rxa5 Rxa5 16.Qxa5 Bg5 17.Be3 {It is clear
that after 17.gxf3 Bxc1 18.Rxc1? Black would win with Qg5+;
but with 17.Nd2 he would have avoided the hampering doubled
Pawn, which results from this move.} Bh5 18.Qb5 Bxe3 19.fxe3
Qg5 {He throws his only chance away by despair. Why did he not
play 19...f6, preventing White at least for a long time, from
turning his extra Pawn to account?} 20.Qxd7 Qxe3+ 21.Kh1 Qe2
22.Qf5 Qxc2 23.Qxh5 exd4 24.Qd1 Qxe4 25.Qxd4 Qxd4 26.cxd4 Rb8
27.Rf2 Re8 28.Nd2 Re1+ 29.Nf1 Rd1 30.Kg1 Rxd4 31.Rc2 c5 32.Rd2
Rb4 33.Ne3 g6 34.Nd5 Rb3 35.Nf6+ 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg  RUS"]
[Date "1909.03.04"]
[EventDate "1909.02.15"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Znosko-Borovsky"]
[Black "Oldrich Duras"]
[ECO "C26"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "44"]

1.e4 {Notes by Lasker.} e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 Bb4 4.Bg2 d6 5.d3 d5
6.exd5 Nxd5 7.Bd2 c6 {In positions of this kind it is
preferable to guard the pawn by Be6; the square c6 should be
reserved for the Knight. White ofcourse has no intention of
exchanging his B at g2; but Black wishes to compel him to do
so; therefore the Kt at d5 and B at e6 are well posted.}
8.Nge2 O-O 9.O-O Bc5 10.Kh1 Bg4 11.Qe1 Nxc3 12.Nxc3 Nd7 13.Ne4
Be7 14.f4 exf4 15.Bxf4 Nf6 16.Nxf6+ {This brings black's KB on
a very unfavorable diagonal. Instead, he should have occupied
this diagonal himself by Be5.} Bxf6 17.Qb4 Qd7 18.Rae1 Rfe8
19.Bd2 a5 20.Qa3 {If 20.Rxe1+ Rxe1 21.Qxa5 Bxb2, White would
have a slight weakness in his a-pawn, but he might have
opposed the Rook on the e-file and probably escaped with a
draw.} Bh3 21.Bxh3 {His position is weak but this exchange
does not help him, but only develops Black's Queen to a strong
square. He ought to play Bc3.} Qxh3 22.Bc3 {The right move was
22.Rf2. Black might then have continued 22...Rxe1+ 23.Bxe1 Re8
24.Qxa5 Bxb2 25.Qd2 Qe6 26.Rf1 Qxa2, or 25.Bc3 Bxc3, followed
by Re2.} Re2 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg  RUS"]
[Date "1909.02.18"]
[EventDate "1909.02.15"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Erich Cohn"]
[Black "Oldrich Duras"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1.d4 {Notes by Lasker.} d5 2.Nf3 c5 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nbd2 {Here c4
or Be2 (or d3) ought to be played. The move actually made is
to defensive.} c4 {Courageously Black tries at once to take
advantage of his opponent's too cautious attitude. He might,
however, have played Nc6 first.} 5.c3 b5 6.Qc2 {Here a
counterstroke by 6.a4 was in order. Then if 6...Qa5 7.b4 Qa6
8.Ne5 (threatening Ra3, axb5, followed by Ndxc4) } Bb7 7.Be2
Nbd7 8.O-O Qc7 9.Re1 e6 10.Bf1 Bd6 11.g3 h6 {The idea of this
is to prevent Ng5, after 12.e4 dxe4.} 12.Bg2 O-O 13.Nh4 Ne4 {A
gross blunder. By 13...g5 14.Nf3 Ne4, followed by f5 Black
would have obtained a strong attacking position.} 14.Nxe4 dxe4
15.Bxe4 g5 16.Ng2 e5 17.Bxb7 Qxb7 18.Qf5 e4 19.Bd2 Be7 20.Rf1
Nf6 21.f4 g4 22.Qe5 {By this manouver the Queen escapes back
into her camp.} Rad8 23.f5 Rd5 24.Qf4 Kg7 25.Qf2 Nh7 26.Qe2 h5
27.h3 {White plays this part of the game very cleverly. The
advance of this pawn prevents the threatened Ng5 and
altogether relieves the position of the important Pawn at g4.}
gxh3 28.Nf4 Ng5 29.f6 Bxf6 30.Nxh5+ Kg6 31.Nxf6 Nf3+ 32.Rxf3
exf3 33.Qxf3 Rd7 34.e4 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg  RUS"]
[Date "1909.02.26"]
[EventDate "1909.02.15"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "S Von Freymann"]
[Black "Oldrich Duras"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1.d4 {Notes by Lasker.} d5 2.Nf3 e6 3.e3 a6 4.c4 dxc4 5.Bxc4
b5 6.Bd3 Bb7 7.O-O Nf6 8.Nc3 Nbd7 9.Qe2 c5 10.b3 {It would not
at all be bad to push at once e4, for after 10...cxd4 11.Nxd4
Nc5, White would play 12.Rd1, and 10...c4 11.Bc2 was not to be
feared.} Bd6 11.Bb2 Qb6 12.Rad1 Rc8 13.Bb1 O-O 14.e4 cxd4
15.Rxd4 Ne5 16.Rxd6 {The combination is based on 16...Qcd6
17.Nxe5 Qxe5 18.Nd5 Qg5 19.f4 Qh6 20.Nxf6+ gxf6 21.Rf3, or
Ne7+ followed by Nxc8 and f5. But the second player evolves a
fine counter combination, and proves White's combination to
have a subtle flaw.} Nxf3+ {Apparently losing a piece; but the
resulting breakup of White's King's wing gives him the
opportunity for a dangerous attack.} 17.gxf3 Qxd6 18.e5 Qb4
19.exf6 Rxc3 20.Qe5 {If 20.Qd2 Bxf3 21.Qg5 g6 22.h3 (a3?, Rc5)
Rfc8. The best was in my opinion 20.fxg7 Rfd8 (Bxf3?
21.gxf8=Q+ followed by Qe5) 21.Bxc3.} Rc5 21.Qe3 Rh5 22.fxg7
Rc8 23.Rd1 Qh4 24.Rd7 Qxh2+ 25.Kf1 Qh1+ 26.Ke2 Qxb1 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg  RUS"]
[Date "1909.02.28"]
[EventDate "1909.02.15"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Oldrich Duras"]
[Black "Rudolf Spielmann"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1.e4 {Notes by Lasker.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.Nc3
d6 6.Be3 Bb6 7.h3 Be6 8.O-O {A mistake. The idea to retake at
c4 with the Pawn is good enough in itself. After the exchange
at c4, White's doubled pawn, even though isolated, would do no
harm, on account of its central position; it would hamper
Black's pieces and could not be easily attacked. But it was a
condition, sine quo non, to secure the Queen Knight against
Ba5 by say a3, for the trebled Pawn on the c-file has no
mobility whatever.} Bxc4 9.dxc4 Ba5 10.Nd5 {After 10.Qd3 Bxc3
11.bxc3 b6, the c-pawns would be fixed, and White's game
should be lost in consequence. Hence White plays va banque for
attack.} Nxe4 11.Qd3 f5 12.c3 {12.b4 Nxb4 13.Nxb4 Bxb4 14.Qd5
or 12.b4 Bxb4 13.Rb1 was more in the nature of a va banque
attack.} O-O 13.Rad1 Bb6 14.b4 Bxe3 15.Nxe3 Qf6 16.Rfe1 Ng5
17.Nxg5 Qxg5 18.b5 Na5 19.Nd5 e4 20.Qe2 Rf7 21.Rd4 c6 22.Nb4
Rd8 {22...c5 23.Rxd6 cxb4 24.cxb4.} 23.Nc2 Qf6 24.Ne3 Qe5
25.Red1 Rf6 26.Qc2 h5 27.Qa4 {Nf1 first was imperative.} f4
28.Qxa5 b6 29.Qa3 fxe3 30.fxe3 Qg3 {Threatening Rf2.} 31.Kh1
Rdf8 32.Qc1 Rf2 33.Rg1 R8f3 {Black threatens Qxh3+.} 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg  RUS"]
[Date "1909.02.22"]
[EventDate "1909.02.15"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Oldrich Duras"]
[Black "Carl Schlechter"]
[ECO "C66"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "40"]

1.e4 {Notes by Lasker.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 d6 4.d4 Bd7 5.O-O
Nf6 6.Nc3 Be7 7.dxe5 {This exchange produces an absolutely
even game.} Nxe5 8.Nxe5 dxe5 9.Bxd7+ Qxd7 10.Bg5 h6 11.Qxd7+
Nxd7 12.Bxe7 Kxe7 13.Nd5+ Kd8 14.Rad1 c6 15.Nc3 Kc7 16.Rd2
Rhd8 17.Rfd1 Nf6 18.Rxd8 Rxd8 19.Rxd8 Kxd8 20.f3 {If White
strives for a draw only, Black will experience great
difficulties to avoid it. In the beginning of the game, it is
naturally Black's aim to escape the pressure of his opponent
with an even game, and only when he has succeeded in doing
this can he think of builduing up an attack.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg  RUS"]
[Date "1909.02.16"]
[EventDate "1909.02.15"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Oldrich Duras"]
[Black "Dus Chotimirsky"]
[ECO "C63"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1.e4 {Notes by Lasker.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 f5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.exf5
e4 6.Nh4 d5 7.d3 Be7 8.dxe4 dxe4 9.Qxd8+ Bxd8 10.Bg5 {Thus
White has refuted Black's foolhardy third move.} O-O 11.O-O-O
Ne5 12.h3 a6 13.Ba4 c5 14.Bf4 {The only move to save the
Bishop, which was threatened by b5 and c4.} Nfd7 15.Bxd7 Nxd7
16.Bg3 Bg5+ 17.Kb1 Nf6 18.f4 exf3 19.Nxf3 Bh6 20.Bd6 Re8 21.g4
b6 22.Rhe1 Bb7 23.Ne5 Bg5 24.a4 {Better Na4.} Bg2 25.Rg1 Bb7
{Black should have captured the h-pawn, as White would then
have had all his work cut out to maintain his advantage. If
26.Rg3?, Black would play Bf4, (or if 26.Rd3 Rad8 ) 27.Rxh3
Bxe5 28.Bxe5 Rxe5 29.g5 Ne4 30.Nxe4 Rxe4 31.Rdh1 Rf8 32.Rxh7
Rxf5 33.g6 Kf8 34.Rh8+ Ke7 35.Rb8 Re6 36.Rg1 with advantage.}
26.Nc4 Rad8 27.Bg3 Ne4 28.Nxe4 Bxe4 29.Nxb6 Bf3 30.Rxd8 Rxd8
31.Nc4 Rd4 32.b3 Rd5 33.h4 Bf6 34.Bf2 h5 35.g5 Bd8 36.Re1 Rxf5
37.Re8+ Rf8 38.Rxf8+ Kxf8 39.Bxc5+ Ke8 40.Kb2 Bc7 41.Bd6 Bxd6
42.Nxd6+ Kd7 43.Nf5 g6 44.Nd4 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg  RUS"]
[Date "1909.02.25"]
[EventDate "1909.02.15"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Oldrich Duras"]
[Black "Akiba Rubinstein"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "130"]

1.e4 {Notes by Dr. Emanuel Lasker.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
4.Ba4 Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.c4 g6 7.d4 exd4 8.Nxd4 Bd7 9.Nxc6 Bxc6
10.O-O Bg7 11.Nc3 O-O 12.f3 {A waste of time, which is
possible to be avoided with 12.Bxc6. In this case, after
12...bxc6 13.Bg5 h6 14.Be3 White wins an important tempo for
Qd2 or Bd4.} Nd7 13.Be3 Ne5 14.Bb3 {14.c5 will be refuted by
14....Nc4 15.Qe2 Nxe3 16.Qxe3 Bxa4 17.Nxa4 dxc5 and
...Bd4. Also unsatisfactory is 14.Qe2 because of 14....Bxa4
15.Nxa4 Nxc4 16.Qxc4 b5.} b6 15.f4 {?!} Nd7 16.Bd4 Nc5 17.Bxg7
Kxg7 18.Bc2 a5 19.Qg4 {Much better was 19.Qd4+, and if
19...Qf6 20.Qxf6+ Kxf6 21.Rae1, and White can hope for a
draw. If Black tries to avoid the exchange of the queens, then
White's queen will have a dominant position.} Nxe4 {!} 20.Nxe4
f5 21.Qf3 fxe4 22.Bxe4 Bxe4 23.Qxe4 Qf6 {!} 24.Rf2 {?!} Rae8
25.Qd5 Qf5 26.Rd1 Re4 27.g3 Rfe8 28.Kg2 h5 {Excellent! This
threatens to eventually play ...h4 and ...Re3.} 29.b3 Re3
30.Rd4 Kf6 {!} 31.h3 {? This mistake makes Black's task
easier, but White already was lost. For example, 31.Rdd2 h4
32.Qxf5+ gxf5 33.Rf3 hxg3 34.hxg3 Re2+ 35.Rf2 Rxd2 36.Rxd2
Re3, to be followed by ...a4-a3 and final posting of the rook
at b2.} h4 {!} 32.Qxf5+ gxf5 33.gxh4 Rg8+ 34.Kf1 Rxh3 35.Ke2
Re8+ 36.Kd2 Rxh4 37.Rg2 Reh8 38.Kc3 Rh3+ 39.Rd3 Rxd3+ 40.Kxd3
Rh3+ 41.Kd4 Rf3 42.Kd5 Rxf4 43.Kc6 Rg4 44.Rf2 Rg7 45.Kd5 Re7
46.Rf1 Kg5 47.Rg1+ Kf4 48.a3 Kf3 49.Rf1+ Kg4 50.Rg1+ Kh3
51.Rf1 Re5+ 52.Kc6 Kg2 53.Rf4 Kg3 54.Rf1 Rc5+ 55.Kb7 f4 56.Rc1
d5 57.Rg1+ Kf2 58.Rb1 d4 59.Rc1 d3 60.b4 axb4 61.axb4 d2
62.Rc2 Ke3 63.bxc5 d1=Q 64.Rc3+ Kd4 65.cxb6 Kxc3 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg  RUS"]
[Date "1909.02.15"]
[EventDate "1909.02.15"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Oldrich Duras"]
[Black "Ossip Bernstein"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1.e4 {Notes by Lasker.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 d6 5.c4 {A
similar line of play to this was adapted by Anderssen against
Steinitz, but refuted by the latter. It is clear, that the
point d4 becomes weak.} g6 6.d4 exd4 7.Nxd4 Bd7 8.Nc3 Bg7
9.Bxc6 bxc6 10.Bg5 h6 11.Bh4 O-O 12.O-O Re8 13.Re1 Rb8 14.Rb1
c5 15.Nb3 {A surprisingly weak move. The knight is here out of
play. The Knight is here out of play. On f3 he would have been
of better use, as e5 was first of all threatened. At all
events, Nf3 would have prevented Black's Bc6, for after 15.Nf3
Bc6 16.e5 Bxf3? 17.Qxf3 dxe5 18.Rad1 Black would be
lost. 18...Qe7 19.Nd5.} Bc6 {Preventing Nd5 because of g5
gaining the e-pawn.} 16.Qd3 Qc8 {The commencement of an attack
conducted equally well from a strategical and tactical point
of view.} 17.Nd2 Nd7 18.b3 Qa6 19.Qc2 Qa5 20.Ne2 {If 20.Nd5
Bxd5 21.cxd5 Qc3 22.Rbc1 Qxc2 23.Rxc2 g5 24.Bg3 f5 25.f3 f4
26.Bf2 Ne5 and Black's game would at least, not have been
inferior. After the text, however, White appears to be
irretrievably lost.} Nf8 21.f3 Ne6 22.Bf2 Bd7 {intending to
play Nd4. But first he renders the c-pawn mobile.} 23.Nf1 Nd4
24.Qd3 Nc6 25.Nc1 Qa3 {Brilliant play. The a-pawn is thus
fixed in its weak position.} 26.Ne3 Nb4 27.Qd2 a5 28.Nd5 Nxd5
29.exd5 {This loses forthwith. If he had retaken cxd5, Black
would have continued 29...c4, threatening to establish a most
dangerous passed pawn at c3. 30.Bd4 would then have been a
mistake, as after 30...Qb4 (Qxb4? Bxd4+) 31.Rd1 c3 Black would
have won at once. Black's play in this game is of the highest
order.} Rxe1+ 30.Bxe1 Bf5 31.Nd3 Bxd3 32.Qxd3 Qxa2 33.h3 a4
34.b4 cxb4 35.Rxb4 Rxb4 36.Bxb4 Qb3 37.Qd2 a3 38.Bxa3 Qxa3 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg  RUS"]
[Date "1909.03.07"]
[EventDate "1909.02.15"]
[Round "15"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Emanuel Lasker"]
[Black "Oldrich Duras"]
[ECO "D25"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1.d4 {Notes by Lasker.} d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 dxc4 4.e3 c5 5.Bxc4
e6 6.Nc3 a6 7.O-O b5 8.Bd3 Bb7 9.Qe2 Nbd7 10.Rd1 Qb6 11.Bc2
Rc8 12.a3 {Both players follow approved lines of development.}
Be7 13.e4 cxd4 14.Nxd4 Ne5 15.Bg5 O-O 16.Nf3 Qc5 17.Be3 Qc4 {A
forcible move. If Qxc4 Nxc4; Black threatens Nxb2 or Nxe4 or
Nxa3.} 18.Nxe5 Qxe2 19.Nxe2 Rxc2 20.Nd4 Rc5 {20...Rxb2 would
be a gross blunder because of 21.Nd3.} 21.Nd3 Rc4 22.f3 Rd8
23.Nb3 {Black's c5 and a5 are weak.} Rc2 24.Bc5 Kf8 25.Bxe7+
Kxe7 26.Na5 Rc7 27.Nb4 Rxd1+ 28.Rxd1 Ba8 29.Kf2 Ne8 30.Ke3 Nd6
31.Rd2 f5 32.exf5 Nxf5+ 33.Kf2 Bd5 {Black is in a difficulty,
and therefore decides on a desperate sacrifice of a pawn, in
order to render the Bishop mobile.} 34.Nxa6 {34.Rxd5 was also
feasible. But after the exchanges Black's King would then have
a very favorable position in the center, both for attack on
the Queen's side and defense of the King's side. 34.Nxa6 is
stronger as 34...Ra7 will not do because of 35.Rxd5.} Rc1
35.Nb4 Kd6 36.Nb3 Rh1 37.h3 Rb1 38.g4 Ne7 39.Nd4 Kc5 40.Ne2 {A
mistake. White ought to have clinched matters. 40.Nxd5 exd5
41.Ne6+ Kc4 42.Nxg7 and in answer to 42...d4 (or 42...Kb3
43.Nf5; the game might then have developed ...Nc6 44.Nd6)
43.Nf5 Nc6 44.Nd6+ Kb3 45.Nxb5 Rxb2 46.Ke2! and whilst the
d-pawn would now be paralyzed, White's Pawns would become very
dangerous.} Rh1 41.Kg2 Ra1 42.Rc2+ Bc4 43.Nc3 Nd5 44.Ne4+ Kd4
{He ought to have gone to b6. White would, in this case, have
had no alternative but to try for a doubtful win by 45.Nxd5
exd5 46.Nd2 g5; he would probably have had to sacrifice his
h-pawn.} 45.Rxc4+ Kxc4 46.Nd2+ Kd4 47.Nb3+ Ke3 48.Nxd5+ exd5
49.Nxa1 Kd2 50.Nb3+ Ke3 51.h4 g6 52.Kg3 Kd3 53.Kf4 Kc4 54.Nc1
1-0

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg  RUS"]
[Date "1909.03.12"]
[EventDate "1909.02.15"]
[Round "19"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jacques Mieses"]
[Black "Oldrich Duras"]
[ECO "C25"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1.e4 {Notes by Lasker.} e5 2.Nc3 Bc5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 c6 {Here
Black might very well play 4...d5. The slower line of play
selected by Duras, is answered quite correctly on the part of
Mieses by the isolation of the d-pawn.} 5.Nge2 d5 6.exd5 Nxd5
7.Nxd5 cxd5 8.d4 exd4 9.Nxd4 O-O 10.O-O Bb6 11.Be3 Nc6 12.Qd2
Ne5 13.b3 Bh3 14.Rad1 Bxg2 15.Kxg2 Rc8 16.Rfe1 {A regrettably
gross blunder, which throws away the fruit of his consistent
and logical play. 16.Ne2 would have been very strong; e.g.:
16...Bxe3 (Ne4 would probably be a little better) 17.Qxe3 Nc6
18.c4 Re8 19.Qf3 d4 20.Nf4. He should change the Black KB, in
order to secure the position of the Knight at d4.} Ba5 17.b4
Nc4 18.Qc1 Bxb4 19.c3 Ba3 20.Qc2 Qd7 21.Qb3 Bc5 22.Nc2 Qf5
23.Bxc5 Rxc5 24.Re7 Na5 25.Qa3 b6 26.Ne3 Qc8 27.Rxa7 Rxc3
28.Qd6 Rxe3 29.Qxb6 Nc4 30.Qb5 Re2 31.Kf1 Rfe8 32.Kg1 Qh3 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg  RUS"]
[Date "1909.03.09"]
[EventDate "1909.02.15"]
[Round "17"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Savielly Tartakower"]
[Black "Carl Schlechter"]
[ECO "C30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. e4 {Notes by Lasker.} e5 2. f4 Bc5 3. Nf3 d6 4. fxe5 dxe5
5. c3 Nf6 {The sacrifice of the e-pawn is quite justified.}
6. Nxe5 O-O 7. d4 Bd6 8. Nf3 {Should White defend the Pawn by
8.Nd2, Black would play Bxe5, and the resulting doubled Pawn
would be defenceless.} Nxe4 9. Bd3 Re8 10. O-O h6 {White's
threat of Bxe4 followed by Ng5 and Qh5, was only apparent,
hence the defensive move of h6 was not necessary. The right
play was 10...Nd7, followed by Ndf6 in reply to any developing
moves of White. If then, however, 11.Bxe4 Rxe4 12.Ng5 Re7
13.Qh5 h6 14.Nxf7? Qe8, winning a piece for three pawns, with
a good position for attack.} 11. Nbd2 Nf6 12. Nc4 c5 13. Nfe5
cxd4 {He could not play 13...Be6 as 14.Nxd6 Qxd6 15.Bxh6 would
have broken up his King's wing.} 14. Nxf7 {A pretty and
accurately calculated sacrifice, which, with one stroke, lays
bare the damage done by Black's tenth move.} Kxf7 15. Qh5+ Kg8
16. Rxf6 Re1+ 17. Rf1 Rxf1+ 18. Bxf1 Bf8 19. Bxh6 Qf6 {If
19...gxf6 20.Qg6+ Bg7 21.Re1 Bd7 22.Nd6 b5 23.Bd3, threatening
Rf1; if now 23...Qg5, White mates in four, commencing Re8+.}
20. Bg5 Qf5 21. Nd6 Bxd6 22. Bc4+ Be6 23. Rf1 Qxf1+ 24. Bxf1
Nd7 25. Bd3 Nf8 26. cxd4 Bf7 27. Qf3 Ne6 28. Be3 Rb8 29. g4 g5
30. Qf6 Bf8 31. Bh7+ Kxh7 32. Qxf7+ Ng7 33. Bxg5 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg  RUS"]
[Date "1909.02.23"]
[EventDate "1909.02.15"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Akiba Rubinstein"]
[Black "Jacques Mieses"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1.d4 {Notes by Dr. Emanuel Lasker.} d5 2.Nf3 c5 3.c4 Nf6
4.cxd5 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nxd5 6.e4 Nf6 {Here interesting is
6...Nc7!? The continuation 7.Bf4 Nd7 8.Bc4 e5 9.Qb3 Qf6 10.Bg3
leads to a complicated game.} 7.Nc3 e5 {?! If 7...a6 8.e5 Nd5
9.e6 and Black stands worse. The right move here is 7...e6.}
8.Bb5+ {!} Bd7 9.Nf5 Nc6 {?!} 10.Nd6+ Bxd6 11.Qxd6 Qe7
12.Qxe7+ Nxe7 13.Be3 a6 14.Bxd7+ Nxd7 15.Ke2 Rc8 16.Rhd1 Nc5
17.Bxc5 {Better was to keep the bishop; e.g., 17.Rac1 Ne6
18.Nd5, etc.} Rxc5 18.Rac1 Nc6 {A mistake. Black should play
18...Rc7 followed by ...O-O.} 19.Rd5 {!} Rxd5 {If 19...Rc4
20.b3 Rd4 21.Ke3 f6 22.Na4 Ke7 23.Nc5 Rxd5 (23...Rb8 24.Nxb7)
24.exd5 Nb4 25.d6+ with advantage for White.} 20.exd5 Nd4+
21.Kd3 Ke7 22.f4 {!} f6 23.fxe5 fxe5 24.Ke4 Kd6 25.Rf1 Rc8
26.Rf7 Rc4 27.Kd3 Rb4 28.Rxg7 {Also strong was 28.b3 and White
will win at least a pawn; for example, 28...Nb5 29.Nxb5! Rxb5
30.Rxg7 h5 31.Rh7 Rxd5+ 32.Ke3.} Rxb2 29.Rxh7 Rxg2 30.Rh6+ Kd7
31.Rh7+ Kd6 32.Rh6+ Kd7 33.Ne4 {!} Rxa2 34.Rh7+ Kd8 35.d6 Nb5
{The threat was Nf6 and Rh8+ mate.} 36.Kc4 Ra5 37.Rxb7 Na3+
38.Kb4 {!} Rb5+ 39.Rxb5 Nxb5 40.Kc5 Kd7 41.Kd5 a5 42.Nc5+ Ke8
43.Kxe5 Kf7 44.Nb7 {Rubinstein conducted the endgame of this
game with monumental mastery.} 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg  RUS"]
[Date "1909.02.18"]
[EventDate "1909.02.15"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vladimir Nenarokov"]
[Black "Jacques Mieses"]
[ECO "D32"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.d4 {Notes by Lasker.} d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.e3 Nf6 5.Nf3
cxd4 6.exd4 dxc4 7.Bxc4 a6 8.O-O b5 9.Bd3 Bb7 10.Qe2 Nc6
11.Rd1 Be7 12.Bg5 O-O 13.Rac1 Rc8 14.Bb1 Nb4 15.Ne5 Nbd5
16.Qd2 Nxc3 17.Rxc3 Rxc3 18.Qxc3 Ne4 {By this move Black frees
himself from all pressure.} 19.Bxe4 Bxe4 20.Bxe7 Qxe7 21.b4
Qg5 22.f3 Bd5 23.a3 h5 24.Nd7 Rd8 25.Nc5 Rd6 26.Qd2 Qg6 27.Qf2
Ba8 28.Nd3 Qf6 29.Rc1 {Obviously a miscalculation. Black now
obtains the superior position.} Rxd4 30.Rc8+ Rd8 31.Rxd8+ Qxd8
32.Qe3 Bd5 33.Qd4 Qg5 34.Qf4 Qg6 35.Qe3 Bc4 36.Ne1 Qb1 37.h4
Qb2 38.Kh2 Bb3 39.Nd3 Qc3 {Now White cannot in any way, get
the Knight out of the pin.} 40.Qe4 Bd5 41.Qe3 Bc4 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg  RUS"]
[Date "1909.02.26"]
[EventDate "1909.02.15"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Rudolf Spielmann"]
[Black "Jacques Mieses"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "21"]

1.e4 {Notes by Lasker.} d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5 4.Bc4 Nf6
5.d4 Nc6 6.Bd2 Nxd4 {Black need not have accepted the
sacrifice. 7...Qb4 8.b3 Qb6 9.Be3 e5 10.d5 Qa5 11.dxc6 Bb4,
and Black is not in an unfavorable position.} 7.Nb5 Qb6 8.Be3
Qa5+ 9.Bd2 Qb6 10.Be3 Qa5+ 11.Bd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg  RUS"]
[Date "1909.03.03"]
[EventDate "1909.02.15"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Jacques Mieses"]
[Black "Znosko-Borovsky"]
[ECO "C26"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1.e4 {Notes by Lasker.} e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 Nc6 4.Bg2 Bc5 5.d3
d6 6.Na4 {It is a far spresd, but probably wrong belief that
Black ought to preserve his KB, by losing the move a6, hence
this manouver.} Bg4 7.f3 Be6 8.Ne2 Qd7 9.Bg5 Bh3 10.Nxc5 dxc5
11.Bxh3 Qxh3 12.Bxf6 gxf6 13.Qd2 O-O-O 14.Qe3 b6 {Feeble. As
White had to castle QR, c4 was obvious. If 15.dxc4 Qg2 would
recover the Pawn at once; but if 15.O-O-O cxd3 16.cxd3
(16.Rxd3 Rxd3 followed by Qg2) Nd4 with a pressure on White's
position.} 15.O-O-O Nd4 16.Nxd4 Rxd4 17.f4 Qe6 18.b3 Rhd8
19.Rhf1 Qd6 20.Qf3 b5 21.fxe5 Qa6 22.Qxf6 Qxa2 23.Qf5+ Kb7
24.e6 Qa3+ 25.Kd2 fxe6 26.Qe5 a6 27.Ke2 R4d6 28.Qc3 Qb4
29.Qxb4 cxb4 30.Rf7 R8d7 31.Rdf1 e5 32.Rxd7 Rxd7 33.g4 a5
34.Rf6 a4 35.g5 a3 36.h4 Rg7 37.Rf1 Kb6 38.Kd2 Kc5 39.Rf8 Rg6
{Here 38...h6 was indicated. If 39.gxh5 Rg2+ 40.Kc1 Rh2,
drawing at least.} 40.Kc1 Kd4 41.Rf7 c5 42.Kb1 Rd6 {42...h6 is
no longer of any use, because of the reply 43.Rf6.} 43.Rxh7 c4
44.dxc4 bxc4 45.Ka2 cxb3 46.Kxb3 Ra6 47.Ka2 Rc6 48.Kb1 Kxe4
49.h5 Rd6 50.g6 Rd1+ 51.Ka2 Rg1 52.Rc7 Kf5 53.g7 e4 54.h6 e3
55.h7 e2 56.Rf7+ Ke6 57.g8=Q 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg  RUS"]
[Date "1909.02.15"]
[EventDate "1909.02.15"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Dus Chotimirsky"]
[Black "Jacques Mieses"]
[ECO "A54"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1.d4 {Notes by Lasker.} Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 Nbd7 4.e3 {After
4.e4 the continuation might be 4...e5 5.Nf3 g6 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4
Bg7 8.Bg3} e5 5.Bd3 g6 6.f4 Qe7 7.Nge2 e4 {A premature attempt
at attack. Bg7 followed by O-O and using the KR on the e-file,
was indicated.} 8.Bb1 c6 9.Qc2 Nb6 10.b3 Bf5 11.a4 {Ng3 would
have been simply met by O-O-O.} Rc8 12.a5 Na8 13.Ba3 Qe6
14.Qd2 d5 15.Bxf8 Kxf8 16.cxd5 {This exchange was unnecessary;
White ought to have continued at once with Na4; if then dxc4,
Nc5 would follow with an excellent game.} cxd5 17.Na4 Kg7
18.O-O Nc7 19.Nc5 Qc6 20.Rc1 Qb5 21.Nc3 Qc6 22.Ne2 {White
might well have continued 22.b4; threatening to bring the KB
into action via c2 and a4; a plausible continuation would have
been 22...b6 23.axb6 axb6 24.Nca4 Nb5 25.Ne2 Qd6 26.h3 and
White has a slight advantage.} Qb5 23.Nc3 Qc6 24.Ne2 Qb5
25.Nc3 Qc6 26.Na2 Qb5 27.Nc3 Qc6 28.Ne2 Qb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg  RUS"]
[Date "1909.03.05"]
[EventDate "1909.02.15"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jacques Mieses"]
[Black "Emanuel Lasker"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "130"]

1.e4 {Notes by Emanuel Lasker} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4
Bc5 5.Be3 Bb6 6.Nc3 d6 7.Nd5 {What with White having to
forfeit a tempo so as to get rid of the Bishop. Black has
quickly managed to equalise.} Nf6 8.Nxb6 axb6 9.Nxc6 {This
exchange is quite unnecessary and merely strengthens Black's
centre, giving him the initiative.} bxc6 10.Bd3 Qe7 11.O-O Qe5
12.Qc1 O-O 13.Re1 Re8 14.f3 Nd7 15.c3 Nf8 16.Qd2 Qh5 17.Bf4 f6
{ White must not be allowed to open up diagonals for his
Bishops by e5.} 18.a3 Be6 19.Bg3 Nd7 20.Re3 Qf7 21.Rae1 Bc4
22.Bc2 Ra5 23.Qc1 Kh8 24.Qd1 Re7 25.Qd2 Bb3 26.Bxb3 {This
exchange is forced for if he retreated Bb1 Black would get an
overwhelming position by advancing his c-pawn and later
playing his Knight to d3 via c5.} Qxb3 27.Rc1 Qf7 28.Rd1
{Better would be c4.} Kg8 29.Qc2 Ra8 30.Ree1 b5 31.Ra1 Nc5
{Parrying the counter-thrust of the a-pawn just in time.}
32.Bf2 Nb3 33.Rad1 Ree8 34.Be3 Qc4 35.Qe2 Re7 36.Qc2 {If he
swapped Queens, the b-pawn would prove untenable in the long
run.} Rae8 37.Bf2 Re6 {Black is about to move his King over to
the Queen-Wing and there is little that White can do about
it.} 38.Qb1 h5 {To forestall an attack on the pawn by e5, once
the Black King has moved.} 39.h3 Kf7 40.g4 {White must weaken
his own position in the attempt to disturb Black's plan by an
attack.} hxg4 41.hxg4 d5 42.exd5 Rxe1+ 43.Bxe1 {Rxe1 is ruled
out by ...Nd2, etc.} Qe2 44.dxc6 Qxf3 45.Rd7+ Kg8 46.Qd1 Re2
47.Qd5+ Qxd5 48.Rxd5 Rxe1+ 49.Kf2 Re6 50.Rxb5 Nd2 51.a4 Ne4+
52.Kg2 Rxc6 53.a5 Kf7 54.b4 Nd6 55.Rb8 Rxc3 56.a6 Ra3 57.Ra8
Kg6 58.Ra7 Nb5 59.Rb7 c6 60.Rb6 Nd4 61.Kf2 Kg5 62.Ke1 Kxg4
63.Kd2 f5 64.Kc1 f4 65.Kb2 f3 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg  RUS"]
[Date "1909.03.03"]
[EventDate "1909.02.15"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Richard Teichmann"]
[Black "Akiba Rubinstein"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "34"]

1.e4 {Notes by Lasker.} e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bd3
Bd6 6.O-O O-O 7.Bg5 Bg4 8.Nbd2 Nbd7 9.c3 c6 10.Qc2 Qc7 11.Rfe1
Rfe8 12.h3 Bxf3 13.Nxf3 h6 14.Bxf6 Nxf6 15.Rxe8+ Rxe8 16.Re1
Rxe1+ 17.Nxe1 {The game is explained by the desire of both
players to throw the onus of attack on the opponent. Compare
the note to the 8th move of the preceding game.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg  RUS"]
[Date "1909.03.05"]
[EventDate "1909.02.15"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Leo Fleischmann Forgacs"]
[Black "Akiba Rubinstein"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1.e4 {Notes by Lasker.} e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bd3
Bd6 6.O-O O-O 7.Bg5 Bg4 8.Nbd2 Nbd7 9.c3 c6 10.Qc2 Qc7 11.Rfe1
Rfe8 12.h3 Bh5 13.Rxe8+ Rxe8 14.Re1 Rxe1+ 15.Nxe1 Bg6 16.Bxg6
hxg6 17.Nef3 Nf8 18.Bxf6 gxf6 19.Qa4 {Black has subtly brought
his Pawns into the center. White should not underestimate the
danger of their advance, and with moves as those in the text
he should not lose time. He could very well have met the
menace of placing the Knight on f4 by the manouver Nb3-c1-d3.}
a6 20.Nf1 Ne6 21.g3 {Noe the problem of defence has become
complicated. The Pawn at g3 is a mark.} f5 22.Kg2 f4 23.g4 c5
{Black initiates an attack which, in comparison to the slight
force put in action, has extraordinary vigor.} 24.Qe8+ Kg7
25.g5 {White does not heed the peril. The Queen on e8 is
misplaced. After dxc5, Bxc5, the White f-pawn is very weak. If
Black takes on d5, that Pawn remains isolated and weak in the
endgame. Quickly Qa4, in order to retake with Knight or Queen
was prudent. To make yet another weakness, as he has done,
filled the measure to overflowing.} cxd4 26.cxd4 Qe7 27.Qc8
{After 27.Qxe7 Bxe7 28.h4 f6, White either loses the g-pawn or
the d-pawn.} Nxg5 28.N1d2 Bb4 29.h4 Ne4 30.Nf1 Nd6 31.Qg4 Qe4
32.h5 Nf5 33.hxg6 fxg6 34.a3 Bd6 35.Nd2 Qe2 36.Qg5 Ne3+ 37.Kg1
Qd1+ 38.Kh2 Nf1+ 39.Nxf1 Qxf3 40.Kg1 Qh3 41.Qg2 {Black menaced
to push f3 and, after the Pawn moves of White are exhausted,
to win by Zugzwang.} Qxg2+ 42.Kxg2 Bc7 43.Nd2 Bb6 44.Nb3 Kf6
45.f3 g5 46.Kf2 Kf5 47.Kf1 g4 48.fxg4+ Kxg4 49.Nc5 Bxc5
50.dxc5 d4 51.b4 d3 52.a4 f3 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg  RUS"]
[Date "1909.02.21"]
[EventDate "1909.02.15"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Akiba Rubinstein"]
[Black "Dr. Julius Perlis"]
[ECO "D33"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1.d4 {Notes by Dr. Emanuel Lasker.} d5 2.Nf3 c5 3.c4 e6 4.cxd5
exd5 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.g3 c4 7.Bg2 Be7 8.O-O Nf6 9.Ne5 O-O 10.Bg5
Be6 11.f4 Nxe5 {!?} 12.dxe5 d4 13.exf6 gxf6 14.Bh6 dxc3
15.bxc3 {Much better than 15.Bxf8?!, because of 15....cxb2
16.Bxe7 Qxe7 17.Rb1 c3 18.Qc2 Qc5+ 19.Kh1 Rd8 20.Rbd1 Rxd1
21.Rxd1 Bxa2, threatening ...Bb3 or ...b5-b4-b3.} Qb6+ 16.Kh1
Rfd8 17.Qc2 Bd5 {Premature. First Black should play 17...f5,
and if 18.Rab1 Qe3, threatening 19...Rd2.} 18.e4 Bc6 19.Qe2 f5
20.Rad1 Re8 {After 20...Bxe4 21.Bxe4 Qxh6 22.Bxb7 Rxd1 23.Rxd1
Rd8 24.Bd5, White stands better.} 21.Qh5 Bxe4 22.Bxe4 fxe4
23.f5 Qf6 24.Rf4 Kh8 {? White's only wrong move. Here 25.Rh4
could decide the game quickly. If 25...Rad8 then 26.Rdf1, and
if 25...e3 26.Bg5 Qxf5 27.Bf6+!.} 25.Rg4 Rg8 26.Be3 Rxg4
27.Bd4 Rg7 28.Bxf6 Bxf6 29.Qe2 Re8 30.Qxc4 e3 31.Re1 Rgg8
32.Kg2 Re7 33.Kf3 Rge8 34.Re2 b6 35.h4 h6 36.Qc6 Kg7 37.Kg4
h5+ 38.Kf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg  RUS"]
[Date "1909.03.04"]
[EventDate "1909.02.15"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Akiba Rubinstein"]
[Black "Carl Schlechter"]
[ECO "D67"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "118"]

1.d4 {Notes by Dr. Emanuel Lasker.} d5 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 Nf6 4.Bg5
Be7 5.Nc3 Nbd7 6.e3 c6 7.Bd3 dxc4 8.Bxc4 Nd5 9.Bxe7 Qxe7
10.O-O O-O 11.Rc1 Rd8 {?! This plan does not promise an equal
game. Better is 11...Nxc3.} 12.Qc2 Nf8 13.e4 Nb6 {?! Not a
favorable square for the knight. Better is 13...Nxc3.} 14.Bb3
Bd7 15.Ne2 {!} Be8 16.Rfd1 Rac8 17.Qc3 {!} Rc7 18.Nf4 f6
19.Qa5 {! The attack against the a-pawn is effective, because
19...Nc8 will be refuted by 20.Nxe6! On the other hand, the
promising looking move 19.d5 does not bring something decisive
after 19...exd5 20.exd5 Kh8 or, perhaps better, 19...Bf7.} g5
20.Ne2 Nc8 21.d5 {!} Rcd7 {If 21...b6 22.Qc3 exd5 23.exd5 Qxe2
24.d6+ Rf7 25.Qxf6 Rdd7 26.Re1 Qb5 27.Rxe8 Qxb3 28.Qxg5+ and
White wins.} 22.Ned4 {!} cxd5 23.exd5 Rxd5 {Loss of an
exchange was unavoidable; for instance, 23...exd5 24.Ba4 b6
(24...Rd6 25.Nf5) 25.Qa6 Rc7 (or Rb7) 26.Nf5.} 24.Bxd5 Rxd5
25.Qe1 Nd6 26.Ne2 {!} Bc6 27.Rxd5 Bxd5 28.Nfd4 e5 29.Nc3 {!}
Qf7 30.Nxd5 Qxd5 31.Nb3 b6 32.Rd1 Qc6 33.Qc3 Qxc3 34.bxc3 Ne4
35.c4 Kf7 36.Rd8 Ke7 37.Ra8 a5 38.f3 Nc3 39.c5 bxc5 40.Nxc5
Nxa2 41.Ra7+ Ke8 42.Kf2 Nb4 43.Rxa5 Kf7 44.Ke3 h5 45.Ke4 Nc6
46.Ra6 Ne7 47.g4 {!} hxg4 48.fxg4 Kg6 49.Ra7 Kf7 50.Nb7 Kg6
51.Nd6 Nc6 52.Rc7 Nd4 53.Nf5 Nxf5 54.gxf5+ Kh6 55.Kf3 Nh7
56.Kg4 e4 57.Re7 e3 58.Rxe3 Kg7 59.Re7+ {White has played the
entire game with extraordinary power, and occasionally with
subtlety.} 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg  RUS"]
[Date "1909.02.19"]
[EventDate "1909.02.15"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Milan Vidmar"]
[Black "Akiba Rubinstein"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "156"]

1.d4 {Notes by Lasker} d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 dxc4 4.e3 Nf6 5.Bxc4
a6 6.Nf3 c5 7.O-O Nc6 8.dxc5 {Here White can prevent the
advance of Black's b-pawn by a4, and by d5 turn into an open
game; in this case the Black c-pawn would remain a little
weak. After the text the positions are equalized.} Bxc5
9.Qxd8+ Kxd8 10.a3 Ke7 11.b4 Bd6 12.b5 {The idea of this
advance is that after 12...axb5 13.Nxb5, the Knight would be
in a commanding position. But, of course, Black does not
change pawns and White gets into difficulties.} Na5 13.Ba2 Bd7
14.a4 Rhc8 15.Bb2 Nc4 16.Bxc4 Rxc4 17.Nd2 Rc7 {White's Queen's
side Pawns are weak and one of them will have to be
lost. Black threatens already Bb4; Ba3, Bxa3; Rxa3,axb5.}
18.Nce4 Bb4 19.Rab1 Nxe4 20.Nxe4 Rc4 21.Bd4 a5 22.f3 {Here
White might have saved the game: 22.Rxb4 axb4 (Rxb4 23.Bc5+
Kd8 24.Bxb4 axb4 25.Nc5 etc;) 23.Bc5+ Kd8 24.Bb6+ Ke7 25.Bc5+
Rxc5 26.Nxc5 b6 (Bc8; Rb1 ) 27.Na6 Bc8 28.Rb1.} f6 23.Rfd1
{Rxb4 was still feasible.} Rac8 24.Rb3 e5 25.Bb6 Rc1 26.Rd3
Rxd1+ 27.Rxd1 Be6 28.h4 Bb3 29.Ra1 Rc2 30.g4 g6 31.g5 f5
32.Nf6 h5 33.Rb1 Bc4 34.Rd1 Bd2 35.e4 f4 36.Nd5+ Bxd5 37.exd5
Kd6 38.Kf1 Be3 {With infinite cleverness Black avoids giving
the slightest chance to his opponent.} 39.Bxa5 Bd4 40.Rd2 Rc1+
41.Ke2 b6 42.Bb4+ Kxd5 43.a5 bxa5 44.b6 Rb1 45.Bxa5 Rb5 46.Ra2
e4 47.fxe4+ Kxe4 48.Ra4 f3+ 49.Kf1 Rb1+ 50.Be1 f2 51.Rxd4+
Kxd4 52.Kxf2 Rxb6 53.Kf3 Rb5 54.Bg3 Rf5+ 55.Bf4 Kd3 56.Kg3 Ke4
57.Bb8 Rf3+ 58.Kg2 Rb3 59.Bg3 Kf5 60.Kh3 Rd3 61.Kg2 Kg4 62.Be1
Rd1 63.Bf2 Rd2 64.Kg1 Kf3 65.Bb6 Rg2+ 66.Kh1 Rg4 67.Bg1 Rxh4+
68.Bh2 Rg4 69.Bb8 Rxg5 70.Kh2 Rg2+ 71.Kh3 g5 72.Bc7 Rg1 73.Kh2
Rd1 74.Bb8 g4 75.Bg3 Rd2+ 76.Kg1 Kxg3 77.Kf1 Kf3 78.Ke1 Rd8
{Which he might have done much sooner.} 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg  RUS"]
[Date "1909.02.18"]
[EventDate "1909.02.15"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Akiba Rubinstein"]
[Black "Emanuel Lasker"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1.d4 {Notes by Emanuel Lasker} d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Bg5 c5
5.cxd5 exd5 6.Nc3 cxd4 7.Nxd4 Nc6 {The cause for subsequent
embarrasment. 7...Be7 was preferable.} 8.e3 Be7 9.Bb5 {Showing
up the weakness of Black's 7th move.} Bd7 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.Nxd5
Bxd4 12.exd4 Qg5 13.Bxc6 Bxc6 14.Ne3 O-O-O {A careless
move. There was no reason for Black to desist from his
intention of capturing the g-pawn simply because White has
omitted Qe2+. As a matter of fact, after ...Bxg2 15 Rg1 Qa5+
16 Qd2 Qxd2+ 17 Kxd2 Be4 Black would have been quite
comfortable.} 15.O-O Rhe8 16.Rc1 {! A very subtle move. What
with the threat of Rc5 and d5, White retains his advantage,
and he can certainly cope with Black's threat of ...Rxe3.}
Rxe3 17.Rxc6+ bxc6 18.Qc1 {!} Rxd4 19.fxe3 Rd7 20.Qxc6+ Kd8
21.Rf4 {! A splendid idea, threatening to decide the game at
once by Qa8+, followed by a Rook check on e4 or c4; hence,
Black is forced to swap Queens and to face a lost ending.} f5
22.Qc5 Qe7 {After 22...Rd1+ 23 Kf2 Rd2+ 24 Ke1 Qxg2 White
would win the Rook by 23 Qa5+.} 23.Qxe7+ Kxe7 24.Rxf5 Rd1+
25.Kf2 Rd2+ 26.Kf3 Rxb2 27.Ra5 Rb7 28.Ra6 Kf8 29.e4 Rc7 30.h4
Kf7 31.g4 Kf8 32.Kf4 Ke7 33.h5 h6 34.Kf5 Kf7 35.e5 Rb7 36.Rd6
Ke7 37.Ra6 Kf7 38.Rd6 Kf8 39.Rc6 Kf7 40.a3 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg  RUS"]
[Date "1909.03.08"]
[EventDate "1909.02.15"]
[Round "16"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Akiba Rubinstein"]
[Black "S Von Freymann"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "31"]

1.d4 {Notes by Lasker.} d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 dxc4 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4
a6 6.O-O c5 {First of all he should carry out the intention of
his last move, of playing b5, and Bb7.} 7.a4 b6 {And now it
was more important to play Be7 and Castle, than to adopt this
somewhat slow maneuver.} 8.Qe2 {White now brings a Rook
rapidly into play, attacking the little mobile Queen, and
obtains forthwith a great superiority in the center.} Bb7
9.Nc3 Nc6 10.Rd1 Qc7 11.d5 exd5 12.Bxd5 Be7 13.e4 O-O 14.e5
Ne8 15.Qe4 Na5 {Black is in difficulties as White threatens
Bf4, followed soon by e6. White's formation is
overwhelming. But by the text move Black loses immediately, as
after 16.Bxb7 Qxb7 the exhange of Queens followed by Rd7, and
after 16...Nxb7 17.Nd5 would decide the game at once.} 16.Bxb7
1-0

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg  RUS"]
[Date "1909.02.15"]
[EventDate "1909.02.15"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Akiba Rubinstein"]
[Black "Znosko-Borovsky"]
[ECO "D61"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1.d4 {Notes by Lasker.} d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3
Nbd7 6.Nf3 O-O 7.Qc2 b6 8.cxd5 exd5 9.Bd3 Bb7 10.O-O-O Ne4
11.h4 f5 12.Kb1 c5 {12...Rc8 should have been played
instead. 13.Qb3 would then be met simply by Nxc3+ and c5.}
13.dxc5 bxc5 {After 13...Nd7xc5, white continues 14.Nxd5 Bxd5
15.Bc4. In this variation Black must not be able to take the
Bishop at d3 with a check, hence White's 12th move. After
13...Nd7xc5 14.Nxd5 Bxg5 White would win by 15.Bc4} 14.Nxe4
fxe4 15.Bxe4 dxe4 16.Qb3+ Kh8 17.Qxb7 exf3 18.Rxd7 Qe8 19.Rxe7
Qg6+ 20.Ka1 Rab8 21.Qe4 {White calculates every possibility
with the outmost accuracy.} Qxe4 22.Rxe4 fxg2 23.Rg1 Rxf2
24.Rf4 Rc2 {If 24...Rbxb2, White wins by Rf8+.} 25.b3 h6
26.Be7 Re8 27.Kb1 Re2 28.Bxc5 Rd8 29.Bd4 Rc8 30.Rg4 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg  RUS"]
[Date "1909.02.16"]
[EventDate "1909.02.15"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Abraham Speijer"]
[Black "Akiba Rubinstein"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "110"]

1.d4 {Notes by Dr. Emanuel Lasker.} d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 dxc4
4.Nf3 a6 5.a4 c5 6.e3 {Here White should play 6.e4. After
6...Nc6 7.d5 Na5 8.Nd2 Nf6 9.Nxc4 White's position is
preferable.} Nf6 7.Bxc4 Nc6 8.O-O Qc7 9.Qe2 {Here 9.d5 might
have been done. If 9...exd5 10.Nxd5 Nxd5 11.Qxd5 Be6 12.Qe4,
White has certainly not the worst of it. Likewise if 9...Na5
10.Ba2 c4 11.e4 White has all pieces posted well.} Be7 10.Bd2
O-O 11.Rac1 Rd8 12.Bd3 cxd4 13.exd4 Bd7 {Naturally not
13...Nxd4?? 14.Nxd4 Rxd4 15.Nb5.} 14.Ne4 Rac8 15.Ne5 {A witty
trap. If 15...Nxd4 16.Nxf6+ Bxf6 (16...gxf6 17.Qg4+) 17.Qe4
Qxe5 (or 17...Ne2+ 18.Kh1 Nxc1) 18.Qxh7+ Kf8, White wins with
19.Bb4+.} Be8 {! This simple reply shows that the trap was
useless.} 16.Bc3 Nxd4 {! Exactly calculated. If 17.Bxd4
Qxc1. After the continuation in the actual game Black will
have two pawns extra.} 17.Nxf6+ Bxf6 18.Qe4 Nf5 19.g4 Bxe5 {!}
20.Qxe5 {Naturally not 20.Bxe5 Qxc1 21.Rxc1 Rxc1+ 22.Kg2 Bc6,
or 20.gxf5 Bxh2+ 21.Kh1 (or Kg2) 21...Bc6.} Rxd3 21.Qxc7 Rxc7
22.gxf5 exf5 {Also strong was 22...Bxa4, because 23.f6 will be
refuted by 23...gxf6 24.Bxf6 Rxc1 25.Rxc1 Rd1+. This game
clearly shows Rubinstein's mighty and solid style.} 23.a5 f6
24.Rfd1 Rcd7 25.Rxd3 Rxd3 26.Re1 Bc6 27.Re3 Rd1+ 28.Re1 Rd7
29.f4 Kf7 30.Kf2 Be4 31.Re2 g5 32.Rd2 Bd5 {!} 33.Kg3 Ke6
34.Re2+ Be4 35.Rd2 Rg7 36.fxg5 Rxg5+ 37.Kf4 Rg4+ 38.Ke3 Rh4
39.Rf2 Bd5 40.Bd4 Re4+ 41.Kd3 Bc6 42.b4 Bb5+ 43.Kc3 f4 44.Bc5
Kf5 45.Kd2 h5 46.Kc3 Be2 47.Rg2 f3 48.Rg7 Bb5 49.Rg3 Rc4+
50.Kd2 Ke4 51.Bb6 Rxb4 52.Rh3 Rb2+ 53.Kc3 f2 54.Re3+ Kf4
55.Re6 Kf5 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg  RUS"]
[Date "1909.02.18"]
[EventDate "1909.02.15"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Carl Schlechter"]
[Black "Dr. Julius Perlis"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "40"]

1. d4 {Notes by Lasker.} d5 2. Nf3 c5 3. Bf4 {By this White
achieves little, as the Bishop attacks nothing here. Mere
impediments of movement do not embarrass the opponent enough
during the opening stage, therefore such a move should not be
lost.} Nc6 4. e3 Nf6 5. c3 e6 6. Nbd2 Nh5 {It is sound play to
get rid of his Bishop forthwith.} 7. Bg5 {White should leave
Black two Bishops by letting him exchange the Bishops at g3,
thus getting an open Rook's file as compensation. After the
text move White has no possibilities of attack.} Be7 8. Bxe7
Qxe7 9. Bd3 Nf6 10. O-O O-O 11. Re1 Bd7 12. dxc5 Qxc5 13. e4
dxe4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 Rfd8 16. Qe2 Be8 17. Rad1 Qa5
18. Bb1 Rxd1 19. Rxd1 Rd8 20. Rxd8 Qxd8 {It is a pity that the
game was not continued. White might have tried to make his
Pawns on the Queen's side tell, while Black might have
advanced on the King's side.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg  RUS"]
[Date "1909.03.05"]
[EventDate "1909.02.15"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Carl Schlechter"]
[Black "S Von Freymann"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. e4 {Notes by Lasker.} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6
5. O-O Nxe4 6. Re1 Nc5 7. Nc3 Be7 {7...Nxa4 is answered by
8.Nxe5 Be7 9.Nd5 O-O 10.Nxc6 dxc6 11.Nxe7+ Kh8 12.Nxc8 and
b3. Black has a slight weakness on account of his doubled
Pawn.} 8. Bxc6 dxc6 9. Nxe5 O-O 10. d4 Ne6 11. Be3 Re8 12. Qh5
{This is here proven to be premature.} f6 13. Ng4 {Nf7, Qd7
the Knight would have no retreat.} Nf8 14. h3 Be6 15. Nh2 Qd7
16. Ne2 Bd6 17. Nf1 Re7 18. Nd2 Rae8 19. c4 Bb4 20. Nc3 Bf7
21. Qd1 Ng6 22. a3 Bxc3 {Also with Bd6 he could have got a
good game. He would then have threatened before all, c5.}
23. bxc3 f5 24. Nf3 {24.g3 f4 25.gxf4 Qxh3.} Bxc4 25. Ne5 Nxe5
26. dxe5 Qxd1 27. Rexd1 Rxe5 28. Rab1 b5 {b6 was right in
order to counteracy the White Bishop. The advance of the Pawns
could then have been initiated by c5.} 29. Bf4 R5e7 30. Bg5
{Black can play 30...Rf7. After 31.Re1 Rxe1+ 32.Rxe1 Rd7
33.Re7 Rxe7 34.Bxe7, Black advances with King to d5 and
obtains c5. Then Black can attempt to push a5 and b4, with the
King as support on c4. With this enterprise he had good
chances of success. Black should, therefore, by all means,
have refused the offer of the draw.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg  RUS"]
[Date "1909.03.07"]
[EventDate "1909.02.15"]
[Round "15"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Rudolf Spielmann"]
[Black "Carl Schlechter"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1. e4 {Notes by Lasker.} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6
5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. a4 Rb8 {Is there anything
better here? If 8...Be6 9.dxe5 Na5 10.Nd4 and now 10...c5?
11.Nxe6 fxe6, White can obtain an advantage only by axb5; for
after 12.Qg4 Qd7, Black would reply to both 13.f3 and 13.axb5
with 13...c4, and the issue appears very doubtful.} 9. axb5
axb5 10. dxe5 Be6 11. c3 Bc5 12. Nbd2 O-O 13. Bc2 Nxd2
14. Qxd2 Qd7 15. Qf4 Ne7 {So far Black's moves admit of no
censure. But here the question arises, why Black failed to
play the strong move of f6. If 16.Qh4, Black would break the
attack by Bf5.} 16. Nd4 {Now White obtains at least the
advantage of two Bishops. If 16...Ng6 17.Qg3 and the f-pawn
threatens to advance, and if 16...b4? White plays
17.Nb3. Black is already somewhat in difficulty.} Bxd4 {Now
the point c5 becomes very weak, so that the c-pawn is
prevented from advancing and remains in want of support by the
pieces.} 17. Qxd4 Bf5 18. Bxf5 Nxf5 19. Qc5 Ra8 20. Bf4 h5
21. h3 Ra4 {And finally a blunder which costs a
pawn. Schlechter was particularly indisposed at
St.Petersburg.} 22. Rxa4 bxa4 23. Rd1 c6 24. Qa5 Qe7 25. Qxa4
Qh4 26. Rd3 d4 27. Rf3 {Not 27.g3 Qxh3 28.cxd4, on account of
28...Nh4.} dxc3 28. bxc3 Ne7 29. Qe4 Nd5 30. c4 Nxf4 31. Rxf4
Qg5 32. e6 Qe7 33. Rxf7 Rxf7 34. exf7+ Qxf7 35. Qxc6 Kh7
36. Qe4+ g6 37. c5 Qd7 38. c6 Qd1+ 39. Kh2 Qd6+ 40. g3 Qc5
41. Kg2 Kg7 42. h4 Qd6 43. Qc4 Qc7 44. Qb5 {White's play in
this game appears most accurate and sound.} 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg  RUS"]
[Date "1909.03.11"]
[EventDate "1909.02.15"]
[Round "18"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Carl Schlechter"]
[Black "Znosko-Borovsky"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "37"]

1. e4 {Notes by Lasker.} e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nd7 4. Bc4 c6
5. c3 {Here immediate attack is advisable: 5.Ng5 Nh6 6.f4 Be7
7.Nf3.} Be7 {A gross blunder, as the sequel shows. Ngf6 must
be played first.} 6. Qb3 Ngf6 7. Bxf7+ Kf8 8. Ng5 Nb6 9. dxe5
Nfd5 {If 9...dxe5 10.Bg6 Nfd5 11.Nf7.} 10. Ne6+ Bxe6 11. Bxe6
Nc7 12. O-O d5 {Thus he perishes without fight. It was better
to make sure of one pawn by dxe5. After 13.f4 Bc5+ 14.Kh1 Qd3
he would still be able to develop his forces.} 13. exd5 cxd5
14. Bh3 Bc5 15. Nd2 Qe7 16. Nf3 Ne6 17. Qb5 a6 18. Qd3 Re8
19. b4 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg  RUS"]
[Date "1909.02.16"]
[EventDate "1909.02.15"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Savielly Tartakower"]
[Black "Rudolf Spielmann"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. d4 {Notes by Lasker.} d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. Nf3 Bd6
5. Bd3 Bxf4 6. exf4 Qd6 7. Qd2 c5 8. dxc5 Qxc5 9. O-O Nc6
10. c3 {Nc3 followed by the development of the Rooks, would be
sounder play.} O-O 11. b4 Qb6 12. a4 a6 {The purpose of this
move is not clear. The advance of White,s a and b-pawns can do
Black no harm. 12.Rd8, followed by Bd7 and Rac8, was
indicated. The Bishop could afterwards take up a waiting
position at e8.} 13. a5 Qc7 14. Re1 Rb8 {An ingenious idea;
but it is questionable whether the slower attack Bd7, Rac8,
Qd6 followed by doubling the Rooks on the c-file, or by d4,
would not have been more useful.} 15. Ne5 b6 16. axb6 Rxb6
17. Qe2 d4 18. b5 axb5 19. Bxb5 Nxe5 20. fxe5 Nd5 21. cxd4 {It
appears risky to accept the sacrifice. After 21.c4, White
would have captured the d-pawn sooner or later, without
exposing himself to any danger, and he would, moreover, have
had the chance, slight though it be, of the passed pawn.} Nf4
22. Qe4 Nh3+ 23. gxh3 Rxb5 24. Na3 Rb3 25. Rac1 Qd7 {Intending
to play Qd5; but it was of the greatest importance to compel
the Knight to move, lest the White Rook take possession of the
third row and reach the square g3. Black could win as follows
25...Qe7 26. Nc4 (26.Qc2 threatening Qxc8 ...Qg5+ 27.Kf1 Ba6+
28.Nc4 Rxh3 and wins.) Bb7 27.Qf4 Rf3 28.Qd2 Qh4 threatening
now Qxh3, e.g. 29.Nd6 Bd5 30.Rc3 Qxh3 31.Re1e3 Ra8 -This
analysis is given by Spielmann and E. Cohn.} 26. Re3 Bb7
27. Qf4 Qd5 28. f3 f6 {In spite of the strenght of Black,s
position there is no decisive manouver; for instance 28...Rc8
would fail on account of 29.Rxc8+ Bxc8 30.Nc2 followed soon by
Ne1.} 29. Rc5 g5 30. Rxd5 gxf4 31. Rxb3 Bxd5 32. Rc3 fxe5
33. dxe5 Rf5 34. Nc4 Rh5 35. Kg2 Rg5+ 36. Kf2 Rh5 37. Kg2 Rg5+
1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg  RUS"]
[Date "1909.03.08"]
[EventDate "1909.02.15"]
[Round "16"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Leo Fleischmann Forgacs"]
[Black "Rudolf Spielmann"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. e4 {Notes by Lasker.} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4
5. e5 h6 6. exf6 hxg5 7. fxg7 Rg8 8. h4 gxh4 {It would be
simpler to play the pressing ...Rxg7. If then 9.Qh5, Black
develops by Nc6.} 9. Qh5 Qf6 10. Nf3 Nd7 11. O-O-O Bxc3 {The
Knight was quite harmless, whereas the Bishop would have come
in handy at e7.} 12. bxc3 Qxg7 13. Qxh4 Nf8 {After the two
moves it has made, the Knight is still unfavorably
placed. Taking all that has been said into consideration,
Black's strategy stands condemned. The tactical prove of its
insufficiency is given by White in grand style.} 14. Qf4 f6
15. Bd3 Qe7 16. g3 c5 17. Rh6 c4 18. Be2 Ng6 19. Qg4 {Fine
play. On this dangerous place the Queen takes up a most
forcible position.} Qf7 20. Nh4 Nxh4 21. Qxh4 Ke7 22. f4
{Wonderfully fine. The Pawn comes as a valuable ally to the
heavy pieces.} Bd7 23. f5 exf5 24. Bxc4 {Elegant. If 24...dxc4
25.Re1+ and White wins the Queen in reply to any King's move;
and if ...Be6, d5 would win.} Rg4 25. Re1+ Be6 26. Qh1 Kd6
27. Rh7 Qg8 28. Bb3 Re4 29. Rxb7 Rc8 30. Qf1 Rc6 31. Rxe4 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg  RUS"]
[Date "1909.02.15"]
[EventDate "1909.02.15"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Rudolf Spielmann"]
[Black "Georg Salwe"]
[ECO "C66"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. e4 e5 {Notes by Lasker.} 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O d6
5. d4 Bd7 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Re1 exd4 8. Nxd4 O-O 9. Bxc6 {This
exchange leads to nothing, except, perhaps, that it prevents
Black from exchanging both Knight and Bishop. This however,
need not be feared.} bxc6 10. b3 Re8 11. Bb2 Bf8 12. Qd3 g6
13. Nde2 {This strategical manouver is altogether wrong. White
might, at this juncture, play Rad1, and answer Bg7 with
f4. Though the pawns at e4 and f4 are then exposed to attacks,
yet they are not weak, and assist in maintaining the balance
of position.} Bg7 14. Ng3 {Since Black already has moved the
pawn to g6, the Knight is not favorably posted on this
square.} h5 {A splendid strategical idea. From this
insignificant beginning Black obtains a strong pressure on the
King's side.} 15. Rad1 h4 16. Nf1 Nh5 17. Bc1 Be5 18. Ne2 g5
19. g3 Qf6 20. Qe3 g4 21. Nd2 d5 {If Black had played Be6
here, White would have been at a loss what to do. If,
perchance, Rf1, to prepare f4, Black replies Kh8, and the
advance of the f-pawn would then only open the lines for
Black's Rooks and Bishops. If 22.Qd3, then d5; 23.Qa6? Bc8. In
any case, White would have been in a precarious position.}
22. Nc4 {By exchanging one of the two Bishops, White frees his
game, and now forces the draw, with correct judgement of the
situation.} hxg3 23. fxg3 Qg6 24. Nxe5 Rxe5 25. Nf4 Nxf4
26. Qxf4 Rae8 27. Bb2 Rxe4 28. Rxe4 Qxe4 29. Qg5+ Qg6 30. Qh4
Qh7 31. Qg5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg  RUS"]
[Date "1909.02.19"]
[EventDate "1909.02.15"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Abraham Speijer"]
[Black "Rudolf Spielmann"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. d4 {Notes by Lasker.} d5 2. Nf3 c5 3. dxc5 e6 4. e4 Bxc5
5. exd5 exd5 6. Bb5+ Nc6 7. O-O Nf6 8. Bg5 Be6 9. Nc3 O-O
10. Ne2 {So far White has kept up the pressure on Black's
d-pawn, but now he relaxes; he might have gone on, for
instance with Ba4-b3.} h6 11. Bh4 Be7 12. c3 Qb6 13. Qa4 Ne4
14. Bxe7 Nxe7 15. Ned4 {White does not play 15.Bd3 on account
of 15...Qxb2 16.Bxe4 dxe4 17.Qxe4 Bd5 18.Qxe7 Rfe8 with clear
advantage for Black, since the c-pawn is difficult to defend.}
Ng6 {The reply to 15...a6 would be Qa3.} 16. Qc2 Nf4 17. Rfe1
Rac8 18. Rad1 Bg4 19. Bf1 Qg6 {Overlooking the strength of
White's next move. If he had played Rfe8 first, he would have
retained his advantage. As it is, he accomplishes nothing more
than a general exchange.} 20. Ne5 Bxd1 21. Nxg6 Bxc2 22. Ne7+
Kh8 23. Nxc8 Bd3 24. Ne7 Bxf1 25. Rxf1 Re8 26. Nef5 Nd2
27. Rd1 Nc4 28. b3 Nb2 29. Rb1 Nbd3 30. Ne3 Rc8 31. g3 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg  RUS"]
[Date "1909.03.09"]
[EventDate "1909.02.15"]
[Round "17"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Rudolf Spielmann"]
[Black "Akiba Rubinstein"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "150"]

1.e4 {Notes by Dr. Emanuel Lasker.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 Bg4 {?!} 9.h3 Bh5
10.d3 O-O 11.Nbd2 d5 12.exd5 Nxd5 13.Nf1 Bf6 14.g4 Bg6 15.g5
Be7 16.Nxe5 Nxe5 17.Rxe5 Nb6 18.d4 Nd7 19.Re1 Bxg5 20.Bxg5
Qxg5+ 21.Qg4 {Black regains the pawn, but White's game is
nicely developed.} Qd8 22.Ng3 Nf6 23.Qf3 Qd7 24.Kh2 a5 25.a3
Rab8 26.Re5 Rfe8 27.Rg1 {Here White should take control of the
e-file, playing simply 27.Rae1.} b4 {Better was 27...Qd6. This
is one of the very rare occasions when Rubinstein undertakes a
doubtful combination.} 28.Rxa5 bxc3 29.Qxc3 Ne4 30.Nxe4 Rxe4
31.Rd5 Qe7 32.Rc5 Re2 33.Qg3 {Here White could play
33.Rxc7. After 33...Rxf2+ 34.Kg3 Qg5+ 35.Kxf2 Qf4+ 36.Ke1 Re8+
37.Kd1 Bh5+ 38.Kc2, the white king escapes via b1-a2 (for
example, if ...Qxf2+ and ...Qxg1+), and White's pawns are very
strong.} Qd6 34.Qxd6 {? Losing all his advantage! The right
continuation was 34.Bxf7+!; e.g., 34...Bxf7 35.Re5!! and White
wins or 34...Kxf7 35.Rxc7+ Ke6 36.d5+ Qxd5 37.Qg4+, and White
wins easily.} cxd6 35.Rc7 Rxb2 36.Rgc1 Kf8 37.Bc2 Ra2 38.Bxg6
hxg6 39.R1c2 Rxc2 40.Rxc2 Ra8 41.Rc3 Ra4 42.Rd3 Ke7 43.Kg3
{Here 43.d5 was necessary, stopping the advance of Black's
king. Then if 43...Kf6 44.Rf3+, or 43...f5 44.Re3+ and
45.Re6.} Ke6 {The mastery with which Rubinstein implements the
following endgame is more than prizeworthy.} 44.Kf3 Kd5 45.Ke2
g5 {!} 46.Rb3 f6 47.Ke3 Kc4 48.Rd3 d5 49.Kd2 Ra8 50.Kc2 Ra7
51.Kd2 Re7 52.Rc3+ {White loses a pawn anyway. If 52.Re3 Rb8
53.Rd3 Rb2+ 54.Ke3 Ra2 and White is in zugzwang.} Kxd4 53.a4
Ra7 54.Ra3 Ra5 55.Ra1 Kc4 56.Ke3 d4+ 57.Kd2 Rf5 58.Ke1 Kb4
59.Ke2 Ka5 60.Ra3 Rf4 61.Ra2 Rh4 62.Kd3 Rxh3+ 63.Kxd4 Rh4+
64.Kd3 Rxa4 65.Re2 Rf4 66.Ke3 Kb6 67.Rc2 Kb7 68.Rc1 Ra4 69.Rh1
Kc6 70.Rh7 Ra7 71.Ke4 Kd6 72.Kf5 g6+ {!} 73.Kxg6 Rxh7 74.Kxh7
Ke5 75.Kg6 g4 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg  RUS"]
[Date "1909.03.12"]
[EventDate "1909.02.15"]
[Round "19"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Rudolf Spielmann"]
[Black "Ossip Bernstein"]
[ECO "B74"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1. e4 {Notes by Lasker.} c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Nxd4 Nf6
5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8. O-O O-O 9. Nb3 {This retrat
is strong. It prevents such moves as Ng4 or Qa5, and prepares
the advance of the King's side pawns.} a6 10. f4 b5 11. Bf3
Bb7 12. e5 {Up to this point White has treated the position
quite correctly, but here he makes a miscalculation. The
premature advance of the e-pawn was useless. It would have
been a sounder plan to bring his whole force into the field by
Qd2 and Rad1, and then begin operations by Nd4.} dxe5 13. Nc5
Qc7 14. Nxb7 exf4 15. Bxf4 Qxb7 16. Qe2 Rae8 17. a4 b4 18. Nd5
Nd4 19. Nxf6+ Bxf6 20. Qc4 Nxf3+ 21. Rxf3 Bxb2 22. Raf1 Rc8
23. Qb3 Bd4+ 24. Kh1 Rc3 25. Rxc3 Bxc3 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg  RUS"]
[Date "1909.03.09"]
[EventDate "1909.02.15"]
[Round "17"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Znosko-Borovsky"]
[Black "Richard Teichmann"]
[ECO "C49"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "40"]

1.e4 {Notes by Lasker} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Bb4 5.O-O
O-O 6.d3 d6 7.Ne2 Ne7 8.c3 Ba5 9.Ng3 Ng6 10.d4 c6 11.Ba4 Bb6
12.Be3 h6 13.Bc2 Re8 14.Re1 Ng4 15.Bc1 Be6 16.h3 Nf6 17.Nf5
Bc7 18.dxe5 dxe5 19.Be3 Qxd1 20.Raxd1 Red8 {White might have
continued the game very well by Bb3, and tried to obtain
little advantagrs, as for instance the command of the open
Queen's file.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg  RUS"]
[Date "1909.03.08"]
[EventDate "1909.02.15"]
[Round "16"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Richard Teichmann"]
[Black "Savielly Tartakower"]
[ECO "D32"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "26"]

1.d4 {Notes by Lasker.} d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.e3 Nf6 5.Nf3 Nc6
6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 a6 8.dxc5 {This is too tame altogether; but
during the last days of the tournament Teichmann was
indisposed and did not feel up to the strain of a long and
difficult game.} Qxd1+ 9.Kxd1 Bxc5 10.a3 b5 11.Bd3 Bb7 12.b4
Bb6 13.Bb2 Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg  RUS"]
[Date "1909.03.01"]
[EventDate "1909.02.15"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Leo Fleischmann Forgacs"]
[Black "Richard Teichmann"]
[ECO "D62"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "31"]

1.d4 {Notes by Lasker.} d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.Nf3
O-O 6.e3 Nbd7 7.Qc2 c5 8.dxc5 {He would here Castle QR, and
institute an attack by Bd3 and h4.} Nxc5 9.Rd1 Qa5 10.cxd5
exd5 11.Bd3 {Not 11.Bxf6 Bxf6 12.Rxd5 on account of 12...Be6,
recovering the Pawn, with a good game.} Nxd3+ {And here Black
should take the initiative by 11...Nce4. After 12.Bxf6 Bxf6
13.O-O Bxc3 14.bxc3 Bf5, he would have a very good game.}
12.Qxd3 Be6 13.O-O Rfd8 14.Nd4 Rac8 15.Nf5 Bxf5 16.Qxf5
1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg  RUS"]
[Date "1909.03.04"]
[EventDate "1909.02.15"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "S Von Freymann"]
[Black "Richard Teichmann"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "38"]

1.e4 {Notes by Lasker.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.O-O d6 5.b4
{A kind of Evans Gambit, but no so forcible as on the
preceding move.} Bb6 {5...Bxb4 6.c3 Ba5 7.d4 would lead to
three different variations: 7...Bd7 (Alapin) 7...exd4 (normal
vaiation) 7...Bb6 (Lasker) . To decline the Gambit is here all
the stronger, as White has not even the bold attack b5 at his
disposal.} 6.a4 a6 7.a5 Ba7 8.c3 Qf6 9.d3 Nge7 10.Be3 Bg4
11.Nbd2 Ng6 {This kind of counter attack was originated by
Zukertort. If White now should exchange the strongly poste B
at a7, he would get into a serious plight after Nf4 and his
Queen's side Pawns would remain weak, without any
compensation. But it would be probably stronger to play firrst
h6 and g5.} 12.Bg5 Qxg5 13.Nxg5 Bxd1 14.Bxf7+ Ke7 15.Raxd1 {A
remarkably feeble move. 15.Bxg6, was obvious. Then if 15...Be2
16.Rfe1 Bxd3 17.Nxh7, the issue of the game was not at all
clear; e.g.: 17...d5 18.h4 d4 19.Rac1 Kd6 or Rad8 20.h5; or
else 17...Nd8 18.g3 Ne6 19.Kg2, followed soon by h4.} Nf4
16.Bc4 Ne2+ 17.Kh1 Nxc3 18.Rde1 Nxb4 19.Ne6 Nxd3 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg  RUS"]
[Date "1909.03.12"]
[EventDate "1909.02.15"]
[Round "19"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Emanuel Lasker"]
[Black "Richard Teichmann"]
[ECO "C86"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1.e4 {Notes by Emanuel Lasker} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6
5.O-O Be7 6.Qe2 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O 9.d4 exd4 10.cxd4 Bg4
11.Rd1 d5 {White was threatening e5, followed by Bd5.} 12.e5
Ne4 13.Nc3 Nxc3 14.bxc3 f6 {Premature. He should have played
...Na5 first.} 15.h3 Bh5 {Obviously ...Be6 was ruled out by 16
exf6 Rxf6 17 Bg5 Rg6 18 Bc2. As for ...Bf5 16 g4! this was
just as unpleasant for Black as ...Bc8 16 a4 with numerous
threats, such as Qa2.} 16.g4 Bf7 17.e6 {This had to be very
carefully considered. It was risky to give Black his d6-square
and to face the possibility of the advanced pawn being cut off
from his fellows by ...f5.} Bg6 18.Nh4 Na5 19.Nxg6 {This
exchange was necessary since, after 19 Bc2 Bxc2 20 Qxc2 Nc4 21
f4 Nd6 22 f5 Ne4 White would have bottled up his lines of
attack.} hxg6 20.Bc2 f5 21.Kh1 Bd6 22.gxf5 Qh4 23.Qf3 gxf5
24.Rg1 {Threatening Bg5, as well as 25 Bxf5 Qf6 26 Qg2.} f4
25.Rg4 Qh6 26.e7 Bxe7 27.Bxf4 Qe6 {Seeing that 28 Rxg7+ would
be immediately decisive Black resigned even before White had
moved.} 28.Rxg7+ 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg  RUS"]
[Date "1909.02.15"]
[EventDate "1909.02.15"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Richard Teichmann"]
[Black "Milan Vidmar"]
[ECO "C66"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "38"]

1.e4 {Notes by Lasker } e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O d6 5.d4
Bd7 6.Nc3 Be7 7.Re1 exd4 8.Nxd4 O-O 9.Nde2 {Bg5 looks the
natural move.} Re8 10.Ng3 Bf8 11.b3 g6 12.Bb2 Bg7 13.Nd5 a6
14.Bxc6 {To Bf1 Black would have replied Ne5 and if 15.f4? he
would have played Nxd5, followed by Nf3+ or Nc4 according to
circumstances, with a good game.} Bxc6 15.Nxf6+ Bxf6 16.Bxf6
Qxf6 17.Qd3 Re6 18.f3 Rae8 19.c4 Qe7 {Threatening f5 ; White
would probably reply Red1. After that it appears for both
players an almost hopeless undertaking, to drive the opponent
from his position.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg  RUS"]
[Date "1909.03.11"]
[EventDate "1909.02.15"]
[Round "18"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Erich Cohn"]
[Black "Milan Vidmar"]
[ECO "D05"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. d4 {Notes by Lasker.} d5 2. Nf3 c5 3. e3 e6 4. c3 {This is
a loss of time and gives the slight advantage of the first
move away.} Nf6 5. Bd3 Bd6 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. O-O Nc6 8. e4 cxd4
9. cxd4 e5 {Black ought to have isolated White's d-pawn by
9...dxe4 10.Nxe4 Be7. Black's Queen's Bishop could then be
developed easily by means of b6 and Bb7, and White would have
no compensation whatever for the weakness of the isolated
d-pawn. By the move actually playeed White gets rid of the
d-pawn and the positions are soon equalized.} 10. dxe5 Nxe5
11. Nxe5 Bxe5 12. exd5 Qxd5 13. Nc4 Bc7 14. Be2 Be6 15. Qxd5
Bxd5 16. Be3 Rac8 17. Rac1 Bb8 18. Rfd1 Rfe8 19. h3 h6 20. b3
b6 21. Nd2 Bb7 22. Bf3 Bxf3 23. Nxf3 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Nd5 25. Bd2
Bd6 26. Kf1 Ba3 27. Rc2 Bc5 28. Rc1 Re7 29. Rc2 f6 30. Ne1 Bb4
31. Nd3 Bxd2 32. Rxd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg  RUS"]
[Date "1909.03.01"]
[EventDate "1909.02.15"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Emanuel Lasker"]
[Black "Milan Vidmar"]
[ECO "C62"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1. e4 {Notes by Emanuel Lasker} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. d4
Bd7 5. Nc3 exd4 6. Nxd4 g6 {A new attempt to shorten the usual
manoeuvre Bishop-e7-f8, g6, Bg7 by the seemingly wasted couple
of moves but this doesn't turn out too well since White now
adopts an entirely different set-up enabling him to exploit
the weakness of Black's f6 and h6 rather more decisively than
in the normal variation.} 7. Be3 Bg7 8. Qd2 Nf6 {If 8...Nge7
the White pawn would march to h4 and h5 forthwith.} 9. f3 O-O
10. O-O-O a6 11. Be2 b5 12. h4 Ne5 13. Bh6 Nc4 {Black would
seem to obtain a lively and promising attack by pawn attacks
of the Kt b5 c5 and c4 as well as at b4 and c3. But that is
not so since the Pawns will fall by the wayside.} 14. Bxc4
bxc4 15. h5 c6 {If 15...Nxh5 then 16 Bxg7 Kxg7 17 g4 Nf6 18
Qh6+ Kg8 19 Nd5; or even stronger perhaps 19 g5 Nh5 20 Nd5,
etc.} 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. hxg6 fxg6 18. Nde2 Rf7 19. Qxd6 Qb6
20. Qd4 c5 21. Nd5 Qb7 22. Qc3 Raf8 23. Nxf6 Rxf6 24. Rd6 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg  RUS"]
[Date "1909.02.19"]
[EventDate "1909.02.15"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Znosko-Borovsky"]
[Black "Georg Salwe"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1.d4 {Notes by Lasker.} d5 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bf4 c5 4.e3 Nc6 5.c3 {If
White had to make such a narrowing move, his opening would not
be commendable; the move, however, is not necessary. The
threat of Qb6 can also be met by 5.c4 after ...Qb6, White has
then the choice of 6.Qb3,Qd2 and even Qc1.} 6.Nf6 6.Nbd2 Be7
7.Bd3 O-O 8.h3 {Before Castling, he wishes to provide a
retreat for the Bishop against Black's Nh5; but the move
deprives the Bishop of the strong foothold at g3.} Bd6 9.Ne5
{White's position is no longer favorable. Relatively best was
9.Bxd6 Qxd6 10.Rc1, followed by Bb1 and c4. The move played
gives Black the superiority on the Queen's wing, without
obtaining any sufficient compensation for it.} Bxe5 10.dxe5
Nd7 11.Nf3 f6 {Black now obtains an excellent development.}
12.exf6 Nxf6 13.O-O Qe7 14.Ne5 Nxe5 15.Bxe5 Bd7 16.c4 Bc6
17.Rc1 b6 18.b3 Rad8 19.Qe2 Qf7 20.Rfd1 Rd7 21.Bb1 Rfd8 22.Qc2
Qh5 23.Qb2 {White wants to avoid Bxf6, which would open the
g-file for Black, whose Bishop aims already at White's g2
square; but now Black obtains other advantages.} dxc4 24.Rxd7
Nxd7 25.Bg3 {After 25.Bxg7 Black would win by 25...e5.} cxb3
26.axb3 {If 26.Qxb3, Black would force the exchange of Queens
by Qd5.} Nf6 27.f3 Qd5 28.Re1 Be8 29.Bh4 e5 30.Bc2 Qe6 31.Qc3
Bf7 32.Ra1 Rd7 33.g4 Bg6 {By driving White's KB from the
diagonal or exchanging it for his Bishop, Black is enabled to
bring his Knight into play with decisive effect at d5, or (if
e4 ) at d4. The finish is vigorously played by Black.} 34. Bd1
Bd3 35.Bg3 e4 36.f4 Nd5 37.Qe1 Qf6 38.Rc1 Qb2 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg  RUS"]
[Date "1909.02.25"]
[EventDate "1909.02.15"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Emanuel Lasker"]
[Black "Znosko-Borovsky"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1.e4 {Notes by Emanuel Lasker} e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Bb4
5.exd5 Qxd5 6.Nf3 {There is nothing better for White than 6
Bxc6 bxc6 7 Nf3.} Ne4 7.Bd2 Bxc3 8. bxc3 Nxd2 9.Qxd2 Nd7
10.Bd3 c5 11.c4 Qd6 12.c3 b6 13.O-O Bb7 14.Qe3 O-O 15.Rad1
{White should force the exchange of the Black Queen Bishop by
15 Be4 Bxe4 16 Qxe6 Rc8 17 Rac1. White should hardly get more
than a draw out of this position.} Rad8 16.Rfe1 Qc7 17.Bf1 a6
{? This gives White some chances, since it not merely weakens
the Black b-pawn, but also stops the Black Queen Bishop from
attacking White's weak c4 via a6. Black should have played
17...Bxf3 18 Qxf3 e5.} 18.Nd2 Nf6 19.Nb3 Rc8 20.Rb1 Rfd8
21.dxc5 bxc5 22.Qxc5 Qxc5 23.Nxc5 Rxc5 {The b-pawn being weak
anyhow Black sacrifices it so as to seek some compensation in
open files.} 24.Rxb7 Ra5 25.Rd1 Rc8 26.Rc7 Rb8 27. c5 Ne4
{27...Rxa2 was ruled out on account of 28 c6, followed by Rb7
and c7.} 28.Rcd7 {The threat being c4.} Kf8 29.c6 Rc5 30.c4
Nf6 31.c7 Re8 32.R7d6 a5 33.Ra6 Ke7 34.Rb1 Rxc7 35.Rxa5 Ne4
36.Rc1 Rd8 37.f3 Nd2 38.Be2 Rd4 39.Kf2 e5 {A desperate attempt
to rescue the Knight. 39...Nxc4 would have been refuted by
Ra4.} 40. Rxe5+ Kf6 41.Rb5 Nxc4 42.Rb4 {42...Nd6 would be
refuted by Rxd4; any other Knight move by Rb6+.} 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg  RUS"]
[Date "1909.02.28"]
[EventDate "1909.02.15"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Dr. Julius Perlis"]
[Black "Znosko-Borovsky"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1.e4 {Notes by Lasker.} e6 2.c4 c5 {2...d5 looks sounder. If
3.cxd5 exd5 4.exd5 Nf6. If cxd5 exd5 4.e5 Black plays 4...d4
or c5, followed by Nc6, with good development and attack on
White's advanced post on e5.} 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nf6
6.Nc3 Bb4 7.Nxc6 {The alternative is 7.f3 d5 8.cxd5 exd5 9.Bb5
Bd7 or Qb6.} bxc6 8. Bd3 {If 8.e5 Ne4 9.Qd4 f5 10.exf6ep
Qxf6.} d5 9.cxd5 exd5 10.exd5 Nxd5 11.O-O Bxc3 {Weak would be
11.Nxc3 12.bxc3 Bxc3 13.Rb1 Be6 (or O-O) 14.Qc2 recovering the
pawn with a good position.} 12.bxc3 O-O 13.Qc2 Qh4 14.Re1 Bd7
15.Bd2 Rfe8 16.c4 Nf6 17.Bc3 Kh8 18.Qb2 Ng4 {The a-pawn and
c-pawn are welcome points of attack for the two White
Bishops. But Black should certainly play for counter attack by
c5, followed by Bc6; in fact, he should have done so on his
last move.} 19.h3 Nf6 {Now White wins by force , but in any
event Black stands poorly. A slight hope is offered by
23...Red8 followed by Kg8.} 20.Be5 Qg5 21. Re3 Nh5 22.Rae1 f6
23.Bh2 Nf4 24.Bxf4 Qxf4 25.Qb7 Qd4 26.Bf5 Rxe3 27. Qxa8+ Be8
28.Qxe8+ 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg  RUS"]
[Date "1909.03.07"]
[EventDate "1909.02.15"]
[Round "15"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Znosko-Borovsky"]
[Black "Erich Cohn"]
[ECO "C29"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1.e4 {Notes by Lasker.} e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.f4 d5 4.fxe5 Nxe4 5.d3
Nxc3 6.bxc3 d4 7.Nf3 {Weak would be 7.f4 because of 7...Bb4+
8.Bd2 Bxd2+ 9.Qxd2 Nc6 10.Nf3 O-O. The e-pawn cannot be
defended. To 7.Bb2 Black might reply Qe7 continued 8.Nf3 Nc6
p.Qe2 Bg4 10.cxd4 O-O-O or 9...dxc3 10.Bxc3 Qa3.} c5 {Black
ought to take the c-pawn 7...dxc3 8.d4 Qd5 9.Bd3 Nc6 10.Be3
Nb4.} 8. Be2 Be7 9.O-O O-O 10.Qe1 f6 11.cxd4 cxd4 12.exf6 Bxf6
13.Qg3 Nc6 14.Bg5 {The Bishop would be useful for the defence
of c3 and e3, and also for attack. Better therefore 14.Ng5,
followed by Ne4 or Bf3-e4.} Be6 15.Bxf6 Rxf6 16.Ng5 Rxf1+
17.Rxf1 {To retake with the Bishop was the lesser evil, but
even then Black commanded the ground by 17...Bd5.} Bxa2 18.Bh5
Qe7 19.Bf7+ Bxf7 20. Rxf7 Qe3+ 21.Qxe3 dxe3 22.Rxb7 a5 23.c3
a4 24.Ne4 a3 25.Rb1 a2 26.Ra1 Rb8 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg  RUS"]
[Date "1909.03.12"]
[EventDate "1909.02.15"]
[Round "19"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Znosko-Borovsky"]
[Black "Leo Fleischmann Forgacs"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "36"]

1.e4 {Notes by Lasker.} e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bd3
Bd6 6.O-O O-O 7.c3 c6 8.Bg5 Bg4 9.Nbd2 Nbd7 10.Qc2 Qc7 11.Rae1
Rfe8 12.Bh4 Bh5 13.Bg3 Bg6 14.Bxg6 hxg6 15.Rxe8+ Rxe8 16.Re1
Rxe1+ 17.Nxe1 Bxg3 18.hxg3 {A game played without care or
interest, such as they occur frequently at the end of a long
tournament, when the result of the game cannot have an
influence on the order of the prizes. In this phenomenon an
interesting feature of human nature is revealed: it seems that
man is capable of an effort only, if it is necessary to
achieve a certain purpose.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg  RUS"]
[Date "1909.03.04"]
[EventDate "1909.02.15"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Savielly Tartakower"]
[Black "Dus Chotimirsky"]
[ECO "C25"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1.e4 {Notes by Lasker.} e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4 Bb4 {3...Bc5 would
not be advisable on account of 4.fxe5; but 3...exf4 would be
good enough.} 4.Nd5 Bc5 5.Nf3 d6 6.c3 a6 7.d4 exd4 8.cxd4 Ba7
9.Bc4 {Here the QB should be brought into action; hence 9.f5,
restricting at the same time the movements of Black's QB. If
then 9...Nge7 10.f6 Nxd5 11..exd5 with a strong attack.} Nf6
10.Nxf6+ Qxf6 11.e5 dxe5 12.fxe5 Qe7 {Threatening Qb4+. If
13.Bd5, then 13...Nxd4 followed by Qb4+.} 13.O-O Bg4 14.Bg5
Qd7 15.Kh1 Nxd4 16.e6 fxe6 17.Re1 Nxf3 18.Qxf3 Bxf3 19.Bxe6
Qxe6 20.Rxe6+ Kf7 21.Re7+ Kg6 22.gxf3 Kxg5 23.Rxg7+ Kh6
24.Rxc7 Rhg8 25.Rxb7 Rg6 26.Rd1 Rd8 27.Re1 Bf2 28.Rf1 Rd2
29.Rb4 Bd4 30.Rb1 a5 31.Ra4 Rc6 32.Rxa5 Rcc2 33.Ra6+ Kg7 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg  RUS"]
[Date "1909.02.22"]
[EventDate "1909.02.15"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Emanuel Lasker"]
[Black "Georg Salwe"]
[ECO "C66"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "129"]

1.e4 {Notes by Emanuel Lasker} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 d6 4.d4 Bd7
5.Nc3 Nf6 6.O-O Be7 7.Bg5 {This seems stronger than the
customary 7 Re1.} exd4 8.Nxd4 O-O 9.Bxc6 bxc6 10.Qd3 Re8
11.Rae1 c5 12.Nb3 Ng4 {12...Rb8 (with the intention of
embarrasing the Knight by the attack on the b-pawn) could be
countered by 13 Bc1, and White will still be able to fortify
his center by f4.} 13.Bxe7 Rxe7 14.f4 Rb8 15.h3 Nh6 16.f5
{White could have achieved more by 16 g4 which would have
avoided yielding e5 and g5 to Black. The text move seemed to
have the advantage of getting the King's Rook into play via f4
and of keeping the g-file open for the Queen.} f6 17.Nd5 Re8
18.c4 Nf7 19.Qc3 Re5 20.Nd2 c6 21.Nf4 Qb6 22.b3 Rbe8 23.Qg3
Kh8 24.Nh5 Rg8 25.Rf4 Qd8 26.Nf3 Re7 27.Rh4 {27 Rg4 could have
been adequately countered by ...Qf8.} Qe8 28.Qf2 {Even though
Black suffers from a cramped position there is no immediate
winning combination available for White. Hence, the Black
pieces must be disorganised by tactical manoeuvres before the
attack can be resumed.} Rf8 29.Qd2 Qb8 30.Kh1 Rfe8 31.Rg4 Rg8
32.Rd1 Qb4 33.Qf2 Qc3 34.Qh4 Nh6 35.Rf4 Nf7 36.Kh2 Rge8 37.Qg3
Rg8 38.Rh4 g5 {The threat was 39 Nf4 Nh6 40 Rxd6.} 39.fxg6
{Rg4 could have been countered by Be8.} Rxg6 40.Qf2 f5 41.Nf4
Rf6 42.Ne2 Qb2 43.Rd2 Qa1 44.Ng3 Kg8 {The threat was 45 exf5
Bxf5 46 Nxf5 Rxf5 47 Rxh7+.} 45.exf5 Bxf5 46.Nd4 {! Decisive.}
cxd4 47.Nxf5 Kf8 48.Qxd4 Qxd4 49.Nxd4 Ne5 50.Rh5 Ref7 51.c5
dxc5 52.Rxe5 cxd4 53.Rxd4 Rf2 54.Rd8+ Kg7 55.Ra5 Rc2 56.a3
{Naturally, since ...Rff2 would have won the important
a-pawn.} c5 57.Rc8 Rb2 58.Rb5 Rff2 59.Rb7+ Kg6 60.Rc6+ Rf6
61.Rxc5 Ra6 62.a4 Rf6 {62...Rxa4 would be followed by 63 Rc6+
followed by Rb5+ and bxa4.} 63.Rc3 a6 64.Rg3+ Kh6 65.Rgg7 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg  RUS"]
[Date "1909.03.07"]
[EventDate "1909.02.15"]
[Round "15"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Akiba Rubinstein"]
[Black "Ossip Bernstein"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1.d4 {Notes by Dr. Emanuel Lasker.} d5 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 Nf6 4.Bg5
Be7 5.Nc3 Nbd7 6.e3 a6 7.c5 Ne4 8.Bxe7 Qxe7 9.Qc2 f5 10.Be2 c6
11.O-O O-O 12.Nxe4 fxe4 13.Ne1 e5 14.Qd2 exd4 15.exd4 Nf6
16.Rc1 Bg4 17.Rc3 Rf7 18.f3 exf3 19.Bxf3 Ne4 20.Bxe4 Rxf1+
21.Kxf1 Qxe4 22.Re3 Qf4+ 23.Kg1 Rf8 24.Nf3 Bxf3 25.gxf3 h6
26.Qd3 Rf5 27.Re8+ Kf7 {Here 27...Kh7 28.Rf8 g6 29.Rxf5 should
be a draw.} 28.Qe3 Qg5+ 29.Kf2 Qh4+ 30.Kg2 Rg5+ 31.Kh1 Rg6 {He
ought to play 31....Kg6. Black has so absorbed himself with
combinations, that he is tired out and judges the situation
wrongly. He thinks White is in zugzwang, whereas he himself is
in want of moves.} 32.a3 {? White is obviously also
tired. What could Black do against 32.b4 ? If 32...Rf6 White
would win by 33.Qe7+ Kg6 34.Rg8 and if 32...Qg5 33.Qxg5
followed by 34.Rb8. Finally, if 32...Qf6 then 33.Rb8 Qf5
34.Qe8+ Kf6 35.Qd8+ winning.} a5 33.b4 {?} a4 34.b5 {A deep
combination which, however, does not win. He should play 34.f4
in order to win a pawn in case of 34...Qf6 by 35.Rb8.} cxb5
35.Rb8 Re6 36.Rxb7+ Re7 {! Here White had expected 37...Kf6
and for the contingency he had prepared Rb6 by the sacrifice
of a pawn.} 37.c6 Ke8 {!} 38.Rb8+ Kf7 39.Rb7 Ke8 1/2-1/2

[Event "San Sebastian"]
[Site "San Sebastian ESP"]
[Date "1912.03.19"]
[EventDate "1912.02.19"]
[Round "22"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Akiba Rubinstein"]
[Black "Aron Nimzowitsch"]
[ECO "A55"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1.d4 {Notes by Dr. Emanuel Lasker, Jacques Mieses, Aron
Nimzowitsch and Dr. Siegbert Tarrasch.} Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nf3 Nbd7
4.Nc3 e5 5.e4 Be7 6.Be2 O-O 7.O-O Re8 8.Qc2 Bf8 9.b3 c6
{Lasker: 9...g6, followed by ...Bg7, ...exd4 and ...Ne5 seems
to be a more solid strategy.} 10.Bb2 Nh5 {?! Lasker:
Neglecting his development plan, Black begins an attack which
is bluff.} 11.g3 Nb8 12.Rad1 Qf6 13.Nb1 Bh3 14.Rfe1 Nf4
{Lasker: Looks good, but Rubinstein is ready to handle with a
counter-combination.} 15.dxe5 dxe5 16.Nxe5 {!} Rxe5 17.Bf1 {!
Lasker: Such quiet moves show the master class. *** Mieses:
With the simple 17.Bxe5 Nxe2+ 18.Qxe2 Qxe5 18.Rd8! White can
obtain also a decisive advantage.} Nd7 18.Qd2 {Lasker: The
point of the combination! *** Tarrasch: Better was 18.Bxh3
Nxh3+ 19.Kg2, and three pieces are hanging. The text move
should ultimately only lead to the win of a pawn.} Bxf1
19.Rxf1 Nh3+ 20.Kg2 Ng5 {Lasker: Threatening mate in two
moves.} 21.f4 Qg6 {Lasker: If 21...Nxe4 22.Qxd7.} 22.fxg5 Rxe4
{Nimzowitsch: The best chance. If 22...Qxe4+ 23.Kh3! Re7
24.Rde1, winning a piece, or 22...Re7 23.Ba3 Qxe4+ (23...c5
24.Nc3 with a big positional advantage for White) 24.Kg1 c5
25.Rfe1, etc.} 23.Qxd7 Re2+ 24.Rf2 Qe4+ 25.Kg1 Bc5 {?? Mieses:
Both players are in very big time trouble. Black misses
25...Rxf2!. After 26.Kxf2 Qc2+! 27.Qd2 Bc5+ 28.Kg2 Qe4+ 29.Kh3
Qf5+, he has a draw because 30.Kh4 is too dangerous.} 26.Bd4
{?? Lasker: Now it is clear that the tension and time trouble
are affecting both players. Rubinstein overlooks 26.Qxf7+ and
mate next move.} Bxd4 27.Qxd4 Re1+ 28.Rf1 Rxf1+ 29.Kxf1 Qh1+
30.Kf2 Qxh2+ 31.Kf3 f6 32.Qd2 {!} Qh3 33.Qd7 f5 34.Nc3 Qh5+
35.Kg2 Qxg5 36.Qe6+ Kh8 37.Ne2 Qh5 38.Rd7 Re8 39.Nf4 Rxe6
40.Nxh5 h6 41.Nxg7 Re2+ 42.Kf3 Rxa2 43.Rxb7 a5 44.Nxf5 c5
45.Nxh6 a4 46.bxa4 Ra3+ 47.Kf4 Rf3+ 48.Kg5 Rxg3+ 49.Ng4 Rd3
50.Kg6 1-0

[Event "Vilnius, 1912 (All-Russian Masters)"]
[Site "Vilna LTU"]
[Date "1912.09.10"]
[EventDate "1912.08.19"]
[Round "17"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Aron Nimzowitsch"]
[Black "Akiba Rubinstein"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1.e4 {Notes by Dr. Emanuel Lasker from "The Evening Post",
1912, and Dr. Savielly Tartakower. *** Tartakower: The
interesting feature here is how Rubinstein discovers - one
might almost say creates - a weak point in his adversary's
position and how he fastens on it, never to let go, until the
game is won.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Bb4
6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O d5 9.exd5 cxd5 10.Bg5 c6 11.Ne2
Re8 {Tartakower: From the wide repertory of possible replies
(11...Bc5, 11...Bd6, 11...Bg4 or 11...h6), Black decides on
the one with the greatest initiative.} 12.Nd4 Qd6 13.Bh4
{Lasker: This maneuver is finely refuted. 13.Qf3 would have
been preferable. *** Tartakower: More astute than 13.Qf3 Ne4
14.Be3 Qg6, and Black takes the lead.} Ne4 14.c3 Bc5 15.f3 Qh6
{! Lasker: The beginning of a charming attack. If now 16.Be1
Bd6 17.g3 Nc5 with advantage.} 16.fxe4 Qxh4 17.exd5 cxd5
{Tartakower: There is no hurry to win a pawn by 17...Bxd4+
18.cxd4 Qxd4+ 19.Kh1 Qxd5, by which the initiative would lose
in plasticity. Maintenance of the pressure gives Black richer
and more varied chances.} 18.Bf5 g6 19.Bxc8 Raxc8 20.Rf2 Re4
{Lasker: Black now concentrates his fire upon the knight. Its
position on d4 is necessary, yet untenable against the
combined assault of the Black pieces, and owing to this
contradiction White's game is lost.} 21.g3 Qe7 {Tartakower:
Now, frontal pressure on the e-file has become the theme of
Black's strategy.} 22.Qd2 f5 23.Rd1 Re3 24.Kg2 Qe4+ 25.Kg1 Bb6
26.Rf4 Qe7 27.Kg2 Rc4 {Lasker: Now 28...Bxd4, followed by
29...Re2+, is threatened. White has no valid defense, and
resolves upon a desperate sacrifice.} 28.Nxf5 {Tartakower: A
despairing sacrifice. If 28.Kf2 Re4, with an increase in
Black's attacking resources.} Re2+ 29.Kh1 Qe6 {! Lasker: By
this excellent move the game is won. If now 30.Qxd5 Rxf4 and
wins a piece. White shortly resigned. The conduct of the game
by Black impresses one as lucid, energetic, and harmonious
from beginning to end. *** Tartakower: And wins. A clear-cut
victory. *** The few remaining moves are missing.} 0-1

[Event "Vilnius, 1912 (All-Russian Masters)"]
[Site "Vilna LTU"]
[Date "1912.09.05"]
[EventDate "1912.08.19"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "S Von Freymann"]
[Black "Akiba Rubinstein"]
[ECO "A02"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1.f4 {Notes by Dr. Emanuel Lasker from "The Evening Post",
1912.} f5 2.Nf3 e6 3.e4 d5 4.exf5 exf5 5.d4 Nf6 6.Bd3 Bd6
7.O-O O-O 8.c4 c6 9.Nc3 Na6 {?! It would appear that 9...Ne4
would be better.} 10.c5 {!} Bc7 11.Ne5 Nb8 12.Qc2 Ne4 13.Be3
Be6 {13...Nd7 was imperative. Now White begins a violent
assault.} 14.g4 {!} g6 15.gxf5 gxf5 16.Kh1 Qf6 17.Bxe4 {!}
fxe4 {Black cannot capture 17...dxe4 because then 18.d5! cxd5
19.Rg1+ Kh8 20.Bd4 would win at once.} 18.f5 {!} Bxf5 {The
capture is compulsory, since Bg5 is threatened.} 19.Ng4 Bxg4
{Again forced. If 19...Qe6 20.Nh6+ and 21.Qf2 would win the
bishop.} 20.Rxf6 Rxf6 21.Rg1 Rg6 22.Rxg4 {!} Rxg4 23.Qb3 {!
The point of White's play. He now menaces both 24.Qxb7 and
24.Nxd5.} Nd7 24.Nxd5 cxd5 25.Qxd5+ Kh8 26.Qxd7 Rg7 27.Qf5 Kg8
28.Bg5 Re8 29.d5 Rf7 30.Qh3 Ref8 31.Qe6 Kh8 32.Bh4 {!} 1-0

[Event "Berlin Grandmasters"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "1918.10.01"]
[EventDate "1918.09.28"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Akiba Rubinstein"]
[Black "Carl Schlechter"]
[ECO "A53"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1.d4 {Notes by Dr. Emanuel Lasker.} Nf6 2.Nf3 d6 3.c4 Bg4
4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.h3 Bxf3 6.exf3 e5 7.Be3 c6 {Unnecessary. Black
must play 7...Be7 followed by ...O-O.} 8.Be2 Be7 9.O-O O-O
10.Qc2 Qc7 11.Rad1 exd4 12.Bxd4 Rfe8 13.f4 Rad8 14.Rd2 a6
15.Rfd1 Nf8 16.Be3 Ne6 {Black intends to play 17...b5.} 17.a4
a5 18.f5 Nc5 19.Bf4 Bf8 20.Bf3 Nfd7 21.Bxd6 Bxd6 22.Rxd6 Ne5
23.Rxd8 Nxf3+ 24.gxf3 Rxd8 25.Ne4 {!} Rxd1+ {? Unnecessary!
Now White takes control of the d-file. Why not 25...b6,
followed by ...f6?} 26.Qxd1 b6 27.Qd4 {!} Nxa4 {Black is in
trouble; for example: 27...Nxe4 28.fxe4 f6 29.c5!, or 27...Nd7
28.f6, and if 28...g6? 29.c5!. The only chance is offered by
27...Nd7 28.f6 Nxf6 29.Nxf6+ gxf6 30.Qxf6 Qd7 31.Kg2, and now
perhaps 31...b5.} 28.f6 {!} Nc5 {Now White wins by force.}
29.Nxc5 bxc5 30.Qg4 g6 31.Qg3 {!} Qd8 32.Qe5 a4 33.h4 h6
34.Kg2 Qc8 35.Kg3 Qd8 36.Kg2 Qc8 37.Qxc5 Qe6 38.Qe7 Qc8 39.c5
g5 40.hxg5 hxg5 41.Qe3 Qe6 42.Qxg5+ Kf8 43.Qg7+ Ke8 44.Qg8+
Kd7 45.Qg4 Ke8 46.Qxe6+ fxe6 47.Kg3 Kf7 48.Kf4 Kxf6 49.Ke4 1-0

[Event "Berlin Grandmasters"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "1918.10.08"]
[EventDate "1918.09.28"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Akiba Rubinstein"]
[Black "Emanuel Lasker"]
[ECO "D33"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1.d4 {Notes by Dr. Emanuel Lasker.} d5 2.Nf3 c5 3.c4 e6 4.cxd5
exd5 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.g3 Nf6 7.Bg2 Be6 8.O-O Be7 9.dxc5 Bxc5 10.Bg5
O-O 11.Rc1 Bb6 {!? A bit speculative, but it seems to be the
right continuation.} 12.b3 Re8 13.e3 Nb4 {! Threatening
14...h6 15.Bxf6 Qxf6 16.a3 Nc6 17.Nxd5 Qb2!.} 14.Nd4 h6
15.Bxf6 Qxf6 16.a3 Nc6 17.Nxd5 Bxd5 18.Bxd5 Nxd4 19.exd4 Re7
20.Qg4 Bxd4 {Better is 20..Qxd4 21.Rc8+ Rxc8 22.Qxc8+ Kh7
23.Bxb7 g6 24.Ba6 Rc7 and Black has a good position as
compensation for the pawn.} 21.Bxb7 {!} Rd8 {Naturally not
21...Rxb7? because of 22.Rc8+.} 22.Rc6 Qe5 23.Rc8 Rxc8
24.Qxc8+ Kh7 25.Qc2+ g6 26.Bf3 Bb2 27.a4 a5 28.Rd1 Qc3 29.Qxc3
Bxc3 30.Kg2 Kg7 31.Rd6 Bb4 32.Rd8 Bc3 33.Bd5 h5 34.Bc4 Bb4
35.h4 Be1 36.Rd5 Bb4 37.f3 Be1 38.g4 hxg4 39.fxg4 Ra7 40.h5
gxh5 41.Rxh5 Re7 42.Kf3 Bd2 43.Rd5 Bb4 44.Bd3 Kf8 45.Rb5 Re1
46.Be4 Bd2 47.Rb8+ Kg7 48.Bd5 Re3+ 49.Kf2 Re7 50.Rb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baden Baden"]
[Site "Baden Baden DEU"]
[Date "1925.04.17"]
[EventDate "1925.04.16"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jan-Willem Te Kolste"]
[Black "Carlos Torre Repetto"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1. e4 {Notes by Lasker} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4
5. Nge2 dxe4 6. a3 Be7 7. Bxf6 gxf6 8. Nxe4 b6 9. N2c3 Bb7
10. Qf3 {Though check with the Knight is now threatened,
White's intention is not aggresive but merely the protection
of the g-pawn.} c6 11. O-O-O f5 12. Ng3 Nd7 13. Bc4 {But here
White begins to be aggresive and therby he puts himself in the
wrong for his aim is not even remotely warranted by his
advantage. Again he should strive to safeguard his g-pawn by
13.Nh5, to be followed by Rg1, and afterwards possibly by h3
and g4 with some little pressure on the center and on the
h-pawn, proportionate to his advantage in mobility. As he
plays White begins to slide first very slowly; afterwards more
quickly.} Qc7 14. Rhe1 Nf6 15. Qe2 O-O-O {Black has defended
conscientiously. If White now continues 16.Nxf5 Qf4+ 17.Ne3
Rxd4 18.Ba6 he can still obtain equality. But here is the
parting of the ways.} 16. Bxe6+ {White fancies that he holds
an advantage and attempts to win. The punishment is
immediate.} fxe6 17. Qxe6+ Rd7 18. Nxf5 Bd8 19. Ne4 Nxe4
20. Rxe4 Kb8 21. g3 Bc8 22. Qh6 Rf7 23. Ne3 Rxf2 24. c3 Rg8
25. d5 Bg5 26. Qxc6 Qxc6 27. dxc6 Bf5 0-1

[Event "Nottingham"]
[Site "Nottingham ENG"]
[Date "1936.08.24"]
[EventDate "1936.08.10"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Milan Vidmar"]
[Black "Emanuel Lasker"]
[ECO "D66"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. d4 {Notes by Lasker} d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7
5. e3 Nbd7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Rc1 c6 8. Bd3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 {If
Black wants to adopt this particular defence (instead of
...Nd5) it is better to play first 8...h6 and after 9 Bh4
dxc4, etc. The difference will soon be apparent.} 10. Bd3 a6
11. a4 {This move-which would be the best, had Black already
played h6-leads here to practically nothing. 10 e4, on the
other hand, which would be bad after ...h6 Bh4 because of the
answer Nxe4! (see Euwe-Alekhine 28th match game) would here
secure an appreciable advantage in space.} bxa4 12. Nxa4 Qa5+
13. Nc3 {Here is the difference. White cannot play 13 Nd2, his
queen bishop being lose.} c5 {This weakness being eliminated,
Black will have no difficulty in equalising the game.} 14. Ra1
Qb4 15. O-O Bb7 {15...Qxb4 was inadvisable as after 16 Nb5
White would threaten not only 17 Nc7 but also Rb1-a1-b1 with a
secure draw.} 16. Qe2 {Sugessting a series of exchanges, after
which the remaini9ng pawn material makes a peaceful result
almost inevitable.} cxd4 17. exd4 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 Qxd4 19. Bxa6
Qb6 20. Bb5 Rxa1 21. Rxa1 Ne5 22. Qe2 Ng6 23. Be3 {The two
bishops are of little value here, since they have no weak
points to attack; and the advance of the b-pawn can easily be
prevented. Dr. Lasker's defence has been, as usual, very
accurate.} Qb8 24. g3 Rc8 25. Ba7 Qc7 26. Ra6 Qb7 27. Bc4
{This attempt to advance the b-pawn merely leads to further
simplification.} Ne5 28. Qxe5 Rxc4 29. Qb8+ Qxb8 30. Bxb8 Rc8
31. Bd6 Bxd6 32. Rxd6 Rb8 33. Rd2 Kf8 1/2-1/2

