Bird – Lasker Bird Lasker Result: 0-1 Metadata » Click to open. Date: 1890.??.?? Location: ? Tournament: Liverpool Round: Opening: Submitted by: Published on: February 9, 2020 [Event "Liverpool"] [Site "?"] [Date "1890.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Bird"] [Black "Lasker"] [Result "0-1"] [PlyCount "44"] 1.f4 d5 2.e3 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.c3 Nf6 5.d4 O-O 6.Bd3 b6 7.b4 {This wastes time and weakens White's queenside. White should simply castle and get on with his development.} Bb7 8.O-O Nbd7 9.a4 {White hopes to gain space on the queenside, but only exposes himself there.} Rc8 {A dual purpose move-Black prepares a retreat for his bishop in case of a4-a5- a6 and prepares to take the initiative with ...c5, when White's self inflicted weaknesses on the c-file will be exposed.} 10.a5 c5 11.axb6 axb6 12.Ra7 Bc6 {Before retreating to a8, Black provokes White to push his b-pawn, which will take the b5 square away from White's bishop or knight.} 13.b5 Ba8 14.Ne5 Rc7 15.Ra2 e6 {Black prevents f5 and defends f7 with his queen rook.} 16.Nd2 Qb8 {Preparing to take over the a-file. White should probably prevent this by 17 Qa4, though his position is already awkward.} 17.Ndf3 Ra7 18.Rxa7 Qxa7 19.Bb2 c4 {Cutting off the defense of the b5 pawn.} 20.Bc2 Qa5 21.Qa1 Nxe5 22.Qxa5 Nxf3+ {White didn't notice that this was a check.} 0-1 [Event "Liverpool"] [Site "?"] [Date "1890.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Bird"] [Black "Lasker"] [Result "0-1"] [PlyCount "44"] 1.f4 d5 2.e3 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.c3 Nf6 5.d4 O-O 6.Bd3 b6 7.b4 {This wastes time and weakens White's queenside. White should simply castle and get on with his development.} Bb7 8.O-O Nbd7 9.a4 {White hopes to gain space on the queenside, but only exposes himself there.} Rc8 {A dual purpose move-Black prepares a retreat for his bishop in case of a4-a5- a6 and prepares to take the initiative with ...c5, when White's self inflicted weaknesses on the c-file will be exposed.} 10.a5 c5 11.axb6 axb6 12.Ra7 Bc6 {Before retreating to a8, Black provokes White to push his b-pawn, which will take the b5 square away from White's bishop or knight.} 13.b5 Ba8 14.Ne5 Rc7 15.Ra2 e6 {Black prevents f5 and defends f7 with his queen rook.} 16.Nd2 Qb8 {Preparing to take over the a-file. White should probably prevent this by 17 Qa4, though his position is already awkward.} 17.Ndf3 Ra7 18.Rxa7 Qxa7 19.Bb2 c4 {Cutting off the defense of the b5 pawn.} 20.Bc2 Qa5 21.Qa1 Nxe5 22.Qxa5 Nxf3+ {White didn't notice that this was a check.} 0-1 White to move: find the best move... click the ? for the solution Black to move: find the best move... click the ? for the solution Warning: This game can only be seen if JavaScript is enabled in your browser. No related posts.
