Alekhine – Lasker Alekhine Lasker Result: 1-0 Metadata » Click to open. Date: 1934.??.?? Location: ? Tournament: Zurich Round: Opening: Submitted by: Published on: February 9, 2020 [Event "Zurich"] [Site "?"] [Date "1934.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Alekhine"] [Black "Lasker"] [Result "1-0"] [PlyCount "51"] 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 Be7 5.Bg5 Nbd7 6.e3 O-O 7.Rc1 c6 8.Bd3 dxc4 9.Bxc4 Nd5 10.Bxe7 Qxe7 11.Ne4 N5f6 12.Ng3 e5 13.O-O exd4 14.Nf5 Qd8 15.N3xd4 Ne5 16.Bb3 Bxf5 17.Nxf5 Qb6 18.Qd6 Ned7 19.Rfd1 Rad8 20.Qg3 g6 21.Qg5 Kh8 22.Nd6 Kg7 23.e4 Ng8 24.Rd3 f6 {Black's pieces are not well-coordinated for the defense. The bishop at b3 is controlling the a2-g8 diagonal. First White drives the king back into the corner.} 25.Nf5+ Kh8 {Now if we mentally remove the pawn at h7, we can slide the rook from d3 to h3 and deliver mate. Can you see the way to make that happen?} 26.Qxg6 {The threat of mate at g7 forces Black to capture, but then Rh3+ leads to mate, so he resigned instead.} 1-0 [Event "Zurich"] [Site "?"] [Date "1934.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Alekhine"] [Black "Lasker"] [Result "1-0"] [PlyCount "51"] 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 Be7 5.Bg5 Nbd7 6.e3 O-O 7.Rc1 c6 8.Bd3 dxc4 9.Bxc4 Nd5 10.Bxe7 Qxe7 11.Ne4 N5f6 12.Ng3 e5 13.O-O exd4 14.Nf5 Qd8 15.N3xd4 Ne5 16.Bb3 Bxf5 17.Nxf5 Qb6 18.Qd6 Ned7 19.Rfd1 Rad8 20.Qg3 g6 21.Qg5 Kh8 22.Nd6 Kg7 23.e4 Ng8 24.Rd3 f6 {Black's pieces are not well-coordinated for the defense. The bishop at b3 is controlling the a2-g8 diagonal. First White drives the king back into the corner.} 25.Nf5+ Kh8 {Now if we mentally remove the pawn at h7, we can slide the rook from d3 to h3 and deliver mate. Can you see the way to make that happen?} 26.Qxg6 {The threat of mate at g7 forces Black to capture, but then Rh3+ leads to mate, so he resigned instead.} 1-0 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.