Pollock – Lasker Pollock Lasker Result: 0-1 Metadata » Click to open. Date: 1895.??.?? Location: ? Tournament: Hastings Round: Opening: Submitted by: Published on: February 9, 2020 [Event "Hastings"] [Site "?"] [Date "1895.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Pollock"] [Black "Lasker"] [Result "0-1"] [PlyCount "46"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4 Bb6 5.c3 d6 6.a4 a6 7.a5 {This is premature. White gives up control of b5 for nothing.} Ba7 8.b5 {Also premature. White is wasting time and creating targets on his ownqueenside.} axb5 9.Bxb5 Nf6 10.a6 O-O 11.d3 Ne7 {White has lost a lot of time on the queenside and has no real attack there, so Black heads for the kingside.} 12.axb7 Bxb7 {Now all of Black's pieces are aimed at the kingside, but White can't put his king anywhere else: the open files make the queenside unsafe, and Black can always open the center by ...d5.} 13.Na3 d5 14.O-O Ng6 15.exd5 Nxd5 {Now White can't keep a Black knight out of f4 except by g3, which would give Black the entire a8-h1 diagonal on a silver platter.} 16.Qe1 Qf6 17.Bg5 Qf5 18.Nc2 Nxc3 19.Rxa7 {White needs e3 for his knight in lines like 19 Qxc3 Bxf3 20 Bc1 Qg4, since 21 g3 fails to 21... Qh3.} Bxf3 20.Ne3 {20 Rxa8 fails after either 20...Rxa8 or 20...Ne2+.} Qxg5 21.Rxa8 Rxa8 22.Qxc3 Nf4 23.Ra1 Ne2+ {White apparently forgot that Black's bishop was protecting his rook, so now he just loses his queen, though there was no defense to Black's threats to e2 and g2.} 0-1 [Event "Hastings"] [Site "?"] [Date "1895.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Pollock"] [Black "Lasker"] [Result "0-1"] [PlyCount "46"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4 Bb6 5.c3 d6 6.a4 a6 7.a5 {This is premature. White gives up control of b5 for nothing.} Ba7 8.b5 {Also premature. White is wasting time and creating targets on his ownqueenside.} axb5 9.Bxb5 Nf6 10.a6 O-O 11.d3 Ne7 {White has lost a lot of time on the queenside and has no real attack there, so Black heads for the kingside.} 12.axb7 Bxb7 {Now all of Black's pieces are aimed at the kingside, but White can't put his king anywhere else: the open files make the queenside unsafe, and Black can always open the center by ...d5.} 13.Na3 d5 14.O-O Ng6 15.exd5 Nxd5 {Now White can't keep a Black knight out of f4 except by g3, which would give Black the entire a8-h1 diagonal on a silver platter.} 16.Qe1 Qf6 17.Bg5 Qf5 18.Nc2 Nxc3 19.Rxa7 {White needs e3 for his knight in lines like 19 Qxc3 Bxf3 20 Bc1 Qg4, since 21 g3 fails to 21... Qh3.} Bxf3 20.Ne3 {20 Rxa8 fails after either 20...Rxa8 or 20...Ne2+.} Qxg5 21.Rxa8 Rxa8 22.Qxc3 Nf4 23.Ra1 Ne2+ {White apparently forgot that Black's bishop was protecting his rook, so now he just loses his queen, though there was no defense to Black's threats to e2 and g2.} 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.
