Walter – Lasker Walter Lasker Result: 0-1 Metadata » Click to open. Date: 1923.??.?? Location: ? Tournament: Mahrisch Ostrau Round: Opening: Submitted by: Published on: February 9, 2020 [Event "Mahrisch Ostrau"] [Site "?"] [Date "1923.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Walter"] [Black "Lasker"] [Result "0-1"] [PlyCount "42"] 1.d4 d5 2.e3 Nf6 3.Bd3 Bg4 4.Nf3 e6 5.c4 Nbd7 6.Qb3 {White goes after a pawn but allows his kingside to get busted open.} Bxf3 7.gxf3 c5 8.cxd5 exd5 9.Qxb7 cxd4 10.exd4 Bd6 11.Nc3 O-O 12.Nxd5 {Taking this second pawn is very risky, since his king will now be permanently stuck in the center.} Qa5+ {By this maneuver Black prevents exchanges and gets his queen to a good attacking square.} 13.Nc3 Qh5 14.Be2 {Black was threatening 14...Rab8 15 Qc6 Rb6 when the f-pawn will fall and Black's queen will give White a major headache.} Rab8 15.Qa6 Rb6 16.Qd3 Re8 17.Ne4 Nd5 18.Nxd6 {White is desparate to castle, but the knight was his only good piece, and with Black's rooks active there's no safety on the kingside.} Rxd6 19.O-O Rde6 20.Re1 Qh3 21.Kh1 {Avoiding 21...Rg6+, but setting up a back rank mate.} Rxe2 0-1 [Event "Mahrisch Ostrau"] [Site "?"] [Date "1923.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Walter"] [Black "Lasker"] [Result "0-1"] [PlyCount "42"] 1.d4 d5 2.e3 Nf6 3.Bd3 Bg4 4.Nf3 e6 5.c4 Nbd7 6.Qb3 {White goes after a pawn but allows his kingside to get busted open.} Bxf3 7.gxf3 c5 8.cxd5 exd5 9.Qxb7 cxd4 10.exd4 Bd6 11.Nc3 O-O 12.Nxd5 {Taking this second pawn is very risky, since his king will now be permanently stuck in the center.} Qa5+ {By this maneuver Black prevents exchanges and gets his queen to a good attacking square.} 13.Nc3 Qh5 14.Be2 {Black was threatening 14...Rab8 15 Qc6 Rb6 when the f-pawn will fall and Black's queen will give White a major headache.} Rab8 15.Qa6 Rb6 16.Qd3 Re8 17.Ne4 Nd5 18.Nxd6 {White is desparate to castle, but the knight was his only good piece, and with Black's rooks active there's no safety on the kingside.} Rxd6 19.O-O Rde6 20.Re1 Qh3 21.Kh1 {Avoiding 21...Rg6+, but setting up a back rank mate.} Rxe2 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.