Emanuel Lasker - Notable Games

Notable Games

  • "Emanuel Lasker vs Johann Hermann Bauer, Amsterdam 1889". ChessGames.com. http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1026352.
    Although this was not the earliest known game with a successful two bishops sacrifice, this combination is now known as a "Lasker–Bauer combination" or "Lasker sacrifice".
  • "Harry Nelson Pillsbury vs Emanuel Lasker, St Petersburg 1895". ChessGames.com. http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1109097.
    A brilliant sacrifice in the seventeenth move leads to a victorious attack.
  • "Wilhelm Steinitz vs Emanuel Lasker, London 1899". ChessGames.com. http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1132758.
    The old champion and the new one really go for it.
  • "Frank James Marshall vs Emanuel Lasker, World Championship Match 1907, game 1". ChessGames.com. http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1094674.
    Lasker's attack is insufficient for a quick win, so he trades it in for an endgame in which he quickly ties Marshall in knots.
  • "Emanuel Lasker vs Carl Schlechter, match 1910, game 10". ChessGames.com. http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1121156.
    Not a great game, but the one that saved Emanuel Lasker from losing his world title in 1910.
  • "Emanuel Lasker vs Jose Raul Capablanca, St Petersburg 1914". ChessGames.com. http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1258181.
    Lasker, who needed a win here, surprisingly used a quiet opening, allowing Capablanca to simplify the game early. There has been much debate about whether Lasker's approach represented subtle psychology or deep positional understanding.
  • "Max Euwe vs Emanuel Lasker, Zurich 1934". ChessGames.com. http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1008008.
    66-year-old Lasker beats a future World Champion, sacrificing his Queen to turn defense into attack.

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