Emanuel Lasker vs Jackson Whipps Showalter (1900)

Emanuel Lasker vs Jackson Whipps Showalter
Paris (1900) · Queen's Gambit Declined: Modern Variation (D53) · 1-0

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Feb-21-07		Calli: Lasker in a little trouble. Showalter refuses to take the pawn 24...Nxe4 for some reason that I can't fathom. After 24...Rxd1+ 25.Rxd1 b6?, he missed Lasker's 26.Qg3! The point being 26...Qxg3 27.Nf6+ gxf6 28.Rxd8+ Kg7 29.hxg3 wins.

Feb-21-07		beatgiant: <Calli> Agreed. On 24...Nxe4 25. Rxd2 Nxd2 26. Ne7+ Kh8 27. Qh3 h6, and White's attack fizzles out. So instead of 24. Nd5?! White probably has to go on full retreat with 24. Rxd2 Rxd2 25. Nb1 Rd6 26. Qc3. Now it's Black who fizzles if 26...Qf4 27. Re1, so instead he should go for a better ending with 26...Qxc3 27. Nxc3 b5. Black has more active pieces plus the ability to play for the outside passer on the queenside, but probably not enough to win against Lasker's famous defensive and endgame skills. Maybe we could describe 24. Nd5 as a miscalculation which turned into a successful bluff.

Feb-22-07		paul1959: Showalter probably did not like the consequences of 24...Nxe4 25 Rxd2 Nxd2 26 Bxh7 If 26 ...Kxh7 27 Qh3 mates If 26 ...g6 27 Bxg6 So White regains the pawn and Black King remains in danger

Feb-22-07		beatgiant: <paul1959> I think you must have meant 24... Nxe4 25. Rxd2 Nxd2 26. Ne7+ Kh8 27. Bxh7, correct? In which case Black can reply 27...Qf4 guarding against the mate, while also threatening Nf3+ exposing White's rook on c1. I think Black wins at least a piece for two pawns. But maybe this is the line the players were looking at.

Feb-22-07		beatgiant: <paul1959> After 24... Nxe4 25. Rxd2 Nxd2 26. Ne7+ Kh8 27. Bxh7, maybe even a stronger reply is <27...Bb3> blocking White's queen from h3, while also threatening 28...Nf3+ 29. gxf3 Qg5+ forking the rook. I think Black wins a piece for a pawn.

Feb-22-07		Calli: <beat> Right, I don't think Black takes the B after 27.Bxh7. 27...Qg5 is also good, threatening Nf3+ and Qxc1#. After 28.Re1 Kxh7 is possible since the Q can block at h6 on Qh3+. Showalter had fairly dominating position and needed only to wade through a few tactics in order to win.

Feb-27-07		beatgiant: <Calli> Agreed. I'm puzzled by Lasker's maneuver 15. Qb4. Maybe he underestimated 15...a5! driving the queen out of play because 16. Qxb6? Ra6 traps the queen.

Aug-22-07		keypusher: <beatgiant> <Calli> thanks for the fine analysis.

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