Emanuel Lasker vs Harry Nelson Pillsbury (1895)

Emanuel Lasker vs Harry Nelson Pillsbury
1, St Petersburg 1895 · Russian Game: Classical Attack. Chigorin Variation (C42) · 0-1

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Dec-02-03		Kenkaku: Pillsbury's amazing combination begins on move 17. If Lasker had not played 21. Qd1 then 21...Qh3+ 22. Ke2 Re8. The combination ends with 24...Nxd3. An overall superb tactical game.

Apr-18-05		iron maiden: Pillsbury's first victory against Lasker, and a good one too. Lasker gets an uncomfortable position out of the opening and Pillsbury never gives him another look in.

Nov-15-05		notyetagm: Check out the pawn structure at the end of this game. Pillsbury has two 3-pawn pawn islands while Lasker has 4 isolated pawns.

Nov-26-07		Ulhumbrus: After 12...Ng5, White does not have his QN on d2 already. as in the game Capablanca vs B Kostic, 1919 so White lacks time for Bxg5 followed by Re6 and Rae1. Instead of 14 Qc2, 14 Nd2 prepares to double Rooks on the e file.

Nov-19-09		Winston Smith: I don't understand 5.d4, why wouldn't he want to kick the knight out of the center with 5.d3?

Nov-20-09		Buttinsky: I think White plays d4 rather than d3 for better piece mobilization, which is somehow worth allowing the knight on e4.

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