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Lasker/Chigorin/Marshall/Teichmann vs Janowski / Marco / Schlecter / Lawrence
Atlantic (en-route to Cambridge Springs) 1904  ·  King's Gambit: Accepted. Kieseritsky Gambit Rice Gambit (C39)  ·  1-0


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Dec-30-02   ughaibu: Schlecter was a great player but look at the opposition.
Dec-30-02   ughaibu: Could black have played 19. .. f3 to good effect?
Dec-30-02   ughaibu: No good, 20. Qa8 Kd7 21. Bb5 c6 22. Qb7 Kd8 23. Nf3 Rf3 24. Bg5 Qg5 25. Rad1 etc.
Oct-18-03   MoonlitKnight: The annotation is a pile of computer rubbish. Black has no decisive advantage after 24.Re7+.
Oct-18-03   ughaibu: What annotation?
Oct-18-03   MoonlitKnight: At black's 17th and 19th as well as white's 24th and 31st move, there are comments.
Oct-18-03   tud: 28 ... Q:g2 seems better
Oct-19-03   ughaibu: MoonlightKnight: I use MistyBeach which has no comments, which viewer are you using?

Tud: Black's in check at move 28.

Oct-19-03   ughaibu: Okay, I found the comments, pretty much useless nonsense at a guess.
Oct-19-03   drukenknight: the default browser: MyChess has comments in the comment box beneath underneath the board. (For benefit of those who are confused. )
Oct-19-03   MoonlitKnight: It reads "-Black has a decisive advantage (-+)" on white's 24th move. I think that's something a computer has printed out based on some shallow analysis.
Oct-20-03
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  Honza Cervenka: Maybe 18...Qh2+ 19.Kf1 Qh1+ 20.Qg1 Qh4 could keep the balance.
Oct-20-03   DWINS: Black has a win with the stunning 18...Rd5!! (Found by Junior6)

The Rook is immune because of
19.Bxd5 Qh2+ 20.Kf1 Bd3+
21.Re2 Qh1+ 22.Qg1 Bxe2+

Junior6 gives the best line as:
19.Nd2 Qh2+ 20.Kf1 c5!! (Cutting of the Queen. This is the point of 19...Rd5) 21.Nf3 Qh1+ 22.Ng1 f3 and White is dead.

It's very late where I live but if I have a chance tomorrow I will subject the whole game to computer analysis. It's likely that there are other wins to be found.

Oct-20-03   ughaibu: DWINS: Very nice, thanks for posting that. After c5 the king can hide from checks at b8, great.
Oct-20-03
Premium Chessgames Member
  Honza Cervenka: 18...Rd5 seems to be a right solution.
Nov-30-03   CambridgeSprings1904: In case it is not clear from the Java viewer, Black in this game was the team of Janowski, Marco, Schlechter and Lawrence. Reportedly, this game was played over the course of three days. The opening variation is the Rice Gambit, which was the pet line of a benefactor named Isaac L. Rice. He was the principal financial sponsor for the famous Cambridge Springs 1904 tournament. To learn more, do a Google search on "Rice Gambit".
Sep-11-04   Swindler: <DWINS>Did you know that your analysis is refered to in an issue of the Swedish chess magazine "Tidskrift för schack"? They give you credit and refer to this site.
Sep-11-04   offramp: The main reason I think this is one of the greatest games ever is that it is the only one where the game heading actually spills over onto the board... Do you see it? At h8.

That rook must be REALLY annoyed!
It's like his house has been graffitied!

Dec-03-06
Premium Chessgames Member
  Pawn and Two: As noted by CambridgeSprings1904, this was a consultation game by 8 masters, Lasker, Chigorin, Marshall & Teichmann vs Schlechter, Janowski, Lawrence & Marco. The game was played aboard the Hamburg-American Liner "Pretoria", enroute to the 1904 Cambridge Springs tournament.

In the Rice Gambit, MCO 10 shows 10...Nh5 11.d4 Nd7 to be the main line, tending to favor Black.

Fritz 9 indicates that Black gave up most of his advantage with 10...Bf5.

Instead of 10...Bf5 or 10...Nh5, Fritz suggested 10...f3 11.d4 Ne4 12.Rxe4 Bh2+ 13.Kxh2 Qxe4 as better for Black.

In the main MCO line, Fritz suggested 10...Nh5 11.d4 0-0, and after 12.Rxe5 Qxh4 13.Rxh5 Qxh4 14.Bxf4 c6 15.dxc6 Nxc6, Black has some advantage.

Instead of 12.dxe5, Fritz indicates 12.Bxf4 as best and White then has only a minimal disadvantage.

At move 17, Black could have clinched the win with 17...Ng3 18.Qxf4 Be4 19.Qh6 Ne2+ 20.Bxe2 Qxe1.

As pointed out by DWINS, Black also has a win at move 18 with 18...Rd5! 19.Nd2 Qh2+ 20.Kf1 c5 21.Nf3 Qh1+ 22.Ng1 f3, and Black wins. Black could also play 18...Qh2+ first and then 19...Rd5 winning.

At move 19, Black could play for a draw with 19...Qh2+ 20.Kf1 Qh1+ 21.Qg1 Qh4 22.Qa7 Qh1+. If in this line White plays 21.Nf3, then 21...Rxf3! 22.gxf3 b5! and Black has the advantage.

Al Horowitz once suggested that Black could win by playing 19...Qh2+ 20.Kf1 Re3. If now, 21.Rxe3 fxe3 22.Qxe3? Rd8! and Black has considerable advantage. Fritz evaluates this position as (-2.25) (18 ply) and gives the following continuation: 23.b3 Kb8 24.Ba3 Bh3! 25.Bc5 Qxg2+ or in another continuation, (-2.10) (18 ply) 23.Ke1 Qxg2 24.Qf3 Re8+ 25.Kd1 Qxf3+. However, White can obtain a draw in this line by: 19...Qh2+ 20 Kf1 Re3 21.Rxe3 fxe3 22.Qa8+ Kd7 23.Qxh8 Qh1+.

Black's 36th move is a serious mistake, but even after 36...Nf4 37.Rf1 Qxe2+ 38.Qxe2 Nxe2 39.Kxe2, White will win the ending.

Mar-10-09   WhiteRook48: what a long name!
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