Wilhelm Steinitz vs Emanuel Lasker (1894)

Wilhelm Steinitz vs Emanuel Lasker
Lasker-Steinitz World Championship (1894) · Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense. General (D60) · 1/2-1/2

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Dec-04-06		Honza Cervenka: Steinitz's decision to castle Queenside has made the game quite interesting for a while. Fritz 8 thinks that black is clearly better around move 20 but sees nothing factual and slow sliding forward indicates that white is okay. For example, one of Fritz's lines goes 20...Bxe2 21.Nxe2 Re8 22.Nd4 Qb6 23.Rhg1 Bf8 24.Nf5 Re6 25.Rg3 Ne4 26.Bxe4 dxe4 27.h5 Kh8 28.Rg4 Qc7 29.Rxe4 c5 30.Rf4 Qxe5 31. Rd7 Kg8 32.Qxe5 Rxe5 33.e4 Rxb3 34.Rg4 Rb6 35.Rd8 g5 36. f3 (see diagram) and it is rather black who has troubles here. click for larger view 36...hxg5 looks tempting but white seems to have enough of counter-play, for example 37.Rf2 Be5 38.Nd4 g4 39.Rff1 g3 40.h6 Rbc8 41.Rh5 Bxd4 42.exd4 Rxc3 43.Rg5+ Kh8 44.Bg6 Be6 45.Re1 R3c6 46.Rxg3 etc. click for larger view

Feb-29-08		Knight13: <Steinitz's decision to castle Queenside has made the game quite interesting for a while.> It did seem like Black's attack were going faster but Steinitz set up some good defenses.

Apr-12-09		MarbleSkull: Why didn't white play 27. e6? The g6 pawn looks quite weak to me, but if there's a smart reply I'm missing please let me know.

Jul-06-11		ughaibu: So, apparently Steinitz showed better judgement than Fritz 8 did. What do the Softies make of that?

Jul-07-11		keypusher: <ughaibu: So, apparently Steinitz showed better judgement than Fritz 8 did. What do the Softies make of that?> I'm not a Softy, but I'll pretend: 1. Fritz 8 would kill Steinitz in a match. 2. Today's programs make Fritz 8 look like Neanderthal man. 3. Quite a few human GMs, including super-strong ones, would probably also balk at castling queenside. Steinitz, a provocative player, might have been right by accident. I must say, I make some excellent points.

Jul-07-11		ughaibu: About point number 3, it would be interesting to see Steintiz's notes. CALLI!!!

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