| Dec-29-05 | | Devilz: Nice queen sac and attack. |
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| Dec-29-05 | | khense: CANT be sound! (but black had to move every time the grandmaster came around). |
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Dec-29-05
 | | An Englishman: Good Evening: No way is this sacrifice sound. Can't be. After 15...Kd7; 16.0-0-0,c7-c6 Black will follow with Kd7-c7, ...Bc8-d7, ...Ra8-c8 and Kc7-b8, with artificial castling followed by the c6-c7 pawn break to open the c-file. If White tries to annoy Black with Nc3-a4, then ...b7-b6 should be OK, as While lacks the light-squared Bishop. However, this is a fantastic example of the sort of madness you might find during a game, and Lasker no doubt counted on his opponent to make mistakes. And that is one heck of a finish. |
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| Dec-29-05 | | Hidden Skillz: i bet he wouldnt done the sac against a master |
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Dec-29-05
 | | al wazir: White sacked his  on spec. It took 20 moves before the payoff. 22...Be2 was a bad bad mistake. Two moves later black realized how much trouble he was in and tried to give back the . And Lasker wouldn't take it! |
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| Dec-29-05 | | lentil: i think you are being charitable in assuming it was a sac. looks to me like L just blundered away the Q (it was a simul, after all) abut played on because he had 2 pieces and an initiative against a much weaker opponent. |
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| Dec-29-05 | | offramp: Black was the Great Britain Gooding, not the Cuba Gooding. |
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Dec-29-05
 | | dakgootje: LOL what a finish =) And indeed that sac (or mistake) just couldnt be sound. So i can only conclude that it is a really nice game =) |
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| Dec-29-05 | | itz2000: 25 BF6+ could have been a mistake I think.
Why not
25 BE7+ and take his queen out in case King goes to KF7? |
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| Dec-29-05 | | itz2000: after 29 .. Ke1.
30 Rg1+ ; Bf1
31 Rfxf1!; Ke2
32 Re1!; ... |
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Dec-29-05
 | | alphee: <itz2000> I keep asking me the same question about  e7+ attaking the queen and the rook as it's what I would have done. Is there any reason to avoid this move. I did not have the time to ask Fitz... |
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| Dec-29-05 | | DanRoss53: Is this definitely a Queen sac by White? I think 9. d2? could have been a blunder... after 9...  g6! 10. g5 e7! White can't save his Queen. It's hard to imagine Lasker could have missed such a shallow combination, but I wouldn't rule it out completely. |
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| Dec-29-05 | | EmperorAtahualpa: Great GOTD! I think a game like this should make good kibitzing, because it contains so many questionable moves. Now to the game itself:
9.Bd2?? is White's first serious mistake, because the bishop is taking the Queen's only retreat square after 9...Ng6. I think Black's first serious mistake is 17...c5??, because it allows 18.Nb5. That's where the real trouble starts I think! Better would be 17...c6 or even 17...Ba6. I also have my doubts about 20...hxg4?? I feel it facilitates White's attack on the already vulnerable kingside. <itz2000> <alphee> I agree 25.Bf6+?? is questionable. An improvement would be 25.Be7+ but I think even better would be 25.Bh6+! Kf7 26.Rg7+! Ke8 27.exd6 taking the extra g-pawn. Finally, 27...Kf3?? leads to an inevitable mate. 27...Ke3 28.Rg3+ Bf3 could have saved the game somewhat, although Black is already in a terrible position. I liked this game exactly because of its many questionable moves. It was a nice exercise for me to practice my analysing skills. |
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Dec-29-05
 | | kevin86: Too bad the game wasn't in Cuba,lol.
A nice attack and sac by Mr.Lasker. He even managed to deliver a mating sequence without taking back the queen. |
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| Dec-29-05 | | DanielBryant: Yeah, too bad it wasn't Capablanca that played him! |
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| Dec-29-05 | | Al Notation: yeah, I am not sure about whether it was a sac or not. many here have shared my thoughts. it looks like Lasker didn't see the trap, and afterwards Gooding was too excited to play well. with his material advantage he should have confronted Lasker on the kingside. I wonder if 12...Ne7 would have been better. |
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