page 1 of 5; games 1-25 of 101  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Vidmar vs K Treybal   ½-½ 31 1934 Ujpest D57 Queen's Gambit Declined, Lasker Defense 2. Eliskases vs Gruenfeld ½-½ 27 1934 Ujpest D57 Queen's Gambit Declined, Lasker Defense 3. Gruenfeld vs L Steiner   ½-½ 30 1934 Ujpest D57 Queen's Gambit Declined, Lasker Defense 4. Euwe vs Eliskases   0-1 42 1935 ? D57 Queen's Gambit Declined, Lasker Defense 5. Vidmar vs Stahlberg   ½-½ 24 1935 Olympiad D57 Queen's Gambit Declined, Lasker Defense 6. Euwe vs Eliskases 0-1 50 1938 Noordwijk ;HCL 33 D57 Queen's Gambit Declined, Lasker Defense 7. S Landau vs G A Thomas 1-0 52 1938 Hastings D57 Queen's Gambit Declined, Lasker Defense 8. Dake vs J Gadalinski   ½-½ 47 1938 Krakow D57 Queen's Gambit Declined, Lasker Defense 9. R Grau vs Eliskases   0-1 38 1939 Buenos Aires ol-fin D57 Queen's Gambit Declined, Lasker Defense 10. Kieninger vs Eliskases   ½-½ 36 1939 Ch-TYS D57 Queen's Gambit Declined, Lasker Defense 11. Najdorf vs W Cruz   1-0 37 1939 Buenos Aires ol f-A ;HCL 37 D57 Queen's Gambit Declined, Lasker Defense 12. Stahlberg vs L Piazzini 1-0 33 1939 Buenos Aires D57 Queen's Gambit Declined, Lasker Defense 13. Gilg vs R Keller   0-1 42 1940 GER Ch 7th D57 Queen's Gambit Declined, Lasker Defense 14. Guimard vs Eliskases   0-1 39 1941 Mar del Plata D57 Queen's Gambit Declined, Lasker Defense 15. M Brunoehler vs H G Lachmann   1-0 50 1941 GER-ch D57 Queen's Gambit Declined, Lasker Defense 16. Stahlberg vs M Czerniak   1-0 51 1941 Buenos Aires Circulo D57 Queen's Gambit Declined, Lasker Defense 17. Guimard vs M Czerniak   1-0 27 1942 Mar del Plata D57 Queen's Gambit Declined, Lasker Defense 18. Najdorf vs G Hand   1-0 40 1945 Buenos Aires Circulo ;HCL 24 D57 Queen's Gambit Declined, Lasker Defense 19. W Elm vs Moehler,   1-0 53 1946 Bad Harzburg GER D57 Queen's Gambit Declined, Lasker Defense 20. Letelier vs E Reinhardt   ½-½ 28 1946 Mar del Plata ARG D57 Queen's Gambit Declined, Lasker Defense 21. D Byrne vs W Shipman   ½-½ 61 1946 US Open Championship Final D57 Queen's Gambit Declined, Lasker Defense 22. C H Maderna vs J Pizzi   ½-½ 32 1947 Mar del Plata ARG D57 Queen's Gambit Declined, Lasker Defense 23. Czaya vs Greis Heinz   ½-½ 41 1948 Essen West German ch D57 Queen's Gambit Declined, Lasker Defense 24. Kashdan vs P Poschel   1-0 62 1948 USA Ch D57 Queen's Gambit Declined, Lasker Defense 25. G P Thibaut vs H Staudte   0-1 47 1950 Dubrovnik olm D57 Queen's Gambit Declined, Lasker Defense  page 1 of 5; games 1-25 of 101    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)

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May-17-04    popski: Again one of those openings where author didn't use it. Lasker defence and there is no Lasker games with this opening?! Also somewhere they call this opening Lasker system, why difference in naming? Oct-06-04    themindset: also, the diagram doesn't match the opening at all. there should be a black Knight on e4 and a white pawn on c4 and a black pawn on d5 ...... Oct-06-04    Whitehat1963: They should call this the "Eliskases Defense." He has five of the first nine uses of it as black, and he won four of those five and drew the remaining game. Not bad for someone I've never heard of, using a defense I've never seen before today. But to call it the "Lasker Defense," why? Oct-06-04    ughaibu: Eliskases was a strong player: Eliskases vs Capablanca, 1937 Feb-16-05    Dudley: Lasker invented this line for Black and he did use it-check the database. Feb-16-05    Dudley: I checked the database and the Lasker games are under D53-the only difference is that he played 6..Ne4 and left out ...h6. The move ...Ne4 is characteristic of the Lasker defense. Feb-16-05    IMlday: Lasker tried to leave out ..h6 so he would have the h6 square for a Rook later. Feb-17-05    Dudley: That makes sense. It's kind of a spoiler opening but I guess White maintains at least a small edge. I can't get over the massive statistical advantage for White in almost all lines of the QGD. Mar-21-05    Gypsy: <They should call this the "Eliskases Defense." ... Not bad for someone I've never heard of ...> Eliskases star shone the brightest right before WW2. Bright enough that there were already negotiations going for him getting a title-shot against Alekhine. Jun-20-05    vampiero: i like this defence, its actually one of my favorites. Especially when i'm not in the mood for any tense tactical positions, i try to use this to simplify the position in hopes of a draw in the endgame, or maybe even a win Jun-21-05    vampiero: one the Queens Gambit Declined DVD that Kasparov put out, he has a special segment on the Laskers defence and he says that instead of playing ... Ne4 cxd4 Nxc3 bxc3 exd4 to simplify, one could play ...Ne4 Rc1 to complicate things, followed by Nxc3 Rxc3 dxc4 Bxc4 Jun-21-05    maoam: That's the approach Karpov tried in his match with Yusupov (probably the strongest player to use this line regularly) after getting nothing from 9.Qc2 or cxd5 (see Karpov vs Yusupov, 1989 , Karpov vs Yusupov, 1989, and Karpov vs Yusupov, 1989). Jun-22-05    vampiero: theory wise, what is the general goal for white in the Rc1 or the cxd4 Nxc3 bxc3 exd4 variations? or the goal for black? Jun-22-05    Assassinater: < Queen's Gambit Declined, Lasker Defense (D57) 1 d4 d5 2 c4 e6 3 Nc3 Nf6 4 Bg5 Be7 5 e3 0-0 6 Nf3 h6 7 Bh4 Ne4 8 Bxe7 Qxe7 > What happened to the knight on e4 in the picture? Jun-23-05    vampiero: well in the picture, they continued it with one of the more popular lines, going cxd4 Nxc3 bxc3, and thats the picture, generally the next move is exd4 Jun-29-05    aw1988: The Lasker Defense (there is also one in the Evans' Gambit) is one of those openings where the idea of "black to equalize" is seen full force. Jul-09-06    James Demery: Does anyone know of any games where Lasker played this defense? I understand he didn`t play h6 whuch does create a weakness. Jul-09-06    James Demery: Did I really spell which as whuch? Jul-10-06    FHBradley: <James Demery:> He played it at least against Marshall on a couple of occasion in 1907, but without h6. The opening moves would be 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. c3 f6 4. g5 e7 5. e3 e4. I didn't check the chessgames.com-database for these games. Jul-10-06    FHBradley: <James Demery:> Marshall vs Lasker, 1907 Marshall vs Lasker, 1907 Marshall vs Lasker, 1907 Jul-10-06    James Demery: Thanks FHB. I remember that first game was the game of the day , but I totally missed that it was Lasker`s Defense. Thanks again. Dec-26-07    Cactus: <cg.com> The opening moves shown totally don't match the position diagram :P

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