[Event "18th Western Championship"]
[Site "Lexington, KY USA"]
[Date "1917.08.20"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Edward Lasker"]
[Black "John Taliaferro Beckner"]
[ECO "C97"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3
d6 8.c3 Na5 9.Bc2 c5 10.d4 Qc7 11.h3 O-O 12.Nbd2 Bd7 13.d5 h6
14.Nf1 Nh7 15.g4 Ng5 16.Kg2 Rac8 17.b3 Qd8 18.N3h2 Bf6 19.Ng3
Re8 20.Rg1 Nb7 21.Nhf1 g6 22.Bd2 Bg7 23.Qc1 f6 24.Ne3 Kh7
25.Rh1 Rg8 26.Qf1 Ra8 27.Qe2 Nf7 28.Rag1 Qc7 29.h4 Qd8 30.Kf1
g5 31.Nef5 Bf8 32.hxg5 fxg5 33.Qf3 Qf6 34.Nh5 Qg6 35.Rh2 Rd8
36.Rgh1 Bc8 37.Ke1 Rh8 38.Qd3 Bd7 39.f4 gxf4 40.Bxf4 Kg8
41.Nh4 Qxh5 42.gxh5 exf4 43.Rg1+ Ng5 44.Ng6 Rh7 45.e5 dxe5
46.Nxf8 Kxf8 47.Rxg5 1-0