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🏆 Scheveningen (1913)

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Officially, this tournament celebrated the 40th Anniversary of the Nederlandschen Schaakbond, and was held in Scheveningen from July 28-August 8, 1913. It proved to be an early victory for Alekhine, in more ways than one. The competition consisted of: ... [more]

Player: Edward Lasker

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Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. W Schelfhout vs Ed Lasker 0-1571913ScheveningenD02 Queen's Pawn Game
2. Ed Lasker vs A van Foreest 1-0431913ScheveningenD37 Queen's Gambit Declined
3. Ed Lasker vs Breyer ½-½511913ScheveningenD45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
4. Olland vs Ed Lasker  1-0421913ScheveningenC83 Ruy Lopez, Open
5. R Loman vs Ed Lasker  ½-½381913ScheveningenA90 Dutch
6. Ed Lasker vs J Mieses 1-0181913ScheveningenB01 Scandinavian
7. Ed Lasker vs Alekhine 0-1311913ScheveningenC46 Three Knights
8. Ed Lasker vs Yates 1-0311913ScheveningenD30 Queen's Gambit Declined
9. Ed Lasker vs Janowski 0-1381913ScheveningenC49 Four Knights
10. A Speijer vs Ed Lasker  0-1571913ScheveningenD32 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch
11. J W te Kolste vs Ed Lasker 1-0711913ScheveningenC49 Four Knights
12. Ed Lasker vs F Englund 1-0211913ScheveningenC48 Four Knights
13. K Geus vs Ed Lasker  0-1351913ScheveningenC77 Ruy Lopez
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Kibitzer's Corner
Aug-22-13  Caissanist: When I played through the moves of J W Te Kolste vs Ed Lasker, 1913, the game didn't really seem to fit with the story Ed Lasker told. As best as I can tell he was dead lost at adjournment, and the win seems pretty straightforward for a master. It was probably just as well that Lasker went out partying with Alekhine.
Mar-13-14  Karpova: According to Dr. Emanuel Lasker, Nimzowitsch withdrew at the last moment and Edward Lasker substituted him.

Source: 'Pester Lloyd', 1913.08.03, p. 9 (written in Marienbad, July 30)

Feb-23-18  chessamateur: There's an error in the standings. Alekhine should be on top, not listed in 2nd place.
Feb-23-18
Premium Chessgames Member
  Tabanus: Fixed. Alekhine and Janowski were both listed as no. 2, don't know how that happened.
Feb-23-18  Petrosianic: Boy, it's one thing when players make excuses, but kind of beyond the pale when cg does it for them. According to the bio, Alekhine only lost to Janowski because he was drunk, and that evil Janowski "took advantage of his condition." Shame on him!
Feb-24-18
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  offramp: <Petrosianic: Boy, it's one thing when players make excuses, but kind of beyond the pale when cg does it for them. According to the bio, Alekhine only lost to Janowski because he was drunk, and that evil Janowski "took advantage of his condition." Shame on him!>

...But that is a quote from Edward Lasker. There is no reason to not believe it.

Feb-24-18  WorstPlayerEver: So he got his nickname: Darnowski
Feb-24-18
Premium Chessgames Member
  perfidious: The semi-colons between names had to go; looks far better with actual spacing between the players' names than what went before.
Aug-08-18
Premium Chessgames Member
  mifralu: Intro: < ...and the game Breyer vs Yates, 0-1 from Round 4 is unavailable. >

"In round four Breyer was due to play Yates. However, the previous night he couldn't get to sleep until the early morning. As a consequence, he overslept and lost his game by overstepping the time limit."

"Gyula Breyer: The Chess Revolutionary" by Jimmy Adams, p.249

Dec-02-20
Premium Chessgames Member
  FSR: Not one Sicilian, let alone a Scheveningen. Apparently the variation wouldn't be invented for another decade or so. Opening Explorer
Dec-02-20
Premium Chessgames Member
  perfidious: <FSR>, the seminal game of the line, from the event ten years on: Maroczy vs Euwe, 1923.

Not a great advert for the line, but better days lay ahead.

Dec-02-20
Premium Chessgames Member
  FSR: <perfidious> One of those games, like Ken Smith's outings with the Smith-Morra Gambit at San Antonio 1972, that make you want to run far, far away from the variation in question.
Dec-02-20
Premium Chessgames Member
  FSR: <perfidious> Note that the immortal George Schelto Fontein played two games with the variation at the same tournament, losing each in 32 moves. https://www.chessgames.com/perl/che... It's a wonder the line didn't die in the cradle.
May-22-23  Caissanist: <But that is a quote from Edward Lasker. There is no reason to not believe it.>

Actually, there are very good reasons for not believing stories from Edward Lasker. Although his writing can be quite entertaining, the truthfulness of many of his stories has been questioned over the years, particularly concerning the prominent masters of the day.

Aug-15-23  Caissanist: If you play through the Alekhine-Janowski game, this seems to be another one of Ed Lasker's shaggy dog stories. Far from "making short work" of Alekhine, Janowski wound up pulling out a 49-move victory after a wild back-and-forth struggle where Alekhine has a won game a piece up shortly before the time control, but can't find the winning line.
Aug-15-23
Premium Chessgames Member
  perfidious: Have never read Lasker's account, but Reinfeld gives an objective portrayal of that battle in <100 Instructive Games of Alekhine>.
Jan-14-24  fabelhaft: No draw death problems here…

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