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Rezso Charousek vs Emanuel Lasker
Nuremberg (1896), Nuremberg GER, rd 19, Aug-10
King's Gambit: Accepted. Bishop's Gambit (C33)  ·  1-0

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ANALYSIS [x]
Notes by Stockfish 9 v010218 (minimum 6s/ply)7.d4 was played in H Jacobs vs N J Roughton, 1906 (1-0)8.d4 was played in Schlechter vs Steinitz, 1897 (1-0) 8...h6 = -0.08 (25 ply) ⩲ +0.72 (21 ply)better is 10...Ne7 11.Kf2 Ng6 12.e5 gxh4 13.Be2 f6 14.e6 h3 15.d5 = +0.17 (24 ply) ⩲ +0.67 (18 ply) 11...gxh4 12.Be2 O-O-O 13.Bxf4 Bxf3 14.Bxf3 Qg6 15.Kf1 ⩲ +0.75 (21 ply) ± +1.53 (26 ply) 13...Bxd4+ 14.Qxd4 Qxh1 15.Bxf4 Qh4+ 16.Bg3 Qxg5 17.Nd5 ± +1.79 (27 ply)+- +2.65 (26 ply) 18...h5 19.Ng3 Qe6 20.d5 Nxd5 21.exd5 Rxd5 22.Qe4 Qd7 +- +3.00 (25 ply)+- +5.82 (26 ply)better is 24.Qb6 Bf6 25.Qa7 Nc7 26.Rh6 Be7 27.Rah1 Rg8 28.Rxh7 Bf6 +- +5.10 (20 ply)+- +3.05 (28 ply)better is 32.c4 Ne6 33.Ke3 Ng7 34.Bxg7 Rxg7 35.d5 Rgf7 36.Rf1 Rf5 +- +4.46 (23 ply) 32...Nd5 33.Bh4 Rxf3 34.Rxh7 b5 35.Be1 R8f7 36.Rxf7 Rxf7 ± +2.42 (25 ply)+- +5.71 (24 ply)36...Rd6 37.Be7 Kc7 38.Rf6 cxd5 39.Bxf8 Rxf8 40.Rxh7+ +- +7.63 (21 ply)1-0

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Jun-01-06  Jilted Rook: <there is no endgame lol> That depends on what one considers are the factors that herald an endgame. It would not be unreasonable to judge the commencement of the aforementioned phase of the game at move 26 :)
Feb-15-09  JonathanJ: lasker's handling of the opening seems stupid in my eyes. i think it would be more natural to either give back the pawn OR give up the center.
Jun-05-10  Boomie: <JonathanJ: lasker's handling of the opening seems stupid in my eyes. i think it would be more natural to either give back the pawn OR give up the center.>

Before posting, you may want to check your facts. Lasker was following a good line of this opening.

Opening Explorer

As you can see, after 8. Nc3 black has had great success with 8...h6. However Lasker tried 8...c6 which turned out to be inferior. Notice how white took advantage of the h2-b8 diagonal opened up by 8...c6.

Jul-25-10  tentsewang: Paul Morphy, Rudolf Charousek, Carlos Torre Repetto...the tragedy of fallen kings. Indeed Charousek is one of my favorite, but when I researched a bit about Emanuel Lasker, I found that he was a racist. And that he would give away money and fund for German army during the WWII and Said if Germany loses the battle, the world will end.
Jul-25-10  BwanaVa: I believe you will find the comments you attribute to Lasker occured during WW I, a struggle with a far different ideological foundation than WW II.

In fact Emanuel Lasker was Jewish, fled Germany in 1933 due to anti-semitic oppression, lived in the USSR for a few years then moved to the USA. He died in January 1941, and is buried in Queens, NY. Hard to see someone with this background bring a supporter of the Third Reich, much less being a racist.

Jul-31-10
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  jessicafischerqueen: The historical context of this game is dramatized in part two of the following youtube documentary:

<Charousek: The New Morphy>

1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SY1...

2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tywp...

3. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCHL...

4. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5BE...

This video was co-produced with <Tim Litten> (User: Boomie) and <Annie Kappel> (Annie Kappel)

Aug-10-10  BraveUlysses: <tentsewang: Paul Morphy, Rudolf Charousek, Carlos Torre Repetto...the tragedy of fallen kings.> I think it's fair to say you can add Fischer to the list. His mental problems cut his career short. Like Morphy he was an American who conquered the world before disappearing while in his prime.
Jan-12-12  andrewjsacks: Do not forget Pillsbury on that list.
Jan-12-12
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  playground player: Does anybody else find this game reminiscent of Gioachhino Greco? A pity Cherousek died so young!
Jan-12-12  kramputz: <tentsewang:> Get your facts in order about Lasker, you idiot. You called Lasker a racist.
Jan-12-12  TheFocus: <tentsewang> <And that he would give away money and fund for German army during the WWII>

He was not talking about WWII. He wrote about WW1. And that was not exactly what he said.

If you don't know, the Nazis took all of lasker's money and property.

Jan-12-12
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  Penguincw: And promotion to follow.
Aug-13-12  Conrad93: 3...d5 looks really dubious. What's the point of it?
May-08-13
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  Phony Benoni: <"Before the final round, wherein this bright game was played, first prize had been won by Dr. Emanuel Lasker, else he might have chosen to decline gambit fireworkds. Charousek, however, is seen in his natural element.

"Morphy, I judge, was the model he set up--with accuracy the rule and fancy a mere indulgence. With plenty of tournament gumption, he used impatient opening methods as a means of finding congenial work for his patience to do in the end game! His was not the courage expected of ignorance, for there is the story that he had made a copy by hand of that giantic work, the German Handbook."> -- William Ewart Napier

May-05-15  whiteshark: The round intro of the tournament book commented a bit flippantly: "<Lasker hatte sich eine Verlustpartie gegen Charousek geleistet, weil er des ewigen Gewinnens müde war.>"

(Lasker achieved a loss game against Charousek because he was tired of eternal winning.)

Mar-31-16  Marcelo Bruno: <madlydeeply> I think that after 18. ... c5 White can reply with 19. Bxc5 without problem.
May-29-16  RookFile: Powerful play by Charousek in this game.
Sep-19-18  Ironmanth: Tremendous play by White here!
Sep-19-18
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  MissScarlett: If chess is a religion, Charousek is a saint.
Sep-22-18  chessrookstwo: great game this is
Sep-23-18  chessrookstwo: SLAY THE BEAST
Feb-08-21  beugi19: <Reszoe> Stockfish found 17. Nd5!! killing off Tarrasch's idea. Eg cxd5 18. Bxd5 Ne7 19. Qxa7 Nxd5 20. Qa8+ Nb8 21. Qxb8+ Kd7 22.Qxb7+ Nc7 23. Qxc7+ Ke8 24. Qe5+ Qxe5 25. Bxe5, with a won endgame due to three connected passed Pawns
Feb-08-21
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  keypusher: <beugi19: <Reszoe> Stockfish found 17. Nd5!! killing off Tarrasch's idea. Eg cxd5 18. Bxd5 Ne7 19. Qxa7 Nxd5 20. Qa8+ Nb8 21. Qxb8+ Kd7 22.Qxb7+ Nc7 23. Qxc7+ Ke8 24. Qe5+ Qxe5 25. Bxe5, with a won endgame due to three connected passed Pawns>

Thanks, when posting analysis in response to analysis it's nice to post the prior analysis, especially if it's on a different page

<Reszoe: See this: 13...Bxd4+ 14.Qxd4 Qxh1 15.Bxf4! Qh4+ (15...Qxa1? 16.Qd6 and wins) 16.Bg3 Qxg5 17.Qxa7 Qc5+ 18.Qxc5 Nxc5 19.Bxf7 with a better game (Tarrasch). Against Lasker!!>

Apr-03-21  Pyrandus: Rezso was the Greatest!
Nov-05-23
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  Sally Simpson: The position from this game....


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