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Albert Fox vs Emanuel Lasker
Cambridge Springs (1904), Cambridge Springs, PA USA, rd 4, Apr-29
Spanish Game: Exchange. Lutikov Variation (C68)  ·  0-1

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ANALYSIS [x]
Notes by Stockfish 9 v010218 (minimum 6s/ply) 4...dxc6 5.O-O Bg4 6.h3 Bh5 7.g4 Bg6 8.Nxe5 Qh4 = 0.00 (38 ply) ⩲ +0.81 (29 ply) after 5.O-O d6 6.d4 exd4 7.Qxd4 c5 8.Qe3 Be7 9.Nc3 Nf6 6.Nxd4 was played in Karpov vs V Kalashnikov, 1961 (1-0)6...Qf6 was played in Duras vs Alekhine, 1914 (0-1)better is 8.b3 c5 9.Qc3 Ng6 10.Bb2 f6 11.Nbd2 Be7 12.Rfe1 O-O ⩲ +0.71 (30 ply)better is 8...c5 9.Qe3 Ng6 10.b3 Be7 11.Nd5 Bb7 12.Bb2 Bxd5 = +0.21 (22 ply)better is 9.Bg5 Qd7 10.Rad1 c5 11.Qe3 Bb7 12.Rfe1 f6 13.Bh4 Be7 ⩲ +0.77 (20 ply) 9...c5 10.Qd3 Be7 11.Nd5 O-O 12.b3 Re8 13.Nxe7+ Qxe7 = +0.17 (24 ply) ⩲ +1.00 (20 ply) after 10.Qc4 Bd7 11.Be3 Be7 12.Rad1 Ne5 13.Nxe5 fxe5 14.Rf1 better is 12...Ne5 13.h3 g6 14.Nh2 g5 15.Be3 h5 16.Rad1 Qc8 17.Nf3 = +0.35 (19 ply) 13.b3 Qd7 14.Bb2 O-O-O 15.Nf5 Rhg8 16.Ne3 Kb7 17.Nd2 Ne5 ⩲ +1.03 (22 ply)= +0.19 (22 ply)better is 14.h4 Ne5 15.h5 Bxf5 16.exf5 Qd7 17.Nh4 d5 18.h6 Bd6 = +0.49 (22 ply)= -0.15 (22 ply)better is 18.Bd2 Qd7 19.Qe4 Re8 20.Bc3 d5 21.Rad1 Kf7 22.Qd3 Qb5 = +0.10 (23 ply)= -0.50 (23 ply) 21.Rb1 Qd7 22.h3 Be5 23.Bxg5 Rf3 24.Kg2 Rbf8 25.Bh4 Qc6 = -0.07 (24 ply) ⩱ -0.96 (24 ply) 29.f4 Bf6 30.Bxf6 gxf6 31.Ra1 Rc2 32.h4 Rxc3 33.Kg2 Ra3 ⩱ -0.84 (26 ply) ∓ -1.62 (24 ply) 30...c6 31.Bc7 Bxc3 32.Bxd6 Bd4 33.Re4 Rxa2 34.Be5 Bxf2+ ∓ -1.70 (22 ply) ⩱ -0.77 (22 ply)better is 31...Kg8 32.Re8+ Kh7 33.Bxc7 Bd4 34.Rf8 Rxa2 35.Bxd6 a5 ⩱ -1.36 (24 ply) ⩱ -0.84 (24 ply)better is 32...Ke8 33.Be7 Be5 34.a3 Ra2 35.Kf1 Bxh2 36.Bg5 Be5 ⩱ -1.19 (23 ply) 33.a3 Ke8 34.Bh4 Rc4 35.h3 Rc3 36.a4 Ra3 37.Bg3 Kd8 = -0.49 (23 ply)-+ -3.51 (25 ply)-+ mate-in-48 after 44.h546.Kf3 Kf5 47.Ke3 g5 48.Kd4 Kf4 49.Kd3 g4 50.Ke2 g3 -+ mate-in-150-1

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Kibitzer's Corner
Aug-17-08  chocobonbon: Some player's style was once described as the apparent result of someone emptying a bag of Pieces onto the board. Whatever "positional" Chess is Lasker's position here after 16. ...hxg6 doesn't resemble a paradigm to me but in a few moves his position looks fine. The man loved to play Chess. I wonder if Tarrasch's remark about Chess having the power to make men happy was made after viewing some of Lasker's games. Of course it has the power to make one temporarily miserable, too as I'm sure Tarrasch might have attested.
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  Phony Benoni: Here's the position after <16...hxg6>:


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Yes, Black's pawns look somewhat worse than terrible, albeit that he has an extra one. But it's not that bad. The queenside pawns are still capable of producing a passer, and the kingside pawns impede White more than you might think.

White decides he has to get that pawn back immediately, and the game goes <17.Qd3 Rf5 18.g4 Rf7 19.Qxg6>. White has indeed regained the pawn, but there's a cost attached. 18.g4 has weakened his dark squares on the kingside to the point where it will be very hard to create a passed pawn over there; meanwhile, Black's queenside majority is still mobile. In effect, White is still a pawn down!

With that in mind, Lasker steers for the ending. Soon, he has two connected passed pawns on the queenside, while White's kingside pawns are still immobile.

Fox makes it easier by trapping his bishop (what was 33.g5 all about?), and Lasker takes advantage with 35...Rd2. Then a little simplifying combination leaves an easily won ♔+♙ ending, and that's it.

One more thing. Remember how White's troubles really started with his anxious attempt to regain the pawn with 18.g4? Watch what happens after 24...Rxb2:


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Black's rook stays on the second rank for the rest of its existence, and the White a-pawn never moves. Black has numerous chances to take the pawn, but doesn't bother doing so until move 41! Sometimes, there are more important things to do besides grabbing a pawn.

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