| Jan-07-03 | | ughaibu: On the subject of favourite pieces, Janowski was famous for his preference for bishops. This is another game that Lasker manages to win from an all but hopeless position. Alekhine says that Janowski could have won had he been able to bring himself to exchange his bishops. I wonder if Lasker had engineered this dilema for him. |
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| Jan-08-03 | | drukenknight: He had probably read the book that said the B pair was an advantage. |
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Jan-09-03
 | | Honza Cervenka: Janowski could play for example 38...Bxd3 39.Nxd3 Rxd3 40.Rxd3 Rxd3 41.Ke2 e4 42.Rxe4 Rxc3 winning a pawn with better position. Also 40...Bxd3 was possible. And 49...Rh7 instead of 49...Be3 could hold big advantage of black too. 60...Kc7 was a blunder losing a piece. After 60...Re2 61.Rxb7+ (61.Nxf5? Rgg2) 61...Kc6 62.Rxg7 Rxe3 63.Ne4 Rxf3 black is 1 pawn dawn, but he has good chances to keep draw. |
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| Jun-18-05 | | iron maiden: Hey Calli, does this fit in your Lasker collection? |
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| Jun-18-05 | | Calli: Thanks, will look at it closer as time permits.
"Lasker plays such stupid chess. I can't stand it!" - Dawid Janowsky |
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| Nov-14-06 | | Calli: <iron maiden> Yes it does! I forgot about and it took 18 months to get back to it. :-o |
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| May-22-15 | | Howard: This could have been the sensation of the tournament, if Janowski had won it--which he almost certainly should have. |
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Jul-24-19
 | | Phony Benoni: "You see, Edward? I told you two knights are better than a rook!" |
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| Jan-12-20 | | Howard: According to the Stockfish analysis posted above, Janowski apparently had a won game! |
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| Jan-13-20 | | WorstPlayerEver: 27... b5 and Black is winning. |
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| Jan-13-20 | | WorstPlayerEver: 40... Bxd3 0-1
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Jan-13-20
 | | perfidious: Euwe analysed this long ago in his monumental work on the middle game, the conclusion being that even Lasker's considerable defensive skills should not have been sufficient to stave off defeat. I would attribute Janowski's loss to necromancy and legerdemain on the part of his redoubtable opponent. |
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| Jan-13-20 | | WorstPlayerEver: -45... Be7 still was a win.
-49... gxf3 also.
-54. Rb3 and White had survived.
-56. Nf2=
-56. Nc3 Be3? 57. Nd5!
Point were Janowski blundered. 56... Rg2 or Bd4 were better. |
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Dec-12-24
 | | marcusantoinerome: This is mentioned in Cafferty's "Spassky's 100 Best Games" in the analysis of Kots 0-1 Spassky, USSR Ch Baku 1961. That game and this Lasker-Janowski game were the same up through 9. ... Qd7. After 8. h3 Cafferty writes
"The text allows Black to exploit the old rule (normally seen in Guioco Piano positions) that a player should not weaken his K side by h3 if he as castled on that side and his opponent hasn't. White should play eithe 8. d3 or 8. Bxc6+ bxc6 9. d4. In mitigation of White's error it can be said that he was following a most powerful precedent - Emanuel Lasker made the same mistake against Janowski in the 1924 New York tournament!" After 10. Nbd2 (in the Spassky game) he says
"Lasker realising the danger in time simplified here by 11. Bxc6 Qxc6 12. Bg5 and so reduced Janowski's attacking chances. 10. Be3 is also a reasonablel move ... The text (10. Nbd2) allows Black to play the crucial attacking move straight away: 10. ... g4!" |
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Mar-21-25
 | | plang: 9..Qd2 was a new move cleverly played to take advantage of the kingside weakness created by 8 h3. 17 Qd5? led to the exchange of queens but allowed Black to play ..f5 without the ..Kh8. Janowski played very well to develop a strong initiative but started to go wrong when he didn't play 38..Bxd3. Once he started to go wrong he played the rest of the game quite poorly. |
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Sep-16-25
 | | nizmo11: Stockfish is not impressed by 10...g5, and strikes back in the centre with the pawn sac 11.d4! exd4 12.Qc2!
It seems that black has no better continuation than returning the pawn with 12...b5 13.Bd3 0-0 with some advantage for White. |
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Kibitzing
sac: 58.Rxe3