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page 1 of 17; games 1-25 of 404  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Gruenfeld vs Tartakower 0-1 42 1922 Grünfeld - Tartakower D57 Queen's Gambit Declined, Lasker Defense 2. Capablanca vs Tartakower ½-½ 42 1922 London D57 Queen's Gambit Declined, Lasker Defense 3. E Jacobsen vs Tartakower 0-1 34 1923 Copenhagen D57 Queen's Gambit Declined, Lasker Defense 4. J Bernstein vs Tartakower   ½-½ 36 1923 Karlsbad D57 Queen's Gambit Declined, Lasker Defense 5. Vidmar vs Tartakower 1-0 65 1926 Semmering D57 Queen's Gambit Declined, Lasker Defense 6. Colle vs Tartakower   ½-½ 57 1926 Amsterdam D57 Queen's Gambit Declined, Lasker Defense 7. Rubinstein vs H Duhm 1-0 44 1926 Hannover D57 Queen's Gambit Declined, Lasker Defense 8. G Norman vs G A Thomas   1-0 55 1927 Hastings 1926/27 D57 Queen's Gambit Declined, Lasker Defense 9. M Oren vs P Frydman   1-0 34 1927 Polish Championship D57 Queen's Gambit Declined, Lasker Defense 10. J Rejfir vs M Oren   0-1 39 1928 The Hague Olympiad D57 Queen's Gambit Declined, Lasker Defense 11. B Siegheim vs Sultan Khan 0-1 37 1929 Match D57 Queen's Gambit Declined, Lasker Defense 12. L Engels vs G Kieninger   0-1 28 1934 m3 D57 Queen's Gambit Declined, Lasker Defense 13. Gruenfeld vs L Steiner   ½-½ 30 1934 Ujpest D57 Queen's Gambit Declined, Lasker Defense 14. Vidmar vs K Treybal   ½-½ 31 1934 Ujpest D57 Queen's Gambit Declined, Lasker Defense 15. Eliskases vs Gruenfeld ½-½ 27 1934 Ujpest D57 Queen's Gambit Declined, Lasker Defense 16. Euwe vs Eliskases 0-1 42 1935 ? D57 Queen's Gambit Declined, Lasker Defense 17. E Gereben vs L Steiner   ½-½ 17 1935 Tatatovaros D57 Queen's Gambit Declined, Lasker Defense 18. Fine vs A N Towsen   1-0 37 1935 36th ACF Congress. Prelim A D57 Queen's Gambit Declined, Lasker Defense 19. Vidmar vs Stahlberg ½-½ 24 1935 Warsaw Olympiad D57 Queen's Gambit Declined, Lasker Defense 20. Flohr vs Capablanca ½-½ 45 1936 Moscow D57 Queen's Gambit Declined, Lasker Defense 21. B Hoenlinger vs A Becker   0-1 61 1936 Trebitsch Memorial D57 Queen's Gambit Declined, Lasker Defense 22. J Sorli vs L Steiner   0-1 36 1938 Ljubljana D57 Queen's Gambit Declined, Lasker Defense 23. M Broeder vs L Steiner   0-1 56 1938 Ljubljana D57 Queen's Gambit Declined, Lasker Defense 24. Vidmar vs M Vidmar Jr   ½-½ 33 1938 Ljubljana D57 Queen's Gambit Declined, Lasker Defense 25. G van Doesburgh vs R Broadbent   0-1 50 1938 ENG-NED D57 Queen's Gambit Declined, Lasker Defense  page 1 of 17; games 1-25 of 404

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May-17-04    popski: Again one of those openings where author didn't use it. Lasker defence and there is no Lasker games with this opening?! Also somewhere they call this opening Lasker system, why difference in naming? Oct-06-04    themindset: also, the diagram doesn't match the opening at all. there should be a black Knight on e4 and a white pawn on c4 and a black pawn on d5 ...... Oct-06-04    Whitehat1963: They should call this the "Eliskases Defense." He has five of the first nine uses of it as black, and he won four of those five and drew the remaining game. Not bad for someone I've never heard of, using a defense I've never seen before today. But to call it the "Lasker Defense," why? Oct-06-04    ughaibu: Eliskases was a strong player: Eliskases vs Capablanca, 1937 Feb-16-05    Dudley: Lasker invented this line for Black and he did use it-check the database. Feb-16-05    Dudley: I checked the database and the Lasker games are under D53-the only difference is that he played 6..Ne4 and left out ...h6. The move ...Ne4 is characteristic of the Lasker defense. Feb-16-05    IMlday: Lasker tried to leave out ..h6 so he would have the h6 square for a Rook later. Feb-17-05    Dudley: That makes sense. It's kind of a spoiler opening but I guess White maintains at least a small edge. I can't get over the massive statistical advantage for White in almost all lines of the QGD. Mar-21-05    Gypsy: <They should call this the "Eliskases Defense." ... Not bad for someone I've never heard of ...> Eliskases star shone the brightest right before WW2. Bright enough that there were already negotiations going for him getting a title-shot against Alekhine. Jun-20-05    vampiero: i like this defence, its actually one of my favorites. Especially when i'm not in the mood for any tense tactical positions, i try to use this to simplify the position in hopes of a draw in the endgame, or maybe even a win Jun-21-05    vampiero: one the Queens Gambit Declined DVD that Kasparov put out, he has a special segment on the Laskers defence and he says that instead of playing ... Ne4 cxd4 Nxc3 bxc3 exd4 to simplify, one could play ...Ne4 Rc1 to complicate things, followed by Nxc3 Rxc3 dxc4 Bxc4 Jun-21-05    maoam: That's the approach Karpov tried in his match with Yusupov (probably the strongest player to use this line regularly) after getting nothing from 9.Qc2 or cxd5 (see Karpov vs Yusupov, 1989 , Karpov vs Yusupov, 1989, and Karpov vs Yusupov, 1989). Jun-22-05    vampiero: theory wise, what is the general goal for white in the Rc1 or the cxd4 Nxc3 bxc3 exd4 variations? or the goal for black? Jun-22-05    Assassinater: < Queen's Gambit Declined, Lasker Defense (D57) 1 d4 d5 2 c4 e6 3 Nc3 Nf6 4 Bg5 Be7 5 e3 0-0 6 Nf3 h6 7 Bh4 Ne4 8 Bxe7 Qxe7 > What happened to the knight on e4 in the picture? Jun-23-05    vampiero: well in the picture, they continued it with one of the more popular lines, going cxd4 Nxc3 bxc3, and thats the picture, generally the next move is exd4 Jun-29-05    aw1988: The Lasker Defense (there is also one in the Evans' Gambit) is one of those openings where the idea of "black to equalize" is seen full force. Jul-09-06    James Demery: Does anyone know of any games where Lasker played this defense? I understand he didn`t play h6 whuch does create a weakness. Jul-09-06    James Demery: Did I really spell which as whuch? Jul-10-06    FHBradley: <James Demery:> He played it at least against Marshall on a couple of occasion in 1907, but without h6. The opening moves would be 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. ♘c3 ♘f6 4. ♗g5 ♗e7 5. e3 ♘e4. I didn't check the chessgames.com-database for these games. Jul-10-06    FHBradley: <James Demery:> Marshall vs Lasker, 1907 Marshall vs Lasker, 1907 Marshall vs Lasker, 1907 Jul-10-06    James Demery: Thanks FHB. I remember that first game was the game of the day , but I totally missed that it was Lasker`s Defense. Thanks again. Dec-26-07    Cactus: <cg.com> The opening moves shown totally don't match the position diagram :P Aug-28-12    parisattack: Close to bulletproof! White gets the slightest edge but if he presses (Topalov-Anand) it can backfire on him. Sep-06-13    Penguincw: Opening of the Day Queen's Gambit Declined, Lasker Defense 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.♘c3 ♘f6 4.♗g5 ♗e7 5.e3 O-O 6.♘f3 h6 7.♗h4 ♘e4 8.♗xe7 ♕xe7

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