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Lasker E. : Thomas G. A.
London 1912
7...b6!? 8.Se5?
White violates yet another opening
principle, whereby one should not play
twice with the same piece in the opening
phase of a game. Se5 falls into the category
of what sometimes I like to refer to as
"smart chess moves", ones with a threat.
8...00
8...Lb7?? is refuted by 9.Dh5 g6 10.Sg6
Le4 (10...hg6 11.Dg6 Kf8 12.Sf6+-)
11.Sh8 Ke7 (11...Lg6 12.Sg6 hg6
13.Dg6+-) 12.Sf7 De8 13.De2!+-;
8...Le5 9.de5 (9.Dh5 g6 10.De5 00) 9...0
0 10.Dg4.
9.Ld3? Lb7?
9...Le5. One of the advantages of having
the Bishops pair is that the advantage of
the long-range pieces can be often
relatively easily transformed into another
one, in this case - material. 10.de5 Sc6
wins the e5-pawn: 11.Dh5 Tf5.
10.Dh5 De7?
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Edward Lasker commented: "Black has
just played De7 in order to protect the mate
which was threatened by Sf6, followed by
Dh7. If in the position of the diagram
White played Sf6, Black would retake with
the Pawn, thereby protecting the pawn h7
with his Queen. However, White can force
the mate with a neat Queen's sacrifice
which drives Black's King right into the
arms of the remaining White pieces."
10...Le5! 11.Sd2! (11.De5 Sc6; 11.de5?
Tf5) 11...g6 12.De5 was ok for Black;
10...g6 11.Sg6! hg6 12.Dg6 Lg7
(12...Kh8? 13.Sf6+-) 13.h4 De8??
14.Sf6!+-.
11.Dh7!!+11.Sf6? gf6.
11...Kh7 12.Sf6
12.Sg5? Kh6+.
FIDE SURVEYS JOVAN PETRONIC
12...Kh6
Edward Lasker: "The King cannot go to h8
on account of Sg6 mate. White now
continually checks Black's King in such a
manner that he has only one square to go to
until he is finally driven to the first rank,
all White pieces participating in the chase."
12...Kh8?? 13.Sg6#. Edward Lasker: "In
answer to Sg4 Black would play Kh5, Lg6,
Kh4, g3, Kh3 and there is no mate."
13.Seg4!
The only path to a win (by forced
checkmate). 13.Sfg4? Kh5! (13...Kg5??
14.h4 Kf4 (14...Kh5 15.Lg6#) 15.g3#)
14.Lg6 Kh4 (14...Kg5?? 15.h4 Kf4 16.g3#)
15.g3 Kh3 (15...Kg5?? 16.h4#) 16.00!
would be an interesting position for further
analysis.
13...Kg5 14.h4!
14.f4! also mates in four moves, with best
play by both sides. 14...Kh4 (14...Kf4
15.g3 Kf3 (15...Kg5 16.h4#) 16.00#! The
King (move) checkmates!
14...Kf4 15.g3! Kf3 16.Le2
Edward Lasker: "White could have forced
the mate in seven instead of eight moves
by playing Kf1, or 00, for there was no
protection against Sh2." 16.00!+- gf6
(16...Tf6 17.Se5# (17.Sh2#)) 17.Sh2#;
16.Kf1!+- gf6 (16...Tf6 17.Se5#
(17.Sh2#) ) 17.Sh2#.
16...Kg2 17.Th2
17.000+- gf6 18.Th2# (18.Tdg1#).
17...Kg1 18.Kd2#.
The King checkmates! Reportedly, after
Lasker checkmated, Thomas said, "This
was very nice." Lasker, who had yet to
learn English, was touched by Thomas's
sportsmanship after a spectator translated
Thomas's remark into German for him. In
his "Chess & Checkers - The Way to
Mastership" Edward Lasker wrote:
"Sacrifices made with the view of a direct
mating attack are, as a rule, the easiest to
figure out, as there is no guesswork
connected with them. In those cases the
player does not face the question as to
whether the position attained after the
sacrifice will be strong enough to insure a
gain of material at least equivalent to the
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43...Tc8?
43...Lb5! 44.Tg8 Kg8 45.Dg5 Kf7
46.Df6 Ke8 47.De6 Kd8+.
44.Dh6!+44.Dh4+- Tf8 45.Dh6 Tf7 46.Dg5+-.
44...De5 45.Dh7!! Kh7 46.Kg2#
The King checkmates! 1:0.
Seuss O. Hurme H.
Dresden 1969
1.e4 d6 2.d4 Sf6 3.Sc3 g6 4.f4 Lg7 5.Sf3
00 6.e5!?
A variation which has brought White many
quick and beatiful wins. After extensive
research made, it is now considered not of
high theoretical value as one where White
may benefit at high-level events.
6...Sfd7! 7.h4!? c5! 8.h5! cd4 9.Dd4
9.hg6? dc3!
9...de5 10.Df2!
10.fe5? Se5!; 10.Dg1!?
10...Te8?
10...e4! 11.Se4 Sf6 12.Sf6 ef6! 13.hg6
Te8.
11.hg6! hg6 12.Dh4
12.fe5!.
12...Sf8?
12...e4 13.Se4 (13.Dh7 Kf8 14.Se4 Db6!
and Black is ok).
13.fe5 Sc6?
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13...Dd7.
14.Lh6+- f6 15.Lg7 Kg7 16.Dh8 Kf7
17.Lc4
17.Sg5 fg5 18.Lc4+-.
17...Le6
17...e6 18.Sg5 fg5 (18...Ke7 19.Dg7#)
19.Tf1+-; 17...Se6? 18.Th7#.
18.Sg5!
18.Th7 Sh7 19.Dh7 Kf8 20.Le6+-.
18...fg5 19.00# 1:03
Fries N. : Hoi C.
Esbjerg 1981
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64...f3!+ 65.Te5
65.Te4 Dd3+ 66.c8D De4+.
65...De5
65...Kf6!?+ 66.Th5 (66.Te4 Dd5!
67.Kg1 Dh5+) 66...Se3+ 67.c8D g2
68.Kh2 Sf1! 69.Tf1 (69.Kh3 g1S#!)
69...Df4! 70.Kg1 (70.Kh3 gf1D#
(70...gf1L#) ) 70...De3! 71.Tf2 (71.Kh2
gf1S! 72.Kh3 f2 73.Kg2 Dg3! 74.Kf1 Dg1
75.Ke2 f1D+) 71...De1! 72.Kh2 Dh1
73.Kg3 g1D 74.Kf4 Dh5+.
66.c8D Sf4! 67.Dd8 Kg4! 68.Dd7 Df5!
69.Dg7
69.Df5 Kf5 70.d4 f2+.
69...Dg5 70.Dd7 Df5
70...Kh4!+.
71.Dg7 Dg5 72.Dd7 Kh4! 73.Dh7 Dh5!
74.Dg7 f2! 75.Dg3!?
Offering the Queen forces a King
checkmate.
75...Kg3#
The King checkmates! 0:1.
Vedder H. : Berkhout S.
Netherlands 1989
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In a materially equal position, weak e5 and
c4-pawns and weaknesses of the black
squares around the Black King make the
defence very difficult.
FIDE SURVEYS JOVAN PETRONIC
34.Dc5!
34.Sc4? Db5.
34...Kg7?
34...Le6 35.Ta8 Kg7 36.Df8 Kf6 37.Dh8
Kg5! 38.De5 Kh6 39.Ta6.
35.De5! Kh6
35...f6 36.De7+-.
36.Sd5! Db5 37.Df4 Kg7
37...Kh5? 38.Sf6#;
37...g5? 38.Df6 Kh5 39.Df7 Kh6 40.Df8!
Kh5 41.Dg7+-.
38.Kh2?
38.Df6!+- Kh6 (38...Kg8 39.Ta8 Le8
40.De5+-) 39.Df7+-.
38...Lc6?
38...Td5! 39.ed5 Dd5 offered best practical
chances for Black to survive.
39.Df6! Kh6
39...Kg8 40.Se7+-; 39...Kf8? 40.Dh8#.
40.Th1!
With a double King checkmating threat.
40.Kg3! Db8 41.Sf4+-.
40...Dc5
Preventing one, but not the other.
41.Kg3#! The King checkmates! 1:0.
Bezold M. : Veingold A.
Budapest 1989
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50.Sg4! Kg4 51.Kf2= Kf4 52.Ke2 Ke4
53.Kd2 Kd4 54.Kc2 Kc4 55.Kb1 Kc3
56.Ka1 Lf4 57.Kb1 Le5!
Black's last practical resource wins the
jackpot.
58.Ka1??
58.Kc1=.
58...Kc2# 0:1.
The King checkmates!
Zielinska J. : Rajlich I.
Warsaw 1995
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The endgame resulted with an artistic King
checkmate.
65.g5 Ld2
65...Lg7 66.f6 Lf8 67.g6 Kg8 68.Le2 Lb4
69.g7 Lc5 70.Lc4 Kh7 71.Kf5+-.
66.g6 Kg8 67.f6 Lh6 68.Kf5
68.Le2! Kf8 69.Lc4+-.
68...Lf8 69.Ld1 Lh6 70.Lb3 Kh8 71.Ke6!
Lg7 72.fg7 Kg8
72...Kg7 73.Lc2+-.
73.Kf6# 1:0.
The King checkmates!
Vlassov N. : Wirig A.
playchess.com 2003
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Internet chess can be a world of fun, and is
also a world of chess mistakes, some of
which we can hope to learn from. Facing
with losing the a5-pawn, Black goes for
the e5 one, which turns out to be
poisonous.
17...Kc6?
17...Kc7.
18.Sa5! Kd5? 19.Lf4! g5??
19...Ta5 20.ba5+- was the only way to
continue the game. 19...e3 20.f3+- keeps
the King in the cage.
20.000#! 1:0.
The King (move) checkmate! 20.Rd1#
would have been with less style.
FIDE SURVEYS JOVAN PETRONIC
Lindenthal A. : Pfefferle G.
Donaueschingen 1985
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29.Lc4! Ka1 30.00# 1:0.
The King (move) checkmate!
30.Kd2# The King checkmates was option
2; 30.Ke2# The King checkmates was
option #3; 30.Kf2# The King checkmates
was option #4.
Litzka M. : Stoll F.
Germany 1990
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62...Tg3! 63.Kf2
63.Kh2 Th5#; 63.Kh1 Th5#.
63...Kg4#! 0:1
The King checkmates!