Emanuel Lasker, The International Chess Congress, St. Petersburg, 1909 (1910)
Game 89 of 175
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Site
St Petersburg
Date
1909.02.28
Round
10
White
Dus Chotimirsky, Fedor Ivanovich
Black
Freiman, Sergey Nikolaevich
Result
0-1
- 12…Bb7 This is the normal position of the so-called 'Bindfaden' variation.
- 19…e4 White threatened B - Q 5. Black, therefore, must play to exchange the Knight at Q B 3, preparing, at the same time, the advance against White's King.
- 22.Qh5 22) P x P, B x P; 23) B - B 5, Q - Kt 4; 24) B x R, B x R would be in Black's favor, as White's Q R 3 is attacked; but 22) P x P, B x P; 23) B - K 3 might well have been tried.
- 22…Bc8 If 22) .... P - B 6; 23) B - Kt 6, R (Q sq) - K sq; 24) B - B 5, B x B; 25) P x B, Black would play 25) .... R - B 3, threatening R - Kt 3 or R - R 3. If 22) .... P - B 6; 23) P - Kt 3, B - B sq; 24) B - B 5, B x B; 25) Q x B, Q - B 3 (or Q x Q followed by B - R 6). In every one of these variations White's position would be one of danger, as his King would be cut off and exposed to mating attacks.
- 23.Bb2 Here White should play 23) P x P, and if 23) .... R - B 4, then Q - Kt 4 (threatening R x B), R - B 4? B x P ch. And if 23) .... B x P, 24) B - K 3, with about an even game.
- 23…Be6 This move is very strong, for not only is the attack threatened on the White King, but also, at some time or other, Q - Kt 6.
- 26.exf4 After this the game cannot be saved any more; but neither 26) B - K 5, B x B; 27) R x R, Q x R; 28) Q x B, P x P; 29) P x P; nor 26) R - B 6, P - R 3 appear satisfactory.
- 28.Rc2 If 23) R - B 3, P - K 6; 24) P x P, B - K 4; 25) R - B 2, Q - B 3.