Emanuel Lasker, The International Chess Congress, St. Petersburg, 1909 (1910)
Game 150 of 175
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Site
St Petersburg
Date
1909.03.09
Round
17
White
Black
Cohn, Erich
Result
1-0
Game No. 153 in the book (round 17): a Ruy Lopez won by Emanuel Lasker (White) against Erich Cohn, annotated by Lasker.
- 12.Rae1 If 12) P - B 4, P - K B 4; 13) Q R - K 1, P x P; 14) Kt x P, Q - R 5; 15) P - K R 3, Kt - B 3 as given in the notes to the game Bernstein-Lasker.
- 18…f5 Here he should play P - K B 3; he might then later on perhaps open the centre by P - Q 4, but on the whole, he should keep on the defensive.
- 19.e5 By this reply Black's Pawn at K B 4 becomes a disagreeable blocking piece.
- 19…d5 By this he creates still another obstruction and establishes beyond any doubt the superiority of the Knight over the Bishop. He ought to play 19) .... Q R - K 1, and reply to 20) P - K Kt 4?, B - B 1. White would probably have secured the possession of the King's file by 20) R - K 2, and would have had slightly the superior position, but not so decisively as in the actual game.
- 21.Qd4 Black's Queen's Bishop's Pawns now become fixed and are likewise doomed to play the miserable part of blocking pieces.
- 26…Rxc5 Desperation, to avoid being slowly strangled.
- 28.Rab1 Immediately decisive, as in reply to R x P, White plays 29) R - Kt 7, R - B 5; 30) Q - R 7.