Emanuel Lasker, The International Chess Congress, St. Petersburg, 1909 (1910)
Game 60 of 175
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Site
St Petersburg
Date
1909.02.23
Round
7
White
Black
Mieses, Jacques
Result
1-0
- 6.e4 It would be interesting to try, at this point, Kt - B 2, e. g.: 7) B - K 4, Kt - Q 2; 8) B - Q 4, P - K 4; 9) Q - Kt 3, Q - B 3; 10) Kt - Kt 3, B - Kt 3 would soon lead to complications.
- 7.Nc3 If 7) ..., P - Q R 3; 8) P - K 5, Kt - Q 4; 9) P - K 6, Black's position would be quite unfavorable. But 7) ..., P - K 3 was sound play.
- 9.Nf5 Not Kt - B 3 on account of 9) ..., B - Kt 5.
- 13.Be3 This Bishop is now master of the situation.
- 17.Bxc5 It is, no doubt, advantageous for the development of White's King that this square should be cleared, but, nevertheless, White should have preserved this Bishop. 17) Q R - Q sq would, at least, have done no harm, for after 17) ..., Kt - K 3; 18) Kt - Q 5 the strong position of Black's Knight at K 3 would be compensated for by that of White's Knight at Q 5.
- 18…Nc6 A mistake, since the Knight impedes the Rook. He should have played 18) ..., R - B 2, to be followed by O - O.
- 22.f4 The isolation of the King's Pawn is of great importance, as White has afterwards an unassailable post for his pieces at K 4.
- 44.Nb7 Rubinstein's conduct of this end game is most pleasing.