Speijer, Abraham VS Tartakower, Saviely 1909.02.22

Annotations

1. 3.b3 Intended to prevent Black's P - K 4.
2. 6…Nbd7 Black, however, aims at forcing P - K 4.
3. 13…Rad8 Black's pieces are cramped and have little scope; therefore he should have endeavored to exchange, for instance, by 13) ..., P x P; 14) P x P, R x R ch; 15) Q x R, R - K sq.
4. 18…c5 This was unnecessary. Black should have consistently prepared P - K B 4 by such moves as Q R - K B sq and Kt - K sq.
5. 19.Nb5 And here B - B sq was indicated, to exert a pressure by B - Q 2 and Q - B sq.
6. 28…Qd8 Black could already win a piece by 28) ..., Kt (K sq) - B 3, but having the superior position in any case, he did not want to give his opponent the opportunity to break up the Queen's side Pawns by P x P and B - R 5. This precaution was superfluous, but under the circumstances, appears reasonable.
7. 40…Qg4 Black conducts the attack with great energy.
8. 49…Nf2+ Black's play creates a most pleasing impression. His strategy and execution are harmoniously blended together.

Emanuel Lasker, The International Chess Congress, St. Petersburg, 1909 (1910) · Public domain · source