The same sacrificial pattern was echoed in a number of later games, notably Nimzowitsch–Tarrasch, St Petersburg 1914; Miles–Browne, Lucerne 1982; and Polgar–Karpov, Seventh Essent 2003.
The game against Bauer was played at the beginning of Lasker's career in the first round of the 1889 Amsterdam tournament, Lasker's first high-level closed event. Lasker finished second with a 6/8 score, a point behind the winner Amos Burn, and ahead of James Mason and Isidor Gunsberg, among others. Bauer finished sixth of the nine participants with a score of 3½/8.
A similar sacrifice occurred earlier in Burn–Owen, 1884,[2] but in this case the sacrifice by John Owen was not correct and he lost the game. Nevertheless, it may have been an inspiration for Lasker.
13...a6 is a fatal error. 13...g6 would give Black solid equality. Instead, this blunder hands Lasker his double-bishop sacrifice, which eventually wins material and the game by force.
15. Bxh7+ Kxh7 16. Qxh5+ Kg8 17. Bxg7 Kxg7
Refusing the second bishop does not save Black: 17...f5 loses to 18.Be5 Rf6 19.Rf3 with Rg3 to follow, and 17...f6 loses to 18.Bh6.
18. Qg4+ Kh7 19. Rf3
Black must give up his queen to avoid mate.
19... e5 20. Rh3+ Qh6 21. Rxh6+ Kxh6 22. Qd7
Were it not for this move, forking the two bishops, Black would have adequate compensation for his queen, but now Lasker has a decisive material advantage. Now Lasker converts this advantage into the win.
lasker, versus, bauer, amsterdam, 1889, chess, game, between, emanuel, lasker, johann, bauer, played, amsterdam, 1889, most, famous, account, lasker, sacrifice, both, bishops, eliminate, pawn, cover, around, opponent, king, winning, material, game, animation, . The chess game between Emanuel Lasker and Johann Bauer played in Amsterdam in 1889 is one of the most famous on account of Lasker s sacrifice of both bishops to eliminate the pawn cover around his opponent s king winning material and the game 1 Animation of the game Lasker white Bauer black The same sacrificial pattern was echoed in a number of later games notably Nimzowitsch Tarrasch St Petersburg 1914 Miles Browne Lucerne 1982 and Polgar Karpov Seventh Essent 2003 The game against Bauer was played at the beginning of Lasker s career in the first round of the 1889 Amsterdam tournament Lasker s first high level closed event Lasker finished second with a 6 8 score a point behind the winner Amos Burn and ahead of James Mason and Isidor Gunsberg among others Bauer finished sixth of the nine participants with a score of 3 8 A similar sacrifice occurred earlier in Burn Owen 1884 2 but in this case the sacrifice by John Owen was not correct and he lost the game Nevertheless it may have been an inspiration for Lasker Contents 1 The game 2 See also 3 ReferencesThis article uses algebraic notation to describe chess moves The game editWhite Emanuel Lasker Black Johann Bauer Opening Bird s Opening ECO A03 abcdefgh8 nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 877665544332211abcdefghPosition after 14 Nxh5 1 f4 d5 2 e3 Nf6 3 b3 e6 4 Bb2 Be7 5 Bd3 b6 6 Nc3 Bb7 7 Nf3 Nbd7 8 0 0 0 0 9 Ne2 c5 10 Ng3 Qc7 11 Ne5 Nxe5 12 Bxe5 Qc6 13 Qe2 a6 14 Nh5 Nxh5 diagram 13 a6 is a fatal error 13 g6 would give Black solid equality Instead this blunder hands Lasker his double bishop sacrifice which eventually wins material and the game by force 15 Bxh7 Kxh7 16 Qxh5 Kg8 17 Bxg7 Kxg7 Refusing the second bishop does not save Black 17 f5 loses to 18 Be5 Rf6 19 Rf3 with Rg3 to follow and 17 f6 loses to 18 Bh6 18 Qg4 Kh7 19 Rf3 Black must give up his queen to avoid mate 19 e5 20 Rh3 Qh6 21 Rxh6 Kxh6 22 Qd7 Were it not for this move forking the two bishops Black would have adequate compensation for his queen but now Lasker has a decisive material advantage Now Lasker converts this advantage into the win 22 Bf6 23 Qxb7 Kg7 24 Rf1 Rab8 25 Qd7 Rfd8 26 Qg4 Kf8 27 fxe5 Bg7 28 e6 Rb7 29 Qg6 f6 30 Rxf6 Bxf6 31 Qxf6 Ke8 32 Qh8 Ke7 33 Qg7 Kxe6 34 Qxb7 Rd6 35 Qxa6 d4 36 exd4 cxd4 37 h4 d3 38 Qxd3 1 0 Black resigned 3 abcdefgh8 nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 877665544332211abcdefghFinal position after 38 Qxd3See also editList of chess gamesReferences edit Lasker vs Bauer 1889 Chessgames com Burn vs Owen 1884 Chessgames com Hooper David Whyld Kenneth 1996 First pub 1992 Bauer The Oxford Companion to Chess 2nd ed Oxford University Press pp 32 33 ISBN 0 19 280049 3 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Lasker versus Bauer Amsterdam 1889 amp oldid 1159556662, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
