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William Winter vs Emanuel Lasker
Nottingham (1936), Nottingham ENG, rd 14, Aug-27
Colle System (D05)  ·  0-1

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Jan-09-09  amadeus: <His attitude to chess is well exemplified by a game which I played against him in the Nottingham International Tournament of 1936. After over half an hour's thought I placed a Knight on a square on which it could be taken by a pawn. Lasker replied instantaneously with a quiet defensive move and I soon found that all I had gained by my "brilliancy" was the loss of valuable thinking time.

After the game was over a spectator asked him what would have happened had he taken the Knight. "I do not know," he replied. "I was playing a strong master and if a strong master thinks for half an hour and then plays a where I can take it, I think that it will not be healthy for me to take, and I let it alone."> (William Winter, Kings of Chess)

Jan-09-09  amadeus: Btw, I took a look at Alekhine's suggestion with Rybka, and 13...fxg5 14.Qh5+ g6 15.Bxg6 seems good to Black after 15...Re7. 14.Bxh7+, OTOH, leads to an interesting game.
Jan-09-09  ILikeFruits: cold day...
in winter...
boo...
Dec-21-11  King Death: The quote from <amadeus> is a great illustration of the brilliant practical player that Lasker was.
Dec-21-11
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  keypusher: <King Death: The quote from <amadeus> is a great illustration of the brilliant practical player that Lasker was.>

OK, but I'll bet you that, more than once, a strong master thought for half an hour, put a piece where Lasker could take it, and Lasker took it.

Dec-21-11  King Death: <keypusher> I ain't takin' that bet!
Oct-23-19  gambitfan: 1) -7.26 (25 ply) 48.♗e3 e5 49.c4+ dxc4+ 50.♔d2 ♔xb4 51.♔c2 ♔xa5 52.♗d2+ ♔b5 53.♗c3 a5 54.♔b2 a4 55.♔c2 ♔c5 56.♔b2 b5 57.♔a3 ♗f6 58.♔b2 b4 59.♗xb4+ ♔xb4 60.♔c1 a3 61.♔d1 e4
Feb-12-24
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  John Saunders: There's a likely score error here. Contemporary sources give 39 Re3 Ke7 40 Ke2 Re4 41 Kd3 Rxe3+ 42 Ke3 Kd6 43 Kd3, which looks much more plausible anyway. (For a start it would explain why Black didn't play Bxc3 on move 39 or 40)
Feb-12-24  stone free or die: As previously stated, I have Alekhine's <Nottingham (1936)> tb, and this game is G-93 on p245 (Dover). It has this sequence (in descriptive):

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39. R-K3 K-K2
40. K-K2 R-K5

"Forcing the exchange of the last pair of Rooks; an effective, but rather monotonous technical process"

41. K-Q3 RxRch
42. KxR K-Q3
43. K-Q3
>

matching your line (can I add "of course" - well, of course).

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