<This may be pronounced the feeblest game of the match.—Gunsberg.

Herr Lasker's average play throughout the match is to be admired. In accuracy, originality, and profundity, as well as in sustained power, there has been nothing equal to it since the days of Morphy.—Mason.

<Play proceeded along the same lines as in one of the previous games. On the eleventh move Black varied his tactics by playing R--Q sq ch, which drove the White King where he wanted to go.>

After 12...Bf8

<Steinitz stowed away his KB on B sq., presumably for fear lest he should do his opponent some harm.>

13.Bb2 Bd7 14.Rhd1 Rac8 15.Bb3 Ne7 16.Nd4 Ng6 17.Rd2 e5 18.Nf3 Bg4 19.Rxd8 Rxd8 20.h3 Bxf3+

<He proceeds to get rid of his Q B by exchanging it for his opponent's K Kt, after a few useless moves.>

21.gxf3 Be7 22.Rc1 Kf8 23.Na4

<Then came a period where neither player knew what to do, therefore Lasker, probably thinking that a whale has before now been caught with a sprat, amused himself by playing Kt-R4.>

23....b6

<This is a triumph for the modern school, because it weakened the pawns. >

24.Nc3 Bd6

<At the 24th move it must have occurred to Black that he was playing minus his K B that had been resting on K B sq all the time, he therefore ventured on playing B-Q3.>

25.Rd1 Ne8 26.Nb5 Rd7 27.Bc2 Ke7

<Mr. Steinitz must have remembered that the modern school says "the King is a strong piece," he therefore played K-K2. >

28.Bc5 a6

<Black could not defend his RP and his timid bishop at the same time, so he gave up the exchange, and after extending his feeble resistance for over 20 moves, he resigned.>

<<Then came a period where neither player knew what to do, therefore Lasker, probably thinking that a whale has before now been caught with a sprat, amused himself by playing Kt-R4.>>>

Thanks for posting them, Scott. Gives me the opportunity to pronounce a general rule about chess annotations:

Hi <OrangeTulip>! I found this in your bio:

<What a nice surprise you are reading this. Welcome! I’m Sicco Reeskamp and member since 2005 ( although the system thinks otherwise) Although my chess rating has not been above the 1600 yet, I really can appreciate a good game.>

So I guess you fall into the "Mediocre player" group, and your comment was meant to be autobiographical?

Technically he only beat Janowski once (since they only played in 1 WCC match). ;)

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Analysis by Houdini 4 <d 25 dpa done

1. + / = (0.33): 18...b6> 19.Ng5 Be8 20.Rxd8 Rxd8 21.Rd1 Rxd1 22.Bxd1 Bd6 23.Bb3 Kf8 24.Nge4 Nxe4 25.Nxe4 Bb8 26.a4 Bc6 27.f3 Ke7 28.a5 Bxe4 29.fxe4 Bd6 30.Bc3 Nf8 31.axb6 axb6 32.Kd3 Ne6 33.Be1 Nc7 34.Ba2

C Woojin Yoo vs L Cernousek, 2018

ὁ δὲ Κροῖσος τοὺς λόγους τοὺς τοῦ Σόλωνος (of Solon) τοῦ Ἀθηναίου ἐϕρόντιζεν· οὐδεὶς (no one) τῶν ἀνθρώπων ὄλβιος πρὸ τοῦ θανάτου.

Betts, Gavin. Complete Ancient Greek (Complete Languages) . Hodder & Stoughton. Kindle Edition.

Here's the author's note: Solon was an Athenian statesman who had visited Croesus and, in conversation with him, had enunciated the very Greek sentiment: Call no man happy before he dies (only then can a true and full judgement be made);

Anyway, as long as we're wheeling out references, my Liddell & Scott gives "of persons, <happy>, <blest>". :-)

<I don't know about Norwegian but there's the same confusion between luck and happiness in German (Glück/glücklich) but there's a clear distinction in English.>

<Anyway, as long as we're wheeling out references, my Liddell & Scott gives "of persons, <happy>, <blest>". :-)>

On the contrary, the reference I gave supports "happy" but I don't think it makes sense for the reasons I mentioned (for me happiness is a state of mind so you don't have to wait until somebody's dead to judge whether they were happy).

I just looked up the etymology of "happy" and it meant "lucky" in Middle English so I guess it's okay:

<hap·py

Origin

Unfortunately tongue-in-cheek is a foreign concept for that kibitzer..>

Then the Germans comprehend happiness better than we do.>