Aug-22-07
 | | keypusher: A really magnificent game from Lasker, playing over the whole board. Mieses hands Black a center pawn mass and open a-file in the beginning and gets gradually ground into dust. |
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Aug-22-07 | | Maynard5: This game shows how far ahead of his time Lasker was as a positional player. He correctly recognizes that White has several weak squares, notably b3, utilizes his control of the a-file, and plays quiet blockading moves to restrain White's activity in the center. Slowly, but inexorably, these small advantages accumulate. |
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Aug-22-07
 | | keypusher: This is more of a vague impression than a statistically established fact, but I think Lasker had a gift for playing with knight and bishop against the bishop pair. |
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Apr-18-11 | | Rama: 42. Rd4 Nxd4, 43. Bxd4 c5, 44. exd5 Rxe1+, 45. Rxe1 Rxe1+, 46. Qxe1 cxd4, 47. Qe6+ ..., looks like a drawing resource (perp). |
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Apr-18-11
 | | keypusher: <Rama: 42. Rd4 Nxd4, 43. Bxd4 c5, 44. exd5 Rxe1+, 45. Rxe1 Rxe1+, 46. Qxe1 cxd4, 47. Qe6+ ..., looks like a drawing resource (perp).> 42.Rd4? Nxd4 43.Bxd4 c5?? 44.b3 smothers Black's queen. 43....dxe4, on the other hand, leaves Black with an overwhelming superiority. |
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Apr-20-11 | | Rama: Hey! 44. b3 ..., is an excellent find. But so is 43. ... dxe4. Yet after 44. fxe4 ..., in your line, the move b3 is still there. The idea was, knowing a loss is imminent find a way to survive. Desperate times, y'know. |
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Oct-27-20
 | | keypusher: Rama: Hey! 44. b3 ..., is an excellent find. But so is 43. ... dxe4. Yet after 44. fxe4 ..., in your line, the move b3 is still there. Nine years late, but if 44.fe c5 45.b3
 click for larger viewBlack now has 45....Qd5! (SF). |
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