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Emanuel Lasker vs Thomas Leech
"Sucker Punch" (game of the day Oct-09-2020)
Simul, 14b (1892) (exhibition), Logansport, IN USA, Dec-13
King's Gambit: Accepted. Bishop's Gambit Anderssen Defense (C33)  ·  1-0

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Nov-08-14  TheFocus: Simul at Logansport at the State meeting on December 13, 1892.

Lasker scored +13=0-1.

Oct-09-20
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  An Englishman: Good Evening: The position after 17...Nd7 looks like a typesetter’s error—surely the Bc8 is a Black piece, right? Well, wrong.
Oct-09-20
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  offramp: The fasti of GsOTD from Laskerine simultaneoi continues; this is an exhibition game sponsored by Logan, founder of the sports shop Logansport. Logansport is still with us today trading as Texas Instruments.
Oct-09-20  goodevans: Having been under the cosh for about a dozen moves, black missed his opportunity to create some threats of his own with <21...Rh7>.


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As well as threatening white's B, black is also threatening to win the Q with <22...Rf7>. If white ploughs ahead with <22.Qxb7?> then <22...Rf8!> would be winning.

I've no doubt Lasker would have still prevailed but it would have been a little less one-sided.

Oct-09-20  acapo: What is with all these pop up ads??? this is ridiculous I used to enjoy coming here
Oct-09-20  Cheapo by the Dozen: I don't understand the pun. I don't understand why this slaughter is a GoTD.

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Oct-09-20  Cheapo by the Dozen: My late grandmother probably did better at playing Muehle with Dr. Lasker, something she did as a little girl, than the opponent in this game did ...
Oct-09-20  Brenin: <Cheapo>:The pun is based on Black's surname: a leech is an aquatic or terrestrial annelid worm with suckers at both ends, and a sucker punch is a punch that takes someone by surprise. We must assume that Black was taken by surprise by one of White's moves. Not the best pun (or game) I've ever seen here.
Oct-09-20
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  OhioChessFan: Serviceable pun. Surely would be better for a Leech win, but alas, there isn't one in the database.
Oct-09-20  Cheapo by the Dozen: Ah. Leech/sucker. Thanks. Got it.
Oct-10-20
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  MissScarlett: <Sucker for Punishment> would have been better, but, no offence, for this audience, it's more than adequate.

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