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Emanuel Lasker vs Navarro
Simul, 25b (1921) (exhibition), Madrid ESP, May-22
Spanish Game: Classical. Central Variation (C64)  ·  0-1

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Jul-05-06  Ashram64: how can lasker blundered away 33. Nc6+... and give a free piece...
Nov-01-06  thundershock2k: he would end up a piece down anyway, after 33...Rxa6 (because if 34. Rxa6 then ...Nc4+ stays a piece up)
Nov-01-06  who: 33.b4! is better.
Dec-31-08  WhiteRook48: The World Champion (!!) loses to NN!! wow!!
Mar-24-09  WhiteRook48: 33 Nc6+ seems strange
Mar-05-15
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  FSR: If 33.Ra2, Rxa5! 34.Rxa5 Nc4+ leaves Black a piece up in an ending. Lasker evidently decided that 33.Nc6+ was slightly better than that.
Mar-05-15
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  perfidious: This is an obvious misprint--NN never wins.
Mar-06-15
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  FSR: <perfidious> Not so! http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches...

More importantly, I have discovered NN's true identity! Brian Karen posted on Facebook yesterday, <I finally cleaned out my refrigerator.> together with a photo of a milk carton bearing the expiration date <October 23, 1538>. I responded, <Wow, you must be really old! Are you NN?> He admitted that he was! He said that he regretted not preserving any of his wins against Greco.

You have obviously underestimated the man. He's just a humble soul who doesn't like to go about tooting his own horn. Much like Erik Karklins - who, incidentally, will be POTD on March 25, his 100th birthday.

Sep-19-20  Marcelo Bruno: I have an impression that Lasker wasn't very lucky at his simultaneous displays. I remember that the magazine La Stratégie mentioned at least one game he lost in such conditions in the 1890s. Am I correct to say this?
Sep-20-20
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  MissScarlett: I can confirm that Lasker lost at least one game during the 1890s.
Sep-20-20
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  MissScarlett: Game #1132 in <Whyld (1998)>; Black is <Navarro>. Source is <El Debate> (Madrid), 28-5-1921.
Sep-20-20  reti: Lasker did not care about losing a simultaneous game. He often let his opponents to have the white pieces. Sometimes, he would alternate piece colors. Also, he allowed his opponents to ask the audience for help.
Mar-30-22
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  Sally Simpson: 'I have an impression that Lasker wasn't very lucky at his simultaneous displays.'

In newspaper reports on simultaneous displays very often it is a loss (if any) by the master that accompanies it. Most of the master wins never see the light of day unless they contain some instructive fireworks.

Infact from this 25 board display all we appear to have is this loss and a draw.

Lasker vs Gasque, 1921

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