Final Position (White to play).

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I'd rather be White, 1.Re7 the pawn minus means nothing due to the activity and the control of the open files.

Already I can see 1.Re7 Rf7? 2.b3 1-0.

If Ken Whyld could not dig out the remaining moves then I'd not waste too much time looking.

It is possible there is a mistake in the notation and the resignation is legitimate.

It's way past time to deep-six the shabby business of choosing the Game of the Day on the basis of puns derived from anglophone mispronunciations of players' names. Such games are, on average, of mediocre interest. A different criterion is needed.

Why not require the GOTD to be one having some intrinsic interest that has *never previously been commented on*? The name of the CG member who nominates it can be posted, as is usually done now, thereby conferring pseudonymous celebrity on the nominator. Set up a "bucket" into which members can dump links to suggested games.

<A game between players who are grossly mismatched in strength, however, can still be a good game.> For example, if *I* was able to—in a simul, say—play a GM and get to the endgame in anything approaching an equal position, such as being only a pown down (knowing I would lose the endgame regardless) I'd consider that a positive accomplishment in and of itself.

If this game score is complete, perhaps what happened is that this player "Bowie" concluded something akin to:

<"OK, I got to an endgame with Lasker, and I'm down only ONE pawn. I obviously have no chance to outplay him from this point, so I'll graciously resign and consider my participation a qualified success.">

'Under Pressure' would have worked.

"It's the terror of knowing what the world is about,

Watching some good friends screaming "Let me out!"

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Hi Sargon,

We can go around in circles speculating what happened but I think if given the choice White would have played on. He has paid for the privilege of playing the world champion, he cannot see how he is losing, infact it's quite the reverse, White has all the chances. why resign?

If it ended now then I'd have a good shout that here.

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He is waiting for Lasker to appear so has not written down his move.

Lasker appears, he moves. It's an awful blunder,something silly like 28.Qd1+ or 28.Re4, he resigns on Lasker prompt reply, does not record the last two moves and walks out in disgust.

They retrieve his score sheet from the waste paper basket, discover he not written down his name, someone says they think he's a farmer (which is Bauer in German hence the misspelt 'Bowie'.)

Sorted.