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THE WESTMINSTER BUDGET JANUARY 8, 1897 26 LASKER AND STEINITZ AT MOSCOW. We have received the eleventh and thirteenth games. The eleventh is interesting inasmuch as Lasker upon the strength of it stated in his letter (published last week) that his; defence, of the Queen's Gambit Declined "would prove of lasting value." But Steinitz simply lost that game in consequence of one single weak move in the opening, 9. to B6, after which he could no more recover the lost ground, although he made a good and stubborn fight. That is practically all that need be said about this (the eleventh) game.

In the thirteenth, Steinitz abandons the Gambit pawn at once, and plays the natural 9. Kt to B3, and Lasker has to labour under the disadvantage of getting his queen's forces into play. He advances the queen's side pawns, getting temporary relief; but Steinitz resumes the attack with 15. to Kt sq, which evokes a downright blunder on the part of Lasker, with 15. Kt5, the consequence being the loss of the KP in order to save his queen.

Having a organised game, he tries a counter-attack, giving up a piece after White's 26. Kt to Q6 but the initiation of the plan was defective, and he had to give up a piece eventually. Steinitz played with remarkable vigour and lucidity. No "modern style" about this game he went straight for his opponent, and never let him slip from his grasp. It is to be hoped that Lasker's common sense will prevail, and that he will give up innovations that have not stood the test of practical The eleventh game: 1.

2. 3. 4. 5. 6.

7. 8. 9. 10. 11.

12. 13. 14. 15. 16.

17. 18. 19. 20. 21.

22. 23. 24. 25. 26.

27. 28. 29. 30. 31.

32. 33. W. Steinitz. White.

to Q4 to QB4 Kt to QB3" to Kt5 to K3 to Kt3 to B6 KttoB3 Castles to 132 Kt to sq Kt to sq KttoQ3 to B3 Kt PtoQKt3 Kt (Q B2. QtoKt2 KR to sq Rx to QB sq ch to Q2 to sq to Kt4 Kt Kt (B2) to Q3 to K2 to Q2 to B3 QUEEN'S GAMBIT DECLINED. W. Steinitz. White.

Kt to QB2 to QKt4 Kt to R3 Kt to QB2 to QR4 to Kt5 to K4 PxP Kt to R3 Kt to B4 ch PtoKt3 to K2 PxP Kt to B3 KtoKt4 Kt to B5 to R5 to Kt4. Kt to Kt8 Kt to (77 ch Kt to B5 KttoR4 Kt to B5 ch Kt to K4 Kt to B3 Kt to R4 Kt to Kt6 Kt to Q5 ch Kt to Kt6 E. Lasker. Black. to Q4 PtoK3 Kt to KB3 to K2 Castles Fx to B4 QKt to Q2 Kt to Q4 QxB to Kt sq to Kt5 BtoKt2 KR to sq to Q3 Kt (Q2) to Kt3 BP P.

to K4 QR to sq PtoB3 KttoQ2 Rx to Kt3 BxR to Kt2 Kt to sq QxQ to B2 Kt to K3 to K2 to Q3 to Kt4 34. 35; 36. .37. 38. 39.

40. 41. 42. 43. 44.

45. 46. 47. 48. 49.

50. 51. 52. 53. 54.

55. 56. 57. 58. 59.

60. 61. 62. 63. 64.

E. Lasker. to R3 to Kt4 to sq Bto.R4 to B4 to B5 PxP to Kl3 to K2 Kt- Kt to B4 ch PxP Kt Kt'to B6 ch Kt to K3 to B3 Kt to Q3 to R4 to K2 Kt'to B2 to K3 to Q4 to K4 Kt to Q3 Kt to K5 to B5 to Kt6 to B6 Resigns The thirteenth game: E. Lasker. White.

1. PtoQ4 2. PtoQB4 3. Kt to QB3. 4.

BtoKt5 5. to K3 6. QtoKt3 7. Bx 8. PxP 9.

Kt to B3 10. to B2 11. RtoQsq 12. KttoQ2 13. to K2 14.

Castles 15. to Kt sq 16. KttoB4 17. to B4 18. B.xP 19.

to B3 QUEEN'S Steinitz. Black. to Q4 to K3 Kt to KB3 to K2 Castles PxP to B4 QKt to Q2 Kt to QR3 to R4 to Kt4 to Kt2 QR to sq to Kt5 to B2 to K4 to B3 to K3 GAMBIT DECLINED. E. Lasker.

White. 20. Kt 21. 22. 23.

to Q5 24. KR to sq 25. to sq 26. Kt to Q6 27. Kt 28.

Kt toK4 29. KttoKt3 30. KxR 31. to sq 32. Rx QBP 33.

to sq 34. to Q3 35. to Q2 36. to sq 37. to B4 ch 33.

to B4 Steinitz. Black. QB Px Kt QxB to B3 to Kt3 ch to R3 to R5 toB4 Rx ch to R7 ch Kt ch to B5 to Kt6 ch to B6 to B7 to sq Resigns In the fourteenth game Lasker reverts to the variation of the tenth game, Anders sen's favourite 4. Kt. who got the inferior game in the tenth game through to Kt5, varies now with to an improvement, if he had followed it up with 11...

Castles. Omitting this move, Lasker got his queen in dangerous proximity to the adverse king, eventually winning a pawn. Steinitzrwfrh -two biahops, stood his ground valiantly, fighting step by- step, until Lasker succeeded inClearing off minor pieces, thus' reducing the position to a difficult ending rooks opposed to rooks, when the real battle commenced. This part of the game is "the most interesting. With a minute advantage Lasker gradually forced the--game to a successful conclusion, in.

spite of Steinitz's efforts to snatch a draw. latter part of the game is an instructive study and the whole game a fine specimen of this form of Ruy Lopez. The fifteenth game was drawn. Score 8 Steinitz, 2 drawn, 5. 1.

2. 3. 4. 5. 6.

8. 9. 10. 11. 12.

13. 14. 15. 16. 17.

18. 19. 20. 21. 22.

23. 24. 25. 26. 27.

28. 29. 30. 31. 32.

33. 34. 35: 36. Lasker. White.

to K4 ICt to KB3 to Kt5 Bx Kt Kt to B3 to Q4 to K3 KttoQ2 to Q3 to IC2 to R5 ch to R6 to B4 to R4 Kt to Q5 to B6 ch QxQ ch KtxP Castles QR Kt to B3 to K5 Kt to Q5 to KR4 KR to sq B5 KttoK3 to to QKt3 to Q3 Kt to Q4 Kt to K2 BP Kt to B2 Bx RUY LOPEZ. Steinitz. Black. to K4 37. to QB3 38.

to QR3 39. QPxB 40. to B3 41. PxP 42. to Q3 43.

Kt to K2 44. to QB4 45. to QKt4 46. to B5 47. to Kt3 48.

to B2 49. QtoBsq 50. KttoB3 51. to B4 52. to Kt sq 53.

BxQ 54. to Kt sq 55. to B2 56. to R3 57. to K2 58.

to sq 59. to Kt sq 60. to K3 61. to Kt5 62. to Kt4 63.

to B6 64. to QR4 65. PtoR5 66. Kt Kt 67. RP 68.

Px 69. to K2 70. PtoKt4 71. KxB 72. Lasker.

Kt Kt to B6ch RxP to Q4 Kt to Q8 ch Kt to Q6 ch to KR6 to KB2 RP to R6 ch to KB6 Rto Q6 ch to Q8 to B3 RxPch to B2 to Q2 to B2 to Kt2 to Kt3 to B4 ch to R3 to B3 to Kt4 ch to Kt'3 to B4 to Kt3 to Kt5 ch to Q4 to Q5 to Q6 to KB3 RxP ch PtoKt4 Steinitz. Black. PxP to B2 to KKtS- to R4 to K2 Kt toK2 to K5 (Kt4) to K3 to Q4 to Q5 to to K7 RP to Kt5. ch to K7 ch to K5 to Kt5 to K5 to K4 to Kt4 to 04 to R4 to Kt4 KtoKt3 to B3 to K4 to Kt3 to K5 ch to sq to K8 Kx to B5 Resigns The fifteenth game of the series, played last proves Lasker's defence of the Queen's Gambit Declined to be perfectly sound for a diawn game. Should it stand the test of subsequent trials, White will have to adopt a different variation, if bent upon winning.

But Lasker had to changefactics too, for in the previous games he laboured under difficulties in bringing the queen's' side pieces into play: 8 to Q2 the at Ki5 at once, to QKt3 opens a square Mx the QB, whilst the two open files may be occupied by the rooks, a strategically sound and natural development. That is all Lasker maintained in his letter, and he has proved it by facts. The game follows QUEEN'S GAMBIT DECLINED. W. Steinitz.

White. 1. to Q4 2. P.to QB4 3. Kt to QB3 4.

to Kt5 5. PtoK3 6. to Kt3 7.BxP 8. PxP 9. BxB 10.

Kt to B3 11. to B2 12. to QR3 13. Castles 14. KR to sq 15.

to K2 16. RxRch 17. to sq E. Lasker. 1 W.

Steinitz. E. Lasker. Black. White.

Black. to Q4 18. to B2 Kt to Q2 to K3 19. to K2 Kt (Q2) to K4 Kt to KB3 20. Kt Kt Kt Kt to K2 21.

to R4 RxRclv Castles 22. QxR to Kt4 PxP 23. PtoKKt3- Q'toK2 to B4 24. Qto Q4 Kt to Q2 KKt to Q2 25. Kt to Kt5 to R3 QxB 26.

Kt to B3 to K4 KtxP 27. to Q2 BxB Kt to B3 28. QxB to Q3 to QKt3 29.QtoB4 Kt to B4 BtoKt2 30. PtoQKt4 Kt to K3 QR to sq 31; Kt to Q5 Kt to Kt4 KR to sq 32. to Kt2 to sq 33.

to B8 ch, and the game was to KR3 abandoned as drawn, probably after a series of checks. Lasker won the sixteenth game, a Ruy Lopez, opened, similarly to the twelfth game, by himself. Steinitz, however, avoided the trap laid him in that game by 5... thus preventing his centre pawns from being doubled. The game goes on evenly afterwards until Steinitz got his queen amongst Lasker's queen's side manoeuvre which "ISIS VERY MUCH UNVEILED.

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