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ANNOTATED GAME
Tournament game, Berlin 1890
Horatio Caro vs. Emanuel Lasker
Annotated by: last_archimedean
(1564)
Chess opening: Reti opening (A06)
Horatio Caro vs. Emanuel Lasker
Annotated by: last_archimedean
(1564)
Chess opening: Reti opening (A06)
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In spite of this disaster, Lasker still managed to finish in a 1st-place tie overall. Caro finished tied for 3rd. | |
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1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Bf5 3. c4 c6 4. Qb3 Qc8 |
A horrible blunder. 4... Q-N3 was necessary. |
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5. cxd5 |
Caro immediately begins opening attacking lines. |
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5... cxd5 |
Forced, if material equality is to be maintained. |
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6. Nc3 |
Developing and attacking the weakened QP. |
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6... e6 |
Defending, but falling even farther behind in development. |
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7. Bf4 |
Clearing the square for the Rook to seize the open file. |
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7... a6 |
Desperation. |
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8. Na4 |
Threatening R-B1. |
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8... Ra7 |
Black may as well resign. |
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9. Nb6 |
A rusty nail in Lasker's knee or a bone in his throat. Pick your metaphor. |
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9... Qd8 |
Losing yet another tempo. |
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10. Bxb8 |
Removing a defender. |
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10... Qxb8 |
Completing the exchange. |
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11. Qa4+ |
The monarch must bestir himself. |
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11... Ke7 |
Forced [11... K-Q1 12 Q-Q7 mate.] |
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12. Rc1 |
Leaving Black defenceless. |
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12... g5 |
As good or bad as anything else. |
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13. Ne5 |
13 N-B8 ch would win the Exchange, but White is after bigger game. The threat is 14 Q-Q7 ch K-B3 15 QxBP mate. |
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13... Nh6 |
If 13... N-B3, White has 14 N-B8 ch K-Q1 15 NxP mate. |
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14. Nc8+ |
Lasker resigns. He has the grisly choice between losing his Q [14... QxN 15 RxQ, 14... K-B3 15 N-Q7 ch forking K and Q] or his K [14... K-Q1 15 Q-Q7 mate.] |
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