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Annotated by: ruachessnut2 (1200)
Chess opening: Queen's pawn (A46), Torre attack, Wagner gambit

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1. d4	Torre vs Lasker 1925 Moscow Is a windmill worth a queen sac?
	1 comment brianru (1611) on 09-Aug-10: Incredible game. I've never seen "the sawmill" before. Really great.


1... Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 c5 4. e3 cxd4 5. exd4 Be7 6. Nbd2 d6 7. c3 Nbd7 8. Bd3 b6 9. Nc4 Bb7 10. Qe2 Qc7 11. O-O O-O 12. Rfe1 Rfe8 13. Rad1 Nf8 14. Bc1 Nd5 15. Ng5 b5 16. Na3 b4 17. cxb4 Nxb4 18. Qh5 Bxg5 19. Bxg5 Nxd3 20. Rxd3 Qa5 21. b4 Qf5 22. Rg3 h6 23. Nc4 Qd5 24. Ne3 Qb5 25. Bf6	Torre goes for the sawmill at the cost of a queen.
	2 comments dmisra (1547) on 12-Nov-08: Excellent game, I gave it 5 stars. Only thing, I think it is called a windmill rather than sawmill. See my annotated game against on_edges archduke_piccolo (2334) on 04-Jul-09: Nimzovitch called it a seesaw. The action from move 21 in interesting, as Torre had to deal with a double attack against his rook on e1, and his bishop at g5, which was pinned against his queen. It was Torre's fight to preserve his pieces that gave rise to the seesaw/windmill situation.


25... Qxh5 26. Rxg7+	Start of the sawmill.



26... Kh8 27. Rxf7+	Sawmill in action.



27... Kg8 28. Rg7+	White says thanks may I have another?



28... Kh8 29. Rxb7+	Yes you may.



29... Kg8 30. Rg7+	The end is in sight.



30... Kh8 31. Rg5+	White gets the queen back with interest.
	1 comment hercules_isadore (1200) on 22-Feb-09: Beautiful windmill!


31... Kh7 32. Rxh5 Kg6 33. Rh4 Kxf6 34. Rxh6+	White is up 3 pawns.



34... Kg5 35. Rh3 Reb8 36. Rg3+ Kf6 37. Rf3+ Kg6 38. a3 a5 39. bxa5 Rxa5 40. Nc4 Rd5 41. Rf4 Nd7 42. Rxe6+ Kg5 43. g3	Lasker resigned. Lasker was world champ for over 25 years. But you can't win them all.
	1 comment hercules_isadore (1200) on 22-Feb-09: Far be it from me to tell Lasker how to be world champion, but it seems to me the fat lady hasn't quite sung yet. Am I wrong?