Emanuel Lasker: 58 brilliancies from his chess games
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Here is a collection of critical positions from the chess games of Emanuel Lasker. The reader is invited to discover the...
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Emanuel Lasker 58 brilliancies from his chess games edited by Bill Harvey 8/30/2015
Here is a collection of critical c ritical positions from the chess games of Emanuel Lasker. The reader is invited to discover the winning move or mate. The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first and plays from the bottom of t he board. Solutions are found at the end of the pamphlet. Bill Harvey is is the webmaster of the site wtharvey.com where you will find 10,000 chess puzzles from historic and modern games.
1) Emanuel Lasker vs Jacques Mieses Leipzig, 1889
4) Emanuel Lasker vs Johann Bauer Amsterdam, 1889
White Mates in 6. 2) Emanuel Lasker vs Jacques Mieses Leipzig, 1889
5) Henry Bird vs Emanuel Lasker Liverpool, 1890
White mates in 4. 3) Jacques Mieses vs Emanuel Lasker Leipzig, 1889
6) Emanuel Lasker vs Henry Bird Liverpool, 1890
Black Mates in 5.
White mates in 2.
7) Emanuel Lasker vs Theodor Von Scheve Berlin, 1891
10) Joseph Blackburne vs Emanuel Lasker London, 1892
White Mates in 6. 8) Emanuel Lasker vs Raimond New York, 1892
11) Francis Lee vs Emanuel Lasker New York, 1893
9) Henry Bird vs Emanuel Lasker New Castle on Tyne, 1892
12) Erich Schmidt vs Emanuel Lasker New York, 1893
13) Emanuel Lasker vs Eduardo Vasquez Habana, 1893
16) Emanuel Lasker vs Harry Pillsbury Hastings, 1895
14) Emanuel Lasker vs Wilhelm Steinitz New York, 1894
17) Harry Pillsbury vs Emanuel Lasker St. Petersburg, 1895
Black mates in 4. 15) Emanuel Lasker vs Dawid Janowski Hastings, 1895
18) Emanuel Lasker vs Mikhail Chigorin St Petersburg, 1895
19) Emanuel Lasker vs Isidor Gunsberg Hastings, 1895
22) James Mason vs Emanuel Lasker London, 1899
White mates in 3.
Black Mates in 2.
20) Henry Bird vs Emanuel Lasker Hastings, 1895
23) Emanuel Lasker vs Francis Lee London, 1899
White mates in 3. 21) Geza Maroczy vs Emanuel Lasker London, 1899
24) Emanuel Lasker vs Jacques Mieses Paris, 1900
25) Emanuel Lasker vs NN Great Britain, 1900
28) Emanuel Lasker vs Sufranek Prague, 1900
White mates in 3.
White mates in 3.
26) Emanuel Lasker vs NN Great Britain, 1900
29) Emanuel Lasker vs L Pasternak Zuerich, 1900
White mates in 3.
White mates in 3.
27) Emanuel Lasker vs Meyer Prague, 1900
30) Emanuel Lasker vs Harry Wilson USA, 1901
White mates in 4.
White mates in 2.
31) Emanuel Lasker vs FW Lynn USA, 1902
34) Emanuel Lasker vs Mikhail Chigorin Brighton, 1903
White mates in 2. 32) Emanuel Lasker vs J Muirhead USA, 1902
35) Emanuel Lasker vs NN Manchester, 1903
White mates in 3.
White mates in 2.
33) Emanuel Lasker vs AO Wuensche USA, 1902
36) Rudolf Raubitschek vs Emanuel Lasker Trenton Falls, 1906
White mates in 2.
Black mates in 4.
37) M Morgan vs Emanuel Lasker USA, 1907
40) Emanuel Lasker vs Fortuijn Netherlands, 1908
Black mates in 4.
White mates in 2.
38) Emanuel Lasker vs Randolph USA, 1907
41) Emanuel Lasker vs Siegbert Tarrasch Dusseldorf, 1908
White mates in 3.
White Mates in 8.
39) Emanuel Lasker vs Broderson Netherlands, 1908
42) Siegbert Tarrasch vs Emanuel Lasker Dusseldorf, 1908
White mates in 4.
43) A Lasker vs Emanuel Lasker Breslau, 1909
46) Emanuel Lasker vs Dawid Janowski Paris, 1909
Black mates in 4. 44) Emanuel Lasker vs Oldrich Duras St Petersburg, 1909
47) David Janowski vs Emanuel Lasker Paris, 1909
45) Emanuel Lasker vs Richard Teichmann St Petersburg, 1909
48) Emanuel Lasker vs Dawid Janowski Berlin, 1910
49) Emanuel Lasker vs Dawid Janowski Berlin, 1910
52) Emanuel Lasker vs Fritz Englund Scheveningen, 1913
White Mates in 2. 50) Dawid Janowski vs Emanuel Lasker Paris, 1912
53) Emanuel Lasker vs Allies Riazan, 1914
51) Emanuel Lasker vs Frank Marshall St. Petersburg, 1914
54) Max Walter vs Emanuel Lasker Ostrava, 1923
White mates in 3.
Black mates in 3.
55) JM Ovadia vs Emanuel Lasker Yugoslavia, 1924
58) Emanuel Lasker vs J Troxler Lucerne, 1935
Black mates in 4. 56) M Ley vs Emanuel Lasker USA, 1926
Solutions 1) 1.Qf7+ Kh6 2.Qxg6+ Kxg6 3.Rg3+ Kh7 4 .Bd3+ 2) 1.Re3 g5 2.Rd6 3) 1...Rd1+ 2.Rf1 Qe4 4) 1.Bxg7 Kxg7 2.Qg4+ & 3.Rf3 5) 1...Nd3 if 2.Rxe5 Ra1+ mates
Black mates in 2. 57) Emanuel Lasker vs Buchholtz Copenhagen, 1927
6) 1.Ng5+ 7) 1.Qe6 h5 (if 1...Qxf2 2.Qf7+ & 3.Qh7+) 2.Qf7+ Kf5 3.Re6 8) 1.Rg4 w/2.Bxf4+ 9) 1...Qe1+ 2.Kh2 Qh4+ 3.Kg1 Qxd8 10) 1...f4 11) 1...d2 w/2...Nxc3 12) 1...Rb6 if 2.Nd8 Rf8 or if 2.Na5 Rb1+
White mates in 4.
13) 1.Qh3 if 1...h6 2.Nxh6+ mates 14) 1.Qg1+ d4 2.Qg5+ w/3.Rf5
37)1...Qf3+ 2.Kxe5 f6+ 3.Ke6 Qe3+ 15) 1.Nd6 if 1...Qe6 2.Rxc8 & 3.Bxf5 38) 1.Qd4+ f6 2.Rxh7+ 16) 1.Qxb7 39) 1.Rxd6 if 1...Rg8 2.Rd8 17) 1...b5+ 2.Kxb5 Qc4+ 3.Ka5 Bd8+ 40) 1.Qxh7+ 18) 1.Qd4 w/2.Qh8+ or 2.Qd8+ 19) 1.Nf7+
41) 1.Bh5+ Rg6 2.Rxe6+ Nxe6 3.Bxg6+ hxg6 4.Qxe6+
20) 1...Re8
42) 1...f3 if 2.gxf3 Bg5
21) 1...Nb3 if 2.Rad1 Nd2
43) 1...Qxf2+ 2.Kxe4 Bf5+
22)1...Qc3+
44) 1.Nd2+ w/2.Nb3+
23) 1Ne5+ if 1...Kh5 2.Qe2+ or if 1...Kh3 2.Qf1+
45) 1.e7 if 1…Bxe7 (if 1…Rf7 2.Bg6 & 3.Qxe5+) 2.Bxf4 & if 2…Qe6 3.Rxg7+ Kxg7 4.Rg1+
24) 1Nc6 if 1...Qxc6 2.Qe7+ & 3.Qxd8+ or if 1...Ra8 2.Qc5+ w/3.Ne7+
46) 1.Bb3+ if 1…d5 2.Bxd5 & if 2…Nxd5 3.Qh7#
25) 1.Rxh7+ Rxh7 2.Qg8+
47) 1...g4 w/2...Ng5
26) 1.Qe8+
48) 1.Rxd5 if 1…Rxd5 2.Qxd5
27) 1.Rf8+ Ke5 2.Re8+ Kf4 3.Rd4+
49) 1.g4 Rh6 2.Nf5
28) 1.Re4+ Kf5 2.Re3+ Kf4 3.g3#
50) 1...hxg4 2.Qxg4 Nf5
29) 1.Rf7+ Kh6 2.Bf4+
51) 1.Qa7+ Kc8 2.Qa8+
30) 1.f6
52) 1.Qxc6+
31) 1.Qxg6+
53) 1.Bc4 w/2.Rh6
32) 1.Qxh7+
54) 1...Rg6+ if 2.Kh1 Qxf3+
33) 1.Bb5+
55) 1...Rxf3+ 2.Kxf3 Qh3+ 3.Rg3 Qf5+
34) 1.Qd4
56) 1...Qh5+
35) 1.Bf4+
57) 1.Bg5+ Qf6 2.Bxf6+
36) 1...Rxh2+ if 2.Kg1 Rh1+ 3.Kxh1 Qh3+ 4.Kg1 Ne2#
58) 1.Ng5+
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