[Event "St.

Petersburg"]
[Site "St. Petersburg RUE"]
[Date "1914.04.21"]
[EventDate "1914.04.21"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[Black "Emanuel Lasker"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "134"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5 5.Be3 Qf6 6.c3 Nge7
7.Nc2 b6 8.Nd2 Qg6 9.Bxc5 bxc5 10.Ne3 Rb8 11.b3 O-O 12.Bc4 d6
13.f4 Qf6 14.O-O Qxc3 15.Rf3 Qd4 16.Kh1 Be6 17.Rc1 Bxc4
18.Rxc4 Qb2 19.Rc2 Qf6 20.Ng4 Qg6 21.Rg3 f5 22.Ne5 Qe6 23.Nxc6
Nxc6 24.e5 Nb4 25.Rc4 dxe5 26.Qa1 Qd7 27.Nf3 exf4 28.Ne5 Qe7
29.Rxf4 Rbe8 30.Nc4 Qe1+ 31.Rf1 Qxa1 32.Rxa1 Nxa2 33.h3 f4
34.Rd3 Nb4 35.Rd7 f3 36.gxf3 Rxf3 37.Rxa7 Nd3 38.Ra1 Ne1
39.Nd2 Rxh3+ 40.Kg1 Rg3+ 41.Kh2 Rd3 42.Rxe1 Rxd2+ 43.Rxd2 Rxe1
44.Rd7 Re3 45.Rxc7 Rxb3 46.Rxc5 h6 47.Rc6 Kh7 48.Kg2 h5 49.Ra6
g6 50.Ra4 Kh6 51.Rc4 Rb5 52.Kg3 Kg5 53.Rc3 h4 54.Kh3 Kh5
55.Rc4 Rb3+ 56.Kh2 g5 57.Ra4 Rb2+ 58.Kh1 h3 59.Rc4 g4 60.Kg1
g3 61.Rc5+ Kg6 62.Rc1 Kf5 63.Ra1 Rd2 64.Rb1 Kf4 65.Ra1 Ke3
66.Ra3+ Rd3 67.Ra1 Ke2 0-1

[Event "St. Petersburg"]

[Site "St. Petersburg RUE"]
[Date "1914.04.22"]
[EventDate "1914.04.21"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Emanuel Lasker"]
[Black "Aron Nimzowitsch"]
[ECO "B16"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. e4 { Notes by Raymond Keene. } c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4

4. Nxe4 {This was another favourite of Nimzowitsch's, but he
did not like the generally quiet situations generated by the
classical 4...Bf5, preferring the tense struggles that
resulted from 4...Nf6 and after 5 Nxf6+ the recapture with the
e-pawn. Asztalos-Nimzowitsch, Bled 1931, went 5...exf6 6 c3
Bd6 7 Bd3 O-O 8 Qc2 h6 9 Ne2 Qc7 10 Be3 Nd7 11 Qd2?! Better 11
O-O-O Re8 12 g4! 11...Re8 12 Ng3? Bf4! and Nimzowitsch was
beginning to get on top.} Nf6 5. Nxf6+ gxf6 {Nimzowitsch, on
occasion, played the alternative fifth move recapture
5...gxf6. His game against Leonhardt at Carlsbad 1911, must
have been one of the first games with this idea. } 6. Be2
{Nowadays 6 c3 Bf5 7 Bc4 or 7 Ne2 would more likely be
played. } 6...Bf5 7. Bf3 Qa5+ 8. c3 h5 {!? Intending to
prevent White castling kingside. } 9. Bxh5 Nd7 10. Bg4 Bxg4
11. Qxg4 O-O-O 12. Ne2 e6 13. Bf4 Qb5 14. O-O-O Nb6 15. Ng3 {?
15 b3 would leave White with a safe though difficult game --
Lasker. } 15...Qd5 16. Kb1 Qxg2 17. Rdg1 Qxf2 18. Ne4 Qh4
19. Qf3 Nc4 20. Ka1 f5 21. Ng5 Bd6 22. Bc1 Rd7 23. Rg2 Bc7
24. Rhg1 Nd6 25. Qe2 Ne4 26. Nf3 Qh3 {26...Qh5 is probably
better. } 27. a3 a6 28. Be3 Rhd8 29. Ka2 Rh8 30. Ka1 Rhd8
31. Ka2 Re8 32. Rg8 Rxg8 33. Rxg8+ Rd8 34. Rg7 Rd7 35. Rg8+
Rd8 36. Rg7 Rf8 {Again 36...Qh5, threat 37...Bxh2. } 37. c4
Nf6 {Better 37...Kd8. } 38. Bg5 Nh5 39. Rxf7 Rxf7 40. Qxe6+
Rd7 41. Ne5 Bxe5 42.Qe8+ {Nimzowitsch should certainly have
won this game.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "St. Petersburg"]

[Site "St. Petersburg RUE"]
[Date "1914.04.24"]
[EventDate "1914.04.21"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Frank James Marshall"]
[Black "Emanuel Lasker"]
[ECO "D50"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Nf3 c6 7.Bd3
dxc4 8.Bxc4 b5 9.Bd3 a6 10.O-O c5 11.Qe2 O-O 12.Rad1 c4 13.Bb1
Nd5 14.Bxe7 Qxe7 15.e4 N5b6 16.e5 Bb7 17.Rfe1 Rfd8 18.Nd2 Rac8
19.Nde4 Bxe4 20.Nxe4 Rc7 21.Qh5 Nf8 22.Re3 Nd5 23.Rf3 f5
24.exf6 gxf6 25.Re1 Qb4 26.Kf1 Qxb2 27.Nxf6+ Nxf6 28.Rxf6 Qxd4
29.Qf3 Rg7 30.h3 Qd6 31.Bf5 Re8 32.Bxe6+ Rxe6 33.Rxf8+ Qxf8
34.Qd5 Qd6 35.Qxe6+ Qxe6 36.Rxe6 Rc7 37.Ke1 c3 38.Kd1 Rd7+
39.Kc1 Rd2 40.Rxa6 Rxf2 41.Rb6 Rxa2 42.Rxb5 Rxg2 43.Rc5 Rg3
44.h4 Kg7 45.Kc2 Kg6 46.Rxc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "St. Petersburg"]

[Site "St. Petersburg RUE"]
[Date "1914.04.26"]
[EventDate "1914.04.21"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Emanuel Lasker"]
[Black "Akiba Rubinstein"]
[ECO "C82"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "131"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3
d5 8.dxe5 Be6 9.c3 Bc5 10.Nbd2 O-O 11.Bc2 Nxd2 12.Qxd2 f6
13.exf6 Rxf6 14.Nd4 Nxd4 15.cxd4 Bb6 16.a4 Rb8 17.axb5 axb5
18.Qc3 Qd6 19.Be3 Bf5 20.Rfc1 Bxc2 21.Rxc2 Re8 22.Rac1 Rfe6
23.h3 Re4 24.Qd2 R8e6 25.Rc6 Qd7 26.Rxe6 Qxe6 27.Qd3 Qe8
28.Qc3 Kf7 29.Qd3 Kg8 30.Qc3 Qe6 31.Ra1 Qe8 32.Kf1 h6 33.Qd3
Kf7 34.Rc1 Kg8 35.Qb3 Qf7 36.Rd1 c6 37.f3 Qf6 38.Qd3 Re7
39.Bf2 Qd6 40.Qc2 Kf7 41.Rc1 Re6 42.Qf5+ Rf6 43.Qe5 Re6
44.Qxd6 Rxd6 45.Ke2 Ke7 46.Kd3 Rg6 47.g3 Rf6 48.f4 Kd7 49.Re1
Rf8 50.Ra1 h5 51.Be3 g6 52.Rf1 Kd6 53.g4 hxg4 54.hxg4 c5
55.dxc5+ Bxc5 56.Bxc5+ Kxc5 57.f5 gxf5 58.gxf5 Rf6 59.Rf4 b4
60.b3 Rf7 61.f6 Kd6 62.Kd4 Ke6 63.Rf2 Kd6 64.Ra2 Rc7 65.Ra6+
Kd7 66.Rb6 1-0

[Event "St. Petersburg"]

[Site "St. Petersburg RUE"]
[Date "1914.04.28"]
[EventDate "1914.04.21"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Jose Raul Capablanca"]
[Black "Emanuel Lasker"]
[ECO "C49"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Bb4 5.O-O O-O 6.d3 d6 7.Bg5
Bxc3 8.bxc3 h6 9.Bh4 Bg4 10.h3 Bxf3 11.Qxf3 g5 12.Bg3 Nd7
13.d4 f6 14.Qg4 Kh8 15.h4 Rf7 16.hxg5 hxg5 17.f3 Nf8 18.Kf2
Rh7 19.Rh1 Qe7 20.Qf5 Rd8 21.Rxh7+ Nxh7 22.Rh1 Rg8 23.Bxc6
bxc6 24.Rb1 Kg7 25.Rb7 Ra8 26.Kg1 Nf8 27.d5 c5 28.Bf2 Qd8
29.g3 Rb8 30.Rb3 Rxb3 31.cxb3 Qd7 32.Qxd7+ Nxd7 33.Kf1 Kg6
34.Ke2 f5 35.g4 fxe4 36.fxe4 Nf6 37.Kf3 Kf7 38.Be3 Nh7 39.b4
cxb4 40.cxb4 a6 41.a4 Ke7 42.b5 axb5 43.axb5 Kd7 44.Bf2 Kc8
45.Be3 Kd7 46.Bf2 Kc8 47.Be3 Kd7 48.Bf2 Kc8 49.Be3 Kd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "St. Petersburg"]

[Site "St. Petersburg RUE"]
[Date "1914.04.30"]
[EventDate "1914.04.21"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Emanuel Lasker"]
[Black "Alexander Alekhine"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 Nxd5 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. c4 Nb6 6. Nc3 e5

7. c5 exd4 8. Ne4 N6d7 9. Qxd4 Qe7 10. Bb5 Nc6 11. Bxc6 bxc6
12. O-O Bxf3 13. gxf3 O-O-O 14. Qa4 Ne5 15. Kg2 Qe6 16. Qxa7
Qf5 17. Qa8+ Kd7 18. Rd1+ Ke6 19. Qxd8 Qxf3+ 20. Kg1 Be7
21. Qd4 Qg4+ 22. Kh1 Qf3+ 23. Kg1 Qg4+ 24. Kh1 Qf3+ 25. Kg1
1/2-1/2

[Event "St. Petersburg"]

[Site "St. Petersburg RUE"]
[Date "1914.05.02"]
[EventDate "1914.04.21"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ossip Bernstein"]
[Black "Emanuel Lasker"]
[ECO "C66"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "111"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O d6 5.d4 Bd7 6.Nc3 Be7 7.Re1
exd4 8.Nxd4 O-O 9.Bxc6 bxc6 10.Bg5 h6 11.Bh4 Re8 12.e5 Nh7
13.Bg3 a5 14.Qd3 Bf8 15.exd6 cxd6 16.Rxe8 Qxe8 17.Nf3 Bg4
18.Rd1 d5 19.h3 Bxf3 20.Qxf3 Ng5 21.Qd3 a4 22.Kf1 Qc8 23.Ne2
Qb7 24.b3 Ne4 25.Bf4 Bc5 26.Be3 Bxe3 27.Qxe3 axb3 28.axb3 Ra2
29.f3 Ng5 30.Qd3 Ne6 31.Nc3 Ra8 32.Re1 Qb4 33.Ne2 Qc5 34.c3
Qd6 35.Nd4 Qh2 36.Nxe6 Ra2 37.Re2 Ra1+ 38.Kf2 fxe6 39.Qg6 Qc7
40.Qxe6+ Kh8 41.b4 Ra8 42.Qe3 Qd8 43.Qd4 Kh7 44.h4 Qd7 45.Qd3+
Kh8 46.Qe3 Rc8 47.Qe7 Qf5 48.Qe6 Qf8 49.Qd7 c5 50.b5 d4
51.cxd4 Rd8 52.Qe7 Qxe7 53.Rxe7 Rxd4 54.b6 Rb4 55.b7 Kh7 56.h5
1-0

[Event "St. Petersburg"]

[Site "St. Petersburg RUE"]
[Date "1914.05.03"]
[EventDate "1914.04.21"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Emanuel Lasker"]
[Black "Siegbert Tarrasch"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3
d5 8.dxe5 Be6 9.c3 Be7 10.Nbd2 O-O 11.Re1 Nc5 12.Bc2 d4
13.cxd4 Nxd4 14.Nxd4 Qxd4 15.Nb3 Nxb3 16.axb3 Qxd1 17.Rxd1 c5
18.Bd2 Rfd8 19.Ba5 Rxd1+ 20.Rxd1 f6 21.Bc3 fxe5 22.Bxe5 Rd8
23.Rxd8+ Bxd8 24.f4 Kf7 25.Kf2 Bf6 26.Bd6 Bd4+ 27.Kf3 Bd5+
28.Kg4 Ke6 29.Bf8 Kf7 30.Bd6 Bxg2 31.Bxh7 Ke6 32.Bf8 Kd5
33.Kg5 Bf6+ 34.Kg6 Be4+ 35.f5 Ke5 36.Bxg7 Bxf5+ 37.Kf7 Bxg7
38.Bxf5 Kxf5 39.Kxg7 a5 {In this position, the game appears to
be lost for White. How can the King, way across the board,
still hold up the a-pawn, which threatens to go for a Queen
after 40... c4 41.bxc4 bxc4 and c3? Black had already
calculated the following play before the exchange of pieces:
40.h4 Kg4 41.Kf6 c4 42.bxc4 bxc4 43.Ke5 c3 44.bxc3 a4 45.Kd4
a3, and his own pawn on c3 prevents the King, situated in the
'square' of the passed pawn, from approaching it. -- Tarrasch}
40.h4 Kg4 41.Kg6 {This is the problem move. Black must capture
the h-pawn and White's King thereby wins space and time. It is
as though, in the variation just given, White had not moved to
f6, but in one move, at once to f5. From there he can easily
hold up the a-pawn, since his journey does not lead him over
e5 and d4, but over e4 and d3, where his own pawn is not in
the way. Now Black must still make exertions to save the
game. -- Tarrasch} Kxh4 42.Kf5 Kg3 43.Ke4 Kf2 44.Kd5 Ke3
45.Kxc5 Kd3 46.Kxb5 Kc2 47.Kxa5 Kxb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "St. Petersburg"]

[Site "St. Petersburg RUE"]
[Date "1914.05.05"]
[EventDate "1914.04.21"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "David Janowski"]
[Black "Emanuel Lasker"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "104"]
1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 c5 3.c4 e6 4.e3 Nc6 5.Bd3 Nf6 6.O-O Bd6 7.b3 O-O
8.Bb2 b6 9.Nbd2 Bb7 10.Ne5 Qe7 11.a3 Rad8 12.Qc2 dxc4 13.Ndxc4
cxd4 14.exd4 Rc8 15.Qe2 Bb8 16.f4 Nd5 17.Rae1 f5 18.Qd2 Nxe5
19.Nxe5 a6 20.Bb1 Bd6 21.Nc4 b5 22.Na5 Ba8 23.b4 Nb6 24.Nb3
Bd5 25.Nc5 Nc4 26.Qc3 Rf6 27.Bc1 a5 28.Rf2 axb4 29.axb4 Ra8
30.Ba2 Qf7 31.Bxc4 Bxc4 32.Bb2 Rg6 33.Ra1 Rxa1+ 34.Bxa1 Qc7
35.Qe3 Rg4 36.g3 g5 37.d5 Bxd5 38.Qd4 gxf4 39.Qh8+ Kf7
40.Qxh7+ Ke8 41.Qh8+ Bf8 42.Be5 Qf7 43.Rxf4 Rxf4 44.Bxf4 Qg7
45.Qh5+ Kd8 46.Bg5+ Kc7 47.Bf4+ Bd6 48.Bxd6+ Kxd6 49.Qh4 Qa1+
50.Kf2 Qb2+ 51.Ke1 Qc1+ 52.Ke2 Bc4+ 0-1

[Event "St. Petersburg"]

[Site "St. Petersburg RUE"]
[Date "1914.05.06"]
[EventDate "1914.04.21"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Emanuel Lasker"]
[Black "Isidor Gunsberg"]
[ECO "C79"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O d6 6.Re1 Bd7 7.c3
Be7 8.d4 O-O 9.Nbd2 b5 10.Bb3 exd4 11.cxd4 Bg4 12.Nf1 d5 13.e5
Ne4 14.Ne3 Be6 15.Qc2 Nb4 16.Qb1 f5 17.a3 Nc6 18.Qa2 Ng5
19.Nxg5 Bxg5 20.Bxd5 Bxd5 21.Nxd5 Kh8 22.f4 Bh4 23.Rd1 Qe8
24.Be3 Rd8 25.Nxc7 Qh5 26.b4 1-0

[Event "St. Petersburg"]

[Site "St. Petersburg RUE"]
[Date "1914.05.10"]
[EventDate "1914.04.21"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Emanuel Lasker"]
[Black "Alexander Alekhine"]
[ECO "D08"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 d4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. a3 Bg4 6. Nbd2 Qe7

7. h3 Bxf3 8. Nxf3 O-O-O 9. Qd3 h6 10. g3 g6 11. Bg2 Bg7
12. O-O Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. b4 f5 15. c5 Qe6 16. c6 Ne7
17. cxb7+ Kb8 18. Bb2 Rd6 19. Rac1 Rhd8 20. Rc2 f4 21. gxf4
Bxf4 22. Rd1 Nf5 23. Bc1 Ne3 24. Rc5 Qf6 25. Qe4 Nxd1 26. Bxf4
Nc3 27. Bxd6 Qxd6 28. Qe5 Qb6 29. Qe7 Qd6 30. Re5 d3 31. exd3
Qxd3 32. Re3 Qd1+ 33. Kh2 Nb5 34. Re6 Nxa3 35. Rf6 1-0

[Event "St. Petersburg"]

[Site "St. Petersburg RUE"]
[Date "1914.05.11"]
[EventDate "1914.04.21"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Jose Raul Capablanca"]
[Black "Emanuel Lasker"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "200"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3
d5 8.dxe5 Be6 9.Nbd2 Nc5 10.c3 d4 11.cxd4 Nxd4 12.Nxd4 Qxd4
13.Bxe6 Nxe6 14.Qf3 Rd8 15.a4 Qd5 16.Qxd5 Rxd5 17.axb5 axb5
18.Ra8+ Nd8 19.Ne4 Rxe5 20.Rd1 Be7 21.f3 Rf5 22.Rc8 O-O
23.Rxc7 Bb4 24.Be3 Ne6 25.Rcd7 Rc8 26.R1d5 Rxd5 27.Rxd5 Rc2
28.b3 Rb2 29.Rxb5 Rxb3 30.Bd2 Bc5+ 31.Rxc5 Nxc5 32.Nxc5 Rb2
33.Be3 Re2 34.Bf2 f6 35.Kf1 Ra2 36.g4 Kf7 37.Ne4 h6 38.Kg2 Ra3
39.f4 Rb3 40.Ng3 Ra3 41.Nf1 Rd3 42.Ne3 Rc3 43.Kf3 Ra3 44.f5
Ra2 45.Nd5 Rb2 46.Nf4 Ra2 47.h4 Ra5 48.Bd4 Ra3+ 49.Be3 Ra5
50.Nh5 Ra4 51.Ng3 Kg8 52.Ne4 Kf7 53.Bd2 Ra1 54.Bc3 Rf1+ 55.Nf2
Rc1 56.Bd4 Re1 57.Ne4 Rf1+ 58.Bf2 Ra1 59.Kf4 Ra4 60.Bc5 Rc4
61.Kf3 Rc1 62.Bf2 Ra1 63.Kf4 Ra4 64.Kf3 Ra3+ 65.Be3 Ra5 66.Nc5
Ra1 67.Ne6 Ra3 68.Ke4 Ra4+ 69.Bd4 Rb4 70.Kd3 Rb3+ 71.Ke4 Rb4
72.Kd5 Rb1 73.g5 hxg5 74.hxg5 fxg5 75.Nxg5+ Kg8 76.Ne6 Rd1
77.Ke4 Kf7 78.Ng5+ Kg8 79.Ke5 Re1+ 80.Kf4 Rf1+ 81.Kg4 Rd1
82.Nf3 Rf1 83.Be5 Kf7 84.Kf4 Kg8 85.Ke4 Rd1 86.Ng5 Re1+ 87.Kd5
Rd1+ 88.Ke6 Re1 89.Nh3 Rb1 90.Nf4 Rb6+ 91.Ke7 Rb5 92.Ng6 Rb6
93.Bd6 Ra6 94.Ke6 Rb6 95.Ne7+ Kh7 96.Nc8 Ra6 97.Ne7 Rb6 98.Nd5
Ra6 99.Nc3 Kg8 100.Ne4 Rb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "St. Petersburg"]

[Site "St. Petersburg RUE"]
[Date "1914.05.14"]
[EventDate "1914.04.21"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Emanuel Lasker"]
[Black "Siegbert Tarrasch"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. d4 {Notes by Dr. Tarrasch} d5 2. Nf3 c5 3. c4 e6 4. cxd5

exd5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Nbd2 d4
{Usually in this variation, what with the White Kt on c3, this
move wins a tempo which makes all the difference and gives
Black the superior position. Here, however, the move loses an
important tempo which should have better been used for
development.} 10. Nb3 Bb6 11. Qd3 {! Lasker now refutes the
ill- considered pawn-push very shrewdly. Since his pawn would
get lost by Rd1, Black must go in for an unfavourable
exchange.} Be6 12. Rd1 Bxb3 13. Qxb3 {Here, as will soon be
evident, the White Queen is excellently placed.} Qe7 {So as to
dodge the attack of the e-pawn. Black's position now looks
reasonably good, but he is a tempo behind in develop men and
that makes all the difference.} 14. Bd2 O-O 15. a4 {A very
subtle move, the force of which Black fails to recognise. The
pawn is to push on to a6 so as to loosen the position of the
Black pieces, particularly the Queen Knight. Naturally Black
must not take the e-pawn since 16 Re1 Qa6 17 Bf1 would cost
him the Queen.} Ne4 {It would have been best to stop the
further advance of the pawn by either ...Bc5 or a6 but White
would have had the better game in any case; Black's position,
though, may still have been tenable, whereas now it breaks
down very quickly.} 16. Be1 Rad8 {? Rac8!} 17. a5 Bc5 18. a6
bxa6 {After ...b6 White would still maintain his advantage by
19 Qa4 followed by 20 b4.} 19. Rac1 Rc8 20. Nh4 {Forcing
material gain, since White threatens to win the Knight or the
Bishop.} Bb6 21. Nf5 Qe5 22. Bxe4 Qxe4 23. Nd6 Qxe2 24. Nxc8
Rxc8 {For the loss of the exchange Black, at any rate, has a
strong passed pawn which might enable him to save the game so
long as he can avoid the exchange of rooks.} 25. Qd5 Qe6
26. Qf3 {At this juncture the exchange of queens would not be
quite favourable enough for White.} h6 27. Bd2 Ne5 28. Rxc8+
Qxc8 29. Qe4 Nd7 30. Rc1 Qf8 31. Bxh6 {!} Nc5 {If ...gxh6
White would regain the piece by 32 Qg4+.} 32. Qg4 f5 33. Qg6
Qf7 34. Qxf7+ Kxf7 35. Bg5 Nd3 36. Rb1 {Not, of course, Rc2
since Black would win a piece by ...Ne1 followed by ...Nf3+.}
Ke6 37. b3 Kd5 38. f3 a5 39. h4 Nc5 40. h5 d3 {Black is
hopelessly lost since there is no way to stop White from
getting a passed Pawn on the King's-wing.} 41. Kf1 a4 42. bxa4
Nxa4 43. Bf6 {!} Ke6 44. Bxg7 Kf7 45. Be5 Nc5 46. Rd1
{Obviously the d-pawn will get lost. A beautifully played
game, but then almost all of Lasker's games in this Tournament
are worthy of a World Champion.} 1-0

[Event "St. Petersburg"]

[Site "St. Petersburg RUE"]
[Date "1914.05.15"]
[EventDate "1914.04.21"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Frank James Marshall"]
[Black "Emanuel Lasker"]
[ECO "A53"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1.d4 {Notes by Dr. Tarrasch} Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 Nbd7 4.Nf3 e5

5.e3 Be7 6.Bd3 O-O 7.Qc2 Re8 8.O-O Bf8 {What with his somewhat
unorthodox opening, Black is rather cramped.} 9.Ng5 {Marshall
starts a violent attack which would seem to be perfectly
justified. Yet in the midst of it, just as if Lasker had
exercised a spell on him, he falters, and all f a sudden it is
the World Champion who has the winning advantage.} g6 10.f4
exd4 11.exd4 Bg7 12.f5 {Marshall could still complete his
development by Bd2 and Rae1 without the slightest risk, but
now he throws caution to the wind. What with e5 being mainly
defended by the d-pawn, Black will try to eliminate the
defending Pawn by ...c5 and if he can do that and get his own
Kt to e5 before White's attack has prospered, he will be on
top.} Ng4 13.Nf3 c5 14.fxg6 fxg6 15.h3 {? Very feebly played
and almost inexplicable except for Lasker's queer knack of
'willing' his opponents to make weak moves. Against any other
opponent Marshall almost certainly would have played 15 Bg5,
gaining the advantage in every variation. It looks almost like
witchcraft.} cxd4 {Of course!} 16.Bg5 {Too late!} Ne3 17.Qf2
Qb6 18.Nd5 Nxd5 19.cxd5 Nc5 {Now Black is well developed and a
pawn up, but he still has to face some danger on his K-Wing.}
20.Rad1 Bd7 21.Qh4 Ba4 {21...Nxd3 followed by ...Bb5 would be
refuted by Rb3.} 22.Bxg6 {White's best chance in the
circumstances.} hxg6 23.Bd8 {Winning the Queen, but at much
too high cost.} Qxd8 24.Ng5 Qxg5 25.Qxg5 Bxd1 26.Qxg6 Bc2
{White was threatening to win by Rf7, but Black can well
afford to return one of his pieces.} 27.Qxc2 d3 28.Qd1 a5
29.Qg4 Rf8 30.Rd1 Rae8 31.Qg6 Re2 32.Rf1 {Nor can he save the
game by sacrificing the exchange since 32...Re1+ followed by
Be5+ would lead to mate.} d2 33.Rxf8+ Kxf8 34.Qxd6+ Kg8
35.Qd8+ Kh7 36.Qh4+ Bh6 0-1

[Event "St. Petersburg"]

[Site "St. Petersburg RUE"]
[Date "1914.05.17"]
[EventDate "1914.04.21"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Alekhine"]
[Black "Emanuel Lasker"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "178"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. Nc3 f6 6. d4

exd4 7. Qxd4 Qxd4 8. Nxd4 Bd6 9. Be3 Ne7 10. O-O-O O-O 11. Nb3
Ng6 12. Bc5 Bf4+ 13. Kb1 Re8 14. Rhe1 b6 15. Be3 Be5 16. Bd4
Nh4 17. Rg1 Be6 18. f4 Bd6 19. Bf2 Ng6 20. f5 Bxb3 21. axb3
Nf8 22. Bxb6 Bxh2 23. Rh1 cxb6 24. Rxh2 b5 25. Re1 Nd7 26. Nd1
a5 27. Rh3 b4 28. Nf2 Nc5 29. Rhe3 a4 30. bxa4 Nxa4 31. e5
fxe5 32. Rxe5 Reb8 33. Ne4 b3 34. Re2 Nb6 35. cxb3 Nd5 36. g4
h6 37. g5 hxg5 38. Nxg5 Nf6 39. Re7 Rxb3 40. Rg2 Nd5 41. Rd7
Rd3 42. Rxd5 Rxd5 43. Ne6 Kf7 44. Rxg7+ Kf6 45. Rc7 Rd6
46. Nf4 Kxf5 47. Rf7+ Ke5 48. Kc2 Rh6 49. Nd3+ Kd6 50. Rf5 Rb8
51. Kc3 Kc7 52. Rf7+ Kb6 53. Rd7 Rh3 54. Rd4 Rbh8 55. Rb4+ Kc7
56. Kc2 R8h4 57. Rb3 Rh2+ 58. Kc3 R4h3 59. Rb4 Rh5 60. Rg4
R2h3 61. Kc2 Rd5 62. Nf4 Rc5+ 63. Kb1 Rh1+ 64. Ka2 Ra5+
65. Kb3 Rb5+ 66. Kc3 Kb6 67. Nd3 Rh3 68. Kc2 Rd5 69. Rb4+ Kc7
70. Rb3 Rh2+ 71. Kc3 Kd6 72. Ra3 Rg2 73. Ra1 Rg3 74. Rd1 Kc7
75. Rd2 Kb6 76. Rd1 Kb5 77. Kc2 Kc4 78. b3+ Kb5 79. Rd2 Rh3
80. Rd1 Rh2+ 81. Kc3 Rd8 82. Rg1 Rh3 83. Rd1 Rdh8 84. Rg1 R8h5
85. Kc2 Rd5 86. Rd1 Rg5 87. Rd2 Rhg3 88. Nc1 Rg2 89. Ne2 Kb6
0-1

[Event "St. Petersburg"]

[Site "St. Petersburg RUE"]
[Date "1914.05.18"]
[EventDate "1914.04.21"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Emanuel Lasker"]
[Black "Jose Raul Capablanca"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.d4 exd4 6.Qxd4 Qxd4
7.Nxd4 Bd6 8.Nc3 Ne7 9.O-O O-O 10.f4 Re8 11.Nb3 f6 12.f5 b6
13.Bf4 Bb7 14.Bxd6 cxd6 15.Nd4 Rad8 16.Ne6 Rd7 17.Rad1 Nc8
18.Rf2 b5 19.Rfd2 Rde7 20.b4 Kf7 21.a3 Ba8 22.Kf2 Ra7 23.g4 h6
24.Rd3 a5 25.h4 axb4 26.axb4 Rae7 27.Kf3 Rg8 28.Kf4 g6 29.Rg3
g5+ 30.Kf3 Nb6 31.hxg5 hxg5 32.Rh3 Rd7 33.Kg3 Ke8 34.Rdh1 Bb7
35.e5 dxe5 36.Ne4 Nd5 37.N6c5 Bc8 38.Nxd7 Bxd7 39.Rh7 Rf8
40.Ra1 Kd8 41.Ra8+ Bc8 42.Nc5 1-0

[Event "St. Petersburg"]

[Site "St. Petersburg RUE"]
[Date "1914.05.21"]
[EventDate "1914.04.21"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Siegbert Tarrasch"]
[Black "Emanuel Lasker"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.dxc5 Nc6 5.Nf3 Bxc5 6.Bd3 f5 7.c3 a6

8.Nbd2 Nge7 9.Nb3 Ba7 10.O-O O-O 11.Re1 Ng6 12.Nbd4 Bb8
13.Nxc6 bxc6 14.Kh1 a5 15.b3 c5 16.Ba3 Qb6 17.Qd2 Bb7 18.Qg5
Ba7 19.h4 Qd8 20.Qg3 Qe8 21.Nh2 Ne7 22.f4 Rc8 23.Nf3 Kh8
24.Ng5 Ng8 25.Be2 Qe7 26.Rad1 Rfd8 27.Rd2 Nh6 28.Red1 Qe8
29.Kh2 Rc7 30.Kh3 Rdc8 31.Bb2 Bc6 32.Bf3 Rb8 33.Ba3 Ng8 34.Be2
Nh6 35.Qe1 Rd8 36.Qg3 Rb8 37.Qe1 Rd8 38.Qg3 Rb8 39.Qe1 Rd8
1/2-1/2

[Event "St. Petersburg"]

[Site "St. Petersburg RUE"]
[Date "1914.05.22"]
[EventDate "1914.04.21"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Emanuel Lasker"]
[Black "Frank James Marshall"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Qe2 Qe7 6.d3 Nf6
7.Bg5 Be6 8.Nc3 Nbd7 9.O-O-O h6 10.Bh4 g5 11.Bg3 Nh5 12.d4
Nxg3 13.hxg3 g4 14.Nh4 d5 15.Qb5 O-O-O 16.Qa5 a6 17.Bxa6 bxa6
18.Qxa6+ Kb8 19.Nb5 Nb6 20.Rd3 Qg5+ 21.Kb1 Bd6 22.Rb3 Rhe8
23.a4 Bf5 24.Na7 Bd7 25.a5 Qd2 26.axb6 Re1+ 27.Ka2 c6 28.Nb5
cxb5 29.Qa7+ 1-0