[Event "Match game"] [Site "?"] [Round "0"] [White "Lasker"] [Black "Janowsky"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D32"] [Opening "QGD Tarrasch: 5.Nf3"] {Lasker wins a lost game} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Be6 6. e4 dxe4 7. Nxe4 Nc6 8. Be3 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Qa5+ 10. Nc3 O-O-O {One of the most famous "won" positions in the history of chess. Dr Tarrasch wrote "the White Knight on d4 stands badly, and this must White's undoing". It is rather sad to think that a world champion and such a world champion - should get into such a hopeless position by move 10 with the White pieces} 11. a3 { Apparently preventing ... Bc5} 11... Nh6 $2 { Black has several good moves here, each of which should be enough to win} ( 11... Bc5 12. b4 Bxd4 $1 13. bxa5 (13. Bxd4 Qg5 14. Nb5 a6) 13... Bxc3+ 14. Bd2 Rxd2 15. Qxd2 Bxd2+ 16. Kxd2 Nxa5 $19) 12. b4 Qe5 13. Ncb5 Nf5 $1 {Black correc tly intensifies the pressure against d4. Incidentally he already had an opportunity here to becoem a victim of a Lasker trap} (13... a6 14. Qc1 $1 axb5 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. Qxc6+ Qc7 17. Qa6+ Qb7 18. Rc1+ Kb8 19. Bf4+ $18) 14. Rc1 { White msut throw everything into the counterattack. The fact that he loses a pawn in the process is of secondaryimportance} 14... Nxe3 15. fxe3 Qxe3+ 16. Be2 Be7 {The reserves arrive} (16... a6 17. Na7+ Kc7 18. Naxc6 bxc6 19. Nxe6+ { White's attack would be as dangerous as Black's}) 17. Rc3 $1 { Lasker finds the best move} (17. Nxa7+ Kb8 18. Naxc6+ bxc6 19. Nxc6+ Kb7 20. Nxd8+ Rxd8 21. Qc2 Rc8 $19) 17... Bh4+ $5 { This interpolated check has been much praised} (17... Qxc3+ 18. Nxc3 Nxd4 $17 { Black would have all the chances}) 18. g3 Qe4 (18... Qxc3+ 19. Nxc3 Bf6 20. O-O (20. Ncb5 $1 Nxd4 (20... Bxd4 21. Nxd4 Nxd4 22. Kf2 $1 { White is by no means lost}) 21. Qc1+ Kb8 22. Qf4+ Ka8 23. Nc7+ Kb8 24. Na6+ Ka8 25. Qb8+ Rxb8 26. Nc7# {Lasker}) 20... Bxd4+ 21. Kh1 Bxc3 $19 { Lasker's contemporaries}) 19. O-O Bf6 20. Rxf6 $1 { This sacrifice is forced but leads to a win for White} 20... gxf6 21. Bf3 Qe5 22. Nxa7+ Kc7 (22... Kb8 23. Naxc6+ bxc6 24. Nxc6+ { White takes Black's Queen with a check}) 23. Naxc6 bxc6 24. Rxc6+ Kb8 25. Rb6+ Kc8 (25... Ka7 26. Rb7+ Ka6 27. Qa4+) 26. Qc1+ Kd7 27. Nxe6 fxe6 28. Rb7+ Ke8 29. Bc6+ Kf8 30. Qh6+ Kg8 31. Qg7# 1-0