[Event "Nottingham"] [Site "?"] [Round "0"] [White "Tylor"] [Black "Lasker"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C49"] [Opening "Four Knights: 4.Bb5 Bb4"] {Another example of Lasker's maneuvering skill - this from his later years} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Bg5 Ne7 8. Nh4 c6 9. Bc4 Kh8 10. f4 exf4 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Rxf4 Ng6 13. Nxg6+ fxg6 14. Bb3 { To prevent Black from playing ... Pd5 with gain of tempo} (14. d4 Bxc3 15. bxc3 d5 $1) 14... Qe7 15. Ne2 Ba5 16. c3 Bd7 17. Ng3 {With an eye on the two Black Bishops, White would like to see the position assume a closed character. He therefore takes steps to dscourage Black from playing ... Pf5, even though in doing so the Knight is not very well placed on g3} 17... Bc7 18. Rf2 Kg7 19. Qd2 Rae8 20. Raf1 Be6 $1 {An important decision: Black gives up the Bishop pair. The point is that the White Bishop is so active that it would be dangerous for Black to open up the position. Also, as teh rest of the game shows that Black's remaining Bishop will outperform the White Knight} 21. Qc2 { Black forces a weakening of the enemy e-pawn, and the proceeds to put it under fire} 21... Bb6 22. d4 Bc7 {The Bishop promptly returns to its former postion. The intention was solely to force Pd4 and thereby weaken the e-pawn} 23. Kh1 h5 $1 24. Re1 (24. -- h4 25. Ne2 Bc8 26. Rf4 g5 {winning the e-pawn}) 24... Qf7 25. Rfe2 Bxb3 26. axb3 (26. Qxb3 Qxb3 27. axb3 Re7 28. Kg1 Rfe8 {White's endgam e might be tenable though it would not be a pleasant task. Black would continue to maneuver, keeping White under constant nagging pressure}) 26... Qd7 27. Nf1 Re7 28. Qd3 Rfe8 29. Nd2 d5 $1 {The game enters a new pahse. Black has laid siege to the weak e-pawn, but since White has no other weaknesses, he can easily defend it. Therefore Black opens the position so that the Bishop can demonstrate its superiority over the Knight} 30. exd5 Rxe2 31. Rxe2 Rxe2 32. Qxe2 Qxd5 33. Qe7+ Qf7 34. Qe4 {The ending favours Black in any case for in addition to the far-ranging Bihop he has the better pawn position. It is therefore understandable that White prefers to keep the Queens on the board} 34... Qd7 35. Nf3 Kf7 $1 36. c4 (36. -- Qe6 37. Qc2 Qe3) (36. Nh4 Qg4 $1) 36... Qe6 37. Qd3 (37. Qxe6+ Kxe6 38. Kg1 Kf5 39. Kf2 Ke4 40. Ke2 g5 $1 { Black soon wins a pawn}) 37... Bf4 $1 { A powerful post for the Bishop, mainly because of its potential access to c1} 38. g3 (38. Kg1 Qe3+ 39. Qxe3 Bxe3+ 40. Kf1 Bc1) 38... Qe3 $1 39. Qc3 (39. Qd1 Qc1) 39... Bh6 40. c5 {White has little choice. Either he must exchange Queens, or he must allow the Black Queen to penetrate into his position. He is hopeing that Black will now exchange Queens at c3, but Lasker is no longer content with that.} 40... Qf2 41. Qc4+ Kg7 42. Qd3 Be3 43. Qd1 a5 $22 { Placing White in zugzwang} 44. b4 (44. d5 cxd5 45. Qxd5 Qf1+) 44... axb4 45. b3 Kh6 0-1