[Event "GotM #104"] [Site "Cambridge Springs"] [Date "1904.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Lasker, Emanuel"] [Black "Napier, William Ewart"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Connaughton,Ken"] [ECO "B72"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "69"] [Beauty "8045300036634"] [GameId "1114896765038592"] [EventDate "1904.??.??"] [EventCountry "USA"] 1. e4 {King's Pawn Game} c5 {Sicilian Defense} 2. Nc3 (2. Nf3) (2. c3) (2. d4) (2. f4) 2... Nc6 (2... d6) (2... e6) (2... a6) (2... g6) 3. Nf3 (3. g3) (3. f4) (3. Bb5) 3... g6 {Going for a Dragon formation.} 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 d6 (6... Nf6) (6... a6) 7. h3 (7. Qd2) (7. Bc4) (7. Be2) 7... Nf6 8. g4 O-O {[#] Black's King is tucked away.} 9. g5 {And White will send his Kingside pawns forward in an effort to pawn storm Black's bunker.} Ne8 {Taking the game out of book here, the alternatives used elsewhere are 10.Nd7 or 10.Nh5. Now with the textmove we have a novelty.} (9... Nd7) (9... Nh5) 10. h4 Nc7 11. f4 e5 12. Nde2 d5 {Black is countering in the center. If he can neutralize the e and f-pawns, the pawn storm against his King's stronghold may wither on the vine.} 13. exd5 {[#] With this an interesting tactical fight breaks out. A tactical fight that will define the game.} Nd4 14. Nxd4 Nxd5 $5 {Black hopes that the attack on the Bishop will enable him to take a pawn via intermezzo.} 15. Nf5 {Unleashing a double attack on the Knight while covering the Bishop.} Nxc3 (15... Bxf5 $2 16. Nxd5 $15) 16. Qxd8 Rxd8 17. Ne7+ Kh8 18. h5 {The h-file is becoming more dangerous for the King.} (18. bxc3 $2 exf4 19. Bd4 Re8 20. O-O-O $1 Rxe7 21. Bf6 Re8 $15) (18. f5 Bf8 19. f6 Ne4 20. Rh2 Bxe7 21. fxe7 Re8 $14) 18... Re8 19. Bc5 gxh5 20. Bc4 exf4 21. Bxf7 Ne4 22. Bxe8 Bxb2 (22... Nxc5 $2 23. Bxh5 Ne4 24. Rd1 Be6 25. Ng6+ Kg8 26. Nxf4 Bxa2 27. g6 h6 $18) 23. Rb1 Bc3+ 24. Kf1 Bg4 25. Bxh5 Bxh5 26. Rxh5 Ng3+ 27. Kg2 Nxh5 28. Rxb7 {[#] And when the dust settles after that razor sharp battle, material is even but the White pieces are decidedly better. What an amazingly lengthy sequence of forced moves!} a5 29. Rb3 Bg7 30. Rh3 Ng3 31. Kf3 Ra6 32. Kxf4 Ne2+ 33. Kf5 Nc3 34. a3 Na4 35. Be3 {[#]} (35. Be3 {He resigned because ahead he likely saw something like this:} Nb2 36. g6 Rf6+ 37. Kg5 Rxg6+ 38. Nxg6+ Kg8 39. Ne7+ $18) 1-0