chess-The Oxford Companion to Chess - First Edition by David Hooper & Kenneth Whyld

]80 LASKER
bridge hewas.n intcrnational player in lheearly
l930Hnd on oihergames. His last book*as Ii!.
co m@itr of the Future (1940)-
'A genlleman ol ctrllure, pleasing oanner, and
be@ming nodesly' wrore tsorER i! 1890, adding
that Lasker did notwish to becone aprolessional
butwould always maintain an inlcrcst in thc game.
Fate decreed otheNi* and kske. ea.ned his
living by chess lor nost ol his liie, but he never
spent aI hn dne on rhe gane norlelit doninale
hn lfe. He was greatly allecled by Steinir's
impovcashme.l and dcmanded nign lees whenever
he played, believilg a champion should be
properly rewarded. PoPular anong rhe rank and
nle whom he net on his manysimultancous tou6,
hc wonld havc p.clcred to gain nnancial strpport
in small donations lrom ordinary players rather
thatr troh patro.agei but he became disillusioned
when such artempts repeatedly lai le d. Because oi
his high dcmands. he appea.ed inlrequenlly in
majorevenls, but he gave good valrc lor noney: in
his prine he never played lor a draw. For
appearing a1 51 Petersburg l914 hc was paid 4,000
roubles. I do not 6nd lhis ioo much for one who
play s like lhis . . . Ior the inspired ganes be played
in this tournabenf, qrole Taraeh. (See BAlrRi
F. Reinleld and R. Fine, Drr6kn s Chess Co/..r
(1935), .epinted L\ La\ker\ Grcot n chess
Ganes Ba+1914 (1965)i J. GikbrCl and K.
whyrd, a6na1(1955),I6*€t tt (1957), Laske.
.I1.1 (1976), containin8 a rotal oi 1,142 unlnnolaicd
Laskertapablan€ Sr Petenlrnre 1914 spanish Open
1c4 e5 2 Nl3 N.6 3 Bb5 16 ,l Bxc6 di6 5 d4 cxd4 6
Qxd4 Qxdl 7Nxd4Bd6 3NdNe7 9G0l)0 l0l4?i
Re3 llNb316 12 f5 (Doubrless Laster had lhn movc in
min'i whe. hc pl.ycd histcntlr m
presedhe ould detend his BACxw kDp $ ar e4.) L2. . :
b6 13 Bt1Bb7? 03 . . B}J4 *ould havc givcn Btack
good prospccts.) 14 Bxd6 .xd6 15 Nd4 Rad3 16 Ne6
Rd7 l7 Radl NcB (Black ch ses his plan: he had
in..ndcd 17. . .5 13 RI2 d5 vhichwo.ld havc lcd ro.n
even eane.) 13 RD b5 19 Rrd2 RdeT 2(r h4 Kfl 2l al
remained on th. but no! sithou! hopcs oJ 'lcfcnsivc,
.
drav.) 22 Kr, Ra7 23 s4 h6 24 Rdr a5 25 h4 ub4 26
db4 R.e? 2? Kf3 Rg3 23 Kl4 e6 29 Rs3 s5+ 30 (I3
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32 Rn3 (not 32 Rxd6 N.4, freeing Blackk gane) 32
Rd7 33Kgl Kelt 34Rdh1Bb7 35c5dxe5 l6Ne4Nd5
r7Ntu5 Bc8 33Nxd?Bxd? l9Rh7Rr3 4lrRal Kd8 4l
Ra3+ Bc3 42 Nc5 Black resisE.
LASKER DEFENCE, 478, played in thc game
ChigoriFlasker, St Pelersburg 189tu, and usual
ly regarded as the 6ost sotid way ol delendinS the
EvNs cAMBn acapted. The d€ience sas firt
played by nouRDoNN^ts, in his 26th match game
againsl McDonnell. 1834.
LASKER TRAP, 52 in lhe^BtN coumR caMBrrl
if 6 Bxb4 exl2+ 7Ke2tug1=N+, and Blackti.s,
a trap firsr poinFd oul by DUBors in 1872.
LASKER VARIATION, 103 inrheaur.N's CAMDI
Dcclined, played tbJee timcs by hs(n in his
march ag.insrMAnsnar-Li. 1907; 552in$e PErsoF
DETENCE. fist given by.ozto:667 in the ALEGINT
DDF.Ncr. somelimescalled theTwo PawnsAtlack,
introduced by Lasker in a silnultaneous display,
1921.
LAST MOVE PRODLEM. The soller cramines a
composed position and by means oI REIRoCUDE
ANALysrs he lnes to discovcr the last STNGLE MovE
that nust h.ve been playcd. as if the posnion had
ansen in agamc. The lassoflhe gane aredecmed
to apply nDless orher laws are statcd or implied.
The stipulations nay or may not stale rhich side
t7&t?Ht%t
A larr mor< problem by.rRr{Nr thar qon fi6lprne
in ft. (,r,u(L Yruil rheme l.umev l95l
whire cannot have;oved bn king trcm i? or his
pawn frod g7 (Ig7xl3=N) or have played
Iq8xRhS- Ior Black sould have been in RE o
srar..MArF (i.e. would have badnolasr 6ove), and
in some cases White would hale bccn i. .heck
ilegally. Nor can whitc have played Ke8 h8 or
Kg8xNhS bccaDse Black s lasi nole would havc
needed to be ?97 86, and lhere woutd have been
nowayiorWhite\ kingto have reached h8ia.d tor
the same reason Bta.k cannot have noled lasl
(Pg7 96). KgSxBh8 is inpossible because Bla.k
has hh da.k bishop on theboardand has promoted
nopawns. Tberelore tnc last movewas(C8xOb8.
LATVIAN COUN1 ER-GAMBIT,541, nore olten
calledthe 6xE.ocouNrER cAMDrr. It sls studicd by