11. ...  Kt-Q5 12.  R-K1 Q-B4 13.  B-KB1 B-Q3 14.  Q-Kt1?

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8 |    |    | #K | #R |    |    |    | #R |
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7 | #P | #P | #P |    |    | #P | #P | #P |
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6 |    |    |    | #B |    | #Kt|    |    |
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5 |    | ^P | #Q |    | #P | #B |    |    |
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4 |    |    |    | #Kt|    |    |    |    |
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3 | ^P |    | ^Kt| ^P |    | ^Kt|    |    |
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2 |    |    | ^P | ^B |    | ^P | ^P | ^P |
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1 | ^R | ^Q |    |    | ^R | ^B | ^K |    |
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A    B    C    D    E    F    G    H

Diag. 146

The purpose of this move is not clear.  The advance of the KtP could only be condoned by a desire to obtain an open file, and it seems illogical to protect it now.  If White wanted to escape the pinning of his KKt he need not have moved the Queen.  KtxKt would have effected this and prevented the King’s side from being laid bare.

White’s game would still have been bad, particularly as the exchange at Q4 opens the diagonal for the Black KB, but the move in the text has even a worse effect.  Mieses concludes the game with an elegant sacrifice.

14. ...  KtxKtch 15.  PxKt P-K5! 16.  QPxP BxPch 17.  KxB QxPch 18.  B-Kt2 RxB 19.  R-K2 RxR 20.  KtxR QxKt 21.  PxB Q-K4ch 22.  K-R1 R-K1

Black has wrought fearful havoc in the White ranks, and the defenceless King cannot withstand the onslaught of the three White pieces for long.

23.  P-QB4                Kt-R4
24.  K-Kt1                Q-Q5ch
25.  K-R2                 R-K7

threatening Q-R5ch, Q-B7ch, and mate at Kt7 or R7.

26.  Q-R1 Q-K4ch
27.  P-B4 QxPch
28.  K-Kt1 Q-Q5ch

        Resigns.

Game no. 34

White:  Em.  Lasker.  Black:  Niemzowitsch.

Caro-Kann Defence (compare p. 50).

1.  P-K4 P-QB3 2.  P-Q4 P-Q4 3.  Kt-QB3 PxP 4.  KtxP Kt-B3 5.  KtxKt KtPxKt 6.  B-K2 B-B4 7.  B-B3 Q-R4ch 8.  P-B3 P-KR4!

A deep conception.  If White accepts the proffered sacrifice of a pawn, he loses time, as he must retire his B before bringing out his Kt, and, moreover, the KR file being open, he can only castle on the Q side.  But there the Black Queen is ready for the attack.  If he refuses the sacrifice, the text move is still of value, as even then it is hardly advisable for White to castle on the K side, whilst Black can play B-R3 as soon as it might be desirable to exchange White’s QB.