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Issue 1 (18 July 2007)

 

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Chess 4 Life! 
By Candidate Master Collin Madhavan

King gone fishing  

For those who go fishing, they know that apart from the patience that is required, one needs to get the correct bait. In the following game, former World Chess Champion Emanuel Lasker used his Queen as bait, and literally dragged in his 'catch' to his side of the board!! It's a remarkable game and one worth looking at again. 

Lasker – Thomas, London 1912

1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 f5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.Bxf6 Bxf6 6.e4 fxe4 7.Nxe4 b6 8.Bd3 Bb7 9.Ne5 0–0 10.Qh5 Qe7  

 

11.Qxh7+!! (the bait) Kxh7 

12.Nxf6+(Lasker begins to pull in his catch) Kh6 

13.Neg4+ Kg5 

14.h4+ Kf4 

15.g3+ Kf3 

16.Be2+ Kg2 

17.Rh2+ Kg1 

18. Kd2 mate 1–0 (Lasker rocks man!)

Last updated 18 July 2007