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Chess strategy (1921)

Lasker, Edward, 1885-1981 · Philadelphia : David McKay · leaf 139

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.r -o I Q-Q 2 P-Q3; 2B-KR6, PxP; 3BxB, KxB;4 p X P. Q-Q 2; 5 Kt-K 4, Kt-Q 4 : 6 B-B 4. Q R-Q ^ >7 BxKt^PxB ; 8 Kt-B 6, Q-K 3 ; 9 Q-K^ 5, B-B i(to prevent Kt-Kt 4) ; 10 Q R-K i, Q-B 4 ; ^^^^-^ 4-P—K R 3; 12 Kt—Q 4. KtxKt; 13 QxKt, P—B 4;14 Q-Q 2, P-Q 5 ; 15 P-K B 4. P-B 5 ; i6 P-K Kt 4,Q-K 3; 17… … Diag. 96. Here the advance of the White Kings side pawns has un-deniably produced weaknesses in the pawn skeleton, and thesewould be fatal had the Black pieces as much mobility as theWhite ones. But the congestion of Blacks pieces on theQueens side makes his defence unwieldy, and White has…

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