[Event "New York"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1924.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Capablanca,J"]
[Black "Lasker,Em"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Lopez "Battle Royale""]
[ECO "D13"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 { Dr. Lasker goes for the Slav Defense. His c-pawn supports the d-pawn's advance to d5. } 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 cxd5 { With the c-pawns exchanged off, both players have the opportunity to use the open c-file as a base of operation for their Rooks. } 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bf4 e6 7. e3 Be7 8. Bd3 O-O 9. O-O Nh5 { Lasker grabs the initiative by attacking the f4-Bishop. } 10. Be5 f5 { This is odd. Lasker has created a hole on e5; the White Bishop now sits comfortably there. Playing ...f6 makes much more sense. } 11. Rc1 { Capablanca is the first one to grab the open c-file. } 11... Nf6 { The Knight is going to g4, where it will start a Kingside attack or to e4 will it will dominate the heart of White's position. } 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Nh4 { This is a clearance maneuver -- the Knight is getting out of the way of its own f-pawn. } 13... Kh8 { Lasker responds with a clearance move of his own. The King is vacating g8 to make room for the Rook. } 14. f4 Rg8 15. Rf3 { Capa starts a "Rook lift" -- moving the Rook to an open rank where it can move sideways to a new file. } 15... Bd7 16. Rh3 { The next stop for the Knight is g6. The h-pawn is pinned, making ...hxg6 impossible. } 16... Be8 { The Bishop thwarts the White Knight's move. } 17. a3 { To prevent ...Nb4. } 17... Rg7 18. Rg3 Rxg3 19. hxg3 { The pawns are doubled, but not yet terribly weak. Capa's plan now might be to put his Queen and Rook on the half-open h-file, the highway leading straight to the Black King. } 19... Rc8 20. Kf2 Na5 { The Knight is going to c4 to put pressure on White's b- and e-pawns. } 21. Qf3 { Capa wastes a tempo; 21.Qe2 would have been better. } 21... Nc4 22. Qe2 Nd6 { Now the nimble Knight will drop onto e4 with check. } 23. Rh1 Ne4+ 24. Bxe4 fxe4 { The Black pawns control a lot of squares on White's half of the board. However, the e6 pawn is weak and Capa will make it a target. } 25. Qg4 f5 26. Nxf5 { Amazing! Capablanca sacrifices a Knight for two pawns and the attack! } 26... exf5 27. Qxf5 h5 { Lasker stops the mate threat by moving the target to a protected square. Now the h1-Rook's access is blocked to the intended mating square (h7). } 28. g4 { Capa attacks the obstructing pawn. } 28... Rc6 { With ...Rf6 to follow, attacking the Queen (which is rapidly running out of room). } 29. g5 { Keeping the Rook off of f6. } 29... Kg8 30. Nxd5 { The material is even, but imbalanced. Capa has three extra pawns, but Lasker has an extra minor piece. Capa enjoys a huge advantage here, though: the e4-pawn is en prise, the Black King is terribly exposed, and the Black Bishops are bottled up. } 30... Bf7 31. Nxe7+ { Swapping the Knight for a Bishop (the latter will be more valuable than a Knight in the endgame with pawns on both sides of the board). } 31... Qxe7 32. g4 hxg4 ( 32... Bg6 { Chasing the Queen was better. } 33. Qd5+ Bf7 34. Qa5 hxg4 { This move makes more sense now that the White Queen is displaced over on the other side of the board. } ) 33. Qh7+ { And the attack is on again! } 33... Kf8 34. Rh6 Bg8 35. Qf5+ Kg7 36. Rxc6 bxc6 { Take a look at the pawn structure! Every one of Black's pawns is isolated! This should give you a clue as to how Capa should proceed: use the Queen to harass the King and seize the initiative, create promotion threats to force the Black pieces to respond, and kill off the Black pawns one-by-one. } 37. Kg3 Qe6 38. Kxg4 Qxf5+ 39. Kxf5 { Now it's really exciting: three pawns versus a Bishop and White's King holds the opposition. } 39... Bd5 { Look at the big, pointy-headed pawn! But Lasker doesn't have much else -- all of White's pawns are on the opposite-colored from his Bishop. } 40. b4 a6 41. Kg4 Bc4 42. f5 { The connected passed pawns are becoming very dangerous, especially since they're advancing straight at the Black King. } 42... Bb3 43. Kf4 Bc2 44. Ke5 Kf7 45. a4 { A deliberate pawn sacrifice, designed to aid in driving back the Black King. } 45... Kg7 ( 45... Bxa4 46. g6+ Kg7 47. Kxe4 { The White King can now circle behind the pawns to aid their advance, plus the e-pawn will advance and join the attacking line. } ) 46. d5 Bxa4 ( 46... cxd5 47. b5 axb5 48. axb5 Bb3 { Black will find it imposible to prevent pawn advances on two fronts, but this line still offers better chances than what was actually played. } ) 47. d6 { The d-pawn sneaks past on the way to promotion! } 47... c5 { Lasker is forced to give up this pawn in order to cover d7 and prevent the d6-pawn's advance. } 48. bxc5 Bc6 { Blockading the c-pawn while still guarding against the d-pawn's advance. } 49. Ke6 a5 50. f6+ { Driving the King back further. Lasker sees that he won't be able to stop all three pawns from breaking to the eighth rank, so he resigns. } 1-0