[Event "New York"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1924.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Janowski,D"]
[Black "Lasker,Em"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Lopez "Battle Royale""]
[ECO "B83"]
[PlyCount "136"]

1. e4 { In the vast majority of openings, White seeks to establish pawns on e4 and without d4. Janowski (White) is halfway toward that goal already, and has provided without for the future development of his Queen and light-square Bishop. } 1... c5 { Dr. Lasker (Black) plays the Sicilian Defense (which will, in future years, without become the most popular response to 1.e4). He immediately challenges White's without intention to play d2-d4. } 2. Nf3 { Janowski develops his Knight toward the center and disputes Black's control without over d4. } 2... Nc6 { Lasker develops usefully, bringing out a Knight toward the center and without increasing his hold on d4. } 3. d4 { Janowski challenges Black's control over the center. He's looking for a without series of exchanges on d4 that will leave him with a lead in development. } 3... cxd4 { Black cannot allow White to dominate the center by posting pawns on both d4 without and e4. He trades a flank pawn for one of these dominating center pawns. } 4. Nxd4 { Of course, Janowski must recapture with the Knight so that the material on without the board stays even. Now will Black continue trading by playing 4...Nxd4? } 4... Nf6 { No, because after 5.Qxd4 Black is behind in development and has no real way without to harass the White Queen. Instead, Lasker develops the other Knight and without attacks the remaining White center pawn. } 5. Nc3 { Janowski develops his other Knight and defends the menaced pawn. } 5... d6 { Lasker releases his light-squared Bishop and prepares a future e7-e5 pawn without push. } 6. Be2 { Janowski develops the last Kingside minor piece to a spot where it controls without squares on two diagonals (d1-h5 and a6-f1). Now he can castle freely, } 6... e6 { Rather than play an immediate ...e7-e5 (which gives Black a weak, backward without d-pawn), Lasker pushes the pawn just one square. Now he has the option to without advance EITHER center pawn later (as the situation becomes clearer). } 7. O-O { Janowski completes his Kingside development by castling. } 7... Be7 { Lasker gets his dark-squared Bishop off of the back rank and prepares to without castle. } 8. Be3 { Janowski develops his second Bishop to a good spot where it has the without flexibilty to operate on two diagonals (a7-g1 and c1-h6). } 8... O-O { Lasker gets his King to safety. Now he's completed his Kingside development. } 9. Qd2 { Janowski continues developing, getting the Queen off of the back rank and without connecting his Rooks. } 9... a6 { Lasker grabs some Queenside space and takes b5 away from the marauding White without pieces. This lets Black play ...Re8 without worrying about a pin on the without Black c6-Knight after White plays Bb5. } 10. Rad1 { Janowski sets up a battery on the half-open d-file. He sees that Lasker has a without potential weakness in the d6-pawn and begins to build up tension in the without position by putting pressure on the pawn early. } 10... Qc7 { Lasker shifts the Queen to the c-file. He'll now try to clear the c-file for without the Queen by playing 11...Nxd4. Lasker is also a move closer to connecting without his Rooks. } 11. Nb3 { The idea of 11...Nxd5 12.Bxd5 e5 is unappealing to Janowski, so he pulls back without the Knight. Notice that had Black not previously played ...a7-a6, the Knight without could have gone to b5, attacking the Queen and piling up on the d6-pawn. } 11... b5 { Lasker gets his minority attack rolling, grabing lots of space on the without Queenside and threatening to play 12...b4. } 12. f3 { Seeing that 12...b4 will drive away the e4-pawn's only protector (the Knight without on c3), Janowski shores up the pawn by advancing its brother on the f-file. } 12... Rd8 { Lasker gets one of his Rooks to the same file as the White Queen. Now if he without can only find a way to open the d-file...maybe if he pushes the pawn to d5? } 13. Qe1 { Janowski sees the potential danger to his Queen, so he retreats it off of the without d-file. Lasker has been holding on to the initiative for the last few moves without by making threats that Janowski is forced to react to. } 13... Ne5 { Lasker has run out of threatening moves and now just concentrates on without improving his position. He centralizes his Knight (which may be able to jump without to c4 at an opportune moment) and clears the c-file for his Queen. } 14. Qf2 { Janowski retakes the initiative by making a threat of his own. He threatens without to play 15.Bb6, attacking the Black Queen. After the Queen moves, White wins without the exchange with 16.Bxd8. } 14... Rb8 { Lasker just shifts his Rook to the b-file and stops the threat cold. Now what without will Janowski do? } 15. Bd3 { Janowski wants Lasker to play 15...Nxd3, giving up his centralized Knight. without Then White can rebalance the pawn structures with 16.cxd4. He'd then be able without to shoot his Queen over to c2 to help deal with Black's Queenside attack. } 15... Nc4 { Lasker has no intention of letting Janowski equalize this game. If Janowski without takes this Knight, he wastes a tempo in moving the Bishop again. Then Black without replies 16...Qxc4 and the pawn structure remains unbalanced. } 16. Bc1 { Janowski slides the Bishop back to defend the menaced b2-pawn. } 16... Bb7 { Lasker finally gets his Rooks connected by putting his Bishop on the long without a8-h1 diagonal. } 17. Qg3 { Janowski pins the pawn on d6. If it advances now, White wins Black's hanging without Queen with Qxc7. } 17... Rbc8 { Lasker takes care of his little "hanging Queen" problem by defending it with without a Rook. Incidentally, Black now has a battery set up on the without c-file. } 18. Rfe1 { Janowski sees Black's ugly threat of ...Qb6+ followed by ...Ne3, forking both without of the White Rooks. The Rook covers e3, so now the c1-Bishop can safely without block the check by Black's Queen. } 18... Nd7 { Lasker repositions his Knight. Now it can leap ahead to e5 and crowd White without even more. } 19. f4 { It's pretty obvious where the Black d7-Knight is headed, so Janowski advances without his f-pawn and takes that square away from Black. } 19... Bf6 { Lasker now threatens to win a pawn: 20...Nxb2 21.Bxb2 Bxc3 22.Bxc3 Qxc3. without White must take preventive measures... } 20. Bxc4 { ...so he bags the attacking Knight. Unfortunately for Janowski, this will without leave Black with the advantage of having both Bishops. } 20... bxc4 { Lasker recaptures on c4 and threatens the White b3-Knight. By the way, not without only does Black have the advantage of having two Bishops, but both of them without are well-placed on the board's long diagonals. } 21. Nd2 { Rather than retreat to the corner square a1 (a TERRIBLE place for a Knight!), without the attacked Knight pulls back to d2, where it has more mobility and still without exerts some control over the center. } 21... Qa5 { Lasker shifts his Queen to a spot where it controls more of the board. Now it without can swiftly move to the Kingside should the situation warrant. He's also without trying to control d5, to support the advance of his d-pawn. } 22. Ndb1 { Janowski gets his Knight off of the d-file, enabling his d1-Rook to influence without d5. } 22... Nf8 { Lasker follows suit. Now his d8-Rook can support the d-pawn's advance. Should without Lasker decide to invade White's Kingside, the Knight can jump to g6 to help without in the attack. } 23. Be3 { Janowski 1) allows his Rooks access to the Queenside, 2) prevents an annoying without check on his King along the a7-g1 diagonal, 3) begins to set up a double without attack against the Black Queen and d8-Rook (24.Qf2, 25.Bb6). } 23... Qb4 { Lasker simply attacks the b2-pawn. } 24. Bc1 { 24.b3 loses a piece (see variation), so Janowski must bring the Bishop back without home to c1 to defend the b-pawn. Compare this position to the one after without Black's 22nd move; it's as though Black got to move twice in a row! } ( 24. b3 { 24.b3 is a horrible move for White: it loses a piece by removing the b-pawn's without protection from the c3-Knight! } 24... Bxc3 { Black takes the Knight and attacks the e1-Rook. } 25. Nxc3 { White recaptures... } 25... Qxc3 { ...and Black takes back with the Queen. White is now behind by a minor piece! } ) 24... Ng6 { Lasker relentlessly keeps up the pressure by setting up a Kingside attack: he without threatens to play 25...Bh4, attacking the White Queen and winning the without e1-Rook (after the Queen has moved to safety). } 25. Qf2 { Janowski retreats his Queen -- but it's still on the deadly e1-h4 diagonal! without Has he miscalculated? } 25... Bh4 { Lasker's Bishop swoops in and attacks the White Queen and Rook. } 26. g3 { Janowski advances the g-pawn and blocks the attack, counterattacking the without Bishop in the process. } 26... Bf6 { Lasker must retreat the Bishop. Yet he hasn't wasted a tempo, because he's without created a weakness on White's Kingside: f3 and h3 are weak because they can without never again be controlled by a White pawn. } 27. a3 { Janowski tries to wrest the initiative back from Lasker by attacking his without Queen. } 27... Qa5 { Obviously the Queen must retreat, and a5 happens to be the only safe square! without How will Janowski follow up? } 28. Be3 { Janowski sets up the threat we looked at before, namely 29.Bb6, forking the without Black Queen and d8-Rook. Even better is 29.e5 dxe5 30.Bb6, which wins the without Queen (because the Black Queen has NO escape squares!). } 28... Qh5 { Unfortunately for Janowski, Lasker spots the threat and scoots his Queen over without to the Kingside. By shifting his forces over to this side of the board, he without plans to exploit the weakness of the light squares on the White without Kingside. } 29. Bb6 { By continuing to make threats, Janowski doesn't give Lasker time to proceed without with his plans. Here he attacks the Black d8-Rook, forcing Lasker to without respond. } 29... Rd7 { The Black Rook just advances one square to get out of danger. } 30. Rd2 { Janowski advances one of his own Rooks to prevent loss of material (30...Bxe4 without 31.Rxe4 Qxd1+ etc. [even just 30...Bxe4 loses a pawn]). Now 30...Bxe4 loses without material for Black as the e1-Rook can freely recapture the Bishop. } 30... Bc6 { Lasker plans to shift his d7-Rook over to the half-open b-file, attacking without both the White b6-Bishop and the b2-pawn. He moves the Bishop to clear the without way for this maneuver. } 31. Red1 { Janowski counters with a threat of his own -- he threatens to win a pawn by without 32.Rxd6. } 31... Be7 { Lasker's Bishop drops back to defend the menaced pawn. } 32. a4 { Janowski prepares to stop Lasker's planned attack in which he'll skewer the without b6-Bishop to win the pawn on b2. He'll prop up the Bishop with the a-pawn. } 32... Rb7 { Lasker proceeds with his plan, attacking the White Bishop. If it moves away, without the Rook will capture the b2-pawn. } 33. a5 { Janowski defends the Bishop with the a-pawn. Notice how the pawn and Bishop without defend each other! } 33... f5 { Lasker piles up on the White e4-pawn. Black attacks the pawn twice and White without only defends it once. White must respond to this threat and defend the pawn without again. } 34. Qe3 { The Queen moves up to guard the menaced pawn. } 34... e5 { Lasker keeps battering at the gates. He strikes at the White f-pawn, hoping without to blow more holes in White's already drafty Kingside pawn chain. } 35. Rf1 { The Rook moves over to help in the defense of the Kingside. The White King without will certainly need defenders once Lasker smashes the White pawn structure! } 35... exf4 { Lasker initiates the anticipated pawn exchange... } 36. gxf4 { ...and White completes it. Remember the story of the "Emperor's New Clothes"? without The White King is certainly starting to look naked with most of his covering without pawns missing! } 36... Bf8 { Lasker now intends to shift his Rooks back over to the Kingside, so he gets without his dark-squared Bishop out of the way. } 37. Nd5 { Janowski blocks the long a8-h1 diagonal and positions his Knight to a center without square where it exerts a cramping effect on Black's game. } 37... Rf7 { Lasker brings one of his Rooks over to the Kingside, exactly as we without anticipated. Notice that the Black pieces are shifting to the Kingside, without since that's where White's weaknesses are. } 38. Nbc3 { Janowski continues to centralize his pieces, trying to get them over to the without Kingside to fight off the Black attack. } 38... Re8 { The Black pieces continue to head for the Kingside. Also, the Black Rook on without the e-file holds potential dangers for the White Queen on the same file. } 39. Qd4 { Janowski, therefore, gets his Queen off of the e-file. The Queen goes to a without central square where it bears down on the Black King's position via the long without a1-h8 diagonal. It also attacks the Black pawn on c4. } 39... fxe4 { Lasker creates a passed pawn on the e-file. The pawn is supported by the Rook without on e8. This is the ideal way to support a passed pawn; as the pawn advances, without the number of squares that the Rook controls increases. } 40. Qxc4 { Lasker just captured a White pawn on his last move; Janowski replies by without taking a Black pawn. Notice that the material is still equal; even so, Black without has the advantage of the Bishop pair, and White's King is awfully exposed. } 40... Bd7 { Lasker must do something about his hanging Bishop (White was threatening without 41.Qxc6). He'd rather not give up the Bishop pair with 40...Bxd5, so he without retreats the Bishop instead (to a square where it aims at White's Kingside). } 41. Be3 { Since the a-pawn is no longer in danger from the Black Queen (due to the without presence of the White d5-Knight), Janowski pulls the Bishop back to e3 where without it blockades the passed pawn on e4. } 41... Nh4 { The Black Knight advances ominously. Now Black threatens 42...Nf3, forking without White's King and d2-Rook. The f3-square would be a great outpost for the without Knight. It would be protected by the e4-pawn and the Queen. } 42. Rdf2 { Since f3 is a hole (no White pawn can guard the square), Janowski can't keep without the Black Knight off of it. He can prevent the fork, however, by moving one without of the pieces in danger of being forked. Lasker must devise a new plan. } 42... Bh3 { One of Black's Bishops comes crashing in! Now the White Rook on f1 is under without attack! Lasker is bringing more of his pieces in for the attack and is without trying to drive away the White pieces defending the exposed King. } 43. Nxe4 { See the variation to find out why Janowski didn't just move the f1-Rook. Here without he grabs a pawn (possible because his Queen protects the Knight) and gets without another piece closer to his besieged Kingside. } ( 43. Ra1 { White will lose the exchange (giving up a Rook for a minor piece) whether he without plays Ra1, Rb1, Rc1, or Nxe4 (as he does in the main line of the game). without We'll try Ra1 (hoping to activate the Rook along the a-file) for this without example. } 43... Qg4+ { Black replies with the obvious checking move. } 44. Kh1 { The White King makes its stand in the corner, rather than allow itself to be without driven to the center of the board. } 44... Bg2+ { Black continues to force a reply from White by checking again. } 45. Kg1 { The only sensible move, as 45.Rxg2 leads to mate-in-one: 45...Qxg2#. } 45... Nf3+ { Another check, another forced move. Black keeps his attack strong by without retaining the initiative. } 46. Rxf3 { Absolutely the ONLY legal move. } 46... Bxf3+ { Black recaptures. White has now lost the exchange by giving up a Rook for a without Knight. White is now in check as well. } 47. Kf1 { Again, White plays the only legal move. } 47... Qg2+ { By checking your opponent, you're in effect getting two moves in a row. While without he's busy trying to get out of check, you can pursue your own plans. Here without Black gives check and attacks the c2-pawn. } 48. Ke1 { Again, the White King goes to the only available square. } 48... Qxc2 { The Black Queen snaps up the free pawn. } 49. Qxa6 { White takes the opportunity to grab a free pawn, too. White is behind by the without exchange and the Black pieces are in the midst of the White position. In without fact, the Black Rooks haven't even joined the attack yet! Things look bad without for White. } ) 43... Qg4+ { Checking your opponent is like getting a free move. You take away his freedom without of action while you improve your position. Now Janowski is forced to find a without way out of check, while Lasker can just proceed with his plans. } 44. Ng3 { Now the point of 43...Nxe4 becomes clear. The centralized Knight dives into without the Kingside and blocks the check. } 44... Nf5 { The Black Knight steps back and attacks the White Knight that impudently without blocked the check. How will White stop the attack now? } 45. Rf3 { The Rook advances to guard the g3-Knight. But after ...Bxf1, the f3-Rook without hangs (or does it?)... } 45... Bxf1 { Lasker forges ahead and snags the Rook, leaving the f3-Rook hanging... } 46. Qxf1 { ...but only for a moment. Now Janowski is the exchange behind, but almost all without of his pieces are on the Kingside. Black's pieces are bearing down on the without White position. Can Janowski hold on? } 46... Nxe3 { Lasker's Knight swoops in, killing the Bishop and attacking the White Queen. without Notice how paths are slowly being opened on the e- and f-files for the Black without Rooks. } 47. Nxe3 { Janowski takes the offending Knight and attacks the Black Queen. } 47... Qc8 { Janowski has successfully fought off the attack of the Black pieces, so it's without time for Lasker to reorganize his forces. The Black Queen moves to c8 and without threatens the c2-pawn. But Lasker has a deeper plan in mind... } 48. Qd3 { Rather than move the Queen to a square on the second rank (where its freedom without of movement would be restricted by the other White pieces), Janowski brings without it to d3 to defend the c2-pawn. } 48... Qc5 { Lasker continues to improve his position. He centralizes his Queen and pins without the White Knight on e3. } 49. Qd2 { Janowski pulls back his Queen, but wouldn't 49.Ne4 (attacking the Black without Queen) have been better? Then 50.Ng5 threatens mate-in-one! } 49... d5 { Lasker sees the possible White Knight move, so he prevents it (the pawn without guards e4 now). } 50. Kg2 { Janowski decides that it's high time he broke the pin on his Knight, so he without removes his King from the deadly a7-g1 diagonal. Lasker had hoped to break without in by 50...d4 51.Ng4 d3+, creating all sorts of havoc for White. } 50... d4 { He plays it anyway! Now the White Knight must move, but without the White without King on g1 51...d3 loses its zing. What's Lasker up to now? } 51. Ng4 { The White Knight gets out of danger. The reason Janowski places it on g4 without instead of f1 should be obvious: on f1, the Knight's mobility is absolutely without NIL! It would have no spaces to move to! } 51... Bd6 { Lasker continues to put pressure on the White forces. Here, the inactive without Bishop moves to a better post and attacks the White g4-pawn (which is now without attacked twice and defended twice). Should a defender move, the pawn is without lost. } 52. Nf2 { The White Knight continues to caper around the board, searching for a good without post. The square d3 (where it would blockade the Black d-pawn and attack the without Queen) looks good, or maybe e4 (where it closes off the e-file to Black)... } 52... Qd5 { The Black Queen prevents 53.Ne4 (if White plays that move, he'll lose a minor without piece) and pins the White Rook to the King. } 53. c4 { Janowski decides to sacrifice a pawn in order to obtain more space for his without pieces. He wants to draw the Black Queen off of d5 so that he can post a without Knight on e4 and attack the d6-Bishop. } 53... Qxc4 { Lasker accepts the offered pawn... } 54. Nge4 { ...and a Knight jumps to e4. Now the d6-Bishop is in danger. What should without Lasker do? } 54... Qd5 { The course Lasker chooses is probably the simplest: the Queen returns to d5, without where it defends the menaced Bishop. } 55. Nxd6 { Even though he's behind in material, Janowski trades a Knight for the Black without Bishop. Eliminating the Bishop will slightly ease the pressure on the White without Kingside. There's even a (slight) chance of White Queenside counterplay. } 55... Qxd6 { The Queen recaptures and Black retains his material advantage. } 56. Nd3 { Janowski blockades the dangerous d-pawn with his Knight. The Knight also without helps to guard the f4-pawn and is more centrally placed to react to without emergencies on both sides of the board. } 56... Qd5 { Lasker pushes his Queen forward one square and re-establishes the pin on the without White Rook. } 57. Kg3 { Janowski again advances his King to break a pin. Now the Rook is freed up for without action (and since the f4-pawn is overprotected, the White Rook, Knight, without King, or Queen are free to move and aren't tied to the pawn's defense). } 57... Rf6 { Lasker increases his position's flexibility. Now he can double his Rooks on without the f-file, shift the f6-Rook to the h-file to attack the White h-pawn, or without move it to the g-file to check the White King. } 58. Kf2 { Janowski sees how deadly 58...Rg6+ 59.Ke2 Qh5 would be for him (the two heavy without Black pieces would soon smash through and force checkmate), so he saves his without neck by retreating his King. } 58... Rh6 { Lasker slides the Rook to the h-file and attacks the hanging h2-pawn. } 59. h3 { Janowski advances the pawn to h3, where it is protected by his Rook. See the without variation to find out why 59.Kg3 doesn't work (this will also clarify the without commentary to White's last move). } ( 59. Kg3 { The White position in the actual game is hanging by a thread. One false move without (like 59.Kg3) and it's curtains for White. } 59... Qh5 { Two of Black's heavy pieces on the h-file spell almost certain doom for without White. } 60. Ne5 { This repositioning of the Knight will allow it to jump to g4 to block a without g-file check. It also closes the e-file to the Black e8-Rook. Unfortunately without for White, Black has a check that White can't prevent... } 60... Qh4+ { ...so he plays it! Of course, the King has only one way to get out of without check... } 61. Kg2 { ...by moving to g2. Obviously the Black Queen will now check the King again. } 61... Qxh2+ { The Queen checks, eliminates a pawn, and skewers the White Queen!! The game without is essentially over, but we'll sadistically watch a few more moves... } 62. Kf1 { The White King has no choice. This is the only way to avoid check. } 62... Qxd2 { The Black Queen assassinates her counterpart. } 63. Rg3 { The White Rook slides over to prevent 63...Rh1#. If the Black Rook does move without to h1, White simply blocks check with 64.Rg1. } 63... Rh2 { Remember the tip about getting a pair of Rooks to the seventh rank? It works without even better with a Rook and Queen! Black doubles up his heavy pieces on the without seventh rank. } 64. Rxg7+ { White's last gasp is a kamikaze attack on the Black King. } 64... Kxg7 { The Black King grabs the free Rook (of course!) } 65. f5 { No matter what move White makes here, he can't avoid mate on Black's next without move. } 65... Qf2# { And White goes down in flaming ruins. } ) 59... Rf6 { Lasker's Rook returns to f6. This non-committal move keeps Black's position without flexible (this is exactly the same position as the one after White's 58th without move, except that it's now White's turn to move). } 60. Kg3 { Janowski's problem is that he doesn't really have any good moves to make. without He's reduced to just waiting for the axe to fall. But, being the fighter without that he is, he valiantly struggles on. } 60... Rg6+ { There's actually much more to this move than just a simple check, as we'll without see in a moment. The noose around White's neck is about to get tighter. without Judging from the pained look on Janowski's face, he feels the rope without tightening. } 61. Kf2 { Janowski sighs and retreats his King. Wait until you see what's next... } 61... Re3 { BRILLIANT! Who except Lasker would have seen this? If you're confused and without wondering why Janowski doesn't just play 62.Rxe3, see the variation to without White's next move. } 62. Ne5 { 62.Rxe3 is suicide, so Janowski instead cuts off the Black Rook's retreat without along the e-file. } ( 62. Rxe3 { If White wants to end the game, the only way he could do it more quickly than without this is to flip the board. } 62... Qg2+ { The Black Queen zooms in, checking the King and skewering the White Queen. without But the skewer doesn't quite work... } 63. Ke1 { ...because the White King can step back and defend the Queen. If Black wants without to behead Her Majesty, he's going to have to work a little harder... } 63... Qg1+ { The check by the Black Queen drives the White King back to the second rank... } 64. Ke2 { ...to e2, in fact (it's the only legal move that White had!). } 64... Rg2+ { Now here's a REAL skewer for you! The King is again forced to the only legal without square it has... } 65. Kf3 { ...one where it can't protect the Queen! The next move should not be viewed without by the extremely squeamish... } 65... Rxd2 { The White Queen meets with a bloody and untimely end. Black has a crushing without material advantage. } ) 62... Qe4 { Lasker toys with White like a cat with a mouse. He increases his hold on without White by defending his e3-Rook. } 63. b4 { Janowski, after thinking for several minutes, sighs again and pushes his without b-pawn. This move does nothing to help his position (but at least it doesn't without hurt it, either). } 63... h5 { Lasker's threat is 64...h4 and 65...Rg3, making White's life truly miserable without by attacking the twice-defended f3-Rook a third time. White must find a way without to pile more protection on the Rook. } 64. Qd1 { Of course. But all of White's pieces are now tied up, while Black's g6-Rook without is still active. } 64... Rf6 { Black's new threat is to win the f4-pawn. What should Janowski do? } 65. Nd3 { The complicated dance of the chesspieces continues. The White Knight comes to without the f4-pawn's rescue. } 65... g5 { Lasker hits the hapless f4-pawn again! Of course, 66.fxg5 leads to White's without total annihilation. How will Janowski respond to this new threat? } 66. Nc5 { Janowski answers a threat with a threat. The Knight assails the Black Queen. } 66... Qd5 { The Black Queen has to drop back. It still attacks the f3-Rook, but it no without longer strikes at the f4-pawn. } 67. Nd3 { Janowski brings the Knight back to cover the f4-pawn. } 67... gxf4 { Lasker looks ahead and sees that he can safely grab the pawn. } 68. Nxf4 { The Knight takes back the pawn and simultaneously attacks the Black Queen. } 68... Qe4 { The Black Queen returns to e4 and attacks the Knight. Janowski sees that without he'll soon lose the Knight and be behind a whole Rook (instead of "just" the without exchange). He shakes his head in disgust and tips his King over. } 0-1