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The game against Bauer was played at the beginning of Lasker's career in the first round of the 1889 Amsterdam tournament, Lasker's first high-level closed event. Lasker finished second with a 6/8 score, a point behind the winner
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22... Bf6 23. Qxb7 Kg7 24. Rf1 Rab8 25. Qd7 Rfd8 26. Qg4+ Kf8 27. fxe5 Bg7 28. e6 Rb7 29. Qg6 f6 30. Rxf6+ Bxf6 31. Qxf6+ Ke8 32. Qh8+ Ke7 33. Qg7+ Kxe6 34. Qxb7 Rd6 35. Qxa6 d4 36. exd4 cxd4 37. h4 d3 38. Qxd3
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Refusing the second bishop does not save Black: 17...f5 loses to 18.Be5 Rf6 19.Rf3 with Rg3 to follow, and 17...f6 loses to 18.Bh6.
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for his queen, but now Lasker has a decisive material advantage. Now Lasker converts this advantage into the win.
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was not correct and he lost the game. Nevertheless, it may have been an inspiration for Lasker.
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A similar sacrifice occurred earlier in Burn–Owen, 1884, but in this case the sacrifice by
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The same sacrificial pattern was echoed in a number of later games, notably
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23:Animation of the game (Lasker white; Bauer black)
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946:19th century in Amsterdam
498:Position after 14...Nxh5
931:Chess in the Netherlands
842:"Lasker vs. Bauer, 1889"
526:, which eventually wins
122:to describe chess moves.
941:1889 in the Netherlands
896:Oxford University Press
90:, Seventh Essent 2003.
534:and the game by force.
132:White: Emanuel Lasker
74:, St Petersburg 1914;
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862:"Burn vs. Owen, 1884"
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549:18. Qg4+ Kh7 19. Rf3
136:Black: Johann Bauer
82:, Lucerne 1982; and
961:1889 in Dutch sport
822:List of chess games
956:August 1889 events
898:. pp. 32–33.
888:(1996) . "Bauer".
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926:Chess games
100:James Mason
68:Nimzowitsch
16:Chess match
920:Categories
828:References
510:(diagram)
59:, winning
39:played in
524:sacrifice
111:John Owen
96:Amos Burn
45:sacrifice
41:Amsterdam
816:See also
588:resigned
530:material
518:equality
128:The game
72:Tarrasch
61:material
47:of both
566:forking
141:Opening
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84:Polgar
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153:A03)
76:Miles
29:chess
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53:pawn
35:and
27:The
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