[Event "Berlin Grandmasters it"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "1918.09.28"]
[EventDate "1918.09.28"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Lasker, Emanuel"]
[Black "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[ECO "C78"]
[PlyCount "112"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Be7 6.O-O b5 7.Bb3
d6 8.d3 Na5 9.h3 O-O 10.Bg5 Bb7 11.Nd2 h6 12.Bh4 Nxb3 13.axb3
d5 14.Re1 dxe4 15.dxe4 Nd7 16.Bxe7 Qxe7 17.Nf1 Nc5 18.Ng3 g6
19.b4 Ne6 20.Nd5 Qg5 21.Qg4 Qxg4 22.hxg4 f6 23.Ne3 Rfd8 24.f3
Rd6 25.Ne2 Rad8 26.Nc1 c5 27.bxc5 Nxc5 28.b4 Ne6 29.Nb3 Kf7
30.Kf2 Rc8 31.Rad1 Rcd8 32.Rxd6 Rxd6 33.Rh1 Kg7 34.g3 Bc8
35.Rc1 Bd7 36.Ra1 Bc8 37.c3 Rd3 38.Rc1 Bd7 39.Ke2 Rd6 40.Ra1
Bc8 41.Na5 Nc7 42.c4 bxc4 43.Nexc4 Rd4 44.Rc1 Nb5 45.Nc6 Rd7
46.N4a5 Rc7 47.Rc5 Be6 48.Nd8 Bg8 49.f4 Rxc5 50.bxc5 exf4
51.gxf4 h5 52.gxh5 gxh5 53.Kf3 Kf8 54.Ndc6 Ke8 55.Kg3 Nc3
56.Kf3 f5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Berlin Grandmasters it"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "1918.09.28"]
[EventDate "1918.09.28"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Tarrasch, Siegbert"]
[Black "Schlechter, Carl"]
[ECO "C78"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. O-O b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. d3 d6 9. Nd5 Na5 10. Nxe7+ Qxe7 11. Bg5 h6
12. Bh4 Nxb3 13. axb3 Qe6 14. Re1 Bb7 15. Qd2 Nd7 16. Qe3 f5
17. exf5 Qxf5 18. Nd2 Nc5 19. f3 Ne6 20. Bg3 Nd4 21. Rac1 Qg6
22. b4 a5 23. bxa5 Rxa5 24. Ne4 Ra2 25. c3 Nf5 26. Qd2 Nxg3
27. hxg3 Qf7 28. Ra1 Rxa1 29. Rxa1 Ra8 30. Rxa8+ Bxa8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Berlin Grandmasters it"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "1918.09.29"]
[EventDate "1918.09.28"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Lasker, Emanuel"]
[Black "Tarrasch, Siegbert"]
[ECO "D34"]
[PlyCount "111"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 c5 3.c4 e6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.g3 Nf6 7.Bg2
Be7 8.O-O O-O 9.dxc5 Bxc5 10.Bg5 d4 11.Ne4 Be7 12.Bxf6 Bxf6
13.Rc1 Re8 14.Ne1 Bf5 15.Nc5 Bc8 16.Nxb7 Bxb7 17.Rxc6 Qa5
18.a3 Rab8 19.Rc2 Ba6 20.Nd3 Bxd3 21.Qxd3 Rec8 22.Rfc1 Rxc2
23.Rxc2 h6 24.Be4 Re8 25.b4 Qe5 26.Bf3 Bd8 27.Rc5 Qe7 28.Rb5
Qf6 29.Rf5 Qb6 30.Rb5 Qf6 31.a4 Qd6 32.Qc4 Bf6 33.Bd5 Re7
34.Rc5 Rd7 35.a5 g6 36.h4 Be5 37.Kg2 Kg7 38.Be4 Qe7 39.Bc6 Rd8
40.Bd5 Qf6 41.Rc6 Qf5 42.Rc5 Qf6 43.Bf3 d3 44.exd3 Bd4 45.Rc6
Qe5 46.Rc7 Qf6 47.b5 g5 48.hxg5 hxg5 49.Qa2 Rh8 50.Bd5 Rf8
51.b6 axb6 52.a6 g4 53.a7 Qh6 54.Kf1 Qd6 55.Rxf7+ Rxf7 56.Bxf7
1-0

[Event "Berlin Grandmasters it"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "1918.10.01"]
[EventDate "1918.09.28"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[Black "Schlechter, Carl"]
[ECO "A54"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1.d4 {Notes by Dr. Lasker, Emanuel.} Nf6 2.Nf3 d6 3.c4 Bg4
4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.h3 Bxf3 6.exf3 e5 7.Be3 c6 {Unnecessary. Black
must play 7...Be7 followed by ...O-O.} 8.Be2 Be7 9.O-O O-O
10.Qc2 Qc7 11.Rad1 exd4 12.Bxd4 Rfe8 13.f4 Rad8 14.Rd2 a6
15.Rfd1 Nf8 16.Be3 Ne6 {Black intends to play 17...b5.} 17.a4
a5 18.f5 Nc5 19.Bf4 Bf8 20.Bf3 Nfd7 21.Bxd6 Bxd6 22.Rxd6 Ne5
23.Rxd8 Nxf3+ 24.gxf3 Rxd8 25.Ne4 {!} Rxd1+ {? Unnecessary!
Now White takes control of the d-file. Why not 25...b6,
followed by ...f6?} 26.Qxd1 b6 27.Qd4 {!} Nxa4 {Black is in
trouble; for example: 27...Nxe4 28.fxe4 f6 29.c5!, or 27...Nd7
28.f6, and if 28...g6? 29.c5!. The only chance is offered by
27...Nd7 28.f6 Nxf6 29.Nxf6+ gxf6 30.Qxf6 Qd7 31.Kg2, and now
perhaps 31...b5.} 28.f6 {!} Nc5 {Now White wins by force.}
29.Nxc5 bxc5 30.Qg4 g6 31.Qg3 {!} Qd8 32.Qe5 a4 33.h4 h6
34.Kg2 Qc8 35.Kg3 Qd8 36.Kg2 Qc8 37.Qxc5 Qe6 38.Qe7 Qc8 39.c5
g5 40.hxg5 hxg5 41.Qe3 Qe6 42.Qxg5+ Kf8 43.Qg7+ Ke8 44.Qg8+
Kd7 45.Qg4 Ke8 46.Qxe6+ fxe6 47.Kg3 Kf7 48.Kf4 Kxf6 49.Ke4 1-0

[Event "Berlin Grandmasters it"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "1918.09.30"]
[EventDate "1918.09.28"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Schlechter, Carl"]
[Black "Lasker, Emanuel"]
[ECO "C28"]
[PlyCount "114"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d3 Be7 5. Nge2 d6 6. O-O Be6
7. Bxe6 fxe6 8. f4 exf4 9. Nxf4 Qd7 10. d4 e5 11. dxe5 Nxe5
12. Nfd5 O-O 13. Bg5 Nxd5 14. Qxd5+ Nf7 15. Bxe7 c6 16. Qc4
Qxe7 17. Rad1 Rae8 18. Rd2 Qe6 19. Qd4 a6 20. b3 Re7 21. Rdf2
Rfe8 22. Rf4 h6 23. Qf2 Qg6 24. h4 Ne5 25. Rf8+ Kh7 26. Rxe8
Rxe8 27. Qf4 Ng4 28. Qf7 Re5 29. Qxg6+ Kxg6 30. Rd1 Re6
31. Rd3 Kf6 32. Rf3+ Ke7 33. Rf4 Ne3 34. Rf2 b5 35. Re2 Ng4
36. Nd1 d5 37. Nf2 Nxf2 38. Kxf2 dxe4 39. Ke3 Kd6 40. Rd2+ Ke5
41. Rd8 Rg6 42. Re8+ Kd5 43. Rd8+ Ke5 44. Re8+ Kf5 45. Rf8+
Kg4 46. Ra8 Kxh4 47. Rxa6 Kg3 48. a4 bxa4 49. bxa4 Re6 50. a5
g5 51. Rb6 Re5 52. Rxc6 h5 53. a6 g4 54. Rh6 h4 55. a7 Ra5
56. Rh7 Kxg2 57. Rxh4 g3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Berlin Grandmasters it"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "1918.10.03"]
[EventDate "1918.09.28"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Tarrasch, Siegbert"]
[Black "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[ECO "C54"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d4 exd4 6.cxd4 Bb4+
7.Bd2 Bxd2+ 8.Nbxd2 d5 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Qb3 Nce7 11.O-O O-O
12.Rfe1 c6 13.Ne4 Nb6 14.Bf1 Nf5 15.Rad1 Be6 16.Qa3 Nc4 17.Qc3
Ncd6 18.Nc5 Bd5 19.Re5 b6 20.Na6 f6 21.Ree1 Rc8 22.Nb4 Qd7
23.Nxd5 cxd5 24.Qb3 Nc4 25.Rc1 Nfd6 26.Bd3 Rfe8 27.Rxe8+ Qxe8
28.Re1 Qd7 29.Bb1 Re8 30.Qd3 g6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Berlin Grandmasters it"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "1918.10.08"]
[EventDate "1918.09.28"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[Black "Lasker, Emanuel"]
[ECO "D33"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1.d4 {Notes by Dr. Lasker, Emanuel.} d5 2.Nf3 c5 3.c4 e6 4.cxd5
exd5 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.g3 Nf6 7.Bg2 Be6 8.O-O Be7 9.dxc5 Bxc5 10.Bg5
O-O 11.Rc1 Bb6 {!? A bit speculative, but it seems to be the
right continuation.} 12.b3 Re8 13.e3 Nb4 {! Threatening
14...h6 15.Bxf6 Qxf6 16.a3 Nc6 17.Nxd5 Qb2!.} 14.Nd4 h6
15.Bxf6 Qxf6 16.a3 Nc6 17.Nxd5 Bxd5 18.Bxd5 Nxd4 19.exd4 Re7
20.Qg4 Bxd4 {Better is 20..Qxd4 21.Rc8+ Rxc8 22.Qxc8+ Kh7
23.Bxb7 g6 24.Ba6 Rc7 and Black has a good position as
compensation for the pawn.} 21.Bxb7 {!} Rd8 {Naturally not
21...Rxb7? because of 22.Rc8+.} 22.Rc6 Qe5 23.Rc8 Rxc8
24.Qxc8+ Kh7 25.Qc2+ g6 26.Bf3 Bb2 27.a4 a5 28.Rd1 Qc3 29.Qxc3
Bxc3 30.Kg2 Kg7 31.Rd6 Bb4 32.Rd8 Bc3 33.Bd5 h5 34.Bc4 Bb4
35.h4 Be1 36.Rd5 Bb4 37.f3 Be1 38.g4 hxg4 39.fxg4 Ra7 40.h5
gxh5 41.Rxh5 Re7 42.Kf3 Bd2 43.Rd5 Bb4 44.Bd3 Kf8 45.Rb5 Re1
46.Be4 Bd2 47.Rb8+ Kg7 48.Bd5 Re3+ 49.Kf2 Re7 50.Rb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Berlin Grandmasters it"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "1918.10.08"]
[EventDate "1918.09.28"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Schlechter, Carl"]
[Black "Tarrasch, Siegbert"]
[ECO "C26"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Bc5 4. Nc3 d6 5. Be3 O-O 6. Nf3 Nc6
7. h3 Qe7 8. O-O Be6 9. Bb3 Rad8 10. Re1 Bb4 11. Bd2 Bc5
12. Nd5 Bxd5 13. exd5 Nd4 14. Nxd4 Bxd4 15. c3 Bb6 16. d4 Nd7
17. Qh5 h6 18. Qf5 g6 19. Qg4 Kg7 20. Ba4 f5 21. Qg3 Nf6
22. Qf4 Rh8 23. Qf3 e4 24. Bb3 c6 25. dxc6 bxc6 26. Qe2 d5
27. Bf4 Bc7 28. Bxc7 Qxc7 29. c4 Qb6 30. Rac1 Rc8 31. Qd2 Rhd8
32. Rc3 dxc4 33. Rxc4 Rd6 34. Rec1 Rcd8 35. Qf4 R8d7 36. Rc5
Qb4 37. Rxc6 Rxc6 38. Rxc6 Qxd4 39. Be6 Re7 40. Rc7 Qd1+
41. Kh2 Qd8 42. Rxe7+ Qxe7 43. Qe5 h5 44. g3 Kh6 45. Qf4+ Kg7
46. Qe5 Kh6 47. b4 h4 48. gxh4 Nh7 49. b5 Qxh4 50. Qg3 Qf6
51. Qf4+ Kg7 52. Qc7+ Kh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Berlin Grandmasters it"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "1918.10.06"]
[EventDate "1918.09.28"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Schlechter, Carl"]
[Black "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[ECO "C28"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.d3 Bc5 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 d6 7.Nd5
g5 8.Bg3 Nxd5 9.Bxd5 Ne7 10.h4 Nxd5 11.exd5 Qf6 12.Qd2 Rg8
13.hxg5 hxg5 14.Ne2 Bd7 15.d4 exd4 16.O-O-O O-O-O 17.Nxd4 Rh8
18.Nb3 Bb6 19.Rxh8 Rxh8 20.Re1 Bf5 21.Qe2 Bg6 22.a4 a6 23.a5
Ba7 24.f3 g4 25.fxg4 Qg5+ 26.Qd2 Qxg4 27.Bxd6 Qc4 28.Bg3 Rd8
29.d6 cxd6 30.Rd1 Be4 31.Bf2 Bxc2 32.Qxc2 Qxc2+ 33.Kxc2 Bxf2
34.Rf1 Ba7 35.Rxf7 Rg8 36.Nd2 Rxg2 37.Kd3 Bc5 38.b3 d5 39.Rf5
Bb4 40.Nf3 Rb2 41.Rxd5 Rxb3+ 42.Kc4 Rb1 43.Nd2 Rb2 44.Nb3 Be7
45.Kc3 Ra2 46.Rh5 Ra4 47.Rh8+ Kd7 48.Rh7 Kd6 49.Nc5 Ra3+
50.Nb3 Ra2 51.Rh6+ Kd7 52.Rb6 Kc7 53.Re6 Bd6 54.Re4 Rh2
55.Rc4+ Kd7 56.Nc5+ Bxc5 57.Rxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Berlin Grandmasters it"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "1918.10.09"]
[EventDate "1918.09.28"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Tarrasch, Siegbert"]
[Black "Lasker, Emanuel"]
[ECO "C50"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be3 Bb6 7.O-O
Be6 8.Bb3 h6 9.Qd2 Ba5 10.Qc1 Bxc3 11.bxc3 d5 12.Ba4 Qd6
13.Qb2 O-O 14.Qxb7 Bd7 15.Bxc6 Bxc6 16.Qa6 dxe4 17.Nxe5 Qxe5
18.Qxc6 Ng4 19.g3 Nxe3 20.fxe3 exd3 21.cxd3 Qxe3+ 22.Rf2 Qb6
23.Qc4 Rae8 24.Raf1 Re6 25.d4 Qc6 26.Qd3 f6 27.Rf3 Rfe8 28.d5
Qc5+ 29.Qd4 Qxd4+ 30.cxd4 Ra6 31.R1f2 Re1+ 32.Kg2 Rc1 33.Rb3
Kf7 34.Rb8 Ra5 35.Rd8 Rc4 36.Rd7+ Kg6 37.d6 cxd6 38.Rxd6 Rca4
39.h4 Ra3 40.Rf3 Rxa2+ 41.Rf2 Rxf2+ 42.Kxf2 Kf5 43.h5 Ke4
44.Rd7 Rg5 45.Rxa7 Kxd4 46.Ra4+ Kd3 47.Rh4 Rf5+ 48.Kg2 Ke3
49.Rg4 Rg5 50.Rh4 f5 51.Kh2 Rg4 52.Rh3 Kf3 0-1

[Event "Berlin Grandmasters it"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "1918.10.12"]
[EventDate "1918.09.28"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Lasker, Emanuel"]
[Black "Schlechter, Carl"]
[ECO "D30"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Bg5 c5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Nc3 Be6
7. e3 Nbd7 8. Bb5 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Be7 10. f4 a6 11. f5 axb5
12. fxe6 Ne5 13. Bf4 Ng6 14. exf7+ Kxf7 15. O-O b4 16. Nce2
Re8 17. Rc1 Rc8 18. Qb3 Qd7 19. Rxc8 Rxc8 20. Bg5 Kg8 21. Bxf6
Bxf6 22. Qxb4 Ne5 23. b3 Nc6 24. Qd2 Nxd4 25. exd4 Re8 26. Nc3
Qg4 27. Rf4 Qe6 28. Rf1 Qg4 29. Rd1 Bg5 30. Qd3 Be3+ 31. Kh1
Qxd4 32. Qb5 Qe5 33. Rxd5 Qe7 34. Rd7 Qf6 35. Rd1 Rf8 36. Nd5
Qf2 37. Nxe3 Qxe3 38. h3 b6 39. Qd3 Qf2 40. a4 h6 41. Qd4 Qe2
42. Kh2 Kh8 43. Rd3 Rf6 44. Re3 Qf1 45. Re8+ Kh7 46. Qe4+ g6
47. Re7+ Rf7 48. Re6 Rf6 49. Qb7+ Rf7 50. Qb8 b5 51. axb5 Qf4+
52. Qxf4 Rxf4 53. Re7+ Kg8 54. b6 1-0

[Event "Berlin Grandmasters it"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "1918.10.11"]
[EventDate "1918.09.28"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[Black "Tarrasch, Siegbert"]
[ECO "A43"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c5 3.d5 d6 4.Nc3 e5 5.dxe6 Bxe6 6.e4 Be7 7.Bg5
Nbd7 8.Be2 O-O 9.O-O Nb6 10.Qd2 d5 11.exd5 Nbxd5 12.Nxd5 Qxd5
13.Qxd5 Nxd5 14.Bxe7 Nxe7 15.Rfe1 h6 16.Bc4 Bxc4 17.Rxe7 Bd5
18.Rd1 Rfd8 19.a3 Kf8 20.Rc7 Bc6 21.Re1 Rac8 22.Rxc8 Rxc8
23.Ne5 Re8 24.Re3 Rd8 25.Kf1 Be8 26.Ke1 Rd4 27.g3 Ba4 28.b3
Be8 29.f3 Rd6 30.Nd3 b6 31.Kd2 Bb5 32.Kc3 Bd7 33.a4 g5 34.f4
f6 35.Re1 Re6 36.Rxe6 Bxe6 37.Nb2 Ke7 38.Nd1 gxf4 39.gxf4 Kf7
40.Ne3 Kg6 41.Kd3 Kh5 42.Ke4 Bc8 43.Kd5 Kh4 44.Kd6 Kh3 45.Kc7
Be6 46.f5 Bf7 47.Kb7 h5 48.Kxa7 Kxh2 49.Kxb6 Kg3 50.a5 Kf3
51.a6 1-0

