White to move. Can you find the brilliant checkmate combination for Emanuel Lasker? 
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Brilliant Checkmate Combination by Emanuel Lasker
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1. Qf7+ Kh6
2. Qxg6 (the surprise!) Kxg6
3. Rg3+
Now black king goes to h6 or h7.
White checks with either bishop or knight, then mates with the other one. Black can only interpose ineffectually with Pf5 at one point
1. Qf7+ should do it, but had to think a lot before getting 2. Qxg6+, nice one Susan…..
Trully brilliant!
Thanks Susan.
1)Df7+ Rh6
2)Dg6+! Rg6
3)Tg3+ Rh6 (ou 3)…Rh7 4)Fd3+ Rh6 5)Cf7 mat)
4)Cf7+ Rh7
5)Fd3+ f5
6)Ff5 mat
Une très belle combinaison !! bonne journée @ bientôt
Can someone post which game this was and what year?
Lasker vs. Jacques Mieses (Leipzig, 1889)
In fact Lasker never played 21.Qf7+ but 21.Re8 instead ,he won anyway after …Rxe8 22.Rxe8 Qa5+ 23.Qxa5 Nxa5 24.Rxc8 Rxc8 25.Nxc8
Correct. That’s why it says can you help find the checkmate combination for Lasker 🙂
Hi Susan:
1.Qf7+, Kh6 (forced)
2.Qxg6+, Kxg6
3.Rg3+ (to force the King to the edge of the board), Kh7
4.Bd3+, f5
5.Bxf5+, Kh6
6.Nf7#
Orlando Hernandez
Puerto Rico
Have a nice day 🙂
I love it.
and everyone gave such good presentations of the solutions.
I am proud of everyone here.
Great Job.
Solution(s): Other than the 2. Qxg6+ approach, we have others.
1. Qf7+ Kh6 2. Rg3 Rg8 3. Be2 Qf8 4.Nxf5+ gxf5 5.Qh5 1-0
OR
1. Qf7+ Kh6 2. Rg3 Qg8 3. Nxf5+ gxf5 4. Qxf6+ Qg6 5. Qxg6 1-0
OR
1. Qf7+ Kh6 2. Rg3 Qg8 3. Nxf5+ gxf5 4. Qxf6+ Kh7 5. Qxf5+ Kh6 6. Qf6+ Kh7 7. Bd3+ Qg6 8. Qxg6 1-0
Thanks.
Gans, Louisville
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Some day this young Lasker is going to be world champion. Especially if he keeps playing like this.