Lasker Museum Opening Celebration in Berlin, Germany

Thursday, October 20, 2005 was the opening celebration of the spectacular Lasker Museum in Berlin, Germany. More than 200 special guests (including Viktor Korchnoi, Yuri Averbakh, Edzard Reuter, etc.) attended this wonderful event.

Part of the celebration included an exhibition rapid game between Mathias Deutschman (the voice of Fritz) and me on PlayChess.com. The game was shown to all the guests on the big screen at the Lasker Museum.

Mathias Deutschman (2300) – Susan Polgar [D00]
Lasker Museum Celebration (Berlin – New York), Oct. 20, 2005

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.e4 dxe4 4.f3 exf3 [4…Bf5; 4…e3] 5.Nxf3 Bg4 6.h3 Bh5 [6…Bxf3 7.Qxf3 c6 8.Be3=] 7.g4 Bg6 8.Ne5 c6 [8…e6 9.Qf3 c6 unclear; 8…Nbd7 9.Qf3 c6 10.Nxg6 hxg6 unclear] 9.h4 e6 [9…Be4 10.Nxe4 Nxe4 11.Qf3 Nd6 unclear] 10.h5 Be4 11.Nxe4 Nxe4 12.Qf3 Nd6?! [12…Nf6 13.g5 (13.c3 Qd5 14.g5 Qxf3 15.Nxf3 unclear) 13…Qxd4 Black is better] 13.Bd3 [13.Bf4 Be7 14.0–0–0 h6 +=] 13…f6 14.Nc4 Nxc4 [14…Nf7 15.Bf4 Qd5 16.Rf1 Qxf3 17.Rxf3 unclear] 15.Bxc4 Qxd4 16.Bxe6 [16.Qe2 e5 17.c3 Qd6 18.Bd2 unclear] 16…Nd7 17.Be3 Ne5 18.Qe2 Qxb2 [18…Qd6 19.Bf5 Qd5 20.Kf2 Be7 =+] 19.0–0 Qa3 20.h6 Rd8 [20…Qe7 21.Bb3 gxh6 22.Rad1 unclear] 21.Rad1? [21.g5 Rd6 22.Bb3 Kd7 +=; 21.hxg7 Bxg7 22.g5 +=] 21…Rxd1 22.Rxd1 gxh6 [22…Qe7 23.Bb3 gxh6 unclear] 23.Qf2 Bd6? [23…Be7] 24.Bb3! Rf8 25.Qf5 [25.Bxa7 unclear] 25…Kd8! Black is now much better 26.Bxh6 Re8 27.Qxf6+ Kc7 28.Bf4 Nf3+ 29.Kg2 Bxf4 30.Qxf4+ Ne5 31.Re1 [31.Rh1 Qe7 Black is fine] 31…Qc5 32.Re4 b6 33.a4 Kb7 34.Qe3 Qxe3 35.Rxe3 h6 36.Kg3 Kc7 37.c3 Kd6 38.Bc2 Rg8 39.Bf5 h5 40.Kf4 Nxg4 41.Rd3+ Kc5 42.Rd7 a5 43.Rh7 Nf6 44.Rh6 Nd5+ 45.Ke5 Re8+ 46.Be6 Nc7 0–1