Lasker, Emanuel – Euwe, Max (Nottingham 1936) by Andreas
White to move. How do you assess this position? What is the best continuation for White?
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1.b4!, Bb4 2. Nc2 wins a piece and the game.
Kamalakanta
Yes. Anon is right. I found it too after about 5 minutes of trying out other moves. I tried 1. Nf3 , 1. Kxc4 , etc.. At first I saw that 1. Nc2 has the idea of 2. b4 and Black has to be careful not to retreat the Knight to b6 i.e. 1. Nc2 Nb6 2. b4
The position looks at first drawish and one would not suspect that a combination can be unfolded from it.
If I’m not mistaken, it’s from Lasker-Euwe at Nottingham 1936 – one of the many losses of Euwe as world champion
If I’m not mistaken, it’s from Lasker-Euwe at Nottingham 1936 – one of the many losses of Euwe as world champion.
Actually, Euwe played very good at Nottingham 1936. Had he not lost this game, he would have shared first price with Botvinnik and Capablanca.