Game 9 | World's Greatest Chess Games

Harry Nelson Pillsbury vs Emanuel Lasker
Nuremberg 1896
French Defence

[Event "Nuremberg"] [Site "Nuremberg GER"] [Date "1896.07.29"] [EventDate "1896.07.20"] [Round "9"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Harry Nelson Pillsbury"] [Black "Emanuel Lasker"] [ECO "C11"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "99"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. dxc5 Nc6 7. a3 Nxc5 8. b4 Nd7 9. Bd3 a5 10. b5 Ncb8 11. Nf3 Nc5 12. Be3 Nbd7 13. O-O g6 14. Ne2 Be7 15. Qe1 Nb6 16. Nfd4 Bd7 17. Qf2 Nba4 18. Rab1 h5 19. b6 Nxd3 20. cxd3 Bxa3 21. f5 gxf5 22. Nf4 h4 23. Ra1 Be7 24. Rxa4 Bxa4 25. Ndxe6 fxe6 26. Nxe6 Bd7 27. Nxd8 Rxd8 28. Bc5 Rc8 29. Bxe7 Kxe7 30. Qe3 Rc6 31. Qg5+ Kf7 32. Rc1 Rxc1+ 33. Qxc1 Rc8 34. Qe1 h3 35. gxh3 Rg8+ 36. Kf2 a4 37. Qb4 Rg6 38. Kf3 a3 39. Qxa3 Rxb6 40. Qc5 Re6 41. Qc7 Ke7 42. Kf4 b6 43. h4 Rc6 44. Qb8 Be8 45. Kxf5 Rh6 46. Qc7+ Kf8 47. Qd8 b5 48. e6 Rh7 49. Ke5 b4 50. Qd6+ 1-0