Lasker's Psychological Queen Sacrifice

One of Emanuel Lasker's most intriguing games, where he performed a brilliant queen sacrifice. Unlike typical sacrifices aimed at gaining a direct tactical or positional advantage, Lasker's sacrifice was purely psychological. He skillfully created chaos and imbalance on the board, leading his opponent into a labyrinth of confusion and indecision. Although Lasker's position was not objectively better after the sacrifice, his deep understanding of human nature allowed him to dominate the game. Join me as we analyze how Lasker turned the psychological tables, proving that in chess, the battle is not just on the board, but also in the mind.
1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d6 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. b3 Nc6 8. Bb2 Bd7 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Qa5 11. Qd2 Rac8 12. Rad1 Kh8 13. Nce2 Qxa2 14. Ra1 Qxb2 15. Rfb1 Qxb1+ 16. Rxb1 Rfd8 17. c4 Ne8 18. f4 a6 19. Kh1 Nc7 20. Qe3 Rb8 21. Rd1 Nb4 22. Qc3 a5 23. Ra1 b6 24. Qe3 e5 25. Nf5 Bxf5 26. exf5 Nc2 27. Qc3 Nxa1 28. Qxa1 Bf6 29. Qg1 d5 30. cxd5 Nxd5 31. fxe5 Bxe5 32. g4 f6 33. h4 b5 34. Nd4 Ne3 35. Qxe3 Rxd4 36. Bf3 a4 37. h5 a3 38. Qe2 Rbd8 0-1

[@user-ek4ic2ip9e]

Commenting for the algorithm. Great content as always :)

[@chesswisdom]

Thank you.

[@amosdraak3536]

An excellent analysis per usual, and I believe the first one (at least in English) of this game on CZcams.
Lasker’s “computer-like” play impresses me here in that he had a solid position and avoided making weaknesses while he focused on his queen-side. The queen side seemed to be the only area Lasker could both produce play without producing a weakness as well as give him winning chances (via producing a passed pawn and/or play against a weak opposing pawn). And of course, true to the style that Tal said he admired of Lasker so much, Lasker showed how to accept a relatively risky position and balance it out very well with tactical and positional concepts.
The tournament was very impressive with Bogoljubov taking clear first, followed by the aging Lasker, and third was the World Champion Capablanca, who some say may have performed better had he not decided to perform a simul in the middle of the tournament. The most famous game of that simul was his loss to Botvinnik, as wonderfully covered on this channel.
Good day.

[@i.g.l.z.9215]

Thank you for providing this very interesting and memorable context!

[@amosdraak3536]

@@i.g.l.z.9215
My pleasure. Good day

[@yggdrasil9039]

How Lasker built after the queen sac/exchange was amazing.

[@ashoksafaya5397]

Nice one a lot to learn from, thanks.

[@chesswisdom]

My pleasure.

[@ashoksafaya5397]

@@chesswisdom Would like to watch more such games, thanks.

[@dr.deepakgore1079]

Brilliant 🎉❤

[@mitchiarikov2614]

Amazing

[@i.g.l.z.9215]

A very clear analysis made it easy to follow the game and also learn some lessons for my own sake, thank you!

[@chesswisdom]

My pleasure!

[@aslampervez2294]

Thanks

[@parkashpanar9105]

😊

[@charles1615]

YOU ARE JUST EXCELLENT SIR....

[@chesswisdom]

Thank you, sir.

[@rodrigoapache2146]

haha very funny