Lasker - Bauer, Amsterdam, 1889

The chess game between Emanuel Lasker and Johann Hermann Bauer played in Amsterdam in 1889 is one of the most famous of all time on account of Lasker's sacrifice of both bishops to blow away the pawn cover around his opponent's king and win material.

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Chess - Emanuel Lasker - Johann Hermann Bauer - Amsterdam - Bishop

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The same sacrificial pattern as seen in this game has been echoed in a number of later games, notable examples including Nimzovich-Tarrasch, St Petersburg 1914; Miles-Browne, Lucerne 1982; and Polgar-Karpov, Hoogeveen 2003.

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Nimzovich - Tarrasch - Miles - Browne - Polgar - Karpov

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The game was played right at the beginning of Lasker's career in the first round of the 1889 Amsterdam tournament, the first high-level closed tournament Lasker participated in. Lasker finished the tournament in second place with 6/8, a point behind the winner Amos Burn and ahead of James Mason and Isidor Gunsberg among others. Bauer finished sixth of the nine participants with 3.5/8.

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Amos Burn - James Mason - Isidor Gunsberg

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