180
Resigns.
There might follow 42. K-Kt3, P-Kt3; 43. Q-R4, BxPch; 44. KxB, P- Kt4ch, and so on. 4l. ... B-Q3 would have given White a little respite, though his game would still have been hopeless after PxP and R-K8.
GAME No. 15
White: Aljechin. Black: Niemzowitsch.
Ruy Lopez (see p. 41).
1. P-K4 P-K4
2. Kt-KB3 Kt-QB3
3. B-Kt5 P-QR3
4. B-R4 Kt-B3
5. Castles KtxP
6. P-Q4 P-QKt4
7. B-Kt3 P-Q4
8. PxP B-K3
9. P-B3 B-K2 10. R-K1
--------------------------------------- 8 | #R | | | #Q | #K | | | #R | |---------------------------------------| 7 | | | #P | | #B | #P | #P | #P | |---------------------------------------| 6 | #P | | #Kt| | #B | | | | |---------------------------------------| 5 | | #P | | #P | ^P | | | | |---------------------------------------| 4 | | | | | #Kt| | | | |---------------------------------------| 3 | | ^B | ^P | | | ^Kt| | | |---------------------------------------| 2 | ^P | ^P | | | | ^P | ^P | ^P | |---------------------------------------| 1 | ^R | ^Kt| ^B | ^Q | ^R | | ^K | | --------------------------------------- A B C D E F G H
Diag. 122
This is one of the most important positions in the Ruy Lopez. Black has the better development, but his centre is less secure. Whilst White has a pawn secured in the centre, Black has a Knight there which will soon be driven away. White's Q4, the basis of his centre, is entirely in his hands, while Black's Q4 is exposed to a steady pressure by the White pieces. Finally Black's Q Kt is unfavourably placed, obstructing as it does the QBP and preventing it from falling into line with its fellows. In Petrograd, 1909, Lasker tried the following new defence:
