Hastings, 15 August 1895 (French Defence). Lasker meets Gunsberg's French with a vigorous King's-side pawn storm; after Gunsberg's Knight is left loosely placed on the Rook's file, Lasker wins material and drives home a mating attack, Gunsberg resigning. Notes by H. N. Pillsbury.
6…Bxc5Kt to Q B 3 is far superior.
12.Nf3White avoids wisely the complications arising from 12. P x P, Kt B, ch; 13. P x Kt, Kt x K P; 14. P x Kt, B x P, &c., as Black appears to obtain too strong an attack for the sacrificed Piece. (See diagram.)
13.a313. B x P, R x B; 14. Q x R, Kt to K B sq, followed by Kt x P, ch, would have given Black a winning superiority.
15…d4R to Q sq, followed soon by Kt to K sq, would be better. The text loses at least a Pawn.
16…Nh5It would be better to retreat this Knight to K sq. It is loosely placed at R 4.
17…a5P to K Kt 3 was absolutely necessary to save the Knight.
24…Bxh4+Black recovers the exchange for his lost Piece, but it is not enough.
Horace F. Cheshire, The Hastings Chess Tournament 1895 (1896) · Public domain · source