Game four was played in a single sitting at the Casino de la Playa de Marianao.
Lasker,Emanuel -- Capablanca,Jose Raul [D60]
World Championship 12th Havana (4), 23.03.1921
[Capablanca/Lasker/Stripes]
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5
Deviating from game two.
4...Be7 5.e3 0-0 6.Nf3 Nbd7 7.Qc2
7.Rc1 is played about twice as often. Both it and the text score about 57% in master play.
World Championship 12th Havana (4), 23.03.1921
[Capablanca/Lasker/Stripes]
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5
Deviating from game two.
4...Be7 5.e3 0-0 6.Nf3 Nbd7 7.Qc2
7.Rc1 is played about twice as often. Both it and the text score about 57% in master play.
Black to move
7...c6
A development in which black has little freedom of movement. (Lasker)
7...c5 is the proper move (Capablanca).
The theoretical move is 7...c5 (Lasker).
8.Bd3
But that's probably not the right thing to do. Either 8.Rc1; or 8.a3 seem better as long as the c4-pawn is still hanging. For example 8...b6 9.cxd5 cxd5 10.Bb5 Bb7 11.0-0 and white applies a little pressure (Lasker).
8.0-0-0 would have been a much more energetic way of continuing, but probably White did not want to take the risk of exposing himself to a Queenside attack, having then his King on that side of the board (Capablanca).
Four years later, Hans Kmoch tried Capablanca's suggestion and won a long game. 8...dxc4 9.Bxc4 Nd5 10.h4 Re8 11.e4 Nxc3 12.Qxc3 b5 13.Bb3 Bb7 14.Kb1 Qb6 15.Be3 c5 16.d5 exd5 17.Bxd5 Nf6 18.Bxb7 Qxb7 19.e5 Qe4+ 20.Qd3 Qxd3+ 21.Rxd3 Ng4 22.Rhd1 c4 23.Rd7 Nxe3 24.fxe3 Bc5 25.R1d5 Rac8 26.Rb7 Red8 27.e4 a6 28.Ng5 Bf2 29.Nxf7 Rf8 30.Rdd7 Be3 31.Kc2 b4 32.Nd6 Rf2+ 33.Kd1 c3 34.bxc3 bxc3 35.Rxg7+ Kf8 36.Rbf7+ Rxf7 37.Rxf7+ Kg8 38.Kc2 Rc6 39.Rf3 Bd2 40.e6 Rc7 41.Rf7 Rxf7 42.Nxf7 Be1 43.Nh6+ Kf8 44.Nf5 h5 45.e7+ Kf7 46.Ng7 Kxe7 47.Nxh5 Bxh4 48.Kxc3 Kd6 49.Nf4 Bd8 50.Kd3 Ke5 51.Nd5 a5 52.a4 Bh4 53.Ne3 Be1 54.Nc4+ Ke6 55.Nd2 Bh4 56.Nf3 Bd8 57.Kc4 Bb6 58.Kb5 Bc7 59.Kc6 Bg3 60.Kb6 Kd6 61.Kxa5 Kc5 62.e5 1-0 (62) Kmoch,H -- Matisons,H Debrecen 1925
8...dxc4 9.Bxc4 Nd5 10.Bxe7 Qxe7
This position had been reached in at least four previous games with two White wins and two draws. Black managed to attain a lasting advantage in Maroczy,G -- Alapin,S, Barmen 1905. The last 27 moves were a queen ending with pawns, Black maintaining a one pawn advantage, but not able to deliver the full point.
11.0-0 Nxc3 12.bxc3 b6 13.Bd3 g6
White won in 64 moves in the other game to reach this position in the 2012 Polish youth championship.
14.a4 Bb7 15.a5 c5
16.Nd2
This may not have been White's best move. Yet it is extremely difficult to point out anything better (Capablanca).
Too little aggressive! With 16.e4 White could develop the position. For example 16...f5 (or16...Rac8 17.Qb3) 17.Nd2 (Lasker).
16...e5
Probably the only move to save the game. It was essential to break up White's center and to create a weakness in White's game that would compensate Black for his own weakness on the Queen's side of the board (Capablanca).
With this, Black completely balances the game (Lasker).
17.Be4 Bxe4 18.Qxe4 Rae8 19.axb6 axb6 20.Ra7 exd4
21.Qc6
And this is a useless entanglement. It was just a matter of exchanging queens (Lasker).
21.Qxe7 was slightly better, but Black had, in that case, an adequate defense (Capablanca).
21...Rd8 22.cxd4 cxd4
23.exd4
Not 23.Ne4 because of 23...Nb8! (Capablanca)
23...Qf6 24.Qxf6 Nxf6 25.Nf3 Nd5 26.Rb1 f6 27.Kf1 Rf7 28.Rba1 Rdd7 29.Rxd7 Rxd7 30.g3 ½-½
Lasker 2:04 - Capablanca 2:16
There was no reasonable motive to continue such a game, as there was not very much to be done by either player (Capablanca).
The total time used by both players was published in Capablanca's book on the match. However, the time control was 15 moves per hour. Having agreed to a draw after White 30th move, both players should have less than two hours.
Sources
Annotations and game times are from José Raúl Capablanca, World's Championship Matches, 1921 and 1927 (New York: Dover, 1977); and Emanuel Lasker, Mein Wettkampf mit Capablanca (Berlin: Verleger W. de Gruyter & Company, 1922). These are reproduced in two ChessBase DVDs: Master Class, vol. 04: José Raúl Capablanca (2015) and Master Class, vol. 05: Emanuel Lasker (2015). Lasker's annotations are in German.
A development in which black has little freedom of movement. (Lasker)
7...c5 is the proper move (Capablanca).
The theoretical move is 7...c5 (Lasker).
8.Bd3
But that's probably not the right thing to do. Either 8.Rc1; or 8.a3 seem better as long as the c4-pawn is still hanging. For example 8...b6 9.cxd5 cxd5 10.Bb5 Bb7 11.0-0 and white applies a little pressure (Lasker).
8.0-0-0 would have been a much more energetic way of continuing, but probably White did not want to take the risk of exposing himself to a Queenside attack, having then his King on that side of the board (Capablanca).
Four years later, Hans Kmoch tried Capablanca's suggestion and won a long game. 8...dxc4 9.Bxc4 Nd5 10.h4 Re8 11.e4 Nxc3 12.Qxc3 b5 13.Bb3 Bb7 14.Kb1 Qb6 15.Be3 c5 16.d5 exd5 17.Bxd5 Nf6 18.Bxb7 Qxb7 19.e5 Qe4+ 20.Qd3 Qxd3+ 21.Rxd3 Ng4 22.Rhd1 c4 23.Rd7 Nxe3 24.fxe3 Bc5 25.R1d5 Rac8 26.Rb7 Red8 27.e4 a6 28.Ng5 Bf2 29.Nxf7 Rf8 30.Rdd7 Be3 31.Kc2 b4 32.Nd6 Rf2+ 33.Kd1 c3 34.bxc3 bxc3 35.Rxg7+ Kf8 36.Rbf7+ Rxf7 37.Rxf7+ Kg8 38.Kc2 Rc6 39.Rf3 Bd2 40.e6 Rc7 41.Rf7 Rxf7 42.Nxf7 Be1 43.Nh6+ Kf8 44.Nf5 h5 45.e7+ Kf7 46.Ng7 Kxe7 47.Nxh5 Bxh4 48.Kxc3 Kd6 49.Nf4 Bd8 50.Kd3 Ke5 51.Nd5 a5 52.a4 Bh4 53.Ne3 Be1 54.Nc4+ Ke6 55.Nd2 Bh4 56.Nf3 Bd8 57.Kc4 Bb6 58.Kb5 Bc7 59.Kc6 Bg3 60.Kb6 Kd6 61.Kxa5 Kc5 62.e5 1-0 (62) Kmoch,H -- Matisons,H Debrecen 1925
8...dxc4 9.Bxc4 Nd5 10.Bxe7 Qxe7
White to move
This position had been reached in at least four previous games with two White wins and two draws. Black managed to attain a lasting advantage in Maroczy,G -- Alapin,S, Barmen 1905. The last 27 moves were a queen ending with pawns, Black maintaining a one pawn advantage, but not able to deliver the full point.
11.0-0 Nxc3 12.bxc3 b6 13.Bd3 g6
White won in 64 moves in the other game to reach this position in the 2012 Polish youth championship.
14.a4 Bb7 15.a5 c5
White to move
16.Nd2
This may not have been White's best move. Yet it is extremely difficult to point out anything better (Capablanca).
Too little aggressive! With 16.e4 White could develop the position. For example 16...f5 (or16...Rac8 17.Qb3) 17.Nd2 (Lasker).
16...e5
Probably the only move to save the game. It was essential to break up White's center and to create a weakness in White's game that would compensate Black for his own weakness on the Queen's side of the board (Capablanca).
With this, Black completely balances the game (Lasker).
17.Be4 Bxe4 18.Qxe4 Rae8 19.axb6 axb6 20.Ra7 exd4
White to move
21.Qc6
And this is a useless entanglement. It was just a matter of exchanging queens (Lasker).
21.Qxe7 was slightly better, but Black had, in that case, an adequate defense (Capablanca).
21...Rd8 22.cxd4 cxd4
White to move
23.exd4
Not 23.Ne4 because of 23...Nb8! (Capablanca)
23...Qf6 24.Qxf6 Nxf6 25.Nf3 Nd5 26.Rb1 f6 27.Kf1 Rf7 28.Rba1 Rdd7 29.Rxd7 Rxd7 30.g3 ½-½
Lasker 2:04 - Capablanca 2:16
There was no reasonable motive to continue such a game, as there was not very much to be done by either player (Capablanca).
The total time used by both players was published in Capablanca's book on the match. However, the time control was 15 moves per hour. Having agreed to a draw after White 30th move, both players should have less than two hours.
Sources
Annotations and game times are from José Raúl Capablanca, World's Championship Matches, 1921 and 1927 (New York: Dover, 1977); and Emanuel Lasker, Mein Wettkampf mit Capablanca (Berlin: Verleger W. de Gruyter & Company, 1922). These are reproduced in two ChessBase DVDs: Master Class, vol. 04: José Raúl Capablanca (2015) and Master Class, vol. 05: Emanuel Lasker (2015). Lasker's annotations are in German.
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