Featured is a chess miniature between Emanuel Lasker and Vasja Pirc from 1935. In response to Pirc’s Sicilian Scheveningen, Lasker launches his f-pawn with an eye on the f5-break. Pirc ignores this idea and looks to quickly maneuver his knight to the invasive c4-square. The issue with Pirc’s knight transfer is that it neglects development when the position is about to be cracked open. Lasker’s forceful sequence of follow-up moves decides the game after only 20 moves.
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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O a6 8. Be3 Qc7 9. f4 Na5 10. f5 Nc4 11. Bxc4 Qxc4 12. fxe6 fxe6 13. Rxf6 gxf6 14. Qh5+ Kd8 15. Qf7 Bd7 16. Qxf6+ Kc7 17. Qxh8 Bh6 18. Nxe6+ Qxe6 19. Qxa8 Bxe3+ 20. Kh1