The chess game between Emanuel Lasker and Johann 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 eliminate the pawn cover around his opponent's king and win material.
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,...
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Lasker - Bauer, Amsterdam, 1889
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