Lasker-Pillsbury match simulation

Both players choose solid variations and the match started with 5 draws.

[pgn][Event "Lasker-Pillsbury match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2022.01.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lasker, Comp"]
[Black "Pillsbury, Comp"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2022.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O
Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 h6 10. Rd1+ Ke8
11. h3 a5 12. Bf4 a4 13. e6 Bxe6 14. Bxc7 h5 15. b3 f6 16. bxa4 Bb4 17. Ne4 Bd5
18. a3 Be7 19. Nc3 Bxf3 20. gxf3 Bd8 21. Bxd8 Rxd8 22. Rdb1 Rd7 23. Ne4 Kf7 24.
Nc5 Rd2 25. Rxb7+ Kg6 26. Rc1 Rd5 27. Nb3 Nd4 28. Nxd4 Rxd4 29. Rb4 Rd2 30. Rc4
Re8 31. Rf1 Re5 32. Kg2 Rg5+ 33. Kh2 Ra5 34. h4 Rad5 35. Rb1 Rxf2+ 36. Kg3 Rdd2
37. a5 Rg2+ 38. Kf4 Rh2 39. Rg1+ Kh6 40. Kg3 Rxc2 41. Rf4 Rhd2 42. a6 Rc3 43.
Ra4 Rdd3 44. a7 Rxf3+ 45. Kh2 Rcd3 46. a8=Q Rh3+ 47. Kg2 Rhg3+ 48. Kf2 Rgf3+
1/2-1/2
[/pgn]

[pgn][Event "Lasker-Pillsbury match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2022.01.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Pillsbury, Comp"]
[Black "Lasker, Comp"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D66"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2022.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5
Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. Bd3 c6 8. O-O h6 9. Bh4 dxc4 10. Bxc4 b5 11. Bd3
Bb7 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. a3 a5 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Nd7 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. f4 Nc5
18. Bb1 b4 19. Ne2 Ba6 20. axb4 Rfd8 21. Nd4 Bxf1 22. bxc5 Bb5 23. Qe1 a4 24.
Be4 Rc7 25. h3 g5 26. Qg3 Rcd7 27. Nf3 Rd1+ 28. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 29. Kh2 Qf8 30. fxg5
Qg7 31. h4 Be2 32. Nd4 Bd3 33. Bxc6 a3 34. bxa3 hxg5 35. Bb7 gxh4 36. Qxg7+
Kxg7 37. a4 Ra1 38. c6 Be4 39. Ba6 Rc1 40. Bb5 Kf8 41. a5 Ke7 42. a6 Kd8 43.
Kh3 Rh1+ 44. Kg4 Kc7 45. a7 Ra1 46. Kxh4 Rxa7 47. Kg5 Ra3 48. Kf6 Bg6 49. Nxe6+
fxe6 50. Kxg6 Ra5 51. Bd3 Rd5 52. Bb1 1/2-1/2
[/pgn]

[pgn][Event "Lasker-Pillsbury match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2022.01.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lasker, Comp"]
[Black "Pillsbury, Comp"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2022.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O
Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5 8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Ne8 10. c4 Bf6 11.
Re1 d5 12. cxd5 Qxd5 13. Be3 Be6 14. Nc3 Qa5 15. Ne4 Rd8 16. Nc5 Nd6 17. Bd3
Rfe8 18. a3 c6 19. Bf4 Qb6 20. b4 Nf5 21. Be5 Bxe5 22. dxe5 a5 23. Qb1 axb4 24.
axb4 g6 25. Bxf5 Bxf5 26. Qb2 Rd5 27. Qc3 Qc7 28. g4 Rxc5 29. bxc5 Bxg4 30. Qb4
h5 31. Ra7 Rb8 32. Qf4 Re8 33. Qf6 Qd7 34. h4 Be6 35. Qf4 Qe7 36. Qb4 Rb8 37.
Rea1 Kh7 38. Rb1 Bf5 39. Rxb7 Rxb7 40. Qxb7 Qe6 41. Rb4 Qd5 42. Rf4 Be6 43. Qe7
1/2-1/2
[/pgn]

[pgn][Event "Lasker-Pillsbury match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2022.01.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Pillsbury, Comp"]
[Black "Lasker, Comp"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D66"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2022.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5
Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. Rc1 c6 8. Bd3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 a6 10. e4 b5 11. Bd3 c5
12. e5 Nd5 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Be4 Bb7 15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. Bxd5 exd5 17. dxc5 Nxc5
18. O-O Rac8 19. h3 Qd7 20. Qd4 Ne6 21. Qb6 Nf4 22. Kh2 Qe6 23. Qe3 Qf5 24.
Rfe1 Ne6 25. Red1 Rxc1 26. Rxc1 Rd8 27. Nd4 Nxd4 28. Qxd4 Qe4 29. Qe3 1/2-1/2

[/pgn]

[pgn][Event "Lasker-Pillsbury match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2022.01.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Lasker, Comp"]
[Black "Pillsbury, Comp"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2022.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O
Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. dxe5 Nxb5 7. a4 d6 8. e6 Bxe6 9. axb5 Ne5 10. Nd4 Be7 11. f4
Nc4 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Qe2 Nb6 14. Nxe6 fxe6 15. Qxe6+ Kh8 16. Be3 Bf6 17. Rfe1
Re8 18. Qf5 a5 19. bxa6 Bxc3 20. bxc3 bxa6 21. c4 Qd7 22. Qxd7 Nxd7 23. Bd2 Kg8
24. Ba5 Nb6 25. Rxe8+ Rxe8 26. Bxb6 cxb6 27. Rxa6 Re4 28. Rxb6 Rxc4 29. Rxd6
Rxc2 1/2-1/2
[/pgn]

[pgn][Event "Lasker-Pillsbury match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2022.01.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Pillsbury, Comp"]
[Black "Lasker, Comp"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2022.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O
Nxe4 5. d4 Be7 6. Qe2 Nd6 7. Bxc6 bxc6 8. dxe5 Nb7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Nd4 Bc5 11.
Be3 Qe8 12. f4 f6 13. Na4 Bb6 14. Rae1 d5 15. Nf3 c5 16. b3 d4 17. Bd2 f5 18.
c4 Nd8 19. Nb2 Ne6 20. Nd3 Bb7 21. Ng5 g6 22. h3 a5 23. a4 Rb8 24. g4 Qc6 25.
Kh2 Nxg5 26. fxg5 Qe4 27. gxf5 gxf5 28. Bf4 Qxe2+ 29. Rxe2 Ba7 30. h4 Rfe8 31.
Rb2 Re6 32. h5 Be4 33. Nf2 Bf3 34. h6 Bc6 35. Kg3 Bxa4 36. Ra1 Bc6 37. Rxa5 Bb6
38. Ra1 Kf7 39. Re2 Rg8 40. Kh4 Bf3 41. Ree1 Bb7 42. Rf1 Bg2 43. Rg1 Be4 44.
Rge1 Bf3 45. Bd2 Bb7 46. Ra2 Reg6 47. Nh3 Be4 48. Nf2 Bg2 49. Raa1 c6 50. e6+
Rxe6 51. Rxe6 Kxe6 52. Nd3 Be4 53. Nf4+ Kf7 54. Nh5 Rc8 55. Ra6 Bd8 56. Bf4 Be7
57. Ra7 d3 58. Be3 Kf8 59. Kg3 Kf7 60. Nf4 d2 61. Bxd2 Rg8 62. g6+ hxg6 63. Nh3
Ke6 64. Bg5 Bd6+ 65. Nf4+ Bxf4+ 66. Kxf4 Rh8 67. Re7+ Kd6 68. h7 Bc2 69. Bf6
1-0
[/pgn]

Both competitors play positionally. The openings used by Lasker in the second half of the match proved not to be solid enough. In games eleven and twelve, Lasker gained the advantage but finally failed to break Pillsbury's defense.

[pgn][Event "Lasker-Pillsbury match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2022.01.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Lasker, Comp"]
[Black "Pillsbury, Comp"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2022.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3
Nxe4 5. Qe2 Qe7 6. d3 Nf6 7. Bg5 Qxe2+ 8. Bxe2 Be7 9. Nc3 h6 10. Be3 Na6 11.
O-O-O c6 12. Rde1 Nc7 13. Ne4 O-O 14. Nxf6+ Bxf6 15. Rhg1 Nd5 16. Bd2 Re8 17.
g4 Bd8 18. h4 Bb6 19. Rg2 Bd7 20. h5 Re7 21. c4 Rae8 22. Bd1 Rxe1 23. Nxe1 Nc7
24. f4 Ne6 25. f5 Ng5 26. Nf3 Nh7 27. b4 Be3 28. Bxe3 Rxe3 29. Kd2 Re8 30. c5
dxc5 31. bxc5 Nf6 32. Nd4 Re5 33. Nb3 g6 34. d4 Re7 35. hxg6 fxg6 36. Na5 Ne4+
37. Kd3 gxf5 38. Nxb7 Kh7 39. Nd6 Nxd6 40. cxd6 Rg7 41. Bc2 h5 42. g5 Rg6 43.
Bd1 Rxd6 44. Bxh5 c5 45. Kc4 Rxd4+ 46. Kxc5 Rh4 47. Bf7 Kg7 48. g6 Re4 49. Kd6
Be8 50. Be6 f4 1/2-1/2
[/pgn]

[pgn][Event "Lasker-Pillsbury match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2022.01.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Pillsbury, Comp"]
[Black "Lasker, Comp"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C66"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2022.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O
d6 5. d4 Bd7 6. Nc3 Be7 7. d5 Nb8 8. a4 O-O 9. Bxd7 Nbxd7 10. Nd2 Ne8 11. a5 a6
12. Qe2 Bg5 13. b4 Qe7 14. Rb1 g6 15. Nd1 f5 16. c4 b6 17. Ne3 Bf4 18. g3 Bh6
19. exf5 gxf5 20. axb6 cxb6 21. f4 Ng7 22. Bb2 a5 23. c5 bxc5 24. b5 Rab8 25.
Rbe1 a4 26. Ba1 Qe8 27. Ndc4 exf4 28. gxf4 Nb6 29. Qf3 Nxc4 30. Nxc4 Qxb5 31.
Nxd6 Qd7 32. Be5 Rb6 33. Nc4 Rg6+ 34. Kh1 Ne8 35. Ba1 Nf6 36. Rd1 Qb7 37. Ne5
Ne4 38. Nxg6 hxg6 39. Qg2 Kf7 40. Qh3 Bg7 41. Qh7 Rg8 42. Rf3 Kf8 43. Qxg6 Qf7
44. Qxf7+ Kxf7 45. Bxg7 Rxg7 46. Rg1 Rxg1+ 47. Kxg1 Ke7 48. Ra3 Kd6 49. Rxa4
Kxd5 50. Kf1 c4 51. Ra5+ Kd4 52. Ke2 Nc3+ 53. Kd2 1-0
[/pgn]

[pgn][Event "Lasker-Pillsbury match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2022.01.08"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Lasker, Comp"]
[Black "Pillsbury, Comp"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D42"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2022.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3
Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. O-O Nc6 9. a3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 b6 11. Qc2
h6 12. Bb2 Bb7 13. e4 Rc8 14. Qe2 Na5 15. Rad1 cxd4 16. cxd4 Bd6 17. Ne1 Qc7
18. Qg4 Bxh2+ 19. Kh1 Bf4 20. d5 Be5 21. Bxe5 Qxe5 22. f4 Qc3 23. Rf3 f5 24.
exf5 exd5 25. Rg3 Rc7 26. Qh5 Nc4 27. Qxh6 Rf6 28. Qg5 Rcf7 29. Be2 Rh6+ 30.
Kg1 Qf6 31. Nc2 Nd6 32. Bd3 Rh4 33. Re1 Bc8 34. Ne3 Qxg5 35. Rxg5 Rxf4 36. Nxd5
Rd4 37. Ne7+ Rxe7 38. Rxe7 Rxd3 39. f6 Rd1+ 40. Kh2 Rf1 41. Rg6 Bf5 42. Rgxg7+
Kf8 43. g4 Bc2 44. g5 Be4 45. Kh3 Nf5 46. Ref7+ Ke8 47. g6 Rf3+ 48. Kh2 Rf2+
49. Kh3 Rf3+ 50. Kg4 Ne3+ 51. Kh5 Rf5+ 52. Kh4 Rf4+ 53. Kg3 Rf3+ 54. Kh4 Rf4+
55. Kh3 Rf3+ 56. Kh4 Rf4+ 1/2-1/2
[/pgn]

[pgn][Event "Lasker-Pillsbury match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2022.01.10"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Pillsbury, Comp"]
[Black "Lasker, Comp"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D53"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2022.??.??"]

1. d4 {0} d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4.
Bg5 Be7 5. e3 Ne4 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. cxd5 Nxc3 8. bxc3 exd5 9. Qb3 c6 10. Bd3 O-O
11. Ne2 b6 12. O-O Nd7 13. Rfc1 Nf6 14. h3 Bd7 15. Nf4 Rac8 16. a4 Rfd8 17. Ba6
Rc7 18. c4 dxc4 19. Bxc4 Be8 20. Re1 h6 21. Rac1 Kf8 22. Ne2 Ne4 23. a5 Nd2 24.
Qb2 Nxc4 25. Rxc4 Rb7 26. Rec1 Kg8 27. Qc3 Rd5 28. axb6 axb6 29. Nf4 Ra5 30.
Nd3 f6 31. Qc2 Qd6 32. Nb4 c5 33. Qe4 Rb8 34. dxc5 Rxc5 35. Rxc5 bxc5 36. Nd3
Rc8 37. Rxc5 Rxc5 38. Nxc5 Qxc5 39. Qxe8+ Kh7 40. Qe4+ Kh8 41. g4 Qd6 42. h4
Qd8 43. Kg2 Qd7 44. Qf5 Qd8 45. Kh3 Qa8 46. e4 Qa1 47. Kg2 Qc1 48. Qf3 Qd2 49.
Qf5 Qc1 50. e5 fxe5 51. Qxe5 Qc6+ 52. Kh2 1/2-1/2
[/pgn]

[pgn][Event "Lasker-Pillsbury match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2022.01.10"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Lasker, Comp"]
[Black "Pillsbury, Comp"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2022.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c5 3. c4 e6 4. cxd5
exd5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. a3 Ne4 10. Nfd2 O-O 11.
Nxe4 dxe4 12. Qxd8 Rxd8 13. Bxe4 Bg4 14. e3 Ne5 15. Bxb7 Rab8 16. Bg2 Nd3 17.
Nc3 Nxb2 18. Bxb2 Rxb2 19. Na4 Rc2 20. Be4 Rc4 21. Nxc5 Rxc5 22. Rfc1 Re5 23.
Bc6 g6 24. Rc4 Bh3 25. Rh4 Be6 26. Rd4 Rc8 27. Bd7 Bxd7 28. Rxd7 Rc2 29. Rad1
Ra2 30. g4 Re4 31. h3 Re6 32. Rxa7 Rf6 33. Rf1 Re6 34. h4 h6 35. Ra8+ Kg7 36.
Ra4 Rc6 37. Kg2 Rc3 38. Rd1 Raxa3 39. Re4 Rd3 40. Rb1 Rab3 41. Rc1 Rdc3 42. Rg1
Rc2 43. Rd1 Rbb2 44. Rf4 Rd2 45. Rg1 1/2-1/2
[/pgn]

[pgn][Event "Lasker-Pillsbury match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2022.01.10"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Pillsbury, Comp"]
[Black "Lasker, Comp"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2022.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5
Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. dxc5 Nc6 7. a3 Bxc5 8. b4 Bxg1 9. Rxg1 O-O 10. Qh5 Qb6 11. Rh1
a5 12. b5 Nd4 13. Bd3 g6 14. Qh3 Nc5 15. a4 f6 16. Ba3 fxe5 17. fxe5 Bd7 18.
O-O-O Rf2 19. Kb1 Nxd3 20. Rxd3 Nxc2 21. Bd6 Nb4 22. Bxb4 axb4 23. Nxd5 exd5
24. Qxd7 Rd8 25. Qe7 Rf7 26. Qxb4 Rf2 27. Rc1 Qe6 28. Rc2 Rxc2 29. Kxc2 Qxe5
1/2-1/2
[/pgn]

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Points
Emanuel Lasker	½	½	½	½	½	0	½	0	½	½	½	½	5
Harry Nelson Pilssbury	½	½	½	½	½	1	½	1	½	½	½	½	7