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Moscow · Nov 1896
Lasker 12½–4½ Steinitz
Lasker won 12½–4½.
The score gap, game by game: up is Lasker.
The move that cost the match's loser the most, in a game they lost.
Lasker v Steinitz · 1–0
25... Rxe4 by Steinitz: chances 58% → 26%
The coach: dxc5 instead (the arrow) — with it, Steinitz was a bit better.
Replay it: Study › Follow a live game › World Championship 1896: Lasker v Steinitz › Game 16
Each line is White's chances move by move, as the coach saw them; above the middle, White is better. The mark is the costliest move.
45 moves · e4 e5 Nf3 Nc6 · accuracy Steinitz 84.9, Lasker 88.6
Costliest move: 10. Ba3 (Steinitz, 48% → 23%)
36 moves · e4 e5 Nf3 Nc6 · accuracy Lasker 92.0, Steinitz 87.8
Costliest move: 34... Nf8 (Steinitz, 26% → 14%)
39 moves · e4 e5 Nf3 Nc6 · accuracy Steinitz 87.4, Lasker 91.2
Costliest move: 10. Ba3 (Steinitz, 48% → 23%)
66 moves · e4 e5 Nf3 Nc6 · accuracy Lasker 95.5, Steinitz 94.1
No move cost more than 12%.
39 moves · d4 d5 c4 e6 · accuracy Steinitz 89.6, Lasker 89.4
Costliest move: 17. g4 (Steinitz, 57% → 31%)
58 moves · e4 e5 Nf3 Nc6 · accuracy Lasker 88.4, Steinitz 87.1
Costliest move: 50. Rf2 (Lasker, 85% → 59%)
75 moves · d4 d5 c4 e6 · accuracy Steinitz 94.2, Lasker 92.7
No move cost more than 12%.
56 moves · e4 e5 Nf3 Nc6 · accuracy Lasker 87.0, Steinitz 86.7
Costliest move: 55... Rd8 (Steinitz, 73% → 47%)
34 moves · d4 d5 c4 e6 · accuracy Steinitz 90.8, Lasker 91.0
Costliest move: 34. Rbb1 (Steinitz, 86% → 59%)
41 moves · e4 e5 Nf3 Nc6 · accuracy Lasker 93.4, Steinitz 90.7
No move cost more than 12%.
64 moves · d4 d5 c4 e6 · accuracy Steinitz 90.6, Lasker 92.3
Costliest move: 61... Ke4 (Lasker, 97% → 71%)
30 moves · e4 e5 Nf3 Nc6 · accuracy Lasker 89.0, Steinitz 92.3
Costliest move: 19. Nb3 (Lasker, 48% → 31%)
38 moves · d4 d5 c4 e6 · accuracy Steinitz 90.4, Lasker 86.9
Costliest move: 27... Qh4 (Lasker, 52% → 26%)
78 moves · e4 e5 Nf3 Nc6 · accuracy Lasker 92.5, Steinitz 90.6
Costliest move: 73... Rg1 (Steinitz, 22% → 5%)
35 moves · d4 d5 c4 e6 · accuracy Steinitz 91.4, Lasker 91.7
No move cost more than 12%.
42 moves · e4 e5 Nf3 Nc6 · accuracy Lasker 90.7, Steinitz 87.8
Costliest move: 25... Rxe4 (Steinitz, 58% → 26%)
59 moves · d4 d5 c4 e6 · accuracy Steinitz 89.5, Lasker 92.3
Costliest move: 35. Qc3 (Steinitz, 50% → 28%)
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