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Lasker v Marshall 1907

USA · Jan 1907

Lasker 11½–3½ Marshall

Lasker won 11½–3½.

Momentum

The score gap, game by game: up is Lasker.

Marshall +8levelLasker +8startgame 15

The coach's numbers

Emanuel Lasker92.9 · 3 blunders, 8 mistakes
Frank Marshall91.0 · 8 blunders, 11 mistakes

The costliest move

The move that cost the match's loser the most, in a game they lost.

Lasker v Marshall 1907, Game 3

Marshall v Lasker · 0–1

42. Rf1 by Marshall: chances 45% → 0%

The coach: Rc2 instead (the arrow) — with it, it was about level.

Replay it: Study › Follow a live game › World Championship 1907: Lasker v Marshall › Game 3

Every game

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.

Game 1: Marshall v Lasker 0–1

49 moves · e4 e5 Nf3 Nc6 · accuracy Marshall 91.0, Lasker 92.5

Costliest move: 38. Nd2+ (Marshall, 34% → 4%)

Game 2: Lasker v Marshall 1–0

52 moves · e4 e6 d4 d5 · accuracy Lasker 92.5, Marshall 90.2

Costliest move: 44... Nd1 (Marshall, 27% → 4%)

Game 3: Marshall v Lasker 0–1

42 moves · d4 d5 c4 e6 · accuracy Marshall 89.0, Lasker 91.9

Costliest move: 42. Rf1 (Marshall, 45% → 0%)

Game 4: Lasker v Marshall ½–½

40 moves · e4 e6 d4 d5 · accuracy Lasker 94.3, Marshall 94.7

No move cost more than 12%.

Game 5: Marshall v Lasker ½–½

41 moves · d4 d5 c4 e6 · accuracy Marshall 93.1, Lasker 92.6

Costliest move: 39... Rb4 (Lasker, 57% → 45%)

Game 6: Lasker v Marshall ½–½

21 moves · e4 e6 d4 d5 · accuracy Lasker 92.1, Marshall 89.6

Costliest move: 16... Rb8 (Marshall, 50% → 25%)

Game 7: Marshall v Lasker ½–½

49 moves · d4 d5 c4 e6 · accuracy Marshall 91.9, Lasker 92.6

Costliest move: 42. b5 (Marshall, 56% → 43%)

Game 8: Lasker v Marshall 1–0

68 moves · e4 e6 d4 d5 · accuracy Lasker 95.9, Marshall 93.5

Costliest move: 48... Rxb3+ (Marshall, 19% → 3%)

Game 9: Marshall v Lasker ½–½

46 moves · d4 d5 c4 e6 · accuracy Marshall 92.6, Lasker 92.2

Costliest move: 39. Kg2 (Marshall, 56% → 30%)

Game 10: Lasker v Marshall ½–½

48 moves · e4 e6 d4 d5 · accuracy Lasker 93.1, Marshall 93.9

No move cost more than 12%.

Game 11: Marshall v Lasker ½–½

51 moves · d4 f5 e4 fxe4 · accuracy Marshall 91.9, Lasker 94.4

Costliest move: 2. e4 (Marshall, 63% → 50%)

Game 12: Lasker v Marshall 1–0

46 moves · e4 e6 d4 d5 · accuracy Lasker 94.2, Marshall 90.7

Costliest move: 19... Ne5 (Marshall, 28% → 8%)

Game 13: Marshall v Lasker 0–1

58 moves · d4 d5 c4 Nc6 · accuracy Marshall 90.2, Lasker 92.7

Costliest move: 40. h4 (Marshall, 24% → 6%)

Game 14: Lasker v Marshall 1–0

21 moves · e4 e6 d4 d5 · accuracy Lasker 92.4, Marshall 85.1

Costliest move: 11... Bxh2+ (Marshall, 44% → 12%)

Game 15: Marshall v Lasker 0–1

37 moves · d4 d5 c4 e6 · accuracy Marshall 87.7, Lasker 89.8

Costliest move: 29. Qg3 (Marshall, 54% → 24%)

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