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===Two games between Alekhine and Lasker, 1914=== {{col-begin|width=auto; float:right; clear:right}} {{col-break}} {{Chess diagram small |tright |Alekhine vs. Lasker <br />Moscow 1914 |rd| | |qd| |rd| |kd |pd| |pd| |bd| | | | | | | |pd|nd|ql|pd | | | |pd| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |nl|bl| | | | |pl|pl|pl| | |pl|pl|pl |rl| | | | | |kl| |Position after 16.Qg6 }} {{col-break}} {{Chess diagram small |tright |Lasker vs. Alekhine <br />St. Petersburg 1914 | | | | | | | |rd | | |pd| |bd|pd|pd|pd | | |pd| |kd| | | | | |pl| |nd| | | | | | |ql|nl| | | | | | | | |qd| | |pl|pl| | | |pl| |pl |rl| |bl|rl| | |kl| |Position after 21.Qd4, 23.Kg1 and 25.Kg1 }} {{col-end}} The game<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1011905 |title=Alekhine vs.Lasker, 1914 |publisher=Chessgames.com |access-date=2020-07-02}}</ref> between [[Alexander Alekhine]] and [[world chess championship|world champion]] [[Emanuel Lasker]] in Moscow 1914 ended in a short draw. After 16.Qg6 ({{em|see diagram}}) the players [[draw by agreement|agreed to a draw]] because Alekhine can force the threefold repetition, for example 16...Qe8 17.Qxh6+ Kg8 18.Qg5+ Kh8 19.Qh6+.<ref>{{harvcol|Hooper|Whyld|1996|loc=p. 335. ''repetition of position''}}</ref> In the first game<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1011925 |title=Lasker vs. Alekhine, 1914 |publisher=Chessgames.com |access-date=2020-07-03}}</ref> between the two players in the St. Petersburg tournament 1914,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chess.pl?page=3&tid=79286 |title=St. Petersburg (1914) |publisher=Chessgames.com |access-date=2020-09-07}}</ref> Alekhine, this time with the black pieces, after 21.Qd4 ({{em|see diagram}}), forced a draw by threefold repetition using a similar process.<ref>{{Harvcol|Bott|Morrison|1966|p=14}}</ref> {{clear}}
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