Classic game · 1925White won
The Windmill
White
Carlos Torre
Black
Emanuel Lasker
Torre used a rook-and-bishop windmill to repeatedly check the king while collecting decisive material.
Open interactive game review- White
- Carlos Torre
- Black
- Emanuel Lasker
- Year
- 1925
- Result
- White won · 1-0
Why this classic game matters
The alternating discovered checks create the classic windmill pattern and turn Lasker's exposed king into lost material.
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