Emanuel Lasker vs Carl Schlechter (1899)

Emanuel Lasker vs Carl Schlechter
London (1899) · Spanish Game: Exchange. Keres Variation (C68) · 1/2-1/2

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Jan-16-08		keypusher: Lasker's second consecutive quiet draw with White to begin this tournament, which turned into perhaps his greatest performance, four and half points clear of a very strong field. Lasker's final tally was eighteen wins (plus a forfeit win over Teichmann), one loss and seven draws. Curiously, he gave up one loss and five draws with White, while surrendering only two draws with Black!

Oct-24-08		keypusher: Curiouser still: London 1899 was a disaster for the White pieces overall. According to Hoffer's tourament book, White scored as follows: +59-81=46, or .31/.44./.25 I wonder if there has been another major tournament in which White has scored so badly? Some particularly bad openings for White: Vienna Game +1-7=1 Evans Gambit +0-2=0 Sicilian Defense +1-5=0 Philidor +0-4=0 But even stalwart openings fared poorly: QP Game +12-20=10 (this includes a lot of games by bottom finishers against the leaders) Ruy Lopez +10-11=4 Scotch +1-3=0 These openings did well: Ponziani Opening +3-0=0 (the tournament book called it the "English Knight's Opening." Caro-Kann +3-0=3 White's score with the French and the QGD looks good only by comparison to the other mainstay openings: French +10-8=5 QGD +7-6=11

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