CARL SCHLECHTER (born Mar-02-1874, died Dec-27-1918, 44 years old) Austria [what is this?] Carl Adalbert Hermann Schlechter was born in Vienna, Austria in 1874.(1) He learned the rules of chess when about 13 years old,(1) probably under the influence of problem composer Samuel Gold.(1),(2) Schlechter visited a business school (Handelsschule) and worked for a short time, before concentrating on chess.(1). Berthold Englisch recognized his talent and introduced him to the Viennese chess life in 1892.(1) Tournaments prior to World War I Already in early 1893, Schlechter won a tournament in Vienna ahead of Georg Marco. (3) He further established himself among Vienna's strongest players with a shared 3rd place in the Winter tournament 1893/1894.(4) At 9th DSB Kongress, Leipzig (1894) he finished only 11th out of 18. In 1895, he finsihed only 3rd in the Vienna Championship,(5) but put up a solid performance at the great Hastings (1895) tournament with place 9/22 and a win over the tournament winner Harry Nelson Pillsbury in their individual encounter. The year 1896 was busy and successful for him, as it began with a shared 1st place at the Vienna Championship 1896,(6) followed by a second place in the Vienna Chess Club tournament.(7) After a good +3 score at the great Nuremberg (1896) tournament, Schlechter finished equal fourth at Budapest (1896). In November 1896, he came in 2nd in a Vienna tournament behind David Janowski, but ahead of Simon Winawer and Jacques Mieses .(8) Schlechter dominated the Vienna tournament 1897 (9) and had a solid result at Berlin (1897). The year 1898 began with a slightly disappointing result at the Vienna Chess Club tournament,(10) but then he came in 5th at Vienna (1898) and shared 6th place at 11th DSB Kongress, Cologne (1898). The strong London (1899) tournament saw him coming in 5th again. Schlechter shared 2nd place at the second Kolisch Memorial in Vienna (1899/1900).(11) At Paris (1900) he shared 7th place, but he followed up with a shared 1st place at Munich (1900) drawing Pillsbury in the final tie-break match (+1 -1 =2). He dominated the Master Group of the Vienna Winter tournament 1900.(12). This was followed in 1901 by a 2nd place at Monte Carlo (1901). One year later, he had to satisfy himself with a shared 5th place at Monte Carlo (1902) and a 50% score in a Vienna tournament (13) though. After a 4th place at Monte Carlo (1903), Schlechter disappointed at Vienna (1903). The King's Gambit Accepted tournament at Vienna 1903, was also not a success for him.(14) Despite these discouraging results, Schlechter had a good year 1904. Unbeaten, he came in 2nd at Monte Carlo (1904), followed by a shared 6th place at Cambridge Springs (1904). In the USA, he also competed successfully in a team match.(15) Schlechter shared 1st place at Coburg (Meisterturnier) (1904) before winning the Vienna (1904) King's Gambit Declined tournament, which extended into 1905. The year 1905 continued to be a successful one for Schlechter with his triumph at the Austro-Hungarian Championship in Vienna,(16) followed by a 4th place at Ostend (1905) and a shared 4th place at the Barmen Meisterturnier A (1905). Schlechter did not slow down and turned 1906 into a banner year for him. First, he shared 1st place at Stockholm (1906) together with Dr. Ossip Bernstein. He then went on to win the huge Ostende 1906 tournament,(17) followed by 3rd place at Stockholm (1906). Schlechter only reached 6th place at 1st Trebitsch Memorial (1907). This was followed by a 2nd place at Ostend (Championship) (1907) and a shared 2nd place at Copenhagen (1907). The strong Karlsbad (1907) tournament saw him sharing 4th place together with Aron Nimzowitsch. 1908 turned out to be another banner year for Schlechter, who shared 1st place at Vienna (1908) together with Geza Maroczy and Oldrich Duras, and shared 1st place again with Duras at Prague (1908). The great St. Petersburg (1909) tournament was a disappointment for him, but the next year he won Hamburg (1910). Schlechter continued successfully by sharing 1st place at the 3rd Trebitsch Memorial in Vienna, 1910 to 1911, together with Rudolf Spielmann. (18) He suffered a slight setback at San Sebastian (1911) with a shared 5th place, but bounced back by sharing 2nd place at Karlsbad (1911) together with Akiba Rubinstein. In 1912, he started successfully with a win at the 4th Trebitsch Memorial in Vienna,(19) but only shared 8th place at San Sebastian (1912). He recovered and shared 4th place at Bad Pistyan (1912), and shared 1st place at the Budapest (1912) Queen's Gambit Declined tournament with Frank James Marshall. (20) He shared 4th place again at the 18th DSB Kongress (1912) in Breslau (today Wrocław). After a disappointing Club tournament in Vienna,(21) he went on to win the 5th Trebitsch Memorial in Vienna (1913).(22) At Baden-bei-Wien (1914) he came in 3rd but remained undefeated, and he won the 6th Trebitsch Memorial in Vienna (1914).(23) World Chess Championship Challenger In 1908, he challenged Dr. Emanuel Lasker for a WC match in 1909,(24) considering his contemporaneous tournament successes. Yet, he had to wait another year before Lasker - Schlechter World Championship Match (1910), wherein he came within a whisker of winning the title of World Chess Champion: going into the final game leading by one point, he disdained a possible draw and ultimately lost. The drawn match meant that Lasker retained his crown. Matches In match play, he drew Marco in the spring of 1893 in a 10-game match at the age of 19.(25) In 1894, he drew matches against Marco (+4 -4 =3),(25) and Adolf Julius Zinkl (+4 -4 =3),(26) which were part of a tournament won by Marco ahead of Schlechter.(27) In 1896, Schlechter drew a 7-games match against David Janowski, (28) and in 1899 he drew a 6-games match against Semion Alapin. (29) In Carlsbad, June 1902, Schlechter clearly defeated Janowski in a match by the score of +6 -1 =3.(30) Shortly afterward in 1902, he allegedly played an 8-games match against Samuel Mikulka in Olomouc, but the final score is not known.(31) He beat the young Richard Reti in a short casual match in Vienna in 1903,(32) and played a short match against Richard Teichmann in 1904 of which the score was +1 -1 =1, but possibly a 4th game was played.(33) In 1909, Schlechter lost a blindfold match against Mieses in Stuttgart by +0 -2 =1.(34) He drew Siegbert Tarrasch in Tarrasch - Schlechter (1911). At the beginning of 1918, Schlechter lost the match Rubinstein - Schlechter (1918). Final Years The outbreak of World War I put an end to international tournament play for the duration. In 1915, Schlechter convincingly won the 7th Trebitsch Memorial in Vienna.(35) In 1918, Schlechter competed again internationally with a second-place finish at Berlin Four Masters (1918) and a 3rd place at Berlin Grandmasters (1918). He played one further tournament in Budapest. The Budapest Chess Club arranged a Simul for him, but a few days after it, he had to be admitted to the local Rochus hospital.(36) There he died on December 27, 1918.(36) Possible causes of his death are a lung disease aggravated by lack of proper nutrition, tuberculosis, pneumonia and the Spanish flu epidemic.(37) Literary works Schlechter authored Die Budapester Verteidigung des Damengambits: eine theoretische Studie (Bernhard Kagan, 1918) on the Budapest Gambit, and Das angenommene Königsgambit (Bernhard Kagan, 1918) on the King's Gambit Accepted. Marco and Schlechter edited the Karlsbad 1907 tournament book (Das Internationale Schachmeisterturnier in Karlsbad 1907, Verlag der Wiener Schachzeitung, 1911). He was co-editor of the Deutsche Schachzeitung from 1899 to 1916 together with Johann Nepomuk Berger. He also edited the 8th and last edition of Paul Rudolf von Bilguer 's and Baron Tassilo von Heydebrand und der Lasa 's Handbuch des Schachspiels (Veit & Comp., 1912 to 1916). Chess Compositions Schlechter also distinguished himself as a problem composer.(38) Two examples, Ergo bibamus and Honor et Patria, can be found here Carl Schlechter (kibitz #378). Contemporary judgement "By the death of Carl Schlechter at the early age of forty-four, chess has been deprived of one of the most distinguished exponents it has ever known. He had, of all the great masters, the most artistic temperament; that is to say, there is a sense of imagination and ideality in his play, which is found elsewhere only in Morphy, and possibly in Frank Marshall at his best. This undoubtedly gave that peculiar quality to Schlechter’s practice which earned for him the familiar sobriquet by which he was known to the chess world; for it is often evident he has chosen a drawn, rather than a victory, when the mode of obtaining it has gratified his instinct of perfection. At the same time, his genius in defence has never been equalled, and his record of only two losses in 100 successive tournament games will stand unshaken for many a year to come. This, however, was only one side of his strength. On the other side was a power of attack and combination, when he let himself go, from which no one could escape, and that produced game; ranking for brilliancy and beauty amongst the classics of chess. His bid for the World’s Championship proved him at least the equal of Lasker, and, but for one misjudged move, would have given him absolutely the premier title. His gifts as an analyst were no less conspicuous, and there is no opening which, alike in attack and defence, does not give evidence of his amending skill. His modest and unassuming character made him a general favourite, and there is no one will be more missed by the present generation of chess players than the famous 'drawing master of Vienna.'" (39) Sources (1) Weiß, Stefan, „Schlechter, Carl Adalbert Hermann“, in: Neue Deutsche Biographie 23 (2007), S. 33-34 (Onlinefassung); URL: http://www.deutsche-biographie.de/p... (2) According to Wikipedia article: Samuel Gold citing " Verkhovsky, Leonid Solomonovich (1984). Karl Schlechter. Fizkultura i sport. pp. 7 (Russian edition)", Gold was Schlechter's teacher in Vienna from 1887 onward. (3) Rod Edwards, http://www.edochess.ca/tournaments/... (4) Rod Edwards, http://www.edochess.ca/tournaments/... (5) Rod Edwards, http://www.edochess.ca/tournaments/... (6) Rod Edwards, http://www.edochess.ca/tournaments/... (7) Rod Edwards, http://www.edochess.ca/tournaments/... (8) Rod Edwards, http://www.edochess.ca/tournaments/... (9) Rod Edwards, http://www.edochess.ca/tournaments/... (10) Rod Edwards, http://www.edochess.ca/tournaments/... (11) Rod Edwards, http://www.edochess.ca/tournaments/... (12) Rod Edwards, http://www.edochess.ca/tournaments/... (13) Rod Edwards, http://www.edochess.ca/tournaments/... (14) Rod Edwards, http://www.edochess.ca/tournaments/... (15) Rod Edwards, http://www.edochess.ca/tournaments/... (16) Rod Edwards, http://www.edochess.ca/tournaments/... (17) Rod Edwards, http://www.edochess.ca/tournaments/... (18) Wiener Schachzeitung, February 1911, pp. 43-44. Provided in "ANNO / Österreichische Nationalbibliothek". See Carl Schlechter (kibitz #370) for details. (19) Rod Edwards, http://www.edochess.ca/tournaments/... (20) Rod Edwards, http://www.edochess.ca/tournaments/... (21) Rod Edwards, http://www.edochess.ca/tournaments/... (22) Rod Edwards, http://www.edochess.ca/tournaments/... (23) Wiener Schachzeitung, September-November 1914, pp. 216-217. Provided in "ANNO / Österreichische Nationalbibliothek". See Carl Schlechter (kibitz #361) for details. (24) Wiener Schachzeitung, December 1908, p. 376. Provided in "ANNO / Österreichische Nationalbibliothek" (25) Neue Wiener Schachzeitung, December 1923, p. 328. Provided in "ANNO / Österreichische Nationalbibliothek" (26) Österreichische Schachrundschau, March 1922, issue 3, p. 21. Provided in "ANNO / Österreichische Nationalbibliothek" (27) See source (25). Marco beat Zinkl (+5 -2 =1), and so won the tournament ahead of Schechter, with Zinkl on 3rd place. (28) Rod Edwards, http://www.edochess.ca/matches/m110... (29) Rod Edwards, http://www.edochess.ca/matches/m115... (30) Wiener Schachzeitung, July-August 1902, pp. 146-157. Provided in "ANNO / Österreichische Nationalbibliothek" (31) Quarterly for Chess History, #7, 2001, pp. 535-537. Provided in Carl Schlechter (kibitz #278) (32) Edward Winter, The Réti Brothers, http://www.chesshistory.com/winter/... (33) Rod Edwards, http://www.edochess.ca/matches/m142... (34) Wiener Schachzeitung, February 1909, p. 55. Provided in "ANNO / Österreichische Nationalbibliothek" (35) Wiener Schachzeitung, November-December 1915, pp. 246-247. Provided in "ANNO / Österreichische Nationalbibliothek". See Carl Schlechter (kibitz #360) for details. (36) Pester Lloyd, 1918.12.28, p. 15. Provided in "ANNO / Österreichische Nationalbibliothek" (37) Warren H. Goldman, Carl Schlechter! Life and Times of the Austrian Chess Wizard' (Yorklyn, 1994), pp. 45-50 (38) Theodor Gerbec, Wiener Schachzeitung, December 1928, pp. 370-371. Provided in "ANNO / Österreichische Nationalbibliothek" (39) Illustrated London News, Saturday 15th March 1919, p.26. --- Wikipedia article: Carl Schlechter Last updated: 2016-09-04 13:08:28

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page 1 of 35; games 1-25 of 867  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Schlechter vs Kern 1-0 26 1893 Vienna C43 Petrov, Modern Attack 2. Schlechter vs S Herzfeld 1-0 30 1893 Vienna C29 Vienna Gambit 3. Schlechter vs J Bendiner 1-0 33 1893 Vienna C00 French Defense 4. B Fleissig vs Schlechter 0-1 18 1893 Casual game A00 Uncommon Opening 5. Schlechter vs J Bendiner 1-0 25 1893 Casual game C11 French 6. Schlechter vs J Thirring 1-0 35 1893 Vienna C25 Vienna 7. Schlechter vs A Zinkl ½-½ 29 1894 Vienna C49 Four Knights 8. L Fried vs Schlechter 0-1 14 1894 Vienna A02 Bird's Opening 9. G Marco vs Schlechter 0-1 40 1894 3-Player Match Tt D54 Queen's Gambit Declined, Anti-Neo-Orthodox Variation 10. A Zinkl vs Schlechter 1-0 50 1894 3-Player Match Tt C49 Four Knights 11. Tarrasch vs Schlechter 1-0 40 1894 9th DSB Congress, Leipzig C66 Ruy Lopez 12. Blackburne vs Schlechter 1-0 40 1894 9th DSB Congress, Leipzig C30 King's Gambit Declined 13. Schlechter vs Janowski ½-½ 72 1894 9th DSB Congress, Leipzig C72 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 5.O-O 14. Schlechter vs J W Baird 1-0 32 1894 9th DSB Congress, Leipzig C67 Ruy Lopez 15. Schlechter vs G Marco ½-½ 28 1894 9th DSB Congress, Leipzig C49 Four Knights 16. Schiffers vs Schlechter   ½-½ 28 1894 9th DSB Congress, Leipzig C62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense 17. Lipke vs Schlechter 1-0 49 1894 9th DSB Congress, Leipzig C23 Bishop's Opening 18. Mason vs Schlechter   ½-½ 35 1894 9th DSB Congress, Leipzig C11 French 19. Schlechter vs J Berger   ½-½ 16 1894 9th DSB Congress, Leipzig C01 French, Exchange 20. A Zinkl vs Schlechter ½-½ 17 1894 9th DSB Congress, Leipzig D50 Queen's Gambit Declined 21. Schlechter vs Teichmann   ½-½ 18 1894 9th DSB Congress, Leipzig C42 Petrov Defense 22. Schlechter vs K de Weydlich 0-1 62 1894 9th DSB Congress, Leipzig B73 Sicilian, Dragon, Classical 23. Walbrodt vs Schlechter   ½-½ 33 1894 9th DSB Congress, Leipzig C78 Ruy Lopez 24. Schlechter vs J Mieses 1-0 52 1894 9th DSB Congress, Leipzig C78 Ruy Lopez 25. Schlechter vs P Seuffert   ½-½ 24 1894 9th DSB Congress, Leipzig C49 Four Knights  page 1 of 35; games 1-25 of 867

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< Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 13 OF 18 ·  Later Kibitzing> Oct-21-09    Tassilo Lasa: TheFocus, thanks for the 2 new consultation games! As to the 2 odds games, they're in my book, p 270. Also, maybe it's just me, but I found your listings of sources and games above confusing. For example, in this listing: 22. S – Schubert (Focus) Source: 20 Trebitsch – Gedenkturniere Wien 1907 – 1938 und Internationales Schachmeisterturnier Wien 1935 – M.A. Lachaga, 1968, pg. 28-29. (notes by Schlechter) What Schlechter - Schubert game are your referring to? Is it game #751 in the Schlechter database on this site? Or is it a game you posted that I may have overlooked? Also, the annual Trebitsch Tourneys, beginning with 1915, were essentially mini matches (the earlier Trebitsch Tourneys were either single or double round robins): in the 1915 event the players played 3 games against each other; in the 1916-1917 event they played 6 games; and in the 1917-1918 event they played 4 games. So in this listing: Vienna 1916/1917 (8th Trebitsch) 22. S - Vidmar (CG) Source: 20 Trebitsch – Gedenkturniere Wien 1907 – 1938 und Internationales Schachmeisterturnier Wien 1935 – M.A. Lachaga, 1968, pg. 30-31). (notes by Schlechter) Is this a reference to a Schlechter database game here? If so, which? May I make a suggestion? If you post a game, please include the source info with the game. Or, if you refer to a game in the Schlechter database, please give the game #. Do you see my dilemma? Any clarification would be very welcome. Oct-21-09    TheFocus: <Tassilo Lasa> On September 28 and on September 29, I listed all the games that I had and ChessGames had that were not available in your book. <22. S – Schubert (Focus) Source: 20 Trebitsch – Gedenkturniere Wien 1907 – 1938 und Internationales Schachmeisterturnier Wien 1935 – M.A. Lachaga, 1968, pg. 28-29. (notes by Schlechter)> <What Schlechter - Schubert game are your referring to? Is it game #751 in the Schlechter database on this site? Or is it a game you posted that I may have overlooked?> Yes, this is indeed game #751. In my sources list, I did not credit ChessGames as having it, although I did credit them in the September 29th post. <Vienna 1916/1917 (8th Trebitsch) 22. S - Vidmar (CG) Source: 20 Trebitsch – Gedenkturniere Wien 1907 – 1938 und Internationales Schachmeisterturnier Wien 1935 – M.A. Lachaga, 1968, pg. 30-31). (notes by Schlechter) Is this a reference to a Schlechter database game here? If so, which?> This is game #755. Vidmar played Schlechter six times. In your book, you have three of those games. One game is lost, ChessGames has one and I have the other. Here is what I will do. I will re-list all the games with game-scores that I have and give you what number they are in ChessGames and any additional sources. You may want to refer to my earlier post of September 29 when I gave all the game-scores that I had. <TheFocus, thanks for the 2 new consultation games! As to the 2 odds games, they're in my book, p 270.> Although I knew you did not have the consultation games, I did not check for the odds games because Quarterly for Chess History said they were new and I did not verify this. Maybe Vlastimil Fiala needs a copy of your book. Oct-22-09    vonKrolock: In the second game at odds posted above Oct 20, after <1.e4 e5 2.♗c4 ♘f6 3.d4 exd4 4.♘f3 ♗c5 5.O-O d6 6.c3 O-O 7.cxd4> text 7...b6 may be a typo , while 7...♗b6 makes much more sense <Gypsy>: Thanks again Oct-22-09    TheFocus: <vonKrolock> You are right. It was a typo. Thanks for the correction. 8.a4 was meant to attack the Bishop and 8...a5 put a stop to that. I don't know why Quarterly for Chess History posted these odds games as "new games." In <Tassilo Lasa>'s book on Schlechter, he gives three of the folowing sources for each of these games: Spielmann, Kagan, Verhovsky or DZS. Quarterly also gave the wrong date (1912), while 1908 was clearly indicated by <Tassilo Lasa>. Nov-07-09    badenbaden: Reti: «Nuevas Ideas en Ajedrez» <El estilo de Schlechter -Escrito con motivo de la muerte de Schlechter (1918) "Schlechter era la antítesis exacta de dicha concepción. Se mantenía apartado de clubs y cafes en la medida que se lo permitía su profesión. Prefería vivir en el campo, donde llenaba sus ratos de ocio con el Arte y la Ciencia. Su corazón y su alma estaban totalmente enfocados hacia la naturaleza, y es precisamente el reflejo de su amor a la naturaleza el que imprime este encanto particular a sus producciones. Sus partidas se caracterizan por la anchura de sus concepciones, del mismo modo que los troncos de los árboles del bosque y sus ramas se extienden hacia los espacios abiertos. Así era como Schlechter desplegaba sus fuerzas: poderosamente y, como la naturaleza, aparentemente sin objeto. En su juego, no había lugar para trampas y planes ocultos, sino tan sólo para un sano desarrollo. Tampoco había prisa indebida u obstinación en una idea fija, sino armonía en el desarrollo. Las combinaciones de Schlechter no se parecen en nada a las rosas de cultivo artificial que sorprenden a cualquiera por su belleza pero que le parecen demasiado esplendorosas al auténtico amante de la naturaleza; antes bien, son como humildes y escondidas flores silvestres que producen un mayor placer al tener que ser descubiertas. Al jugador de ajedrez le encantará hundirse en las profundas partidas de Schlechter, donde, junto a la inmensidad y la sencillez natural, hallará la graciosa ligereza del arte y de la música vieneses, las deslumbrantes combinaciones de los maestros clásicos y, asimismo, el juego posicional de los jóvenes maestros desarrollado en sus mínimos y más sutiles detalles."> Nov-07-09    badenbaden: Un pequeño regalo para uno de los grandes... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyF7... Nov-08-09    Tassilo Lasa: badenbaden: Reti's understanding of, and insight into Schlechter is beautifully lyrical in any language! Jan-14-10    keypusher: Tim Harding writes a retrospective about 1910, including the Schlechter-Lasker match. No great revelations, but I didn't realize that Assiac/Heinrich Fraenkel had discussed the match with Lasker (who said it was for the title, with no two-point clause). http://www.chesscafe.com/Tim/kibb.htm Jan-14-10    paulalbert: As far as I know, there is no evidence for the 2 win margin theory, but substantial evidence to the contrary. Paul Albert Jan-14-10    chancho: <That last and truly sensational game certainly was uncommonly 'wild' in many ways and on both sides. It is all very well to say that Lasker, by dint of his dominating personality and shrewd psychology, forced his opponent to step out of character,as it were, and for once to throw caution to the winds and to wrestle with him on that narrow edge of the precipice where ultimately the stronger character, the harder will-power, the steadier nerves would prevail. To some extent, all this is quite true; but in fairness to Schlechter's noble character it should be added that in that one game he was not unwilling to be dragged into adventures uncongenial to his character and style. He too wanted to avoid a draw. He did not want to win the match on the strength of Lasker's unlucky slip in the fifth game. He was loath to win the World Championship by 'a fluke'. He wished to earn the title the hard way, and in trying to do so, this frail and amiable Viennese put up a truly heroic fight.> Emanuel Lasker The Life of a Chess Master Jan-14-10    acirce: <He too wanted to avoid a draw. He did not want to win the match on the strength of Lasker's unlucky slip in the fifth game. He was loath to win the World Championship by 'a fluke'.> How silly isn't this idea? Jan-14-10    chancho: They had a different mindset back then I suppose. Jan-15-10    nuwanda: hi <chancho> to me this theory makes sense, its fits well in my picture of the personality of Carl Schlechter. its also supported by Thomas Glavinic in his novel "Carl Haffners Love Of The Draw" about Carl Schlechter and especially about the worldchampionship of 1910. by the way, a marvelous book, which i highly recommend. greets Jan-15-10    Petrosianic: <They had a different mindset back then I suppose.> Possibly. Although if you were worried about that, you could just grant Lasker a speedy rematch. If he were trying to do Lasker a favor, it didn't really work out that way, in light of the whole 2-point clause talk. The smoking gun has never been found, but this is the exact same issue that broke up the Capablanca-Lasker negotiations a year later. That, coupled with the unusual situation of the Drawing Master not wanting a draw, and the usually cagey Lasker putting up his title in a mere 10 game match without some kind of extra precaution have left questions about this match that will probably never be answered. Which is a shame, because despite the draws, it's a really good match, full of long, hard-fought games. The average length is over 50 moves per game, so they didn't draw through lack of trying to win. They were just very evenly matched. Jan-15-10    visayanbraindoctor: <Petrosianic: Which is a shame, because despite the draws, it's a really good match, full of long, hard-fought games. The average length is over 50 moves per game, so they didn't draw through lack of trying to win. They were just very evenly matched.> <Bridgeburner> has done the analysis of the first 8 games of the Lasker-Schlechter World Championship Match (1910) Below is the summary: Game 1 Schlechter vs Lasker, 1910: is weighted at <0> (no blunders or bad moves by either Schlechter or Lasker). Game 2 Lasker vs Schlechter, 1910: is weighted at <0>, representing 0 bad move and 0 blunders by Lasker, and 0 bad moves and 0 blunders by Schlechter. Game 3 Schlechter vs Lasker, 1910: is weighted at <0>, representing no errors, blunders, or dubious moves by either Schlechter or Lasker. Game 4 Lasker vs Schlechter, 1910: weighting is <5.0>, (no bad moves and 1 blunder by Lasker and 1 bad move and 1 blunder by Schlechter; no dubious moves by either player. Game 5 Schlechter vs Lasker, 1910: is weighted at <6.5> representing <<1 blunder (2.0) plus 1 dubious move (0.5)>> by Schlechter plus <<2 blunders (2 x 2.0 = 4.0)>> by Lasker. Game 6 Lasker vs Schlechter, 1910: is weighted at <1.0> representing <<1 dubious move>> (0.5) by Schlechter plus <<1 dubious move>> (0.5) by Lasker. Game 7 Schlechter vs Lasker, 1910: is weighted at <1>, representing 1 bad move and 0 blunders by Lasker, and 0 bad moves and 0 blunders by Schlechter. Game 8 Lasker vs Schlechter, 1910: the error weighting for this game is <0>. In comparisons, here is a summary of the analysis of four games from the Anand-Kramnik World Championship Match (2008) Game 1 Kramnik vs Anand, 2008: is weighted <0> at representing 0 blunders, 0 bad moves, and 0 dubious moves by both Anand or Kramnik. Game 2 Anand vs Kramnik, 2008: is weighted at <3.0>, representing 0 blunders, 1 bad move, and 1 dubious move by Anand, and 0 blunders, 1 bad move and 1 dubious move by Kramnik. Game 3 Kramnik vs Anand, 2008: weighting is <6.5>, representing <<1 blunder>> by Anand and <<2 blunders>> and <<1 dubious move>> by Kramnik. Game 5 Kramnik vs Anand, 2008: is weighted at <2.5> representing a <<1 dubious move>> (0.5) plus <<1 blunder>> (2.0) by Kramnik>. Anand made no blunders, or bad or dubious moves as defined in the project method. Details are in Bridgeburner chessforum Jan-15-10    visayanbraindoctor: I think that the study above will vindicate and give some historical justice to the often underestimated and overlooked Schlechter. May-11-10    TheFocus: From Winter’s Chess Notes #6575: Two new Schlechter games were recently discovered by author John Hilbert from Schlechter’s column in Allgemeine Sport-Zeitung. Both games are annotated by Schlechter; the annotations appear in Chess Notes. This was the Vienna match tournament with CS, Marco and Zinkl. No other games have ever been found. This game appeared ASZ, March 25, 1894, page 279. Schlechter – Zinkl, A. Four Knights Game March 14, 1894 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Bb4 5.O-O O-O 6.d3 Bxc3 7.bxc3 d6 8.Bxc6 bxc6 9.h3 h6 10.Be3 Be6 11.Nd2 Nd7 12.f4 f5 13.c4 fxe4 14.Nxe4 d5 15.cxd5 cxd5 16.Ng3 Qh4 17.Ne2 d4 18.Bf2 Qh5 19.fxe5 c5 20.Bg3 Rxf1+ 21.Qxf1 Re8 22.Nf4 Qxe5 23.Qe1 Qxe1+ 24.Rxe1 Bxa2 25.Ra1 g5 26.Nh5 Bf7 27.Rxa7 Bxh5 28.Rxd7 Bd1 29.Rc7 draw. The second appeared in ASZ, December 13, 1896, page 1391. This game is from Vienna 1896. No other Schlechter games are known from this event. Schlechter – Mieses, J. King’s Gambit Declined November 1896 1.e4 e5 2.f4 Bc5 3.Nf3 d6 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.Bb5 Nf6 6.d3 Ng4 7.Qe2 Bf2+ 8.Kd1 Bb6 9.Rf1 exf4 10.Bxf4 O-O 11.Bxc6 bxc6 12.h3 Nf6 13.Bg5 Ba5 14.Nd4 Bxc3 15.Bxf6 gxf6 16.bxc3 c5 17.Nf5 Bxf5 18.Rxf5 Kh8 19.Qf3 Rg8 20.g4 Rg6 21.Rb1 Qe7 22.c4 Qd8 23.Ke2 Rb8 24.Rb3 a5 25.h4 a4 26.Rxb8 Qxb8 27.h5 Rg8 28.Rxf6 Qb2 29.Rxf7 Qxc2+ 30.Kf1 Qb1+ 31.Kg2 Qxa2+ 32.Kh3 Qa1 33.Re7 1-0. May-16-10    Robotics: yo LETS FACE IT LASKER SCREWED HIM! Jun-09-10    wandas: encyclopediasupreme.org/wcc1910.pgn its good site, clearly schlechter should have been co champ until 1921! Jun-09-10    keypusher: <wandas: encyclopediasupreme.org/wcc1910.pgn its good site, clearly schlechter should have been co champ until 1921!> Hello, Sarah. Don't you have anything better to do with your time? Aug-20-10    Fanacas: visayanbraindoctor. Thanks, its very intresting and helpfull :). Mar-02-11    andrewjsacks: Memorable is the comment of Edward Winter on voiced opinions that the level of play in the Karpov-Korchnoi WC matches was far above what was found early in the 20th century. He pointed to the 1910 Lasker-Schlechter WC match and said, "They must be joking." Mar-02-11    talisman: happy birthday Carl. Mar-02-11    haydn20: The quality and passion of the scholarship on these pages pleased me deeply. Thanks to all. Apr-30-11    dinekum: Unbelievable player, unfortunately unlucky in life....... 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