I've accumulated over 3 dozen (and counting) new games not in my book. Some have been sent to me, about a dozen. Most I've found through further acquisition of material, including Gillam's book on Ostende 1906, as well as Google's remarkable digital libary of old chess magazines and books. However, there's still a lot of Schlechter games I'd like to get. And, like I said in an earlier post, I haven't looked closely yet at the database of Schlechter games on this site.

Dale Brandreth has encouraged me to publish an addendum to my book - to provide corrections as well as additional games. I haven't decided yet whether to do that. However, I'd like to make an offer to the members of this Schlechter forum - if I do decide to publish an addendum, then anyone who provides me with new game/s (that I don't have), including the details of authentication, will receive a free signed copy of the addendum. I haven't figured out the details yet, but I will need either hard copy of the game, including the title page of the source, or, if electronic, then a digital copy of the game and title page of the source. In the next couple of weeks I will start listing what I'm looking for.

Cologne 1898
1. S - Gottschall (CG) Source: Deutsche Schachzeitung 1899, pg. 44. (Published in Cologne 1898 – Fiala, V., 1997).

Vienna 1899/1900
2. Zinkl - S (CG) Source: DanBase
3. S - Marco (CG) Source: DanBase
4. S - Popiel (CG) Source: DanBase
5. Prock - S (CG) Source: DanBase
6. S - Brody (CG) Source: DanBase
7. Maroczy - S (CG) Source: DanBase
8. Kotrc - S (CG) Source: DanBase

Vienna 1902
9. Maroczy - S (CG) Source: Danbase

Vienna 1905
10. Nimzowitsch - S (CG) Source: Quarterly for Chess History #4, 2000, pg. 331-332. Discovered by Vlastimil Fiala in the Prager Tagblatt, November 30, 1924.

Vienna 1911/1912
11. Loewy - S (Focus) Source: DanBase
12. S - Albin (Focus) Source: DanBase
13. Albin - S (Focus) Source: 20 Trebitsch – Gedenkturniere Wien 1907 – 1938 und Internationales Schachmeisterturnier Wien 1935 – M.A. Lachaga, 1968, pg. 18-19. (notes by Schlechter)

Vienna 1913
14. Reti - S (Focus) Source: DanBase
15. S - Reti (position and moves - Focus) Source: DanBase 16. S - Tartakower (CG) Source: DanBase

Vienna 1913 (5th Trebitsch)
17. S - Reti (position and moves - Focus) Source: DanBase 18. Schara - S (Focus) Source: DanBase 19. S - Kirschen (Focus) Source: DanBase

1915 Vienna (7th Trebitsch)
20. S - Marco (CG) Source: DanBase
21. Kaufmann - S (CG) Source: DanBase
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)

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) 23. Vidmar - S (Focus) Source: DanBase 24. S - Kaufmann (position and moves - Focus) Source: DanBase 25. Kaufmann - S (CG) Source: DanBase

Vienna 1917/1918 (9th Trebitsche)
26. Tartakower - S (CG)
27. Asztalos – S (Focus) Source: 20 Trebitsch – Gedenkturniere Wien 1907 – 1938 und Internationales Schachmeisterturnier Wien 1935 – M.A. Lachaga, 1968, pg. 334-31). (notes by Schlechter)

Schlechter – N.N.
Falkbeer Countergambit
Vienna Chess Club, 1912
(odds of Queen’s Knight)

1.e4 e5 2.f4 d5 3.exd5 exf4 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.c4 c6 6.d4 Nh5 7.Bd3 cxd5 8.O-O Bd6 9.Re1+ Kf8 10.Ne5 Qh4 11.cxd5 Nd7 12.Nc4 Bb4 13.Bd2 Bxd2 14.Qxd2 g5 15.Re8+ Kg7 16.Rxc8 Raxc8 17.Nd6 Kf6 18.Nf5 Qg4 19.Qb4 Ng7 20.Qd6+ Ne6 21.dxe6 fxe6 22.Qe7+ 1-0. Source: Quarterly for Chess History, #7, 2001, pg. 562. (St. Petersburger Herold, January 14, 1913).

Schlechter – N.N.
Bishop’s Opening
Vienna Chess Club, 1912
(odds of Queen’s Knight)

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nf3 Bc5 5.O-O d6 6.c3 O-O 7.cxd4 b6 8.a4 a5 9.Bg5 Bg4 10.Ra3 Nc6 11.d5 Nd4 12.Rd3 Nxf3+ 13.gxf3 Bd7 14.f4 Qe7 15.Rg3 Kh8 16.Bd3 Bd4 17.Bb1 Bc5 18.Qc2 Qe8 19.e5 Bxa4 20.Bxf6 Bxc2 21.Rxg7 Qd8 22.Bxc2 Qxf6 23.Rxh7+ Kg8 24.exf6 Bd4 25.Kh1 1-0. Source: Quarterly for Chess History, #7, 2001, pg. 562. (St. Petersburger Herold, January 14, 1913).

Kotrc, Kvicala & Popov – Moucka,, Schlechter & Vesely Scotch Game
Prague, 1896

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nxc6 bxc6 6.Bd3 d5 7.Qe2 Be7 8.e5 Nd7 9.Bf4 Rb8 10.b3 Nc5 11.Nd2 O-O 12.O-O f6! 13.Rad1 Nxd3 14.Qxd3 fxe5 15.Bxe5 Bd6 16.Bb2 Qh4 17.g3 Qh6 18.c4 Bf5 19.Qd4 Rbe8 20.Rfe1 Bc5! 21.Qf4 g5 22.Qf3 Be4 0-1. Source: Quarterly for Chess History, #10, 2004, pg. 28, from an unnamed Czech chess column.

Moucka & Schlechter – Kotrc & Pollack
Spanish Game
Prague, 1896

It seem that there were at least 4 national-master level players and/or problem composers from the Kvicala 'clan' (Kweetchala is a reasonable phonetic transcription).

Kvicalas:

Antonin (1847-1908)
Co-founder and the first chairman of Czech Chess Union (UJCS). Noted also for his blindfold play skills.

Antonin Jr. (Kilian) (1882-1951)
Son of Antonin; used the pseudonym Kilian for play. Master since 1921.

Joseph (1862-1908) Nephew of Antonin Sr., brother of Jan.

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?

<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.

<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.

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.

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.

<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.