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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." |
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Mar-02-11
 | | talisman: happy birthday Carl. |
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Mar-02-11
 | | haydn20: The quality and passion of the scholarship on these pages pleased me deeply. Thanks to all. |
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| Apr-30-11 | | dinekum: Unbelievable player, unfortunately unlucky in life....... |
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| Jun-19-11 | | bronkenstein: Obituary by Jacques Mieses , to ˝The Homer of the Royal Game˝ : <I know Carl Schlechter from his very first tournament , and for more than a quarter of century I was in warm friendly relations with him . I am keeping the most pleasant memories of this man . He was one of the nicest chessmen , to whom I will treasure my true sympathy until my last breath. Everyone that had the luck to meet and know him , felt great sympathy as well , due to Karl`s heart of child and truly open character. He was the master without weak points. Even Lasker, the specialist in finding weaknesses of his opponents ,was forced to say ˝I can not find a weak spot in Schlechter˝. There are games which are , at first glance , obviously played by Lasker, Tarrasch,Marshall , Tschigorin . Not for a single game of Schlechter is it possible to say so. But , paradoxically , it can be said for all of them together. His mastery is not excelling , it is able for anything , while still standing behind silently. Stylewise , Schlechter could not thrill - he was neither Byron nor Shakespeare , neither Goethe nor Nietzsche - he was the Homer of the Royal Game.> |
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Jun-19-11
 | | Open Defence: <Obituary by Jacques Mieses , to ˝The Homer of the Royal Game˝ > doh! |
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Sep-01-11
 | | Gypsy: Sch - Steinitz +3 -3 =2
Sch - Capa +0 -0 =1
Sch - AAA +2 -0 =0
Schlechter's record vs Lasker is well known. I just looked up his record against the other WCs he overlapped with. |
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Sep-01-11
 | | keypusher: <Stylewise , Schlechter could not thrill - he was neither Byron nor Shakespeare , neither Goethe nor Nietzsche - he was the Homer of the Royal Game.> Homer could not thrill? Doh indeed.
Anyway, Schlechter could thrill with the best of 'em. |
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| Oct-18-11 | | vonKrolock: vonKrolock: Research, by Volker Felber, in the <"Viennese Housewife's Journal"> Chess column reveals that he contributed with Originals, for instance this one C. Schlechter
'Wiener Hausfrauen-Zeitung"
826/44, p. 382, 28/10/1894
dedicated to Ella Steiner
click for larger view
#2
2s5/3p4/S1Rb4/P2kS1P1/3p4/3B4/7Q/7K
Biographers often claimed a lack of - say - closer details on his life ... But: Who was Ella Steiner ? (Some weeks later appeared also):
Ella Steiner
"Wiener Hausfrauen-Zeitung"
831/49, p. 435, 02/12/1894
Dedicated to Carl Schlechter 
click for larger view #3 (as it appeared, a compliment - but it's cooked - key 1.Nd8!, but also 1.Rc5! ) |
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| Mar-02-12 | | Penguincw: R.I.P. Carl Schlechter. |
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| Sep-15-12 | | Karpova: There is the interesting news that the Winter Tournament of the Mönchengladbach and Rheydt Chess Club in 1887 (or maybe 1886 and reported too late) saw the following prize winners out of 13 participants: 1. E. Ehlen
2-3. H. Rosenkranz
2-3. E. Junkers
4. A. Hess
5. W. Lingen
6. C. Schlechter
Could this be Carl Schlechter? He would have been at most 13 years of age at that time and these German cities are in North-Rhine Westphalia which would seem strange but perhaps anybody knows more about it. From page 18 of the August 1887 'Wiener Schachzeitung' |
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| Sep-15-12 | | capanegra: <Karpova> Interesting indeed. I think you should forward this consult to Mr. Edward Winter through his Chess Notes website. |
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Sep-15-12
 | | Calli: Schlechter learned chess at 13 according to Spielmann. Some other bios put it even later at 15. He was befriended by Sam Gold, a well known chess problemist. This led to young Carl composing problems and he got some of them published as early as 1890. He did not join a Vienna chess club until 1892. He rose very quickly after that. So while it is a interesting "find", it is clearly a different "C. Schlechter". |
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| Sep-16-12 | | Karpova: Thanks for confirming that it's not 'our' Carl and the additional information on this great master's early life, <Calli>! |
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Sep-17-12
 | | GrahamClayton: If Schlechter has managed to recover from starvation and pneumonia in late 1918, would he have been one of the world's top players in the 1920's? |
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Sep-17-12
 | | Phony Benoni: <GrahamClayton> I rather doubt it. He would have been nearing 50, and had begun to show some falling off in results as early as 1912. For instance, see Game Collection: San Sebastian 1912 and Game Collection: Bad Pistyan 1912, where his tendency to draw was becoming more pronounced. |
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| Sep-25-12 | | Tassilo Lasa: Schlechter's early chess development is an interesting question. I wish I knew more about that. His presence on the world scene began modestly in the early 1890's. By the way, you don't recover from starvation and pneumonia, at least not in 1918, you died from those maladies. Carl's legacy was earlier. He tied Lasker and was Capas equal in how few games he lost over a given period. See my book, Schlechter's Chess Games, page 220. |
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Sep-25-12
 | | brankat: <Tassilo Lasa> Hi Mr.Crain! Regarding Your book. I assume it is still in print. Would it be available in bookstores? Or on line, perhaps. Thank You. |
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Sep-25-12
 | | TheFocus: <brankat> Try at this site. http://www.chessbookstore.com/home/...
Hardbound for $25. Brandreth was the publisher.
If he is out, drop me a line in my Forum. I have an extra mint condition copy. Same price plus shipping. |
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| Dec-10-12 | | vonKrolock: Current distribution of the surname - In Austria http://www.verwandt.at/karten/detai... , and in Germany http://www.verwandt.de/karten/absol... |
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| Feb-05-13 | | IndigoViolet: From page 220 of Schlechter's Chess Games by Tom Crain: <Starting back in Pistyan, 1912, up to and including [Vienna, 1915], Schlechter had played 117 competitive tournament games.He lost only twice, once to Tartakower in the Vienna Chess Club anniversary tournament, in 1913, and once to Kaufmann, in Vienna, 1914. An extraordinary record. Even though Lasker had a lower percentage of lost games in his career than Schlechter, Lasker never approached this record. In fact, none of Schlechter's fin de siecle contemporaries ever approached this record, not Tarrasch, Pillsbury, Maroczy, Rubinstein, no-one. No-one, that is, until Capablanca set his more widely known record. Starting with New York, 1915, up to and including New York, 1924, Capablanca played 112 [sic - 108 is correct] competitive games
(89 tournament and 23 [sic - 19] match games). He lost only twice, once to Chajes in New York, 1916, and the other was his celebrated loss to Reti in New York, 1924. The point is this: not only had Schlechter proved himself Lasker's equal in 1910, he also proved he was as "invincible" as Capablanca. Schlechter was, indeed, the zwischenzug
between the two world champions.> |
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| Mar-11-13 | | blackburne: "The power of flowers". Carl Schlechter:
http://www.ajedrezdeataque.com/15%2... |
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Apr-15-13
 | | Gottschalk: [Event "?"]
[Site "Vienna"]
[Date "1914.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "O Strobl"]
[Black "Carl Schlechter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C25"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Bc5 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. d3
Be6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 Bxc4 8. dxc4 g5 9. Bg3
Bb4 10. Qd3 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 Nbd7 12. O-O Nc5 13. Qe3
Qe7 14. Nd2 Ne6 15. f3 Nh5 16. Bf2 Nhf4 17. a4
a5 18. Rfb1 b6 19. Nf1 O-O 20. Qe1 f5 21. exf5
Rxf5 22. Ne3 Rf7 23. Qd2 Raf8 24. Bg3 Qd7 25. Rd1
Qc6 26. Kh1 Kg7 27. h4 Nh5 28. Bh2 gxh4 29. Ng4
Nhf4 30. Qf2 h3 31. Bxf4 Nxf4 32. Qh4 hxg2+ 33. Kh2
Rf5 34. Qxh6+ Kg8 35. Kg3 Rh5 0-1 |
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Apr-15-13
| | Gottschalk: [Event "?"]
[Site "Vienna"]
[Date "1913.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Leopold Lowy Jr"]
[Black "Carl Schlechter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C64"]
[PlyCount "128"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. Nc3 Nd4 5. Nxd4 exd4 6. Ne2 c6 7. Ba4 Ne7 8. O-O d5 9. d3 O-O 10. c3 dxc3 11. Nxc3 Be6 12. Bb3 Qd7 13. Qf3 d4 14. Bxe6 Qxe6 15. Ne2 Ng6 16. Ng3 Rae8 17. Bd2 Bd6 18. Nf5 Ne7 19. g4 c5 20. b3 Nc6 21. Qh3 Bc7 22. Rac1 b6 23. f4 a5 24. Rc4 Bb8 25. Qg2 Kh8 26. h4 Rg8 27. g5 Ne7 28. Nxe7 Rxe7 29. Qf3 f5 30. e5 Ra7 31. a4 g6 32. Kf2 h6 33. Rg1 Rh7 34. Rg2 Bc7 35. Rg1 Bd8 36. Rg2 Rgg7 37. Qa8 Rg8 38. Qf3 Be7 39. Ke2 hxg5 40. hxg5 Kg7 41. Kd1 Rgh8 42. Kc2 Kf7 43. Rg3 Qd7 44. Rg1 Ke6 45. Rg3 Rh1 46. Bc1 b5 47. axb5 Qxb5 48. Bb2 R1h2+ 49. Rg2 R2h3 50. Rg3 Rh1 51. Bc1 R1h2+ 52. Rg2 R8h3 53. Qa8 Rxd3 54. Qg8+ Kd7 55. Qd5+ Kc7 56. Rxc5+ Bxc5 57. Qf7+ Kb6 58. Qxg6+ Ka7 59. Qf7+ Ka6 60. Qe6+ Bb6 61. Rxh2 Rc3+ 62. Kb2 a4 63. Rc2 a3+ 64. Kb1 Qd3 0-1 |
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| Apr-26-13 | | Tassilo Lasa: Hello Gottschalk,
I think it's wonderful that you are trying to find more Schlechter games. It would be more wonderful if you included the source or sources where you found the games. After all, the internet is vast; but, reliable sources are rare. |
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