Carl Schlechter vs Carl Walbrodt (1898)

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Carl Schlechter vs Carl Walbrodt
Vienna (1898), Vienna AUH, rd 32, Jul-16
Queen's Gambit Declined: Queen's Knight Variation (D31) · 1-0

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Aug-27-08		ughaibu: Amazing, ((I think)?)

Jan-04-12		optimal play: What's the finish? How is this a win for white? It looked to be a drawn game by about move 40. In fact it wasn't much longer until the fifty-move ruled kicked in.

Jan-04-12		tamar: If 71...Kg6 72 Nf4+ Kh6 73 Nxh5 wins, because the White King can penetrate to c7 after 73...Kxh5 74 Kf4 Kxh4 75 Ke5 If 71 ...Bg4 (or any other bishop move) 72 Ne5 Bc8 73 Kf4 wins the h pawn If 71...Kg7 72 Kf4 Kf6 73 Ne5 and either Black abandons the h pawn with a king move, or moves his bishop which allows 74 Nxc6 Still, it looks early to resign, were these games adjourned?

Jan-04-12		Penguincw: Amazing. Schlechter not wanting to draw now.

Jan-04-12		Gypsy: Pretty amazing tempo game, actually. At the end, Black is in a zugzwang (see lines given by <Tamar>). <39.a5...> The pawns are now fixed. <40-45. Kb4-c3-d2-e1-f2-g3-f4> White king has got to key squares. <46-55. Ne3-f1-g3-h1-f2-d1-c3-a2-b4-d3-e5> White knight has got to key squares. <55...Bc8> And the key position is now achieved. click for larger view Yet, White has to move and Black holds, ... for now. <58.Kf4!? Bd7! 59.Ne5 Bc8> After Black refused the poisoned knight, the key positions repeats. And Black still holds because it is White who has to move. However, in the second go about, Black loses the defensive parity of moves and with it the game. Where? The Black defensive maneuver <Bc8-f5-g4-c8> is suspect. Without it, I am not sure whether White can fines the key switch of the right-to-move or whether the game is a draw with the best play.

Jan-04-12		optimal play: Of course! Thanks. And if 71...Kf5 then 72.Nf4 Kg4 73.Nxh5 wins the same way. This is really a tribute to Schlechter's determination. With a much more effective knight against an extremely hamstrung bishop, he knew there had to be win if only he could manoeuvre his knight & king correctly. Walbrodt should never have allowed his pawns to all get stuck on the same coloured squares as his bishop.

Apr-06-15		offramp: The introduction to Vienna 1898 mentions the time conrol: <Games started promptly each morning at 10am, with a time control of thirty moves every two hours. The adjournment bell was rung at 2pm, with play resuming at 5pm to be continued until 9pm...> I think it's possible that 71.Ke3 was played at 9pm, and if the two players had a look at the game Walbrodt would have seen that he cannot prevent the following dénouement of his position: 71.Ke3 click for larger view 71...Kf5 72. Nf4 Kg4 click for larger view 73. Nxh5 Kxh5 74. Kf4 Kxh4 click for larger view 75. Ke5 Kg5 76. Kd6 Kf4 77. Kc7 click for larger view 77...Bf5 78. Kxb7 Ke4 79.Kxc6 Kxd4 80. b7... click for larger view There doesn't seem to be anything that can be done to prevent that general idea.

Jan-27-21		Marcelo Bruno: Although Roberto Grau in his treatise gives the correct information that Schlechter won the game, Reuben Fine, in his "Basic Chess Endings", quotes that there's no winning way and the position is a draw.

Jan-27-21		vonKrolock: To which position Fine refers? The final position is clearly won for White.

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