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Wilhelm Cohn vs Carl Schlechter
London (1899), London ENG, rd 1, May-30
Ponziani Opening: Jaenisch Counterattack (C44)  ·  1-0

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Mar-01-07  beenthere240: What did Schlecter see that I'm missing. If it's the loss of the a and b pawns, I thought these guys were much bigger swashbucklers.
Nov-24-09  TechnoGuyRob: The a and b pawns won't fall because of 32 .. Bd3. However...

33. Bc7 (attacks rook and queen)
.. Qd7
34. Bxd8
.. Qxd8

And White is clearly winning.

Nov-14-16
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  KEG: Schlechter must have underestimated his opponent, for he played--uncharacteristically--recklessly. His 19...f4 was inexplicable, and Cohn romped to victory after that. In the final position, 32...Bd3 does indeed lose to 33.Bc7, but 33. Bg3 would have been even more crushing. Resignation was appropriate!
Nov-15-16  ughaibu: <Schlechter must have underestimated his opponent>

I think that's unlikely, they had played before: W Cohn vs Schlechter, 1897

Nov-15-16
Premium Chessgames Member
  KEG: They had indeed played two years earlier in Berlin to a draw, but Schlechter had finished well above Cohn in that tournament. In any case, I am struggling to explain Schlechter's strange play in this game. Had he played this way against Lasker in their 1910 match, he would have gotten wiped out.
Nov-15-16
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  keypusher: <KEG: They had indeed played two years earlier in Berlin to a draw, but Schlechter had finished well above Cohn in that tournament. In any case, I am struggling to explain Schlechter's strange play in this game. Had he played this way against Lasker in their 1910 match, he would have gotten wiped out.>

Funny you should say that. From this same tournament:

Schlechter vs Lasker, 1899

Schlechter was already a strong master in 1899, but not as strong or as solid as he later became.

Nov-15-16
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  KEG: Agreed. But Schlechter had just won 5th prize in the very strong Vienna 1898 tournament and was already knocking on the door of the world's elite. Indeed, in London 1899 he took 5th place just one point behind Pillsbury, Maroczy, and Janowski. He won games from Tchigorin, Blackburne, Showalter, and Mason, and beat Steinitz twice. This first-round loss to Cohn is the only game he lost in London 1899 to a non-prize winner. So while you are right that Schlechter was not yet the player he was in 1910 back in 1899, he was hardly chopped liver.
Jan-25-17  sledgehammer: 15...b5? and 19...f4? are like moves played by somebody else but not Schlechter!

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