Francis Lee vs Carl Schlechter (1899)

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Francis Lee vs Carl Schlechter
London (1899), London ENG, rd 13, Jun-16
Queen Pawn Game: Stonewall Attack (D00) · 0-1

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Jan-11-17		KEG: Another strong performance by Schlechter, who moved within a point of the lead and within a half-point of Janowski and Maroczy who shared second place. Confirming the analysis of keypusher concerning the weak play by White in London 1899, Lee allowed his d pawns to be doubled as early as move 5, and was seemingly overwhelmed by Schlechter's accurate positional play until the latter pushed his e-pawn prematurely with 25...e5 and gave Lee a new lease on life. Given this chance, Lee aggressively pushed forward with 26. f5 and 27. b5, but then missed the chance to swap center pawns on his 28th and 29th turns. Lee nonetheless had real chances until his fatal move: 30. gxf5 in the following position: click for larger view Lee had to recapture with his Queen (30. Qxf5). Once he took with his pawn and opened the g-file, Schlechter played nearly flawlessly and wiped Lee out in short order. While Schlechter's play was ruthlessly efficient after Lee's poor 30. gxf5, I have one quibble. His 36...Qd6 was more than adequate to win in the following position: click for larger view But I would have loved to have seen 36...Bf3+ from Schlechter, and then after 37. NxB exN had Lee played 38. Qxf3 (38. d5 would have been best but hopeless) Schlechter could have closed proceedings with the brilliant 38...Rxe3!! (If 39. QxR Qd5+ is mate in three). Apart from this quibble, Schlechter's closing play was beyond reproach, and Lee's resignation after move 41 was long overdue.

Jan-11-17		keypusher: <KEG> <Lee allowed his d pawns to be doubled as early as move 5> This strange idea was employed by more distinguished masters. Tarrasch vs Chigorin, 1895 And sometimes it even worked! Rubinstein vs Reti, 1908

Jan-11-17		KEG: There are certainly positions in which this set-up might make sense. This game was not one of those occasions!

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