In his book My Great Predecessors Part I, Gary Kasparov says this of Schlechter in his match with Lasker: "an outstanding follower of the Steinitz School and an expert on the openings, he played with unusual tenacity, not succumbing to psychological tricks, and he was very hard to break down. Later Botvinnik explained this by the fact that 'to some extent Schlecter's play was faceless, and Lasker had nothing to hook on to.'" Kasparov then goes on to give detailed analysis of the two decisive games in the match.
Lasker said he had no style. In other words he had a universal style, he could win by tactics, or "accumulation of small advantages." Kasparov should have examined the 7th game of the match, while a draw what wasn't played speaks volumes to the strength of those two.
I recall replaying the games from the match between him and Emanuel Lasker, very interesting material, frankly. BTW my most favourite Schlechter game is the one he played as white against French defense, where he sacrificed his light-sqared bishop, his knight and his rook to deliver check by queen and push a pawn just one square (g6) for an unavoidable mate. Just as in this lecture, there are games (out in the wild) that showcase Schlechter's superb tactical prowess.
36:30 maybe he didn't play the Schlecter variation because he was annoyed that it was erroneously attributed to the famous grandmaster, "Variation" and not Schlecter himself.
i really liked the story of the human chess pieces. And the fact they chose this game. I can imagine it being exciting to see someone fly across the board to converse with previously unfamiliar faces. And to not be sure of the ultimate outcome, exciting stuff!
Seems an odd choice to me. By my count, 15 of the 32 pieces either remain on their start squares at the end of the game, or are captured without ever moving. So almost half the people have basically nothing to do. Though it does have the advantage of being short.
It was WWI that hurt his fortunes. All the great chess players were either ruined or almost ruined by it, unless they had another job. Rubenstein also went broke and lost his health. Maroczy was only of those who leaned hard into his other career as a number-cruncher. Nimzowitsch had to flee for his life. Even Lasker lost all his savings, though that was partly due to bad investment choices. You couldn't travel, and no one much wanted to pay for you to play a game, while they were starving and being shot at. If Schlechter could have made it past 1918, I bet his fortunes would have picked up again.
4th game very nice. I love how a queen and rook can pretty much always checkmate if infiltration is achieved. I wonder if Schlechter calculated all that or just used his intuition when he sacked the knight. Also doesn’t Schlechter mean Worse in German?
i had a game like Game 1 recently as black. it's so hard to play a slow OTB game like this when you are looking and looking for moves and there is nothing good for you. But you it's embarrassing even for a 1700 player to be positionally crushed, moreso than a blunder.
Did Ben just say Maróczy was top 10? The guy was the best player in the world from 1904-1907. Would’ve been champion if Lasker wasn’t dodging all his challengers at the time.
In his book My Great Predecessors Part I, Gary Kasparov says this of Schlechter in his match with Lasker: "an outstanding follower of the Steinitz School and an expert on the openings, he played with unusual tenacity, not succumbing to psychological tricks, and he was very hard to break down. Later Botvinnik explained this by the fact that 'to some extent Schlecter's play was faceless, and Lasker had nothing to hook on to.'" Kasparov then goes on to give detailed analysis of the two decisive games in the match.
Lasker said he had no style. In other words he had a universal style, he could win by tactics, or "accumulation of small advantages." Kasparov should have examined the 7th game of the match, while a draw what wasn't played speaks volumes to the strength of those two.
A random German guy told me I play Schlechter Chess after I lost to him once, I never knew he meant I played like this guy
@@raskalnekov nice one
We gonna act like he didn’t play f3 and Ben made no reaction
Schlechter was known as The Drawing Master because he drew almost half his games. Today that would make him The Winning Master.
I recall replaying the games from the match between him and Emanuel Lasker, very interesting material, frankly. BTW my most favourite Schlechter game is the one he played as white against French defense, where he sacrificed his light-sqared bishop, his knight and his rook to deliver check by queen and push a pawn just one square (g6) for an unavoidable mate. Just as in this lecture, there are games (out in the wild) that showcase Schlechter's superb tactical prowess.
An excellent Schlechter lechter.
36:30 maybe he didn't play the Schlecter variation because he was annoyed that it was erroneously attributed to the famous grandmaster, "Variation" and not Schlecter himself.
What a lecture!
I'm ashamed to confess I didn't know much about Schlecter, and now greatly appreciate him. Great lecture Ben, thanks Anon
i really liked the story of the human chess pieces. And the fact they chose this game. I can imagine it being exciting to see someone fly across the board to converse with previously unfamiliar faces. And to not be sure of the ultimate outcome, exciting stuff!
Seems an odd choice to me. By my count, 15 of the 32 pieces either remain on their start squares at the end of the game, or are captured without ever moving. So almost half the people have basically nothing to do. Though it does have the advantage of being short.
@@beeble2003 we can't all be participants .. no that's a good point i didn't notice that aspect, nice call
39:51 i wonder if after Kc4 there is a way to mate without taking the queen, maybe b5+
Crazy to think the loss was like life or death for him if he won I bet he would have lived longer.
It was WWI that hurt his fortunes. All the great chess players were either ruined or almost ruined by it, unless they had another job. Rubenstein also went broke and lost his health. Maroczy was only of those who leaned hard into his other career as a number-cruncher. Nimzowitsch had to flee for his life. Even Lasker lost all his savings, though that was partly due to bad investment choices. You couldn't travel, and no one much wanted to pay for you to play a game, while they were starving and being shot at. If Schlechter could have made it past 1918, I bet his fortunes would have picked up again.
4th game very nice. I love how a queen and rook can pretty much always checkmate if infiltration is achieved. I wonder if Schlechter calculated all that or just used his intuition when he sacked the knight. Also doesn’t Schlechter mean Worse in German?
Go Ben! Go Carl Schlechter! Go Anonymous! Go etc!
Mainly, go etc.
The 1910 Lasker match had some interesting games in the Open Spanish.
OMG this guy is Grandmaster Ben Finegold
And we're not
i had a game like Game 1 recently as black. it's so hard to play a slow OTB game like this when you are looking and looking for moves and there is nothing good for you. But you it's embarrassing even for a 1700 player to be positionally crushed, moreso than a blunder.
my name is carl, and i like ben. the perfect video doesn't exi-
23:08 Rf5 Wins on the spot
I missed M1 in daily vs 1500, because I was too busy to win the piece ! But I assume, my opp did'nt see it neither whitch of course
Go everyone! Btw ben you covered the wcc until match 12. Why didn't you cover 13 and 14 and the result?
Ben said in a previous video that he was traveling during that time.
I'm surprised Ben didn't quote lisa simpson game 1.
So this is Carl's lechter, right?
Sounds like your dog is about 1850
I may be bad at chess but he was schlechter.
Did Ben just say Maróczy was top 10? The guy was the best player in the world from 1904-1907. Would’ve been champion if Lasker wasn’t dodging all his challengers at the time.
Schlechter!? I barely knew her!
According to google translate, "Schlechter" in this context apparently means "worse".
Rubber buns and liquor.
Hello Ben, can you make a "video converting winning positions from game that were resigned". Iam not a GM, I need to be shpwn the downfall.
Died cause starving god damn this is sad
Schlechter ging wohl nicht :D