Lasker vs. Schlechter | World Championship 1910 - GM Ben Finegold

Grandmaster Ben Finegold covers the tenth and final game of the first 1910 world championship. Historians are unsure of the stipulations set between Emanuel Lasker and Carl Schlechter, but Finegold does his best to tell the match's story.
2016.01.07
Emanuel Lasker vs Carl Schlechter, Lasker - Schlechter World Championship Match (1910): D11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 4.e3

[@BoBnfishy]

probably the best intro line ever. "welcome to w-world championship... match... chess... stuff. somethin."

[@lobsterfork]

+BoB n fishy
I read this first, then saw it, and I spit up coffee all over my keyboard.

[@BoBnfishy]

+lobsterfork lmao. nice.

[@garyheaton3983]

+BoB n fishy he's a quality act isn't he? :-)

[@benselectionforcasting4172]

"Solid!"

[@JimLink]

Second lecture by Ben this week! My body is ready!

[@EgorTensin]

For some reason this video didn't appear on my subscriptions video list. I was in the danger of missing a lecture by Ben Finegold! That would've been depressing.

[@wayneisaacs4899]

Lasker was champion 1894 through 1921, 27 years. Also, ".. from 1908 to 1920 ... Schlechter may have been a superior player.." unless he died of starvation in 1918, which would have compromised his playing ability.

[@mercylessplayer]

I'm glad that one guy appreciated that one accordion joke so much

[@lostblue5651]

best finegold's lecture!

[@PsDani]

8:05 love the spontaneus laughter

[@bunpeishiratori5849]

Kinda surprised there was no mention of the fact that Schlechter died of starvation at the end of World War 1. This was only a few years later. So no, he wouldn't have been one of the top players in 1920 since he was already dead by then.

[@musicalneptunian]

Chess master Irving Chernev once wrote only 5 chess masters were calm, excellent defenders against a premature attack: Capablanca, Lasker, Maroczy, Tarrasch and Schlechter. I even read somewhere that Schlechter would take both pawns against the Danish gambit and win by accurate defence. Yes, good knowledge; I read in Alexander's "a book of chess" that he met that tragic end.

[@philippfrogel9355]

if he'd won for sure his life would have gone in a different way

[@NatanEstivalletPaintings]

One explanation might be that Schlechter would like to win convincingly the match, so the mistakes in the later part of the game. Today's practical decisions (draw the game and win the match) maybe were not so obvious in 1910, when chess was more romantic.

[@Apfelstrudl]

Especially with the fact that Schlechter was known for being a superb sportsman that was not using advantages like a opponent coming late etc.

[@matthiaschan2293]

8:00 finally somebody in the audience laughed about his jokes

[@chrismooney4382]

Is this the same Lasker from Laskerian Rings in mathematics?

[@ojas3464]

Yes, According to Zariski Samuel, Commutative Algebra

[@FilipM1]

8:00 Stand up material right here :D

[@Ibakecookiess]

+FilipM1 What is he saying? I don't understand the words. Aquarian?

[@lKaiji]

+Ibakecookiess Accordion pawn structure. "Accordion" to who? Me! hahaha

[@joeldick6871]

There's a book about this match called Love of the Draw by Carl Haffner. It's a functionalization, but supposedly it's based on this match.

[@kurunta]

Schlechter wrote, he overlooked Dg6 at the end of the line when he played Rxf4 ("Wiener Schachzeitung" 1910, p. 95). He obviously thought that Rxf4 would win the game.

[@ChessDuchess]

*What a great lecture!*

[@bonerici]

Please ben TURN OFF THE COMPUTER. I can use the computer too the only reason I watch these is for human analysis (and your awesome sense of humor)

[@joseluisparreno4999]

Very good game.

[@beeble2003]

11:35 GM Ben "Always Retreat" Finegold thinks Bc8 isn't a great move? Very suspicious.

[@RichCoppensRCKenpo]

Great history lesson.

[@the1000master]

Schlechter is definitely "worse" in every game!

[@sergeirap33]

nice !!!

[@xxAutoFlowxx]

Ben are you you crazy??? ....AA vs Capa.... 25 draws....6-3 in favor of Alekhine...You play a match of 34 games and only lose 3 you are at least equal..AA never beat him in a single serious game b4 the match..Clutch...AA demanded 10G in gold for return match as did Lasker and Capa b4 him..Capa never produced it..They should have played 2 yrs prior, but AA couldn't raise the funds....Like you said in the beginning of this vid...Don't believe all that you read...Capa was well liked, AA not so much..

[@musicalneptunian]

Yeah. Nimzowitsch never played in a world championship match. I gather that he couln't raise the stake funds for a challenge. A bit of weird information: in the first match for the world championship against Capablanca, Alekhine had severe toothache and was sweating from a related fever.

[@dahchessmaster4616]

Lasker's rules for the match were unfair, & even lied in his book about the wcm that he lost; but still, he was a great chess player. The rules for this match, weren't half as stringent as the rules applicable for Capablanca. Who was given the ultimatum--if you do not comply, then you will not play. Anyhoo, I believe Capablanca was the strongest during that period.

[@pascalanonym6495]

@@dahchessmaster4616 why exactly were lasker's rules unfair?

[@mjgayle52]

GM Finegold - could one make a reasonable argument that trading queens is bad for the game (not for one side) because it reduces the total material and in many positions moves away from a chance for a win for either side.

[@mercylessplayer]

No, if it's bad for you it's good for your opponnent

[@xxAutoFlowxx]

Please define "Stolen from him"

[@12jswilson]

Finegold doesn't like Alekhine for a lot of reasons. Capablanca didn't like Alekhine either.

[@dylanperry377]

14:00 why not bishop E6 attacking the queen, breaking the pin, leaving both the queen and rook attacked.

[@dylanperry377]

And if rook takes bishop, after the pawn recaptures, it opens up the file and double attacks white's F2 pawn, with queen and rook. Or if white saves his queen then the pawn still captures rook, and it's the same attack on F2.

[@AguNorris]

8:04 best public NA

[@jeffwads]

Nope. If he would have drawn the last game (10th), he would have lost the match to the WC, Lasker. This is why he went for the gusto in the last game. Thank goodness, because it was a doosey. Source: The World Chess Championship "Steinitz to Alekhine", by P. Moran. Page 23. He had to win by 2 points!!!

[@239ricardojorge]

im naked..

[@dannygjk]

Schlechter was an aggressive player so the simple explanation for his play when he needs only a draw is he couldn't help himself lol. It was his nature as a chess player.

[@keedt]

except he was the most drawish player this side of anish giri

[@BlackKaweah]

@@keedt Play over his games, you might change your opinion. He was more of a "Never Loses Master" than a "Drawing Master"

[@guitarplayabreh9445]

28:27 IT'S OVER 9000!!!

[@dusanmijatovic7913]

+Guitarplayabreh ?

[@cathalkeenan8]

26:47queen g2 and the knight hangs

[@MrCooldude4172]

That intro lmao

[@chess_is_a_vibe]

Love the 9/11 joke. Lmao

[@lordjaraxxus3864]

accordion to me

[@vindictiveDOOM]

plot twist. I'm not dressed

[@cyxFrag]

ANOTHER ONE ??? :D HORRIBLE :D

[@deemorin8265]

can u plz edit out your chugging of drink sounds nasty

[@bonerici]

I like it. Chug!!

[@xxAutoFlowxx]

+Dee Morin Is he a sugar freak?...Shouldn't drink soda when you're that over weight..Hope it's sugarless

[@alansong4754]

#

[@hakanincecik4783]

S.A guys

[@maxspringfield]

Schlechter = terrible.

[@alansong4754]

#schlechter