chess-The Oxford Companion to Chess - First Edition by David Hooper & Kenneth Whyld

Schlechteis laler achielemenls in.lude first
pnze ar Hanburg l9r0 (+8=?-l). a share of
second placc (+11=8 ,l) with Rubinslei. after
TE.HMANN ai carlsbad 1911. a drawn ndtcb wirh
Tarrascb in 1911 (+3=10 3), and nd pnze
(+6=8) al Vienna 1915. Befoie and duri.e thc
First World war Schlechter cditcdthe eighth.last.
andbestedirionof Bilguer'sH^NDBIG(1912 16),
a classic ol more than 1.000 pages. Schlecbter
himsell made many codfiibudons ro openings
knowtedge aparl froo those !aiialions namcd af ter
hin. Durina the lasr months ol 1918 hh heallh
declined rapidlt afld al Budapest. soon af|ei
completine a chess engagenent- he died oi
ln developing his style, Sch ]e chter followed the
precepis of srErNrrz 10 build up the gane hy
seeki.g posiiional advantaee, and not to altack
until an d!{ntaBe has been oblained.ln lheearly
part ol his career, when this melhod often led to
draNn gamcs. he became known as a drawing
masrel. an inappropriaiedescriptionolhh
mature
stt'le. Ados BURN- awar. that Schlechrer ofien
made nnc combinations and had von several
Nrnes thal Schle.htcr 'was a
n.sler in two disind a.d anlagonistic styler.
However, Schlcchlcr's.ombinative play, sound or
.ih.ruke .fien demmed frdm the SreiniiTian
impeiativer a player who has the advantagc ftLn
artack. lnlhisrespectSchlcchterwas not acaurious
player who merely soughl ro hold the dra{ in
Slight ol build. bright eyed, courteous, and
unquarrelsone, scblechler nighr havc bccn morc
successlui bur lor hh good Dature In his Batch
vith Lasker, hisdecisionloplaytora qininrhelast
round was sporisnanlike (p{baps necessaryil, as
runoured, tbe codditions slared that hc couldgain
rhetitle only ilhc lcd bt 1wo game, but unreahtic i
a tongher manwould halebeen satisiiedro wi. rhe
matchby drawing lhe lastgane, naking his 6ark
in rhe record book and leaving thc chcss world 10
dccidc who was champion or to arrange a prope.
match. Inthe tenlhround of the Onend gra.dmas
ters loumanenl 190?, Schlecht$ .blaincd a big
advantlge aglinsl'la asch. who suddenly lelt ill'
(a vcry old gambit)r Schlechler agreed Io a drav.
eventually taking second place hall r Poinr a[ier
Ta.rasch. (see ouNG urAN oprNrNc.)
spielnann. Kall s./r..ntcr (1924) conrains a
sclcction of Schlechter's gaoes vilh Swcdhh tcxi.
Veikholsky, ral .t ,tle.rrer ( 1984) is a biosraphy
and selcction oI games. text in Ru$ian.
London 1399 Pckoll Dcrcn.c
1 e4.5 2 NI3 NI6 3 Nrc5 d6 4 Nfl Nxe4 5 d4 \f6 6
Bd3Be7 70{BE4 3RelG0 9Nbd2Nbd7 loNllRcs
ll Nq3 Nl,l 12 h3 BxA 13 Qx{l !6 1,1Nf5 Ns6 15
Bg5 Nd5 16Nxc7+ Ndxcr l? Re216 l3 BdzOd7 19
2l Rael Neg6 22 Bl5 QO 2lgl
Rxe2 24 Oft2 a5 25 h1 b6 26 h5 M3 2? h6 \h36
23 hxe? KxgT 29Kg2Ra7:l0Qe3Qxes 3l Rxelt I