Georg Marco vs Carl Schlechter - Hastings 1895.08.26Tags:Carl-SchlechterGeorg-MarcoGeorg Marco vs Carl SchlechterHastings Hastings ENG round 16 1895.08.26Russian Game 1/2-1/2[Event "Hastings"] [Site "Hastings ENG"] [Date "1895.08.26"] [EventDate "1895.08.05"] [Round "16"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Georg Marco"] [Black "Carl Schlechter"] [ECO "C42"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "40"] 1. e4 {Notes by I. Gunsberg} e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Qe2 {This leads to a perfectly even game on both sides, and is therefore inferior to 5 d4, or to Nc3. If White has any reason to dread the variations arising from d4, which we do not believe is the case, then he may content himself with 5 d3 Nf6 6 d4. For if Black then replies, as he must do sooner or later, with d5, White has the positlon of the normal variation of the French defence.} Qe7 6. d3 Nf6 7. Bg5 Qxe2+ {Pillsbury played here Nc6 against Lasker, the game resulting in draw. Be6 may likewise be played, provided Black cares for struggling against the draw.} 8. Bxe2 Be7 9. Nc3 Be6 10. O-O-O Nc6 11. d4 d5 12. Bf4 O-O-O 13. Ng5 Bd6 14. Nxe6 fxe6 15. Bxd6 {It did seem worth while to exchange for the purpose of weakening the e-Pawn. White, however, has no means of making anything more out of the position. If he had retired his Bishop, Black could have taken it off; or played e5. If he had played Bg5 Black would have replied h6.} cxd6 16. Bf3 Rhe8 17. Rhe1 Re7 18. Re2 Rde8 19. Red2 a6 20. h4 g6 {White had intended to play g4, so as to endeavour to dislodge the Knight, by g5, and bring his Bishop to bear on the e-pawn, and it would certainly have been worth while to carry out that intention, as the Black e-pawn cannot move without leaving the d-pawn unprotected.} 1/2-1/2 Download PGNUpdated: 18 January, 2022Created: 18 January, 2022Please enable JavaScript to view the comments powered by Disqus.comments powered by Disqus
