Rudolf Spielmann vs Carl Schlechter - St. Petersburg 1909.03.07

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Rudolf Spielmann vs Carl Schlechter
St. Petersburg St. Petersburg RUE round 15 1909.03.07
Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Tartakower Variation 1-0

[Event "St. Petersburg"]
[Site "St. Petersburg RUE"]
[Date "1909.03.07"]
[EventDate "1909.02.15"]
[Round "15"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Rudolf Spielmann"]
[Black "Carl Schlechter"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. e4 {Notes by Lasker.} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6
5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. a4 Rb8 {Is there anything
better here? If 8...Be6 9.dxe5 Na5 10.Nd4 and now 10...c5?
11.Nxe6 fxe6, White can obtain an advantage only by axb5; for
after 12.Qg4 Qd7, Black would reply to both 13.f3 and 13.axb5
with 13...c4, and the issue appears very doubtful.} 9. axb5
axb5 10. dxe5 Be6 11. c3 Bc5 12. Nbd2 O-O 13. Bc2 Nxd2
14. Qxd2 Qd7 15. Qf4 Ne7 {So far Black's moves admit of no
censure. But here the question arises, why Black failed to
play the strong move of f6. If 16.Qh4, Black would break the
attack by Bf5.} 16. Nd4 {Now White obtains at least the
advantage of two Bishops. If 16...Ng6 17.Qg3 and the f-pawn
threatens to advance, and if 16...b4? White plays
17.Nb3. Black is already somewhat in difficulty.} Bxd4 {Now
the point c5 becomes very weak, so that the c-pawn is
prevented from advancing and remains in want of support by the
pieces.} 17. Qxd4 Bf5 18. Bxf5 Nxf5 19. Qc5 Ra8 20. Bf4 h5
21. h3 Ra4 {And finally a blunder which costs a
pawn. Schlechter was particularly indisposed at
St.Petersburg.} 22. Rxa4 bxa4 23. Rd1 c6 24. Qa5 Qe7 25. Qxa4
Qh4 26. Rd3 d4 27. Rf3 {Not 27.g3 Qxh3 28.cxd4, on account of
28...Nh4.} dxc3 28. bxc3 Ne7 29. Qe4 Nd5 30. c4 Nxf4 31. Rxf4
Qg5 32. e6 Qe7 33. Rxf7 Rxf7 34. exf7+ Qxf7 35. Qxc6 Kh7
36. Qe4+ g6 37. c5 Qd7 38. c6 Qd1+ 39. Kh2 Qd6+ 40. g3 Qc5
41. Kg2 Kg7 42. h4 Qd6 43. Qc4 Qc7 44. Qb5 {White's play in
this game appears most accurate and sound.} 1-0

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Updated: 31 January, 2022
Created: 31 January, 2022