Carl Schlechter vs Milan Vidmar (1917)

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Carl Schlechter vs Milan Vidmar
Trebitsch Memorial (1917/18), Vienna AUH, rd 4, Dec-??
Spanish Game: Berlin Defense. Closed Bernstein Variation (C66) · 1-0

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Mar-27-23		saturn2: 39.Ra6 Is the black rook pinned, overloaded? No words black is just lost.

Mar-27-23		stacase: Black doesn't have to take the Rook, but it doesn't work.

Mar-27-23		mel gibson: Poor Black to make such a blunder.

Mar-27-23		agb2002: The alignment of the black king and rook along the sixth rank allows the pin 39.Ra6: A) 39... Rxa6 40.c8=Q+ wins. B) 39... Kd7 40.Rxc6 Kxc6 41.c8=Q+ wins.

Mar-27-23		FSR: Horrific blunder by Vidmar. Sadly, Schlechter died the following year.

Mar-27-23		saturn2: Suetin describes Schlechter as pragmatic defence player whose tactical skills were not fully developed. Under attack he got stronger and was almost impossible to defeat

Mar-27-23		TheaN: <39.Ra6 +-> and that's it, given Black will go down a full queen in either variation: 39....Kd7 40.Rxc6 Kc8 just delays the eventual queening and mate whereas <39....Rxa6 40.c8Q+ with 41.Qxa6 +-> is lost just as quickly. Yeah 38....Rc6? is one among the "why" losing lines. I do think that in this case, the answer to that question is straightforward. Vidmar probably thought that with Rc6 he did himself a favor, blocking the check. That it does, yes...

Mar-27-23		scormus: I'd suggest some new notation for B's last move. 38 ... Rc6:O

Mar-27-23		Retireborn: From the 9th Trebitsch memorial (not the 8th as one game collection has it), this was Vidmar's only setback in a tournament he won, thanks largely to beating Asztalos 4-0.

Mar-27-23		Brenin: 38 ... Rc6 is the sort of panicky defensive move one might make with only seconds left on the clock as move 40 approaches. Even so, the threat of 39 Ra6+ is an empty one, e.g. 39 ... Kd7 40 Rf6 Ke7 is perfectly safe for Black, as long as his R stays on the c-file.

Mar-27-23		AlicesKnight: Found 39.Ra6 quickly - but why on earth 38. ... Rc6??

Mar-27-23		Dionysius1: It's handy that after 39...Rxa6 40 c8(Q)+ Black loses his R and the result is trivial. As for why 38...Rc6?, maybe the old standby explanation time trouble - it is move thirty eight.

Mar-27-23		Damenlaeuferbauer: After taking oceans of time (thank you, <perfidious>), the immortal Austrian Carl Schlechter finally found 39.Ra6!,Kd7/Kd5 40.Rxc6,Kxc6 40.c8Q+ +- (39.-,Rxa6 40.c8Q+ and 41.Qxa6 +-). 38.-,Kd7! would have drawn easily.

Mar-27-23		chrisowen: I bungs its rip joy its wicket q z its hue v Ra6 fluff abate oblong banal its auld back its had Ra6 beauty;

Mar-27-23		Velmirovic: Very easy- 39. Ra6 forces a pawn promotion. However, Schlecter's opening seemed pretty sterile- not sure there's much advantage for White after conceding the bishop pair.

Mar-27-23		Chesschronicle22: Thats far too easy :) Ra6 ;v

Mar-27-23		HeMateMe: Pins 101.

Mar-27-23		perfidious: For all Schlechter's renowned equanimity, he must have about gone off the rails when his opponent played 38....Rc6.

Mar-27-23		eternaloptimist: This puzzle is the epitome of a very easy puzzle. I saw the solution immediately

Mar-27-23		Halldor: This puzzle is a great lesson for beginners in realizing the power of pins, — and the power of passed pawns also.

Mar-27-23		Breunor: Tell me why I DO like Mondays!

Mar-28-23		keypusher: My guess is that Vidmar was trying to make the time control and then take time and see if there was any way to win the c-pawn without losing a kingside pawn.

Mar-28-23		WickedPawn: <crisowen> !! Still waiting for your long posts!

Mar-29-23		fredthebear: Do you like cats fights better than newly promoted queen forks? Not me, but this might help pass the time while waiting: https://popculture.com/celebrity/ne... It could be a LONG time waiting. Here are twelve games annotated by Carl Schlechter: games annotated by Schlechter

Sep-21-24		Retireborn: 9th Trebitsch Memorial, played 7 December 1917 (round 4) according Chessbase. It has been incorrectly assigned to the 1916/1917 collection.

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