Carl Schlechter

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Carl Schlechter was an Austrian chess master of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, best known for his near-victorious 1910 World Championship match against Emanuel Lasker.

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instanceOf chess master
chess player
human
causeOfDeath starvation
countryOfCitizenship Austria
Austria-Hungary
dateOfBirth 1874-03-02
dateOfDeath 1918-12-27
era early 20th century
late 19th century
famousFor nearly winning the 1910 World Chess Championship
gender male
hasWikipediaPage https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Schlechter
influenced Austrian chess tradition
knownFor drawing many games against top players
sportsmanlike conduct
languageOfWorkOrName German
matchResult drew 5–5 with Emanuel Lasker in 1910 World Championship match
name Carl Schlechter
notableFor 1910 World Chess Championship match against Emanuel Lasker
notableGameAgainst Akiba Rubinstein
Harry Nelson Pillsbury
Mikhail Chigorin
Siegbert Tarrasch
occupation chess composer
chess player
opponentInNotableMatch Emanuel Lasker
participatedIn Cambridge Springs 1904 chess tournament
Munich 1900 chess tournament
Ostend 1906 chess tournament
St Petersburg 1909 chess tournament
Vienna 1898 chess tournament
placeOfBirth Austria-Hungary
Vienna
placeOfDeath Austria-Hungary
Budapest
playingStyle positional
solid
religion Catholicism
linked to: Roman Catholicism
residence Vienna
titleContested World Chess Championship
won Munich 1900 chess tournament
Ostend 1906 chess tournament (tied)
Vienna 1908 chess tournament
yearOfNotableMatch 1910

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Emanuel Lasker notableOpponent Carl Schlechter
Akiba Rubinstein competedAgainst Carl Schlechter
Carl Schlechter name Carl Schlechter