Although no evidence has ever been found to prove this was a world championship match the public considered as such. The American Chess Bulletin stated that the two players agreed to play a series of games, but the result would not affect Lasker's title. However, after the match the New York Times reported that Lasker had retained his title. Also, the February 13, 1910 edition of The Brooklyn Daily Eagle stated that, "The remarkable achievement of Dr. Emanuel Lasker in winning the tenth game of the chess championship with Carl Schlechter of Vienna, at Berlin, last week, thereby tying his rival's score at the eleventh hour and saving his title, is the talk of chess circles at present."
Later the same year, on December 8th, Lasker defeated David Janowski in the world championship match in Berlin by a score of +8 -0 =3. After that match Lasker did not play serious chess for another three-and-a-half years.
In March of 1910, Great Britain defeated the United States in the 12th cable match; it was their second win in a row. In this match the British had two strong, upcoming players...F.D. Yates and George Thomas.
Henry Atkins' win over John F. Barry was considered the best game of the match and possibly the best game Atkins ever played. A few months later, in August, Atkins won the British Championship in Oxford.
When I auto-annotated this game with Fritz 17 using Stockfish 14.1 and Komodo 14 it was interesting to note the program's assigned Weighted Error Value to moves of both players. I am not sure what, exactly, the Weighted Error Value is, but it seems that if a player's moves exactly match the engine his score would be a perfect 0.0.
The WEV's were:
Two things are obvious: there is a clear difference in the evaluations of the two engines and Atkins play was amazingly precise. No wonder it has been considered the best game of his career!
Henry Atkins–John F. Barry1–0C1412th Anglo-American Cable MatchLondon ENG / New York USA11.03.1910Stockfish 14.1
[%evp 12,59,68,35,77,82,97,66,76,28,65,54,170,119,174,110,209,210,201,194,257,
277,273,265,258,272,296,245,341,337,408,389,382,381,402,347,646,646,713,682,
700,689,794,785,884,883,900,846,1153,1126] French Defense 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.c3 f6 4.g5 e7 5.e5 fd7 6.xe7 xe7 7.b5 This was a new move, but it
wastes time. The old move was 7.Qd2 and 8.O-O-O. These days the only move
white plays is 7.f4 d8 This move received harsh criticism from Emanuel
Lasker who stated there is no need whatsoever to abandon the right to castle
and the move make developing his Rs very difficult. Also, because his K
remains in the center nlack cannot open lines in the center. Much better was 7.
..Nb6 as played by Alapin. 8.c3 f6 9.exf6 This has Lasker's stamp of
approval because "White must attemot to get the obstructions out of the center.
" 9.f4 is considered slightly better by Stockfish. a6 10.a3 fxe5 11.fxe5 h4+ 12.e2 c5 13.f3 9...gxf6 This is the best way to recapture. 10.d2 c6 11.a3 f8 11...e5 was better. After 12.0-0-0 c7 13.c2 b6 14.f3 White's advantage is minimal. 12.f3 d7 13.g3 This defends
against the N maneuver ...Ng5-f4 and also against ...Rg8 and potential threats
down the g-file. e8 Black has no time for this slow maneuvering. He must
try 13...e5. 14.g2 bd7 15.c4 dxc4 16.xc4 b6 17.xb6 axb6 18.0-0 g6 19.fe1 d7 20.c3 e8 21.d2 Once the N
lands on c5 the game will be over. f8 22.a4
Intending a5 smoking out black's King. e7 23.a5 Clearing c5 for the N. b5 Naturally, black wants to keep the Q-side closed. 24.b3 White is winning. d5 25.xd5 exd5 26.xe8+ xe8 27.c5 Black can safely resign at any time. f7 28.e1 c7 29.e3 d7 30.f4+ Barry resigned. A nice, clean game by
Atkins. Lasker stated that starting with 8.c3 every move of Atkins' was beyond
criticism. That's a fair statement even when analyzing with Stockfish! 30.f4+ c8 31.d6 The is no defense against 32.Re7 1–0
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