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Emanuel Lasker (German pronunciation: [eˈmaːnuɛl ˈlaskɐ] ⓘ; December 24, 1868 – January 11, 1941) was a German chess player, mathematician, and philosopher.He was the second World Chess Champion, holding the title for 27 years, from 1894 to 1921, the longest reign of any officially recognised World Chess Champion winning 6 World Chess Championships.
2720: Mikhail Botvinnik, Emanuel Lasker; 2700: Mikhail Tal; 2690: Alexander Alekhine, Paul Morphy, Vasily Smyslov; Though published in 1978, Elo's list did not include five-year averages for later players Bobby Fischer and Anatoly Karpov. It did list January 1978 ratings of 2780 for Fischer and 2725 for Karpov. [2]
1907 – Lasker – Marshall World Championship match in several US cities. 1910 – José Raúl Capablanca (Cuba) is the first to win a major tournament (in New York) with a 100% score. 1911 – The first simultaneous exhibition with more than 100 participants is held. 1913 – Publication of H. J. R. Murray's book A History of Chess.
The World Chess Championship 1896–1897 was a match for the World Chess Championship, contested between Emanuel Lasker and Wilhelm Steinitz. It was played in Moscow between November 6, 1896, and January 14, 1897. Lasker won by a score of 10 wins to 2 (with 5 draws), thus retaining his title.
The top five finishers at the Hastings 1895 chess tournament were invited: Harry Nelson Pillsbury, Mikhail Chigorin, Emanuel Lasker, Siegbert Tarrasch and William Steinitz. Lasker was World Chess Champion and Steinitz had been world champion before losing the championship to Lasker in 1894.
Emanuel Lasker (left) facing incumbent champion Wilhelm Steinitz (right) in Philadelphia during the 1894 World Chess Championship The World Chess Championship has taken various forms over time, including both match and tournament play. While the concept of a world champion of chess had already existed for decades, with several events considered by some to have established the world's foremost ...
Lasker had played little chess since retaining the World Championship in 1896–1897, in part due to his doctoral studies in mathematics.However, Lasker agreed to defend his title against American challenger Frank Marshall from January 26 to April 6, 1907, in the United States, with the games being played in New York, Philadelphia, Washington, D.C., Baltimore, Chicago, and Memphis.
1912: Edward Lasker–Thomas, London. With a queen sacrifice, Edward Lasker exposes Black's king and with a series of checks drives it all the way to the other side of the board before checkmating with an advance of his king. [27] 1914: Emanuel Lasker vs Jose Raul Capablanca, St Petersburg.