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Home›World chess champions›Emanuel Lasker
World champion #2 · 1894–1921

♚ Emanuel Lasker

Practical fighter · Germany

Lasker held the title for 27 years — longer than anyone. A mathematician and philosopher, he played the opponent as much as the board, choosing practical, uncomfortable moves that led strong players into mistakes.

Three lessons from Lasker for your own games

  1. Make your opponent solve problems
  2. Endgame technique wins long games
  3. Keep fighting in worse positions

Emanuel Lasker’s games to replay

Lasker, Emanuel – Bauer, JohannAmsterdam · 1889Lasker–Bauer1–0Lasker, Emanuel – Bauer, JH.Amsterdam · 1889Lasker–Bauer1–0Kan, Ilia Abramovich – Lasker, EmanuelMoscow · 1936½–½Lasker, Emanuel – Ragozin, ViacheslavMoscow · 19360–1Lasker, Emanuel – Kan, Ilia AbramovichMoscow · 1936½–½Lasker, Emanuel – Eliskases, Erich GottliebMoscow · 19361–0Lilienthal, Andor – Lasker, EmanuelMoscow · 1936½–½Riumin, Nikolay Nikolaevich – Lasker, EmanuelMoscow · 1936½–½Lasker, Emanuel – Flohr, SaloMoscow · 1936½–½Lasker, Emanuel – Capablanca, Jose RaulNottingham · 1936½–½Lasker, Emanuel – Euwe, MaxNottingham · 19361–0Lasker, Emanuel – Levenfish, GrigoryMoscow · 19361–0Levenfish, Grigory – Lasker, EmanuelMoscow · 1936½–½Lasker, Emanuel – Lilienthal, AndorMoscow · 19360–1Capablanca, Jose Raul – Lasker, EmanuelMoscow · 1936½–½Lasker, Emanuel – Botvinnik, MikhailMoscow · 1936½–½Thomas, George Alan – Lasker, EmanuelNottingham · 19360–1Ragozin, Viacheslav – Lasker, EmanuelMoscow · 1936½–½Lasker, Emanuel – Riumin, Nikolay NikolaevichMoscow · 19361–0Botvinnik, Mikhail – Lasker, EmanuelMoscow · 19361–0Lasker, Emanuel – Alekhine, AlexanderNottingham · 1936½–½Lasker, Emanuel – Capablanca, Jose RaulMoscow · 19360–1Lasker, Emanuel – Botvinnik, MikhailNottingham · 1936½–½Flohr, Salo – Lasker, EmanuelMoscow · 19361–0
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