"A Chess Biography with 1,832 Games"
Emanuel Lasker (1868–1941) had the longest reign of any world champion in chess—27 years. From 1894 through 1921, he wielded exceptional dominance over several generations of contemporaries and is still regarded as one of the strongest players the world has seen. A multifaceted personality, he excelled in other fields as well, and his life has been the subject of a recent deep-digging biographic trilogy.
This book presents for the first time a detailed examination of Lasker’s chess career, with a complete collection of games, many presented with analysis by Lasker and other first rank masters.
About the author
Historian Hans Renette is FIDE master in chess (with 2 IM norms). He lives in Bierbeek, Belgium.
• Volume 1 •
Introduction 1
Early Years in Chess 3
Learning chess 3
Café Kaiserhof tournament,
June 1889 6
Breslau 1889 8
Amsterdam 1889 16
Back in Germany 22
Match with Mieses
1889–1890 26
In England and France 31
Berlin 1890 46
Graz 1890 52
Match with Englisch 1890 55
1891—A Quiet Year 57
In England 1892 68
The First Months in the United States
(October 1892–January 1893) 98
In Cuba 143
Back in the United States 152
The Impromptu Tournament 1893 177
Towards the Championship 189
The World Championship with Steinitz 195
Appraisal and Aftermath 228
Back in Europe and Illness 232
Back in Action, Early 1895 236
Hastings 1895 243
A Short Interval 269
St. Petersburg 1895–1896 272
Returning to England 298
Nuremberg 1896 302
Preparing for the Rematch 320
The Rematch with Steinitz 1896/1897 322
Back in England 348
Active Again 1898–1899 354
London 1899 383
Paris 1900 405
The Remainder of 1900. 417
Quiet Years 1901–1903 437
Back in Europe 1903–1904 487
Resident in the United States 1904–1906 499
Towards the Championship Match–1906 525
• Volume 2 •
The World Championship Match with Marshall 1907 542
After the Match and to Europe 569
England 579
Holland 599
Germany and Central Europe 604
Holland Again 606
Germany and Denmark 609
The World Championship Match with Tarrasch 1908 612
The Aftermath 647
Towards St. Petersburg 649
Paris 658
St. Petersburg 1909 660
Two Matches with Janowski, May–October 1909 683
The World Championship Match with Schlechter 1910 700
South America 1910 716
The World Championship Match with Janowski 1910 727
Failed Challenges 1911–1914 739
St. Petersburg 1914 759
The War Years 1915–1918 797
Getting Back on His Feet 1919–1920 817
The World Championship Match with Capablanca 1921 847
After the Championship 1921–1923 862
M.hrisch Ostrau 1923 871
Russia 1924 883
New York 1924 888
Moscow 1925 954
Quiet Years in Chess 1926–1934 972
Zürich 1934 1000
Moscow 1935 1013
Moscow 1936 1042
Nottingham 1936 1066
The Final Years 1936–1941 1081
Addendum 1093
Bibliography 1095
Index of Players (by game number) 1097
ECO Index (by game number) 1102
General Index (by page number) 1103
