Lasker

Move by Move

Zenón Franco

• Publisher: Popular Chess
• Year: 2019
• eBook ISBN: 9781781944363

Emanuel Lasker was world champion for a remarkable 27 years (1894-1921) and is generally regarded as having been way ahead of his time in his understanding of chess. He primarily regarded chess as a fight and considered that the strongest move in a position was the one that created greatest problems for the opponent and not necessarily the one that was objectively "best". His strengths included: * His skill at accumulating small advantages with quiet manoeuvring.* His astonishing ability to find tactical resources in defence.* His uncanny knack of provoking errors in balanced positions. Lasker was, essentially, a complete chessplayer and his games feel thoroughly modern. Indeed many contemporary elite players (the most obvious one being the current world champion Magnus Carlsen) exhibit a very similar style. The Move by Move series provides an ideal format for the keen chessplayer to improve their game. While reading you are continually challenged to answer probing questions – a method that greatly encourages the learning and practising of vital skills just as much as the traditional assimilation of chess knowledge. Carefully selected questions and answers are designed to keep you actively involved and allow you to monitor your progress as you learn. This is an excellent way to study chess while providing the best possible chance to retain what has been learnt.

Table of contents

• About the Author
• Bibliography
• Preface
• Introduction
• 1 1889-1894
• 2 1895-1900
• 3 1901-1910
• 4 1914-1925
• 5 Final Years: 1934-1936
• Index of Complete Games
• Alekhine.A-Lasker.E, New York 1924
• Bird.H-Lasker.E, 2nd matchgame, Newcastle upon Tyne 1892
• Chigorin.M-Lasker.E, St. Petersburg 1895
• Euwe.M-Lasker.E, Zürich 1935
• Janowski.D-Lasker.E, 10th matchgame, Paris 1909
• Lasker.E-Albin.A, New York 1893
• Lasker.E-Alekhine.A, St. Petersburg 1914
• Lasker.E-Alexander.H, Nottingham 1936
• Lasker.E-Bauer.J, Amsterdam 1889
• Lasker.E-Capablanca.J, Moscow 1935
• Lasker.E-Capablanca.J, St. Petersburg 1914
• Lasker.E-Chigorin.M, St. Petersburg 1896
• Lasker.E-Janowski.D, World Championship (Game 5), Berlin 1910
• Lasker.E-Lee.F, London 1899
• Lasker.E-Marshall.F, New York 1924
• Lasker.E-Pillsbury.H, Paris 1900
• Lasker.E-Rubinstein.A, St. Petersburg 1914
• Lasker.E-Salwe.G, St. Petersburg 1909
• Lasker.E-Schlechter.C, World Championship (Game 10), Berlin 1910
• Lasker.E-Steinitz.W, World Championship (Game 1), New York 1894
• Lasker.E-Steinitz.W, World Championship (Game 10), Moscow 1896
• Lasker.E-Steinitz.W, World Championship (Game 19), Montreal 1894
• Lasker.E-Tarrasch.S, Nuremberg 1896
• Lasker.E-Tarrasch.S, St. Petersburg 1914
• Lasker.E-Vidmar.M, St. Petersburg 1909
• Marshall.F-Lasker.E, World Championship (Game 1), New York 1907
• Pillsbury.H-Lasker.E, St. Petersburg 1896
• Réti.R-Lasker.E, Mährisch Ostrau 1923
• Showalter.J-Lasker.E, 6th matchgame, Kokomo 1892
• Steinitz.W-Lasker.E, London 1899