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1 day ago · Edward Lasker, born in Kempen (Kępno), Greater Poland (then Prussia), the German-American chess master, engineer, and author, claimed that he was distantly related to Emanuel Lasker. They both played in the great New York 1924 chess tournament.
Jun 25, 2024 · Edward Lasker says that both players got into time trouble ( I would trust his account most) Edward Lasker also notes that Lasker - an extremely rare case for him - totally lost his composure. Certainly the whole incident disturbed Alekhine, as he notes in the tournament book, whilst not giving the details.
4 days ago · 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 ...
Jun 10, 2024 · Edward Lasker revised the book many times over the years, and it was eventually sold as Modern Chess Strategy. www.amazon.com/Modern-Chess-Strategy-Edward-Lasker/dp/0679140220 If you decide that you want that revision, you should be warned that there is a book by Pachman with the same title.
4 days ago · An intriguing match-up against Géza Maróczy was marred when Maroczy, in time trouble, declined a rook sacrifice that he should have accepted. In the tournament’s brilliancy prize game, he sacrificed a pawn out of the opening against Edward Lasker and then smoothly outplayed him. P robably not too much should be made of Abraham Kupchik’s ...
4 days ago · Botvinnik placed first equal with Flohr, ½ point ahead of Lasker and one point ahead of José Raúl Capablanca, in Moscow's second International Tournament, held in 1935. After consulting Capablanca and Lasker, Krylenko proposed to award Botvinnik the title Grandmaster, but Botvinnik
Jun 26, 2024 · Throughout Chess Secrets I Learned from the Masters Edward Lasker used the spelling ‘Nimzóvich’, indicating stress on the second syllable. On page 241 of the August 1947 BCM Jacques Mieses referred to ‘Aron Niemzowitsch – four syllables with the accent on the last but one, thus: Ni-em-zó-witsch After 1920, however, he called himself ...
