Lasker, Emanuel (1868-1941)
Emanuel Lasker by Bundesarchiv Bild (1929 Creative Commons License)
| Alternative last name spellings: – |
| Alternative first name spellings: |
| Alias: – |
“On the chessboard lies and hypocrisy do not survive long. The creative combination lays bare the presumption of lies; the merciless fact, culmination in checkmate, contradicts the hypocrites.”
GENERAL INFO
| Description: Emanuel Lasker was a German chess player, mathematician, philosopher and World Chess Champion. He was a pioneer among his contemporaries in exploiting the psychological aspects of the game, taking advantage of the particular deficiencies of each of his opponents with enormous skill. | |
| Sex: Male. | Occupation: Chess player. |
| Place of Birth / Death: Berlinchen, Prussia (currently Barlinek, Poland) / New York City, United States | Country Tags: Germany. |
| Centuries: XIX-XX. | Title: Grandmaster of Chess (in 1914, but not official). |
| World Champion: 1894–1921. | School: – |
| Styles: Psychological and combative | Chess Olympiads: – |
IN MUSICHESS
| Articles: |
| Tournaments: |
| Ranking: |
| Fictional stories (MC Universe): |
| Music Composers vs. Chess Players: |
External links
- Ajedrez de Ataque: Emanuel Lasker, el eterno campeón: http://www.ajedrezdeataque.com/04%20Articulos/15%20Lasker/Lasker.htm – [09/03/2018].
- Chesscorner: Emanuel Lasker Biography: http://www.chesscorner.com/worldchamps/lasker/lasker.htm – [09/03/2018].
- Emanuel Lasker chess games at 365Chess.com: https://www.365chess.com/players/Emanuel_Lasker – [09/03/2018].
- Emanuel Lasker on Chess24: https://chess24.com/en/read/players/emanuel-lasker – [09/03/2018].
- Emanuel Lasker player profile and games at Chessgames.com: http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=19149 – [09/03/2018].
- Emanuel Lasker Society: http://www.lasker-gesellschaft.de/ – [09/03/2018].
- Emanuel Lasker at Encyclopædia Britannica: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Emanuel-Lasker – [09/03/2018].
- O’Connor, J.J.; Robertson, E.F. (2003). Emanuel Lasker Biography: http://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Lasker.html – [09/03/2018].
- Wikipedia the free encyclopedia: Emanuel Lasker: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emanuel_Lasker – [09/03/2018].
- Wikiquote: Emanuel Lasker: https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Emanuel_Lasker – [09/03/2018].
Bibliography
- Averbakh, Yuri. (2012). A history of chess. From Chaturanga to the present day. Milford, USA: Russel enterprises Inc.
- Eales, Richard. (2002). Chess: The history of a game. Glasgow, Scotland: Hardinge Simpole Publishing.
- Elo, Arpad E. (2008). The rating of chess players, Past and Present. New York: Ishi Press.
- Hannak, J. (1991) [1952]. Emanuel Lasker: The Life of a Chess Master. New York: Dover.
- Hooper, David. Whyld, Kenneth. (1992). The Oxford companion to chess. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- Murray, H. J. R. (1913). A history of chess. New York: Oxford University Press.
- Soltis, Andrew (2005). Why Lasker Matters. Batsford.
- Whyld, Ken (1998). The Collected Games of Emanuel Lasker. The Chess Player
