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.

Historian Hans Renette is FIDE master in chess (with 2 IM norms). He lives in Bierbeek, Belgium.

Hans Renette
Format: paperback (8.5 x 11 in 2 vols.)
Pages:  1125
Bibliographic Info: 282 photos, notes, bibliography, indexes
Copyright Date: 2024
pISBN: 978-1-4766-8457-4
eISBN: 978-1-4766-4442-4
Imprint: McFarland

• 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