After Capablanca’s victory against Lasker in 1921, the latter claim he will no longer participate in World Championship matches. The first player to challenge Capablanca, immediately in 1921, was Akiba Rubinstein, the Polish champion and…
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Greatest chess players of all time
Greatest chess players of all time? In Animal Farm, George Orwell has written an immortal sentence: All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others In the history of chess, there were…
Lasker – Capablanca World Championship Match 1921
November 19, 1888, is one of the most important dates in chess history. On this day, one of the greatest natural talents, the Cuban genius Jose Raul Capablanca, was born. Capablanca was a prodigy in…
Lasker – Janowsky World Championship match 1910
You might recall that in 1899, David Janowsky, one of the leading masters of the late 1890s and early 1900s, issued a formal challenge to Lasker. Due to the disagreement regarding the number of games…
Lasker – Schlechter World Championship Match 1910
After his successful title defence against Tarrasch in 1908, Lasker could not rest on his laurels. The list of challengers waiting for their turn was growing every day. On December 2, 1908, Austrian master Karl…
Lasker – Tarrasch World Championship Match 1908
In 1907, a strong chess tournament in Ostend. Since Lasker was playing his match against Marshall, he was absent. The organizers declared that they would do everything in their might to organize a match between…
Chess study 25 – Martin Minski study
Chess study 25: Martin Minski study Long time ago, I have posted the brilliant Mitrofanov study on this blog. I never thought that the beauty of that study might be surpassed, but today we have…
Lasker – Marshall World Championship Match 1907
After his successful title defence in match against Steinitz in 1896, chess world would have to wait for long 11 years for another World Championship match. First of all, in 1896, Lasker opted to take…
Steinitz – Lasker World Championship Rematch 1896
As has already been mentioned, after his victory against Steinitz in 1894, the chess world was not keen on recognizing Lasker as the lawful world champion. Siegbert Tarrasch, who had just won another international tournament,…
Steinitz – Lasker World Championship Match 1894
After Steinitz’s successful title defence against Chigorin in 1892, chess world already started seeking the next challenger. Three names appeared as only real rivals – Siegbert Tarrasch, winner of multiple international tournament, Mikhail Chigorin, who…
Steinitz Chigorin World Championship Rematch 1892
In 1889, Wilhelm Steinitz published his famous opening guide, The Modern Chess Instructor. In this book, he published what he considered to be the best defence against the Evans Gambit. He also published a variation…
Steinitz – Gunsberg World Championship Match 1890
Although Steinitz scored a convincing victory in his match against Chigorin in 1889, he couldn’t sleep in peace for too long. There was an abundance of strong chess players in the late 1880s and many…