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Hans Renette
Emanuel Lasker (1868-1941) had the longest reign of any world champion in chess - 27 years. This book presents for the first time a detailed examination of Lasker's chess career…
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Manuel Marquez Sterling
Emanuel Lasker (1897) es un libro escrito por Sterling y traducido al espa?????ol por Manuel Marquez que cuenta la historia del famoso ajedrecista alem?????n Emanuel Lasker. El libro se centra…
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A Zeal to Understand
I do not accept an absolute limit to my knowledge. I have a zeal to understand that refuses to die. – Emanuel Lasker, 1919
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Emanuel Lasker
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
This work is in the "public…
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The St. Petersburg Grand International Masters’ Tournament of 1914 was undoubtedly the most important tournament since the first San Sebastian Tournament, when Capablanca won his spurs, or, as some will…
The international chess congress, St. Petersburg, 1909 This book, The international chess congress St. Petersburg, 1909, by Emanuel Lasker, is a replication of a book originally published before 1910. It…
Originally published in 1915. This volume is produced from digital images from the Humboldt-Universitat zu Berlin holdings in cooperation with the eBooks on Demand (EOD) network.
\ Das vorliegende Werk enthalt Betrachtungen uber die Strategie eines Kampfes, wie des Krieges, des Kampfes eines Geschaftsmannes, des inneren Kampfes eines Kunstlers, des Kampfes gegen die Feinde der Gluckseligkeit…
Combinations, position play, openings, end game, aesthetics of chess, philosophy of struggle, much more. Filled with analyzed games. 308 diagrams.
Jacques Hannak
Emanuel Lasker held the World Chess Championship for a record period from 1894-1921. During this time he dominated his contemporaries in elite events such as St Petersburg 1896, London 1899…
J. Hannak
Standard biography brings legendary master to vivid life: childhood, education, decision to become a professional player, great exploits against Marshall, Tarrasch, Schlechter and other masters, happy marriage, flight from Nazi…
Isaak Linder,Vladimir Linder
The ChessCafe World Chess Champions Series Emanuel Lasker was a great chess fighter, thinker and researcher. He was possessed of gigantic playing strength, retaining the title of Worlds Number One…
Lasker’s Manual of Chess is one of the greatest chess books ever written. The fact that it was first published over 80 years ago has diminished neither its relevance nor…
