Description: Condition: Light edge wear. There are no marks on pages. About the book: play by play recounting of most of the master level chess games played Emanuel Lasker, his opponent and where and when the game was played, annotation is in symbols and numbers with a reference to where the game plays were published 229 pages with frontispiece, diagrams, photographs, tables, and index. Octavo (8 1/4" x 5 3/4") bound in blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine. first edition. Emanuel Lasker was the chess champion of the world for 27 years, a record that will never be equaled. In a tournament career spanning almost half a century, he was lower than third on only three occasions, the first of them being when he came out of retirement at the age of 65. The only one of his 2 matches which he lost was the last one, when he was defeated by Capablanca in a title contest. This collection of almost 1400 games includes not only those from first-class events but also many revealing and instructive clashes from such events as simultaneous displays
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Publication Year: 1998
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Book Title: The Collected Games of Emanuel Lasker
Author: Whyld, Ken
Publisher: The Chess Player
Topic: Games
Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom
Number of Pages: 229