The pun is of course referring to the spectatular classic "The Seventh Seal" by Ingmar Bergman who just died yesterday. He was one of the greatest directors of all time and one whose films will live with us forever.

<About the Seventh Seal> So in this game who is supposed to be Death? Torre presumably, though I think it's unfair that Death who is unbeatable plays with White. lol

<The witnesses report that during the game, while Torre reflected on its difficult position, an errand boy posed in front of Lasker a telegram. Frau Marta communicated it that the commedia VOM MENSCEN DIE GESCHICHTE, wrote from he with the brother Berthold, would have been soon put in scene.

Lasker, that it held always a reserved behavior, was not in degree in this occasion, to contain the own joy. This commedia was the fruit of seven years of intense job and expressed its "philosophy of the inequality". It is necessary to add that with the aid of the Berthold's wife, the poetess Else Lasker-Müller, was made it one poetic version.

Those December's day in the Metropol Lasker probably lived the happyest moment in his life. He moved away from the chessboard and with emotioned mood air showed to the friends the event. It was the only circumstance in hes life when he didnt respect the rule not to be distracted from the tournament game and not to never lose the concentration. When they said it that Tower had moved, Lasker made return the chessboard and... it committed three serious consecutive mistakes!

After this game Laker became unrecognizable. Find herself in a no hope's position against Duz-Chotimirskij, also ending in order to win, and little after lost against Levenfish in a finale that could have saved; Subsequently drawed with Tartakower in 17 moves. Towards the end others two draws with outsiders like Sämisch and Gottilf (in 18 moves)... It was clearly that Lasker was victim of some chess extra problems, be placed second in front of Capablanca and to all the pleiade of the best grand masters, it came however considered by all like a great success....>

This is a rather selective view of the rest of Lasker's tournament. The Torre game was in round 12. In round 13 he got an extremely bad position against Dus Chotmirsky and nevertheless won; but as we read in other books winning from a bad position is the very quintessence of Lasker. In round 14 he beat Marshall in an excellent game. In Round 15 came the missed draw against Levenfish, followed by a short draw against Tartakower; but in the next two rounds he beat Spielmann and Zubarev. He ended the tournament with a quiet draw against Saemisch, a great drawn battle with Bogoljubov, and another short draw against Gotthilf. But it is silly to make much of the last-round Gotthilf game. Lasker would have had to beat Bogoljubov the round before to have a realistic chance of catching him. In the final round, Bogoljubov drew in 20 moves to clinch first place, and Capablanca had a bye. So 1st, 2nd and 3rd places were all determined.