Lasker did write about the match in newspapers and no doubt other places too. Some of his newspaper(?) writing was posted and translated by <Calli> in the comments to Game #9 of the match. Some scanty Lasker annotations are also attached to the moves in Game #5. I've come across various comments Lasker made about the match scattered in various places, e.g. Soltis' <Why Lasker Matters>. I believe Lasker either wrote a book about the match or some of his match journalism was collected into a book (See here: http://www.amazon.com/Schachwettkam...), but I haven't seen the book.

I also think some of Lasker's journalism about the match can be found in the Wiener Schachzeitung from 1908, and surely elsewhere, if you can find it.

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Highest Rating: 2824 on the June 1895 rating list, #2 in world, age 33y3m

" When protecting a piece, always ask whether it might be captured anyway. "

<Calli> Yes, it's odd, I used to be able to access the full Wiener Schachzeitung 1908 on Google book, but now I can't. I thought I was remembering wrong, but it seems you used to be able to access it too. Very frustrating.

<brankat> It's been a real pleasure learning (a little) German. Mark Twain had this to say about German:

<There are some German words which are singularly and powerfully effective. For instance, those which describe lowly, peaceful, and affectionate home life; those which deal with love, in any and all forms, from mere kindly feeling and honest good will toward the passing stranger, clear up to courtship; those which deal with outdoor Nature, in its softest and loveliest aspects -- with meadows and forests, and birds and flowers, the fragrance and sunshine of summer, and the moonlight of peaceful winter nights; in a word, those which deal with any and all forms of rest, repose, and peace; those also which deal with the creatures and marvels of fairyland; and lastly and chiefly, in those words which express pathos, is the language surpassingly rich and affective. There are German songs which can make a stranger to the language cry. That shows that the sound of the words is correct -- it interprets the meanings with truth and with exactness; and so the ear is informed, and through the ear, the heart.>

http://www.crossmyt.com/hc/linghebr...

Certainly gives a different perspective that you get from hearing people shout "Schnell!" in war movies.

You can configure a computer for Cyrillic (Go to Control Panel, Regional and Language Options, Languages, Details). You can get a set of labels to stick on the front of your keys. However, it is still difficult to use. A Russian at work wound up installing two keyboards and seems very happy with that arrangement.

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5 4.d4 c6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.h3 Bf5 7.Ne5 f6 8.Nc4 Qc7 9.Qf3 Bxc2 10.Bf4 Qd7 11.Ne3 Bg6 12.0-0-0 e6 13.Bc4 b5? 14.Nxb5 Na6 15.d5 cxd5 16.Nxd5 exd5 17.Rhe1+ Be7 18.Rxd5 Rc8 19.Rxd7 Rxc4+ 20.Nc3 Rxf4 21.Qd5 Kf8 22.Rdxe7 Nxe7 23.Qd8+ 1-0.

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<17... f5 18.Nd5 Bxd5 19.cxd5 ..> This is the colossal advantage white acquires: a quadruple pawn and three open lines, which the rook can occupy to its heart's delight. <19... Rh6 20.Bc5 a4 21.b4 a3 22.f4 e5 23.fxe5 ..> I might also capture en passant, but that move, which was recommended to me by the head waiter, I didn't want to play; first because I wanted to keep it a secret, and second because the brilliant young African, who didn't know the en passsant rule, wouldn't accept it. <23... a2> With this move I noticed that my opponent's 63 wives, who up to now had followed the game with keen interest, exchanged meaningful glances. <24.Bd6 Rc8 25.Qa4 Rc5> Black, as one observes, only plays plausible moves! <26.bxc5 Rxd6 27.cxd6 ..> A new white advantage and even more colossal than the previous: a quintuple pawn and four open lines for the rook! <27... f4 28.e6 ..> Of course I could have mated in 2 with 28.Bxh5+ g6 29.Bxg6#, a so to speak thunder and lightning mate. But I have for over 20 years pointed out, that it's no big deal to mate with Bxh7+, Ng5+ and Qh7#. That's stuff for amateurs, I play on principle for connoisseurs. <28... a1=Q> Who might have imagined a few moves earlier that black, out of the blue, would get a new queen. The young African has played all this brilliantly. Yet it is of no avail, because now follows my grandmasterly final stroke. <29.Bxh5+ g6 30.exd7#>

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<Razor-sharp, he always followed his own rules. In spite of devotion to his own supposedly scientific method, his play was often witty and bright.>

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