The chess games of Edward Lasker

EDWARD LASKER
(born Dec-03-1885, died Mar-25-1981, 95 years old) Germany (federation/nationality United States of America)

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Edward Lasker was born in Kempen (Province of Posen, German Empire, presently Poland). He studied in Breslau and in Charlottenburg (now part of Berlin). Before World War I he moved to London, England, but after the outbreak of the war he left the UK to come to the United States. When America entered the war, he was sent enlistment papers, but with the right of exemption as a German. He waived his right to exemption, hoping that may expedite his request for American citizenship; however, the war was over before he was called.

He was Paris Champion in 1912 (defeating Frederic Lazard in a 4 game match), City of London Champion in 1914, New York City Champion in 1915, the Chicago Champion in 1916, and won five U.S. Open events (1916, 1917, 1919, 1920, and 1921). In 1923 he challenged Frank Marshall in a match for the American championship, narrowly losing by a 5-4 score http://graeme.50webs.com/chesschamp.... He competed in the famous New York 1924 tournament, but finished only tenth out of eleven players. After that he authored several chess books, but did not compete in very many more serious tournaments, devoting most of his time to his engineering profession. FIDE awarded him the official IM title in 1961.

He was friends with world champion Emanuel Lasker. Some controversy exists as to whether they were related. Edward Lasker wrote in his memoirs of the New York (1924) tournament "I did not discover that we were actually related until he (Emanuel Lasker) told me shortly before his death that someone had shown him a Lasker family tree on one of whose branches I was dangling."

He authored several books, including Chess Strategy (1913), Chess and Checkers: the Way to Mastership (1918), Chess for Fun and Chess for Blood (1942), and Chess Secrets I Learned from the Masters (1951).

notes: Edward also played consultation chess on the team of Edward Lasker / Allies.

Wikipedia article: Edward Lasker

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Game	Result	Moves	Year	Event/Locale	Opening
1. Ed. Lasker vs F Chalupetzky	0-1	25	1903	corr	C42 Petrov Defense
2. Ed. Lasker vs K Moll	0-1	36	1907	Berlin CC Winter t	D32 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch
3. Ed. Lasker vs Alekhine	0-1	32	1908	Duesseldorf	C41 Philidor Defense
4. A Rhode vs Ed. Lasker	0-1	24	1909	East-GER CF Congress	C56 Two Knights
5. A Lasker vs Ed. Lasker	0-1	20	1909	Simul, 30b	C50 Giuoco Piano
6. E Cohn vs Ed. Lasker	½-½	56	1909	Chess Society	C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed
7. M Kuerschner vs Ed. Lasker	0-1	29	1910	Hauptturnier-A	C49 Four Knights
8. Ed. Lasker vs Rotlewi	½-½	62	1910	Hauptturnier-A	C55 Two Knights Defense
9. E E Colman vs Ed. Lasker	0-1	45	1910	Hauptturnier-A	B43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3
10. A Nimzowitsch vs Ed. Lasker	0-1	24	1910	Training game	C68 Ruy Lopez, Exchange
11. Ed. Lasker vs A G Conde	1-0	44	1910	Hauptturnier-A	D40 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch
12. A Zinkl vs Ed. Lasker	½-½	35	1911	Berlin-Vienna	C77 Ruy Lopez
13. R Loman vs Ed. Lasker	1-0	53	1912	London	C28 Vienna Game
14. B Goulding Brown vs Ed. Lasker	0-1	16	1912	Cambridge UCC vs Hampstead CC	C30 King's Gambit Declined
15. G Thomas vs Ed. Lasker	1-0	33	1912	City of London CC ch	A43 Old Benoni
16. Ed. Lasker vs G Thomas	1-0	18	1912	Casual game	A40 Queen's Pawn Game
17. J Davidson vs Ed. Lasker	0-1	30	1913	City of London CC ch	A43 Old Benoni
18. A Caplan vs Ed. Lasker	0-1	42	1913	North Manchester CC - Metropolitan CC m	D00 Queen's Pawn Game
19. Ed. Lasker vs W Ward	1-0	75	1913	City of London CC ch	D33 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch
20. H Cole vs Ed. Lasker	½-½	36	1913	City of London CC ch	C77 Ruy Lopez
21. A Curnock vs Ed. Lasker	0-1	32	1913	City of London CC ch	C56 Two Knights
22. Ed. Lasker vs R Loman	0-1	27	1913	City of London CC ch	D32 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch
23. S F St Jermain Steadman vs Ed. Lasker	0-1	19	1913	City of London CC ch	D32 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch
24. Ed. Lasker vs H Jacobs	0-1	104	1913	City of London CC ch	D02 Queen's Pawn Game
25. Ed. Lasker vs Gunsberg	1-0	37	1913	Match	D02 Queen's Pawn Game


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