Lasker move by move

Endelig en moderne pedagogisk samling av Emanuel Laskers partier. Stormester Zenon Franco gjennomgår 46 partier nærmest trekk for trekk. Samlingen er kronologisk og gir en viss sjakkbiografisk gjennomgang av Laskers liv på kjøpet.

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Emanuel Lasker was world champion for a remarkable 27 years (1894-1921) and is generally regarded as having been way ahead of his time in his understanding of chess. He primarily regarded chess as a fight and considered that the strongest move in a position was the one that created greatest problems for the opponent and not necessarily the one that was objectively “best”. His strengths included:

• His skill at accumulating small advantages with quiet manoeuvring.
• His astonishing ability to find tactical resources in defence.
• His uncanny knack of provoking errors in balanced positions.

Lasker was, essentially, a complete chessplayer and his games feel thoroughly modern. Indeed many contemporary elite players (the most obvious one being the current world champion Magnus Carlsen) exhibit a very similar style.