| German Chess Writers: Emanuel Lasker, Adolf Anderssen, Siegbert Tarrasch, Artur Yusupov, Tassilo Von Heydebrand Und Der Lasa, Robert Hubner, Contributor(s): Source Wikipedia (Author), Books, LLC (Editor), Books, LLC (Created by) |
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ISBN: 1155668006 ISBN-13: 9781155668000 Publisher: Books LLC, Wiki Series OUR PRICE: $14.85 Product Type: Paperback Published: October 2012 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
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| Publisher Description: Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 28. Chapters: Emanuel Lasker, Adolf Anderssen, Siegbert Tarrasch, Artur Yusupov, Tassilo von Heydebrand und der Lasa, Robert Hubner, Lud k Pachman, Kurt Richter, Paul Felix Schmidt, Helmut Pfleger, Rainer Knaak, Paul Saladin Leonhardt, Igor Glek, Jacques Mieses, Karsten Muller, Daniel Harrwitz, Theodor von Scheve, Jean Dufresne, Augustus the Younger, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel, Lev Gutman, Wolfgang Heidenfeld, Aaron Alexandre, Alfred Brinckmann, Rudolf Teschner, Bernhard Horwitz, Emil Schallopp, Max Lange, Johannes Minckwitz, Gustav Neumann, Philipp Hirschfeld, Christopher Lutz, Horatio Caro, Paul Rudolf von Bilguer, Wilhelm Hanstein, Josef Kling, Frank Lamprecht. Excerpt: Emanuel Lasker (December 24, 1868 - January 11, 1941) was a German chess player, mathematician, and philosopher who was World Chess Champion for 27 years. In his prime Lasker was one of the most dominant champions, and he is still generally regarded as one of the strongest players ever. His contemporaries used to say that Lasker used a "psychological" approach to the game, and even that he sometimes deliberately played inferior moves to confuse opponents. Recent analysis, however, indicates that he was ahead of his time and used a more flexible approach than his contemporaries, which mystified many of them. Lasker knew the openings well but disagreed with many contemporary analyses. He published chess magazines and five chess books, but later players and commentators found it difficult to draw lessons from his methods. He demanded high fees for playing matches and tournaments, which aroused criticism at the time but contributed to the development of chess as a professional career. The conditions which Lasker demanded for World Championship matches in the last ten years of his reign were controversial, and prompted attempts, particularly by his... |
