Lasker: Lehrbuch des Schachspiels metadata-enriched Essential reading for every ambitious

Essential reading for every ambitious chess player

Children as young as ten are already competing in national championships

Fighting Chess with Black combines two complete opening repertoires in one volume

'not just because I agree with what he says

Tigran Petrosian was the winner and went on to become the new World Champion the following year

Lasker: Lehrbuch des Schachspiels metadata-enriched Essential reading for every ambitiousDr. Emanuel Lasker (1868 1941) was world chess champion from 1894 to 1921 the only one that German chess has produced to date. No other world champion has come anywhere close to his dominance over an incredible 27 years. He wrote numerous books about the game, with his "Textbook of Chess" being one of the best textbooks ever. The purely didactic content is covered in the following sections: The Elementary Theory of Chess; The Doctrine of Openings;