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Emanuel Lasker

1868 - 1941

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Emanuel Lasker (German pronunciation: [eˈmaːnuɛl ˈlaskɐ] ; December 24, 1868 – January 11, 1941) was a German chess player, mathematician, and philosopher. He was the second World Chess Champion, holding the title for 27 years, from 1894 to 1921, the longest reign of any officially recognised World Chess Champion, winning 6 World Chess Championships. In his prime, Lasker was one of the most dominant champions. 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Emanuel Lasker is the 7th most popular chess player, the 53rd most popular biography from Poland (up from 65th in 2019) and the most popular Polish Chess Player.

Emanuel Lasker was a German chess player and mathematician who was the world champion for 27 years.

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Among CHESS PLAYERS

Among chess players, Emanuel Lasker ranks 7 out of 461. Before him are Wilhelm Steinitz, Bobby Fischer, Boris Spassky, José Raúl Capablanca, Mikhail Tal, and Alexander Alekhine. After him are Mikhail Botvinnik, Anatoly Karpov, Tigran Petrosian, Max Euwe, Garry Kasparov, and Vasily Smyslov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1868, Emanuel Lasker ranks 13. Before him are Archduchess Marie Valerie of Austria, John Nance Garner, Abdulmejid II, W. E. B. Du Bois, Robert Andrews Millikan, and Constantine I of Greece. After him are Arnold Sommerfeld, James Connolly, Gichin Funakoshi, Émile Bernard, Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg, and Fuad I of Egypt. Among people deceased in 1941, Emanuel Lasker ranks 9. Before him are Rabindranath Tagore, Henri Bergson, Virginia Woolf, Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell, Alfonso XIII of Spain, and Walther Nernst. After him are Maurice Leblanc, Maximilian Kolbe, Paul Sabatier, Émile Bernard, Arthur Evans, and James George Frazer.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Emanuel Lasker ranks 53 out of 1,694. Before him are Casimir III the Great (1310), Kurt Alder (1902), Faustina Kowalska (1905), Paul Ehrlich (1854), Kurt Lewin (1890), and Hans-Ulrich Rudel (1916). After him are Wolfram Freiherr von Richthofen (1895), Donald Tusk (1957), Billy Wilder (1906), Ernst Cassirer (1874), Jakob Böhme (1575), and Sigismund I the Old (1467).

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Among CHESS PLAYERS In Poland

Among chess players born in Poland, Emanuel Lasker ranks 1. After him are Adolf Anderssen (1818), Samuel Reshevsky (1911), Siegbert Tarrasch (1862), Akiba Rubinstein (1880), Johannes Zukertort (1842), Miguel Najdorf (1910), Szymon Winawer (1838), Edward Lasker (1885), Grigory Levenfish (1889), Daniel Harrwitz (1823), and Valery Salov (1964).

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