Emanuel Lasker: The Second World Chess Champion
630 Games Played by the World Champion
203 Tasks: Play Like or Against Lasker
The most comprehensive collection of Emanuel Lasker's games ever assembled. This course features 630 games spanning the illustrious career of the second World Chess Champion (1896-1921). Each game is meticulously annotated.
Special Section: "Play as Lasker"
Test your skills with 203 quiz positions. Discover the brilliant moves played by Lasker and learn from his strategic prowess.
Chess King Learn Series
This course is part of the Chess King Learn series, an innovative chess teaching method. The series offers courses in tactics, strategy, openings, middlegame, and endgame, tailored to players of all levels, from beginners to professionals.
Benefits of the Program:
- High-quality examples, double-checked for accuracy
- Interactive tasks to reinforce learning
- Hints and explanations to guide your progress
- Refutations of common mistakes
- Playable positions against the computer
- Structured table of contents
- Progress tracking and ELO rating monitoring
- Test mode with customizable settings
- Bookmarking feature
- Tablet optimization
- Offline access
- Cross-platform compatibility with Android, iOS, and Web
Course Content:
1. Emanuel Lasker
- 1889
- 1889-1890
- 1890
- 1892
- 1892-1893
- 1893
- 1894
- 1895
- 1895-1896
- 1896
- 1896-1897
- 1897
- 1899
- 1900
- 1901-1903
- 1903
- 1904
- 1906
- 1907
- 1908
- 1909
- 1910
- 1912-1914
- 1914
- 1916
- 1918
- 1921
- 1923
- 1924
- 1925
- 1926-1927
- 1934
- 1935
- 1936
- 1939-1940
2. Positional Play
- Creating and exploiting weaknesses
- Fighting for an initiative
- Improving positions of pieces
- Favorable exchange
- Transforming pawn structure. Breakthrough. Opening files.
3. Attack on the Enemy King
4. Tactical Blow
5. Defense
6. Endgame
- Complicated multi-piece endings
- Endgame technique
What's New in Version 2.4.2
- Spaced Repetition training mode
- Bookmark testing
- Daily puzzle goal and streak tracking
- Various fixes and improvements