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Volume I Struggle and VIctorIeS World cheSS champIon for 27 YearS edIted bY rIchard forSter mIchael negele raj tISchbIerek

Exzelsior Verlag Berlin 2018 contentS

Welcome to the Reader VII Thomas Weischede

Foreword to the English Edition IX Stefan Hansen

Editors’ Preface XI Richard Forster, Michael Negele & Raj Tischbierek Acknowledgements xII chapter 1 A Biographical Compass : Part I 1 Michael Negele The Complicated Genesis of a Biography 7 Young Emanuel—Accounts by his Wife 13 Life and Career from 1880 to 1901 17 chapter 2 Ancestors, Family, and Childhood 53 Wolfgang Kamm and Tomasz Lissowski Emanuel and Edward—Were They Related? 56 The Parliamentarian Dr. Eduard Lasker 58 School Days: From Berlinchen to Berlin 61 Landsberg an der Warthe—A Crossroads 69 Emanuel Lasker’s Parents and Siblings 75 Berthold Lasker 81 Lasker’s Grandparents 83 The Family Tree : Revealing Kin Relationships 86 Nieces, Nephews, and Descendants 87 chapter 3 Lasker in Great Britain 103 Tony Gillam 1891: The German Exhibition 108 1892: The Breakthrough Year 109 1893: The Beginnings of Debate 116 1894: Return to England and Illness 118 1895: The Controversy Builds 119 1896: Silencing the Doubters 122 1898 and 1899: All To Do Again 123 1900: Touring Again 125 1901: Back as a Teacher 125 1903 and 1904: Whistle-Stop Visits 128 1908: The Grand Tour 129 1914: The Big Controversy 129 1922: London, Hastings, and Capablanca 130 1924 and 1927: The Victor Returns, Briefly 131 1930: Entry to the Bridge Scene 132 1932 to 1935: Backwards and Forwards 132 1936: Goodbye to Great Britain 137 chapter 4 Lasker: The American Views 147 John Hilbert Pursuing Steinitz 150 American Views of Lasker, 1895–1901 156 Lasker’s Second Visit to America 160 Lasker’s Extended American Period, 1902–1907 161 On Foreign Shores Again 171 “But the bloke plays splendidly…” 177 Before and After “The Great War” 179 The Lasker–Capablanca Match 182 New York 1924: “Complaining, Cantankerous, Unreasonable” 183 An American Ending 185 The American Views of Lasker 187 chapter 5 Lasker and Mathematics 189 Joachim Rosenthal Student Days and First Publications 193 Graduation and Higher Aspirations 196 The Lasker–Noether Theorem 202 The Ideal Theory of Dedekind 206 Hilbert’s nullstellensatz 210 Formulation of the Lasker–Noether Theorem 212 Lasker’s Publications after 1905 216 Editorial Appendix: Lasker’s University Career 221 chapter 6 Lasker’s Endgame Studies 225 Jürgen Fleck chapter 7 Lasker’s Chess Problems 241 Ralf Binnewirtz Appendix 255 chapter 8 The Battle Lasker vs. Tarrasch 259 Raj Tischbierek 1862–1895 : Rivals from a Distance 260 1895–1905 : Parallel Successes 262 1905–1907 : The Match on the Horizon 266 1908 : Match Preparations 267 The Match Games 272 Analysis and Reactions 321 chapter 9 Dominating the Chess World 331 Mihail Marin On the Way to the Top 331 Overcoming Steinitz 343 Lasker’s Brilliancies 370 Lasker’s “Comfort Matches” 398 Summary 432 Editorial Appendix: Further Study Material 435 appendIx 439