Lasker, Emanuel
Ratings
| Year |
Rank |
Edo |
Dev. |
Games |
| 1887 |
17 |
2534 | (67) | 4 |
| 1888 |
6 |
2575 | (57) | 0 |
| 1889 |
3 |
2617 | (41) | 29 |
| 1890 |
3 |
2644 | (35) | 42 |
| 1891 |
2 |
2670 | (41) | 2 |
| 1892 |
1 |
2717 | (33) | 81 |
| 1893 |
1 |
2720 | (35) | 49 |
| 1894 |
1 |
2717 | (38) | 19 |
| 1895 |
1 |
2713 | (38) | 21 |
| 1896 |
1 |
2727 | (35) | 38 |
| 1897 |
1 |
2741 | (40) | 18 |
| 1898 |
1 |
2741 | (46) | 0 |
| 1899 |
1 |
2742 | (41) | 26 |
| 1900 |
1 |
2722 | (42) | 19 |
| 1901 |
1 |
2687 | (45) | 10 |
| 1902 |
1 |
2653 | (47) | 13 |
| 1903 |
1 |
2662 | (51) | 0 |
| 1904 |
1 |
2671 | (47) | 15 |
| 1905 |
1 |
2683 | (51) | 0 |
| 1906 |
1 |
2695 | (49) | 11 |
| 1907 |
1 |
2711 | (43) | 15 |
| 1908 |
1 |
2714 | (40) | 19 |
| 1909 |
1 |
2723 | (37) | 32 |
| 1910 |
1 |
2720 | (40) | 40 |
| 1911 |
1 |
2730 | (52) | 0 |
| 1912 |
1 |
2740 | (56) | 0 |
| 1913 |
1 |
2750 | (55) | 0 |
| 1914 |
2 |
2760 | (48) | 19 |
| 1915 |
2 |
2751 | (56) | 0 |
| 1916 |
2 |
2743 | (58) | 6 |
| 1917 |
2 |
2728 | (61) | 0 |
| 1918 |
2 |
2712 | (59) | 6 |
| 1919 |
2 |
2702 | (61) | 0 |
| 1920 |
2 |
2693 | (58) | 1 |
| 1921 |
2 |
2699 | (51) | 15 |
| 1922 |
2 |
2712 | (52) | 0 |
| 1923 |
2 |
2725 | (45) | 13 |
| 1924 |
1 |
2737 | (40) | 25 |
| 1925 |
1 |
2705 | (43) | 20 |
| 1926 |
3 |
2676 | (56) | 1 |
| 1927 |
3 |
2662 | (65) | 0 |
| 1928 |
3 |
2648 | (70) | 0 |
| 1929 |
3 |
2634 | (73) | 0 |
| 1930 |
3 |
2620 | (73) | 0 |
| 1931 |
4 |
2606 | (71) | 0 |
| 1932 |
4 |
2592 | (66) | 0 |
| 1933 |
5 |
2578 | (59) | 0 |
| 1934 |
7 |
2564 | (46) | 15 |
| 1935 |
7 |
2572 | (39) | 19 |
| 1936 |
8 |
2548 | (38) | 32 |
| 1937 |
13 |
2520 | (56) | 0 |
| 1938 |
26 |
2491 | (68) | 0 |
| 1939 |
40 |
2462 | (76) | 0 |
| 1940 |
61 |
2433 | (83) | 2 |
Rating table notes
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| Biographical data |
| Name: Lasker, Emanuel |
| Also known as: Dr. Emanuel Lasker |
| Born: 24 Dec. 1868 |
| Died: 11 Jan. 1941 |
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| Notes: |
| Golombek and Alberti have death date 13-01-1941. Gaige has death date 11-01-1941. |
|
| |
| References |
| Books |
| Cornil, Le Café de la Régence, page 245 |
| Di Felice, Chess Results, 1747-1900, page 228 |
| Di Felice, Chess Results, 1901-1920, page 309 |
| Di Felice, Chess Results, 1921-1930, page 329 |
| Di Felice, Chess Results, 1931-1935, page 391 |
| Di Felice, Chess Results, 1936-1940, page 362 |
| Feenstra Kuiper, 100 Jahre Schachturniere, page 268, 302 |
| Feenstra Kuiper, 100 Jahre Schachzweikämpfe, page 85 |
| Forster, Amos Burn, page 350, 962 |
| Forster, Negele and Tischbierek, Emanuel Lasker, Vol.I |
| Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 240 |
| Golombek, Golombek's Encyclopedia, page 172 |
| Hannak, Emanuel Lasker |
| Harding, Joseph Henry Blackburne, page 389, 577 |
| Hilbert, Napier, page 198 |
| Hooper and Whyld, Oxford Companion (1st ed.), page 178 |
| Hooper and Whyld, Oxford Companion (2nd ed.), page 217 |
| de Lint, 10-Jahrig Bestaan van den N.I.S.B., page 95 |
| Reichhelm and Shipley, Chess in Philadelphia, page 18 |
| Sánchez, José Raúl Capablanca, page 484 |
| Thulin, Name index to CTC, page 147, 148 |
| Woodger, Reuben Fine, page 352 |
| Web |
| Alberti, Marco A. [Emanuel Lasker] |
| Giffen, Glen. [Lasker, Emanuel] |
| Hilbert, John S. [Emanuel Lasker: The Challenge for a Biographer] |
| Kmoch, Hans. [Grandmasters I have known: Emanuel Lasker] |
| Sarah. [Monte Carlo 1902 - Page 1] |
| Sericano, C. [Lasker, Emanuel] |
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Match data (f=formal; c=casual; s=soft)
| Tarrasch, S. - Lasker, Em. 1887 (1) |
(c) |
1.5 | - | 0.5 |
Tarrasch, S. gave odds of a knight |
| Tarrasch, S. - Lasker, Em. 1887 (2) |
(c) |
1 | - | 1 |
|
| Lasker, Em. - Kewitsch, G. 1887 |
(c) |
4 | - | 0 |
|
| Lasker, Em. - von Bardeleben, C.C.A. 1889 |
(f) |
2.5 | - | 1.5 |
|
| Lasker, Em. - Mieses, J. 1890 |
(f) |
6.5 | - | 1.5 |
|
| Lasker, Em. - Bird, H.E. 1890 |
(f) |
8.5 | - | 3.5 |
|
| Lasker, Em. - Miniati, N.T. 1890 |
(f) |
4 | - | 1 |
|
| Lasker, Em. - Englisch, B. 1890 |
(f) |
3.5 | - | 1.5 |
|
| Lasker, Em. - Lee, F.J. 1891 |
(f) |
1.5 | - | 0.5 |
|
| Lasker, Em. - Blackburne, J.H. 1892 |
(f) |
8 | - | 2 |
|
| Lasker, Em. - Bird, H.E. 1892 |
(f) |
5 | - | 0 |
|
| Lasker, Em. - Hanham, J.M. 1892 |
(f) |
3 | - | 0 |
|
| Lasker, Em. - Simonson, G. 1892 |
(f) |
2 | - | 1 |
|
| Lasker, Em. - Hodges, A.B. 1892 |
(f) |
2 | - | 1 |
|
| Lasker, Em. - Isaacson, C.B. 1892 |
(f) |
3 | - | 0 |
|
| Lasker, Em. - Baird, J.W. 1892 |
(f) |
3 | - | 0 |
|
| Lasker, Em. - Delmar, E. (1) 1892 |
(f) |
2.5 | - | 0.5 |
|
| Lasker, Em. - Richardson, P. 1892 |
(f) |
0.5 | - | 0.5 |
|
| Lasker, Em. - Blackmar, Ab.E. 1892 |
(f) |
2 | - | 0 |
|
| Lasker, Em. - de Visser, W.M. 1892 |
(f) |
2 | - | 0 |
|
| Lasker, Em. - Cooke, J.P. 1892 |
(f) |
1 | - | 0 |
|
| Lasker, Em. - Babson, J.N. 1892 |
(f) |
1 | - | 0 |
|
| Lasker, Em. - Short, R. 1892 |
(f) |
1 | - | 0 |
|
| Lasker, Em. - Robertson, D.C. 1892 |
(f) |
1 | - | 0 |
|
| Lasker, Em. - Andrews, F.H. 1892 |
(c) |
1 | - | 0 |
|
| Lasker, Em. - Pollock, W.H.K. 1892 |
(c) |
1 | - | 0 |
|
| Lasker, Em. - Baird, D.G. 1892 |
(f) |
3 | - | 0 |
|
| Lasker, Em. - Ryan, J.S. 1892 |
(f) |
2 | - | 0 |
|
| Lasker, Em. - Ettlinger, A.K. 1892 |
(f) |
3 | - | 0 |
|
| Lasker, Em. - Martinez, D.M. 1892 |
(c) |
2 | - | 0 |
|
| Lasker, Em. - Robinson, A.K. 1892 |
(c) |
2 | - | 0 |
|
| Lasker, Em. - Reichhelm, G.C. 1892 |
(c) |
2 | - | 0 |
|
| Lasker, Em. - Voigt, H.G. 1892 |
(c) |
2 | - | 0 |
|
| Lasker, Em. - Shipley, W.P. 1892 |
(c) |
1 | - | 1 |
|
| Lasker, Em. - Golmayo, C.F. 1893 |
(f) |
2.5 | - | 0.5 |
|
| Lasker, Em. - Vazquez, A.C. 1893 |
(f) |
3 | - | 0 |
|
| Lasker, Em. - Ponce, A. 1893 |
(c) |
3 | - | 0 |
|
| Lasker, Em. - Labatt, L.L. 1893 |
(c) |
1 | - | 0 |
|
| Lasker, Em. - Farrar, E.H. 1893 |
(c) |
1 | - | 0 |
|
| Lasker, Em. - Showalter, J.W. 1893 |
(f) |
6.5 | - | 2.5 |
|
| Lasker, Em. - Judd, Max 1893 |
(c) |
2 | - | 0 |
|
| Lasker, Em. - Ettlinger, A.K. 1893 |
(f) |
5 | - | 0 |
|
| Lasker, Em. - de Visser, W.M. 1893 |
(c) |
1.5 | - | 0.5 |
|
| Lasker, Em. - Showalter, Ms. N.L. 1893 |
(f) |
2 | - | 5 |
Lasker, Em. gave odds of a knight |
| Lasker, Em. - Steinitz, W. 1894 |
(f) |
12 | - | 7 |
|
| Lasker, Em. - Solovtsov, A.V. 1896 |
(c) |
1 | - | 0 |
|
| Lasker, Em. - Steinitz, W. 1897 |
(f) |
12.5 | - | 4.5 |
|
| Lasker, Em. - Chigorin, M.I. 1897 |
(c) |
1 | - | 0 |
|
| Pillsbury, H.N. - Lasker, Em. 1900 |
(c) |
1 | - | 0 |
|
| Lasker, Em. - Delmar, E. (1) 1901 |
(f) |
1 | - | 0 |
|
| Lasker, Em. - Hymes, E. 1901 |
(f) |
0.5 | - | 0.5 |
|
| Lasker, Em. - Hanham, J.M. 1901 |
(f) |
1 | - | 0 |
|
| Lasker, Em. - Richardson, P. 1901 |
(f) |
1 | - | 0 |
|
| Lasker, Em. - Finn, J. 1901 |
(f) |
0.5 | - | 0.5 |
|
| Lasker, Em. - Showalter, J.W. 1901 |
(f) |
1 | - | 0 |
|
| Lasker, Em. - Schmidt, L. 1901 |
(f) |
1 | - | 0 |
|
| Lasker, Em. - Lipschutz, S. 1901 |
(f) |
0.5 | - | 0.5 |
|
| Lasker, Em. - Janowsky, D.M. 1901 |
(c) |
1.5 | - | 0.5 |
|
| Lasker, Em. - Roething, O. 1902 |
(f) |
0.5 | - | 0.5 |
|
| Lasker, Em. - Hodges, A.B. 1902 |
(f) |
1 | - | 0 |
|
| Lasker, Em. - Showalter, J.W. 1902 |
(f) |
1 | - | 0 |
|
| Lasker, Em. - Delmar, E. (1) 1902 |
(f) |
1 | - | 0 |
|
| Lasker, Em. - Hymes, E. 1902 |
(f) |
1 | - | 0 |
|
| Lasker, Em. - Finn, J. 1902 |
(f) |
1 | - | 0 |
|
| Lasker, Em. - Lipschutz, S. 1902 |
(f) |
0.5 | - | 0.5 |
|
| Lasker, Em. - Martinez, C.S. 1902 |
(f) |
0 | - | 1 |
|
| Lasker, Em. - Shipley, W.P. 1902 |
(f) |
1 | - | 0 |
|
| Lasker, Em. - Schrader, E.F. 1902 |
(f) |
1 | - | 1 |
|
| Lasker, Em. - Judd, Max 1902 |
(f) |
0.5 | - | 0.5 |
|
| Lasker, Em. - Lovegrove, W.R. 1902 |
(f) |
0 | - | 1 |
|
| Lasker, Em. - Carvajal, V.M. 1906 |
(s) |
1 | - | 0 |
|
| Lasker, Em. - Blanco, R. 1906 |
(s) |
1 | - | 0 |
|
| Lasker, Em. - Iglesias, R.M. 1906 |
(s) |
1 | - | 0 |
|
| Lasker, Em. - Corzo, J. 1906 |
(s) |
2 | - | 0 |
|
| Lasker, Em. - Marshall, F.J. 1907 |
(f) |
11.5 | - | 3.5 |
|
| Lasker, Em. - Tarrasch, S. 1908 |
(f) |
10.5 | - | 5.5 |
|
| Lasker, Em. - Speijer, A. 1908 |
(f) |
2.5 | - | 0.5 |
|
| Lasker, Em. - Janowsky, D.M. 1909 (1) |
(f) |
2 | - | 2 |
|
| Lasker, Em. - Janowsky, D.M. 1909 (2) |
(f) |
8 | - | 2 |
|
| Lasker, Em. - Schlechter, C.A.H. 1910 |
(f) |
5 | - | 5 |
|
| Lasker, Em. - Israel, A.C. 1910 |
(f) |
1 | - | 0 |
|
| Lasker, Em. - Palacio, A.C. 1910 |
(f) |
1 | - | 0 |
|
| Lasker, Em. - Lynch, J.A. 1910 |
(f) |
0.5 | - | 0.5 |
|
| Lasker, Em. - Molina, L. 1910 |
(f) |
1 | - | 0 |
|
| Lasker, Em. - Illa, Ro. 1910 |
(f) |
1.5 | - | 0.5 |
|
| Lasker, Em. - Gelly, M.A. 1910 |
(f) |
1 | - | 0 |
|
| Lasker, Em. - Villegas, B.H. 1910 |
(f) |
1 | - | 0 |
|
| Lasker, Em. - Portela, C.M. 1910 |
(f) |
2 | - | 0 |
|
| Lasker, Em. - Blixen, M. 1910 |
(f) |
1 | - | 0 |
|
| Lasker, Em. - Zamudio, E. 1910 |
(f) |
2 | - | 0 |
|
| Lasker, Em. - Howell, C.S. 1910 |
(f) |
1 | - | 0 |
|
| Lasker, Em. - Romero, G. 1910 |
(f) |
1 | - | 0 |
|
| Lasker, Em. - Nollmann, J. 1910 |
(f) |
1 | - | 0 |
|
| Lasker, Em. - Anaya, A. 1910 |
(f) |
1.5 | - | 0.5 |
|
| Lasker, Em. - Berasain, J.F. 1910 |
(f) |
1.5 | - | 0.5 |
|
| Lasker, Em. - Janowsky, D.M. 1910 |
(f) |
9.5 | - | 1.5 |
|
| Alekhine, A.A. - Lasker, Em. 1914 |
(f) |
0.5 | - | 0.5 |
|
| Lasker, Em. - Tarrasch, S. 1916 |
(f) |
5.5 | - | 0.5 |
|
| Lasker, Em. - Owesson, B. 1920 |
(c) |
0.5 | - | 0.5 |
|
| Capablanca, J.R. - Lasker, Em. 1921 |
(f) |
9 | - | 5 |
|
| Lasker, Em. - Golmayo, M. 1921 |
(f) |
0.5 | - | 0.5 |
|
| Lasker, Em. - Rabinovich, A.I. 1924 |
(f) |
1 | - | 0 |
|
| Lasker, Em. - Romanovsky, P.A. 1924 |
(f) |
1.5 | - | 0.5 |
|
| Lasker, Em. - Nenarokov, V.I. 1924 |
(f) |
0.5 | - | 0.5 |
|
| Lasker, Em. - Grigoriev, N.D. 1924 |
(f) |
1 | - | 0 |
|
| Lasker, Em. - Jaffe, C. 1926 |
(f) |
1 | - | 0 |
|
| Marshall, F.J. - Lasker, Em. 1940 |
(f) |
1.5 | - | 0.5 |
|
Tournament data
| Berlin 1889 (3) |
Café Kaiserhof Tournament |
| | | | | | |
|
Lasker, Em. - Hollander, K. |
1 - 0 |
| | | |
| Breslau 1889 (1) |
6th German Chess Federation Congress - Hauptturnier A |
8 | / | 9 |
| | | |
| Breslau 1889 (4) |
6th German Chess Federation Congress - Siegergruppe |
4 | / | 6 |
| | | |
|
Lasker, Em. - von Feyerfeil, E. |
1 - 0 |
| | | |
| Amsterdam 1889 (2) |
Amsterdam International - Meisterturnier |
6 | / | 8 |
| | | |
| Berlin 1890 (2) |
German Chessmaster Association Tournament |
3.5 | / | 5 |
| | | |
|
Lasker, Em. - Lasker, B. |
0.5 - 0.5 |
| | | |
| Graz 1890 |
Graz Tournament |
4 | / | 6 |
| | | |
| London, England 1892 (4) |
7th British Chess Association Congress - Master Tournament |
9 | / | 11 |
| | | |
| London, England 1892 (5) |
British Chess Club Invitational Tournament |
6.5 | / | 8 |
| | | |
| New York 1893 (13) |
Impromptu International Tournament |
13 | / | 13 |
| | | |
| Hastings 1895 (7) |
Hastings International Congress - Master's Tournament |
15.5 | / | 21 |
| | | |
| Saint Petersburg 1896 |
Saint Petersburg Tournament |
11.5 | / | 18 |
| | | |
| London, England 1896 (4) |
Divan Chess Association - City of London Club Match |
| | | | | | |
|
Lasker, Em. - Lawrence, T.F. |
0.5 - 0.5 |
| | | |
| Nuremberg 1896 |
Nuremberg Tournament |
13.5 | / | 18 |
| | | |
| London, England 1899 (3) |
London Major Tournament |
21.5 | / | 26 |
| | | |
| Paris 1900 |
Paris International Tournament |
15.5 | / | 18 |
| | | |
| Cambridge Springs 1904 |
Cambridge Springs Tournament |
11 | / | 15 |
| | | |
| Trenton Falls 1906 |
New York State Chess Association - Rice Trophy Competition |
5 | / | 6 |
| | | |
| Saint Petersburg 1909 (1) |
Chigorin Memorial Tournament |
14.5 | / | 18 |
| | | |
| Saint Petersburg 1914 (2) |
Saint Petersburg Tournament - Preliminary |
6.5 | / | 10 |
| | | |
| Saint Petersburg 1914 (3) |
Saint Petersburg Tournament - Final |
7 | / | 8 |
| | | |
| Berlin 1918 (2) |
Berlin Tournament |
4.5 | / | 6 |
| | | |
| Moravska Ostrava 1923 |
Mahrisch Ostrau Master Tournament |
10.5 | / | 13 |
| | | |
| New York 1924 (1) |
New York Tournament |
16 | / | 20 |
| | | |
| Moscow 1925 (3) |
Moscow Tournament |
14 | / | 20 |
| | | |
| Zurich 1934 (1) |
Zurich International Tournament |
10 | / | 15 |
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| Moscow 1935 (1) |
Moscow International Tournament |
12.5 | / | 19 |
| | | |
| Moscow 1936 (2) |
Moscow International Tournament |
8 | / | 18 |
| | | |
| Nottingham 1936 (1) |
Nottingham Master Tournament |
8.5 | / | 14 |
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| Player information updated: 24 Aug. 2025 |
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