Emanuel Lasker
2nd World Chess Champion · Classical era · Germany · 1868–1941
Held the world title for 27 years, longer than anyone before or since.
Career In The Collection
899Games
489Wins
226Draws
181Losses
67%Score
1889–1936Active
Head-to-Head Records
| Opponent | Games | Wins | Draws | Losses | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wilhelm Steinitz | 46 | 26 | 12 | 8 | view games |
| Siegbert Tarrasch | 28 | 17 | 7 | 4 | view games |
| Jose Raul Capablanca | 24 | 2 | 16 | 6 | view games |
| Frank Marshall | 23 | 12 | 10 | 1 | view games |
| Carl Schlechter | 19 | 5 | 12 | 2 | view games |
| Mikhail Chigorin | 19 | 9 | 7 | 3 | view games |
| Joseph Blackburne | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | view games |
| Harry Nelson Pillsbury | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | view games |
| Alexander Alekhine | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | view games |
| Akiba Rubinstein | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | view games |
| Geza Maroczy | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | view games |
| Savielly Tartakower | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | view games |
| Richard Reti | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | view games |
| Mikhail Botvinnik | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | view games |
| Rudolf Spielmann | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | view games |
| Max Euwe | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | view games |
| Aron Nimzowitsch | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | view games |
| Reuben Fine | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | view games |
| Samuel Reshevsky | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | view games |
899 Games · Page 1 of 5
- 1936 vs Alexander Alekhine White Nottingham E33 1/2-1/2
- 1936 vs Conel Hughes Alexander White Nottingham A25 1-0
- 1936 vs Efim Bogoljubow White Nottingham D52 1-0
- 1936 vs Mikhail Botvinnik Black Moscow E07 1-0
- 1936 vs Mikhail Botvinnik White Moscow C01 1/2-1/2
- 1936 vs Mikhail Botvinnik White Nottingham D91 1/2-1/2
- 1936 vs Jose Raul Capablanca White Moscow B83 0-1
- 1936 vs Jose Raul Capablanca Black Moscow D69 1/2-1/2
- 1936 vs Jose Raul Capablanca White Nottingham D19 1/2-1/2
- 1936 vs Erich Gottlieb Eliskases White Moscow C14 1-0
- 1936 vs Erich Gottlieb Eliskases Black Moscow D53 1/2-1/2
- 1936 vs Max Euwe White Nottingham D12 1-0
- 1936 vs Reuben Fine Black Nottingham D37 1-0
- 1936 vs Salo Flohr Black Nottingham D38 1-0
- 1936 vs Salo Flohr White Moscow B05 1/2-1/2
- 1936 vs Salo Flohr Black Moscow E14 1-0
- 1936 vs Ilia Abramovich Kan White Moscow C15 1/2-1/2
- 1936 vs Ilia Abramovich Kan Black Moscow D66 1/2-1/2
- 1936 vs Grigory Levenfish Black Moscow D06 1/2-1/2
- 1936 vs Grigory Levenfish White Moscow B23 1-0
- 1936 vs Andor Lilienthal Black Moscow D62 1/2-1/2
- 1936 vs Andor Lilienthal White Moscow C14 0-1
- 1936 vs Viacheslav Ragozin White Moscow B73 0-1
- 1936 vs Viacheslav Ragozin Black Moscow A34 1/2-1/2
- 1936 vs Samuel Reshevsky White Nottingham D27 0-1
- 1936 vs Nikolay Nikolaevich Riumin White Moscow B74 1-0
- 1936 vs Nikolay Nikolaevich Riumin Black Moscow D05 1/2-1/2
- 1936 vs Savielly Tartakower Black Nottingham A03 1/2-1/2
- 1936 vs George Alan Thomas Black Nottingham D66 0-1
- 1936 vs Theodore Tylor Black Nottingham C49 0-1
- 1936 vs Milan Sr Vidmar Black Nottingham D66 1/2-1/2
- 1936 vs William Winter Black Nottingham D05 0-1
- 1935 vs Vladimir Alatortsev White Moscow D94 1/2-1/2
- 1935 vs Fedor Parfenovich Bohatirchuk White Moscow C17 1/2-1/2
- 1935 vs Mikhail Botvinnik Black Moscow E01 1/2-1/2
- 1935 vs Jose Raul Capablanca White Moscow C15 1-0
- 1935 vs Vitaly Chekhover Black Moscow D39 0-1
- 1935 vs Salo Flohr Black Moscow D34 1/2-1/2
- 1935 vs Victor Arsentievich Goglidze Black Moscow D28 0-1
- 1935 vs Ilia Abramovich Kan Black Moscow D14 0-1
- 1935 vs Grigory Levenfish Black Moscow D56 1/2-1/2
- 1935 vs Andor Lilienthal White Moscow C11 1/2-1/2
- 1935 vs Georgy Lisitsin White Moscow A28 1/2-1/2
- 1935 vs Vera Menchik Black Moscow D52 0-1
- 1935 vs Vasja Pirc White Moscow B85 1-0
- 1935 vs Ilya Leontievich Rabinovich White Moscow C86 1/2-1/2
- 1935 vs Viacheslav Ragozin Black Moscow D64 1/2-1/2
- 1935 vs Nikolay Nikolaevich Riumin White Moscow C15 1/2-1/2
- 1935 vs Peter Arsenievich Romanovsky White Moscow C74 1/2-1/2
- 1935 vs Rudolf Spielmann Black Moscow C47 1/2-1/2
- 1935 vs Gideon Stahlberg Black Moscow D56 1/2-1/2
- 1934 vs Alexander Alekhine Black Zuerich D67 1-0
- 1934 vs Ossip Bernstein Black Zuerich C14 0-1
- 1934 vs Efim Bogoljubow White Zuerich C11 0-1
- 1934 vs Max Euwe Black Zuerich D64 0-1
- 1934 vs Salo Flohr White Zuerich B10 1/2-1/2
- 1934 vs Henry Grob Black Zuerich C90 0-1
- 1934 vs Fritz Gygli White Zuerich A15 1-0
- 1934 vs Walter Henneberger White Zuerich E21 1-0
- 1934 vs Hans Johner Black Zuerich D61 1/2-1/2
- 1934 vs Hermann Joss White Zuerich C11 1-0
- 1934 vs Hans Mueller White Zuerich B10 1-0
- 1934 vs Oskar Naegeli Black Zuerich E16 0-1
- 1934 vs Aron Nimzowitsch White Zuerich C17 0-1
- 1934 vs Stefano Rosselli del Turco Black Zuerich D05 0-1
- 1934 vs Gideon Stahlberg Black Zuerich D41 1-0
- 1928 vs Sidney Norman Bernstein White New York sim B03 1-0
- 1928 vs J. Kahn White New York sim C60 1-0
- 1928 vs Alexander Kevitz Black New York sim A27 1-0
- 1928 vs J. Losinsky Black New York sim B29 1/2-1/2
- 1928 vs L. Mc Cudden Black New York sim C29 0-1
- 1928 vs David Polland White New York sim A04 1-0
- 1928 vs George Treysman White New York sim C13 0-1
- 1927 vs Erik Sr Andersen White Copenhagen sim C66 1/2-1/2
- 1927 vs Buchholtz White Copenhagen sim B02 1-0
- 1927 vs Harald Enevoldsen Black Copenhagen sim D05 1-0
- 1927 vs Poul Hage Black Copenhagen sim C46 1/2-1/2
- 1927 vs B. Hartmann Black Copenhagen sim B02 1-0
- 1927 vs Simon Krenzisky Black Copenhagen sim D52 0-1
- 1927 vs Muehrenberg Black Copenhagen sim C60 1-0
- 1927 vs Holger Norman Hansen White Copenhagen sim C64 1/2-1/2
- 1927 vs FA. Rojahn Black Copenhagen sim C55 1-0
- 1926 vs Horace Ransom Bigelow White USA sim C89 0-1
- 1926 vs Creemer White USA sim E76 1-0
- 1926 vs TM. Croney White USA sim C91 0-1
- 1926 vs W. Frere White USA sim C96 0-1
- 1926 vs Charles Jaffe Black USA sim A46 0-1
- 1926 vs AV. Johnson Black USA sim E16 1-0
- 1926 vs M. Ley Black USA sim C90 0-1
- 1926 vs W. Mac Leod White USA sim C00 0-1
- 1926 vs John Stuart Morrison White USA sim E76 1/2-1/2
- 1926 vs KO. Mott Smith White USA sim B85 0-1
- 1926 vs F. Palatz White USA sim B01 1/2-1/2
- 1926 vs M. Rosen White USA sim C60 1-0
- 1926 vs B. Schneider Black USA sim B62 1-0
- 1926 vs M. Scholtz Black USA sim D18 1-0
- 1926 vs JL. Sherman White USA sim C44 1/2-1/2
- 1926 vs JF. Smyth White USA sim B15 0-1
- 1926 vs G. Thomsen Black USA sim C77 1/2-1/2
- 1926 vs Carlos Torre Black Chicago A09 0-1
- 1926 vs J. Van Zante Black USA sim C53 0-1
- 1926 vs HA. Weld Black USA sim B20 1-0
- 1926 vs S. Zirn White USA sim C64 1/2-1/2
- 1925 vs Efim Bogoljubow Black Moscow D30 1/2-1/2
- 1925 vs Fedor Parfenovich Bohatirchuk White Moscow C87 1-0
- 1925 vs Jose Raul Capablanca Black Moscow D47 1/2-1/2
- 1925 vs Fedor Ivanovich Dus Chotimirsky White Moscow C90 1-0
- 1925 vs Solomon Borisovich Gothilf White Moscow C66 1/2-1/2
- 1925 vs Ernst Gruenfeld Black Moscow A53 1/2-1/2
- 1925 vs Alexander Ilyin Zhenevsky Black Moscow B50 0-1
- 1925 vs Grigory Levenfish White Moscow C14 0-1
- 1925 vs Frank Marshall Black Moscow D35 0-1
- 1925 vs Ilya Leontievich Rabinovich White Moscow C66 1/2-1/2
- 1925 vs Richard Reti White Moscow C49 1/2-1/2
- 1925 vs Peter Arsenievich Romanovsky White Moscow C66 1-0
- 1925 vs Akiba Rubinstein Black Moscow D47 0-1
- 1925 vs Fritz Saemisch White Moscow E12 1/2-1/2
- 1925 vs Rudolf Spielmann White Moscow D43 1-0
- 1925 vs Savielly Tartakower Black Moscow D30 1/2-1/2
- 1925 vs Carlos Torre Repetto Black Moscow A46 1-0
- 1925 vs Boris Verlinsky Black Moscow D16 0-1
- 1925 vs Frederick Yates White Moscow C87 1-0
- 1925 vs Nikolay Zubarev Black Moscow B84 0-1
- 1924 vs Alexander Alekhine Black New York D35 0-1
- 1924 vs Alexander Alekhine White New York A48 1/2-1/2
- 1924 vs Efim Bogoljubow White New York B40 1-0
- 1924 vs Efim Bogoljubow Black New York C65 0-1
- 1924 vs Jose Raul Capablanca Black New York D13 1-0
- 1924 vs Jose Raul Capablanca White New York C66 1/2-1/2
- 1924 vs Dawid Markelowicz Janowsky Black New York B83 0-1
- 1924 vs Dawid Markelowicz Janowsky White New York C87 1-0
- 1924 vs Edward Lasker White New York C99 1/2-1/2
- 1924 vs Edward Lasker Black New York D52 0-1
- 1924 vs Geza Maroczy Black New York C11 0-1
- 1924 vs Geza Maroczy White New York C17 1-0
- 1924 vs Frank Marshall Black New York D10 1/2-1/2
- 1924 vs Frank Marshall White New York C68 1-0
- 1924 vs Richard Reti Black New York A12 0-1
- 1924 vs Richard Reti White New York C15 1-0
- 1924 vs Savielly Tartakower White New York B43 1/2-1/2
- 1924 vs Savielly Tartakower Black New York A20 0-1
- 1924 vs Frederick Yates Black New York B45 0-1
- 1924 vs Frederick Yates White New York C87 1/2-1/2
- 1923 vs Efim Bogoljubow White Maehrisch Ostrau C91 1-0
- 1923 vs Max Euwe White Maehrisch Ostrau A48 1-0
- 1923 vs Ernst Gruenfeld Black Maehrisch Ostrau A53 1/2-1/2
- 1923 vs Karel Hromadka Black Maehrisch Ostrau C29 1/2-1/2
- 1923 vs Amos Pokorny Black Maehrisch Ostrau E11 0-1
- 1923 vs Richard Reti Black Maehrisch Ostrau D15 0-1
- 1923 vs Akiba Rubinstein White Maehrisch Ostrau C79 1/2-1/2
- 1923 vs Alexey Sergeevich Selezniev Black Maehrisch Ostrau D02 1/2-1/2
- 1923 vs Rudolf Spielmann White Maehrisch Ostrau C11 1/2-1/2
- 1923 vs Siegbert Tarrasch White Maehrisch Ostrau B03 1-0
- 1923 vs Savielly Tartakower White Maehrisch Ostrau B13 1-0
- 1923 vs Max Walter Black Maehrisch Ostrau D04 0-1
- 1923 vs Heinrich Wolf Black Maehrisch Ostrau B25 0-1
- 1921 vs Jose Raul Capablanca Black World Championship 12th D63 1/2-1/2
- 1921 vs Jose Raul Capablanca Black World Championship 12th D63 1-0
- 1921 vs Jose Raul Capablanca White World Championship 12th D61 1/2-1/2
- 1921 vs Jose Raul Capablanca White World Championship 12th C66 1/2-1/2
- 1921 vs Jose Raul Capablanca Black World Championship 12th C66 1/2-1/2
- 1921 vs Jose Raul Capablanca White World Championship 12th C66 1/2-1/2
- 1921 vs Jose Raul Capablanca Black World Championship 12th D64 1-0
- 1921 vs Jose Raul Capablanca Black World Championship 12th D61 1/2-1/2
- 1921 vs Jose Raul Capablanca White World Championship 12th C66 0-1
- 1921 vs Jose Raul Capablanca White World Championship 12th D12 1/2-1/2
- 1921 vs Jose Raul Capablanca White World Championship 12th D37 1/2-1/2
- 1921 vs Jose Raul Capablanca White World Championship 12th D61 0-1
- 1921 vs Jose Raul Capablanca Black World Championship 12th D34 1/2-1/2
- 1921 vs Jose Raul Capablanca Black World Championship 12th D63 1/2-1/2
- 1921 vs Gasque White Madrid sim D63 1/2-1/2
- 1921 vs M. Golmayo Black Madrid sim C68 1/2-1/2
- 1921 vs L. Lopez White Madrid sim A00 1-0
- 1921 vs Laszlo Navarovszky White Madrid sim C64 0-1
- 1919 vs Ditlevson Black Copenhagen sim C55 1-0
- 1919 vs Moeller Giersing White Copenhagen sim C66 1-0
- 1919 vs Rivier Henneberger White Zurich sim C48 1-0
- 1919 vs Hans Johner White Zurich sim C77 0-1
- 1919 vs Meisling Black Copenhagen sim C22 0-1
- 1919 vs E. Menge White Regensburg sim D53 0-1
- 1919 vs Naegeli/Voellmy Black Zurich sim D40 1/2-1/2
- 1919 vs V. Nielsen Black Copenhagen sim B01 1-0
- 1919 vs NN Black Zurich sim C44 0-1
- 1919 vs NN Black Regensburg sim C45 0-1
- 1919 vs Richard Teichmann White Zurich sim C68 1/2-1/2
- 1919 vs V. Thoresen White Copenhagen sim C37 0-1
- 1918 vs Akiba Rubinstein White Berlin2 C84 1/2-1/2
- 1918 vs Akiba Rubinstein Black Berlin2 D34 1/2-1/2
- 1918 vs Carl Schlechter Black Berlin2 C28 1/2-1/2
- 1918 vs Carl Schlechter White Berlin2 D32 1-0
- 1918 vs Siegbert Tarrasch Black Berlin2 C50 0-1
- 1918 vs Siegbert Tarrasch White Berlin2 D34 1-0
- 1917 vs Ferenc Chalupetzky White HUN tour sim C77 0-1
- 1917 vs Ferenczy Black HUN tour sim C50 0-1
- 1917 vs J. Feuerstein White HUN tour sim C49 1/2-1/2
- 1917 vs D. Hermann White HUN tour sim C30 1/2-1/2
- 1917 vs G. Mayer White HUN tour sim C43 0-1
- 1917 vs H. Nandor White HUN tour sim C87 1-0
- 1917 vs Richard Reti Black HUN tour sim C86 1/2-1/2
- 1917 vs Szavay White HUN tour sim C29 1-0
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