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 2 of 5
- 1916 vs Siegbert Tarrasch White Berlin m2 D06 1-0
- 1916 vs Siegbert Tarrasch White Berlin m2 C84 1-0
- 1916 vs Siegbert Tarrasch White Berlin m2 C12 1-0
- 1916 vs Siegbert Tarrasch Black Berlin m2 C55 0-1
- 1914 vs Alexander Alekhine Black St Petersburg f C68 0-1
- 1914 vs Alexander Alekhine White St Petersburg prel B01 1/2-1/2
- 1914 vs Alexander Alekhine White St Petersburg f D08 1-0
- 1914 vs Ossip Bernstein Black St Petersburg prel C66 1-0
- 1914 vs Joseph Blackburne Black St Petersburg prel C45 0-1
- 1914 vs Jose Raul Capablanca Black St Petersburg f C80 1/2-1/2
- 1914 vs Jose Raul Capablanca Black St Petersburg prel C49 1/2-1/2
- 1914 vs Jose Raul Capablanca White St Petersburg f C68 1-0
- 1914 vs Isidor Gunsberg White St Petersburg prel C87 1-0
- 1914 vs Dawid Markelowicz Janowsky Black St Petersburg prel D30 0-1
- 1914 vs Frank Marshall Black St Petersburg prel D52 1/2-1/2
- 1914 vs Frank Marshall White St Petersburg f C42 1-0
- 1914 vs Frank Marshall Black St Petersburg f A54 0-1
- 1914 vs Aron Nimzowitsch White St Petersburg prel B16 1/2-1/2
- 1914 vs Akiba Rubinstein White St Petersburg prel C82 1-0
- 1914 vs Siegbert Tarrasch Black St Petersburg f C02 1/2-1/2
- 1914 vs Siegbert Tarrasch White St Petersburg f D30 1-0
- 1914 vs Siegbert Tarrasch White St Petersburg prel C83 1/2-1/2
- 1911 vs Gyula Breyer White Budapest C21 0-1
- 1911 vs K. Hartlaub Black New York sim C42 0-1
- 1911 vs AH. Man White New York sim C50 0-1
- 1911 vs NN White New York sim C21 1-0
- 1911 vs CF. Perkins White New York sim C21 1-0
- 1911 vs FD. Rosebault White New York sim C12 1/2-1/2
- 1911 vs Walter P Shipley White New York sim C12 1/2-1/2
- 1911 vs LR. Sze White New York sim A02 0-1
- 1911 vs JW. White White New York sim C43 1/2-1/2
- 1910 vs Gelly White Buenos Aires sim C78 1-0
- 1910 vs Rolando Illa Black Buenos Aires sim C66 1/2-1/2
- 1910 vs Rolando Illa White Buenos Aires sim C90 1-0
- 1910 vs Alfredo Israel Black Buenos Aires sim C66 0-1
- 1910 vs Alfredo Israel White Buenos Aires sim C79 1-0
- 1910 vs Dawid Markelowicz Janowsky Black World Championship 11th B07 0-1
- 1910 vs Dawid Markelowicz Janowsky Black World Championship 11th D05 1/2-1/2
- 1910 vs Dawid Markelowicz Janowsky Black World Championship 11th D27 0-1
- 1910 vs Dawid Markelowicz Janowsky White World Championship 11th C79 1-0
- 1910 vs Dawid Markelowicz Janowsky White World Championship 11th D55 1/2-1/2
- 1910 vs Dawid Markelowicz Janowsky White World Championship 11th D32 1-0
- 1910 vs Dawid Markelowicz Janowsky Black World Championship 11th D40 0-1
- 1910 vs Dawid Markelowicz Janowsky Black World Championship 11th D40 1/2-1/2
- 1910 vs Dawid Markelowicz Janowsky White World Championship 11th D32 1-0
- 1910 vs Dawid Markelowicz Janowsky White World Championship 11th D32 1-0
- 1910 vs Dawid Markelowicz Janowsky White World Championship 11th C30 1-0
- 1910 vs E. Knapp White Washington sim C68 1-0
- 1910 vs Julio Lynch Black Buenos Aires sim C87 1/2-1/2
- 1910 vs Stasch Mlotkowski White Washington sim C67 0-1
- 1910 vs L. Molina White Buenos Aires sim C30 1-0
- 1910 vs H. Nolmann White Buenos Aires sim D40 1-0
- 1910 vs H. Nolmann White Buenos Aires sim C91 1/2-1/2
- 1910 vs Palacio White Buenos Aires sim C30 1-0
- 1910 vs Carlos Portela White Buenos Aires sim D53 1-0
- 1910 vs Carl Schlechter Black World Championship 10th C66 1-0
- 1910 vs Carl Schlechter Black World Championship 10th C66 1/2-1/2
- 1910 vs Carl Schlechter Black World Championship 10th B33 1/2-1/2
- 1910 vs Carl Schlechter Black World Championship 10th C66 1/2-1/2
- 1910 vs Carl Schlechter White World Championship 10th D94 1-0
- 1910 vs Carl Schlechter Black World Championship 10th B57 1/2-1/2
- 1910 vs Carl Schlechter White World Championship 10th C80 1/2-1/2
- 1910 vs Carl Schlechter White World Championship 10th C80 1/2-1/2
- 1910 vs Carl Schlechter White World Championship 10th C80 1/2-1/2
- 1910 vs Carl Schlechter White World Championship 10th C80 1/2-1/2
- 1910 vs CO. Seward White Washington sim C01 0-1
- 1910 vs Walter P Shipley White Washington sim C12 1-0
- 1910 vs V. Sournin White Washington sim C26 0-1
- 1910 vs CH. Stephenson White Washington sim B45 0-1
- 1910 vs LR. Sze White Washington sim C40 0-1
- 1910 vs HC. Wootton White Washington sim C62 1/2-1/2
- 1910 vs Jose Zamudio White Buenos Aires sim C13 1-0
- 1909 vs Bastin White Riga sim C67 0-1
- 1909 vs Ossip Bernstein Black St Petersburg C66 1/2-1/2
- 1909 vs Amos Burn White St Petersburg C90 1-0
- 1909 vs Erich Cohn White St Petersburg C66 1-0
- 1909 vs Oldrich Duras White St Petersburg D27 1-0
- 1909 vs Fedor Ivanovich Dus Chotimirsky Black St Petersburg D37 1-0
- 1909 vs Ewers White Riga sim A00 1-0
- 1909 vs Leo Forgacs White St Petersburg C62 1-0
- 1909 vs Giese White Riga sim C21 0-1
- 1909 vs Hasselblatt White Riga sim C11 1-0
- 1909 vs Dawid Markelowicz Janowsky Black World Championship 9th C66 1/2-1/2
- 1909 vs Dawid Markelowicz Janowsky White World Championship 9th C68 1-0
- 1909 vs Dawid Markelowicz Janowsky White World Championship 9th C68 1-0
- 1909 vs Dawid Markelowicz Janowsky Black World Championship 9th C49 0-1
- 1909 vs Dawid Markelowicz Janowsky White Paris m C87 0-1
- 1909 vs Dawid Markelowicz Janowsky Black World Championship 9th C49 0-1
- 1909 vs Dawid Markelowicz Janowsky White World Championship 9th C87 1/2-1/2
- 1909 vs Dawid Markelowicz Janowsky Black World Championship 9th B34 0-1
- 1909 vs Dawid Markelowicz Janowsky White World Championship 9th C87 1-0
- 1909 vs Dawid Markelowicz Janowsky White World Championship 9th C87 1-0
- 1909 vs Dawid Markelowicz Janowsky Black Paris m C49 1-0
- 1909 vs Dawid Markelowicz Janowsky Black World Championship 9th C66 1-0
- 1909 vs Dawid Markelowicz Janowsky Black Paris m C66 0-1
- 1909 vs Dawid Markelowicz Janowsky White Paris m C68 1-0
- 1909 vs Juermann White Riga sim C33 0-1
- 1909 vs Krohn White Riga sim C55 1/2-1/2
- 1909 vs Lurie White Riga sim C45 0-1
- 1909 vs AK. Makarov White Riga sim C51 1/2-1/2
- 1909 vs Jacques Mieses Black St Petersburg C45 0-1
- 1909 vs Julius Perlis Black St Petersburg C83 0-1
- 1909 vs Peter Arsenievich Romanovsky White Riga sim C30 0-1
- 1909 vs Akiba Rubinstein Black St Petersburg D32 1-0
- 1909 vs Georg Salwe White St Petersburg C66 1-0
- 1909 vs Carl Schlechter Black St Petersburg C66 1/2-1/2
- 1909 vs Abraham Speijer Black St Petersburg C66 0-1
- 1909 vs Rudolf Spielmann Black St Petersburg C29 1/2-1/2
- 1909 vs Savielly Tartakower Black St Petersburg A22 0-1
- 1909 vs Richard Teichmann White St Petersburg C86 1-0
- 1909 vs Milan Sr Vidmar White St Petersburg C62 1-0
- 1909 vs Sergey Von Freyman White St Petersburg D32 1-0
- 1909 vs Wilde White Riga sim B40 0-1
- 1909 vs Willigerode White Riga sim C86 0-1
- 1909 vs Eugene Znosko Borovsky White St Petersburg C12 1-0
- 1908 vs L. Bachmann White GER tour sim C80 1-0
- 1908 vs Belinfante White NED tour sim C50 0-1
- 1908 vs Joseph Henry Blake White GBR tour sim C64 1-0
- 1908 vs W. Blijdensteijn White NED tour sim C39 1-0
- 1908 vs Broderson White NED tour sim B38 1-0
- 1908 vs WM. Brooke White GBR tour sim C33 0-1
- 1908 vs WM. Brooke White GBR tour sim C66 0-1
- 1908 vs C. Coates Black GBR tour sim C66 0-1
- 1908 vs E. Dale White GBR tour sim C35 0-1
- 1908 vs FW. Dunn Black GBR tour sim C57 0-1
- 1908 vs Eduard Dyckhoff White GER tour sim C68 1/2-1/2
- 1908 vs Fortuijn White NED tour sim B01 1-0
- 1908 vs Garshagen White NED tour sim C55 0-1
- 1908 vs W. Gooding White GBR tour sim C16 1-0
- 1908 vs Gouwentak White NED tour sim C62 0-1
- 1908 vs K. Hartlaub Black GER tour sim C42 1-0
- 1908 vs NB. Holmes White GBR tour sim C77 0-1
- 1908 vs Kelly Black GBR tour sim E12 1/2-1/2
- 1908 vs J. Krejcik White GER tour sim C13 0-1
- 1908 vs J. Krejcik Black GER tour sim E51 0-1
- 1908 vs Benjamin Leussen White NED tour sim C68 1/2-1/2
- 1908 vs D. Mac Kay White GBR tour sim B73 0-1
- 1908 vs C. Miller Black GBR tour sim D02 1-0
- 1908 vs Mitchell White GBR tour sim C39 1/2-1/2
- 1908 vs JD. Moysey White GBR tour sim C31 0-1
- 1908 vs NN White NED tour sim C70 1-0
- 1908 vs NN White GBR tour sim D06 0-1
- 1908 vs NN Black GBR tour sim D08 0-1
- 1908 vs NN Black GBR tour sim D08 0-1
- 1908 vs NN White GBR tour sim C54 1-0
- 1908 vs NN White GBR tour sim C30 1-0
- 1908 vs NN White GER tour sim C44 1-0
- 1908 vs Gerard Oskam White NED tour sim C21 1-0
- 1908 vs Pastor White NED tour sim D63 1/2-1/2
- 1908 vs F. Schroder White NED tour sim D50 0-1
- 1908 vs R. Schwarz White GER tour sim C66 1-0
- 1908 vs J. Snoek White NED tour sim C73 1-0
- 1908 vs Abraham Speijer Black Amsterdam m C48 0-1
- 1908 vs Abraham Speijer White Amsterdam m C60 1/2-1/2
- 1908 vs Abraham Speijer Black Amsterdam m D55 0-1
- 1908 vs Steffelaar White NED tour sim A03 1-0
- 1908 vs Siegbert Tarrasch Black World Championship 8th C49 1-0
- 1908 vs Siegbert Tarrasch Black World Championship 8th C67 1-0
- 1908 vs Siegbert Tarrasch White World Championship 8th C12 1-0
- 1908 vs Siegbert Tarrasch Black World Championship 8th C49 0-1
- 1908 vs Siegbert Tarrasch White World Championship 8th C15 1-0
- 1908 vs Siegbert Tarrasch White World Championship 8th C15 1/2-1/2
- 1908 vs Siegbert Tarrasch White World Championship 8th D02 1/2-1/2
- 1908 vs Siegbert Tarrasch White World Championship 8th D40 1-0
- 1908 vs Siegbert Tarrasch White World Championship 8th C68 1-0
- 1908 vs Siegbert Tarrasch White World Championship 8th C98 1-0
- 1908 vs Siegbert Tarrasch Black World Championship 8th C66 0-1
- 1908 vs Siegbert Tarrasch White World Championship 8th C98 0-1
- 1908 vs Siegbert Tarrasch Black World Championship 8th C67 1/2-1/2
- 1908 vs Siegbert Tarrasch Black World Championship 8th C66 0-1
- 1908 vs Siegbert Tarrasch Black World Championship 8th C67 1/2-1/2
- 1908 vs Siegbert Tarrasch Black World Championship 8th C10 1/2-1/2
- 1908 vs Walther Von Holzhausen Black GER tour sim C55 0-1
- 1908 vs White Black GBR tour sim D50 1/2-1/2
- 1908 vs Wijers White NED tour sim C84 0-1
- 1908 vs EW. Witchard White GBR tour sim C39 0-1
- 1908 vs CE. Wood White GBR tour sim C68 1/2-1/2
- 1907 vs Bampton/Kaiser/Martinez White USA tour sim C12 1-0
- 1907 vs C. Blake Black USA tour sim C65 1-0
- 1907 vs RS. Crohn White USA tour sim C34 1-0
- 1907 vs B. Dixon Black USA tour sim D08 0-1
- 1907 vs LL. Labatt Black USA tour sim C52 1-0
- 1907 vs Frank Marshall Black World Championship 7th D32 1/2-1/2
- 1907 vs Frank Marshall Black World Championship 7th C65 0-1
- 1907 vs Frank Marshall Black World Championship 7th D53 0-1
- 1907 vs Frank Marshall Black World Championship 7th D53 1/2-1/2
- 1907 vs Frank Marshall Black World Championship 7th D07 0-1
- 1907 vs Frank Marshall Black World Championship 7th D32 1/2-1/2
- 1907 vs Frank Marshall Black World Championship 7th A83 1/2-1/2
- 1907 vs Frank Marshall White World Championship 7th C11 1-0
- 1907 vs Frank Marshall White World Championship 7th C12 1/2-1/2
- 1907 vs Frank Marshall White World Championship 7th C12 1/2-1/2
- 1907 vs Frank Marshall White World Championship 7th C12 1-0
- 1907 vs Frank Marshall White World Championship 7th C11 1-0
- 1907 vs Frank Marshall White World Championship 7th C12 1/2-1/2
- 1907 vs Frank Marshall Black World Championship 7th D53 0-1
- 1907 vs Frank Marshall White World Championship 7th C11 1-0
- 1907 vs M. Morgan Black USA tour sim C54 0-1
- 1907 vs NN Black USA tour sim A04 0-1
- 1907 vs RH. Ramsey White USA tour sim C10 1/2-1/2
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