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Was Edward Lasker related to Emanuel Lasker or not? Saying "He was distantly related to...but had no biological relationship with" doesn't make a lot of sense. Can someome provide a source that will show they were related? --Malathion 09:15, 14 May 2005 (UTC)

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[edit] Edward Lasker

I know that I read in one of Edward Lasker's books (The Adventure of Chess?) that someone had showed him a family tree indicating that he and Emanuel Lasker were distantly related. Krakatoa

From Edward Lasker's memoirs of the great 1924 New York tournament, published in the March 1974 Chess Life: "I did not discover that we were actually related until he (Emanuel Lasker) told me shortly before his death that someone had shown him a Lasker family tree on one of whose branches I was dangling." Somehow this report has gone unnoticed in a number of Lasker biographies. I've (lightly) edited the Edward Lasker page.

Bill-on-the-Hill 13:37, 5 August 2005 (UTC)

Glad to see that someone tracked that down. Thanks. Krakatoa 20:40, 31 August 2005 (UTC)

The Lasker family seems to have been prominent in 19th century Germany (or whatever the states were called then). There is also the advertising mogul named Lasker whose photos seem to bear a resemblance to Edward Lasker -- I contacted the Lasker foundation to get confirmation but never heard back on this.

I corresponded with Edward Lasker in the 1970s. Just a few brief but prompt responses to chess questions. He had mentioned in The Adventure of Chess that he was prevented by his mother from playing Pillsbury in a simul and said that he ran away from home because of this, presumably to play in the simul but Lasker said in a letter that he never did play him.

I think Lasker, having lived so long, was an amazing link to the past of chess. I believe he must have met or played every world champion up until Botvinnik and perhaps later. He did not meet Steinitz but of course knew Em. Lasker. He mentions that his mother-in-law saw Morphy in New Orleans. It is possible that Lasker played someone who had played against Morphy, although I cannot find a definite example of this.--Jrm2007 (talk) 11:08, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] nice one. :)

"He was born in Breslau, then in Germany, and now in Poland."

[edit] Books

To the given list should be added "Chess: The Complete Self-Tutor", a weighty tome I read in the Seventies and was surprised to learn was a recent offering by the five-decades-previously author of Chess Strategy. I don't know the ISBN number though. Captain Pedant (talk) 15:27, 22 January 2008 (UTC)


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The story involving Max Lange seems somewhat questionable since Lange died in 1899 when Edward Lasker was only 14. Can this be confirmed?Jrm2007 (talk) 23:56, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

http://users.eniinternet.com/bradleym/America.html
http://www.leipzig-go.de/fruehgeschichte_e.php
Odd, 1905, Max Lange was dead according to his wiki page, perhaps someone of the same name or is the wiki Max Lange page incorrect? ChessCreator (talk) 00:18, 5 March 2008 (UTC)
Just learnt there are two Max Lange's, both very good chess players.

Where did you learn this? Hard to believe there were two top 100 players, roughly contemporaries, with the same name.--Jrm2007 (talk) 19:31, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

Yes, was a bit surprised myself, but it indeed appears to be the case. Here is copy of Mibelz post from my talk page SunCreator (talk) 21:52, 17 April 2008 (UTC)
  • Hi! The most famous Max Lange lived in the 19th century (1832-1899). Another Lange played at Hilversum 1903. See, for example: 1) Ludwig Fränkel: Lange, Max. In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB), 2) Litmanowicz, Władysław & Giżycki, Jerzy (1986, 1987). Szachy od A do Z., 3) http://www.ballo.de/dsb_2__teil.htm Geschichte des Deutschen Schachbundes, 4) bio in http://www.chessgames.com, although with games of two different players (it should be change), 5) http://chessmetrics.com (Lange Max and Lange Max2), etc.
Best wishes, Mibelz 17:36, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

Additional discussion here. SunCreator (talk) 21:52, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

I guess this is sort of like Larry D. and Larry M. Evans -- two strong contemporary players.--Jrm2007 (talk) 01:13, 18 April 2008 (UTC)