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World Chess Championship 1908

World Chess Championship 1908
 
Defending champion
Challenger
 
Emanuel Lasker
Emanuel Lasker
Siegbert Tarrasch
Siegbert Tarrasch
  German Empire Emanuel Lasker German Empire Siegbert Tarrasch
 
10½Scores
  Born 24 December 1868
39 years old
Born 5 March 1862
46 years old
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A World Chess Championship was played between the incumbent Emanuel Lasker and the challenger Siegbert Tarrasch from August 17 to September 30, 1908, in Düsseldorf and Munich. Lasker successfully defended his title.

Results

The first player to win eight games would be the World Champion.

World Chess Championship Match 1908
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Wins Total
 Emanuel Lasker (Germany) 1 1 0 1 1 = 1 = = 0 1 0 1 = = 1 8 10½
 Siegbert Tarrasch (Germany) 0 0 1 0 0 = 0 = = 1 0 1 0 = = 0 3

Lasker retained his title.

Game 14, which lasted for 119 moves,[1] held the record for the longest game in a world championship until Game 5 of the 1978 championship, which lasted 124 moves.

References

  1. ^ "Siegbert Tarrasch vs Emanuel Lasker". Chessgames Services LLC. Retrieved 24 November 2018.