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Riddle solved: Lasker was winning

8/31/2020 – One of the most mysterious passages of chess history was the 1910 World Championship match. Both the controversy of whether the world title was at stake in the ten-game confrontation and which were the conditions of said match are still unresolved. The riddle that Karsten Müller presented to our readers, however, had to do with game 5. The conclusion: Lasker was winning! | Pictured: Emanuel Lasker | Photo: Cleveland Public Library

Historical riddle: Schlechter vs Lasker 1910

8/27/2020 – The World Championship match from 1910 still contains several mysteries. One is the famous fifth game. Schlechter won in the end and thanks to that almost won the match, but that is another mysterious story. Can you help Karsten Müller to find the truth of the famous queen and rook fight? | Photo: Das interessante Blatt, 20 January 1910, page 6. | Retrieved from Edward Winter’s Chess Notes
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