World Chess Championship 1908
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{{Infobox chess match
|comp1 = Emanuel Lasker
|comp2 = Siegbert Tarrasch
|image1 = File:Frank Eugene Smith - Bildnis Schachweltmeister Dr. Emanuel Lasker.jpg
|image2 = File:Tarrasch 72.jpg
|title1 = Defending champion
|title2 =
Challenger
|flag1 = German Empire
|flag2 = German Empire
|dob1 = 24 December 1868
|age1 = 39 years old
|dob2 = 5 March 1862
|age2 = 46 years old
|prev = 1907
|prev_link = World Chess Championship 1907
|next = 1910
|next_link = World Chess Championship 1910 (Lasker–Schlechter)
|score1 = 10½
|score2 = 5½
}}
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.
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|+World Chess Championship Match 1908 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | Wins | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=left | {{flagathlete|Emanuel Lasker|Germany|empire}}
| 1 | style="background:black; color:white"| 1 | 0 | style="background:black; color:white"| 1 | 1 | style="background:black; color:white"| = | 1 | style="background:black; color:white"| = | = | style="background:black; color:white"| 0 | 1 | style="background:black; color:white"| 0 | 1 | style="background:black; color:white"| = | = | style="background:black; color:white"| 1 | 8 | 10½ | |
| align=left | {{flagathlete|Siegbert Tarrasch|Germany|empire}}
|style="background:black; color:white"| 0 | 0 | style="background:black; color:white"| 1 | 0 | style="background:black; color:white"| 0 | = | style="background:black; color:white"| 0 | = | style="background:black; color:white"| = | 1 | style="background:black; color:white"| 0 | 1 | style="background:black; color:white"| 0 | = | style="background:black; color:white"| = | 0 | 3 | 5½ |
Lasker retained his title.
Game 14, which lasted for 119 moves,{{cite web|url=http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1241486|title=Siegbert Tarrasch vs Emanuel Lasker|publisher=Chessgames Services LLC|access-date=24 November 2018}} held the record for the longest game in a world championship until Game 5 of the 1978 championship, which lasted 124 moves.
References
External links
- [http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chess.pl?tid=54099 Source]
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