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Emanuel Lasker

1868 - 1941

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Emanuel Lasker (German pronunciation: [eˈmaːnuɛl ˈlaskɐ] ; December 24, 1868 – January 11, 1941) was a German chess player, mathematician, and philosopher. He was the second World Chess Champion, holding the title for 27 years, from 1894 to 1921, the longest reign of any officially recognised World Chess Champion winning 6 World Chess Championships. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Emanuel Lasker has received more than 1,199,766 page views. His biography is available in 69 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 65 in 2019). Emanuel Lasker is the 7th most popular chess player, the 65th most popular biography from Poland (up from 69th in 2019) and the most popular Polish Chess Player.

Emanuel Lasker was a German chess player and mathematician who was the world champion for 27 years.

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Among CHESS PLAYERS

Among chess players, Emanuel Lasker ranks 7 out of 461. Before him are Bobby Fischer, Wilhelm Steinitz, José Raúl Capablanca, Mikhail Tal, Alexander Alekhine, and Boris Spassky. After him are Mikhail Botvinnik, Anatoly Karpov, Tigran Petrosian, Max Euwe, Garry Kasparov, and Vasily Smyslov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1868, Emanuel Lasker ranks 11. Before him are Abdulmejid II, Karl Landsteiner, Constantine I of Greece, Robert Andrews Millikan, Archduchess Marie Valerie of Austria, and Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg. After him are Gichin Funakoshi, Fuad I of Egypt, Arnold Sommerfeld, Florence Foster Jenkins, Peter Behrens, and Theodore William Richards. Among people deceased in 1941, Emanuel Lasker ranks 10. Before him are James Joyce, Virginia Woolf, Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell, Alfonso XIII of Spain, Maurice Leblanc, and Maximilian Kolbe. After him are Walther Nernst, Arthur Evans, Robert Delaunay, James George Frazer, Paul Sabatier, and El Lissitzky.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Emanuel Lasker ranks 65 out of 1,694. Before him are Billy Wilder (1906), Ferdinand Lassalle (1825), Bolesław I the Brave (967), Zbigniew Brzezinski (1928), Hans-Ulrich Rudel (1916), and Albert A. Michelson (1852). After him are Faustina Kowalska (1905), John II Casimir Vasa (1609), Władysław III of Poland (1424), Erich von Falkenhayn (1861), Walther Nernst (1864), and Gustav Fechner (1801).

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Among CHESS PLAYERS In Poland

Among chess players born in Poland, Emanuel Lasker ranks 1. After him are Adolf Anderssen (1818), Samuel Reshevsky (1911), Siegbert Tarrasch (1862), Akiba Rubinstein (1880), Johannes Zukertort (1842), Miguel Najdorf (1910), Szymon Winawer (1838), Edward Lasker (1885), Grigory Levenfish (1889), Daniel Harrwitz (1823), and Valery Salov (1964).

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