World Chess Championship 1910 (Lasker-Janowski)
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| Emanuel Lasker | Dawid Janowski | |
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| status | Defending champion | challenger |
| Age | 41 years | 42 years |
At the 1910 World Chess Championship (Lasker-Janowski) , the reigning world chess champion Emanuel Lasker successfully defended his title against his challenger Dawid Janowski .
prehistory
Dawid Janowski, a Pole living in Paris, had sought a duel with Lasker since 1899. In 1909 the time had come: the millionaire and chess patron Leo Nardus , who was enthusiastic about Janowski's art of combining, was inclined to finance such a competition. In order to test the chances of success, he took an unusual step: First of all, he wanted a “test competition” limited to 4 games. Since he offered a good financial incentive for this, Lasker agreed. Janowski defied Lasker 2-2, whereupon Nardus was ready to organize a "big" competition over 10 games. The competition lasted from October 19, 1909 to November 9, 1909 and ended with a clear victory for Lasker (+7 = 2 −1).
Janowski's patron Nardus, however, firmly believed in his protégé. When the Berlin Chess Society found another sponsor, nothing stood in the way of another fight, this time for the world championship.
Organization and rules
The winner of the competition should be the one who won 8 games first. The first 10 games should be played in Berlin, all others in Paris.
course
The match began on November 8, 1910 and was a disaster for Janowski. When the first ten games were played in Berlin, he was already 0: 7 winning games behind. Since it was foreseeable that the competition would not last long, the game continued in Berlin. On December 8th, the 11th game brought Lasker the last necessary victory.
World Chess Championship 1910 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 10 11 Victories Points Lasker 1 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 8th 9½ Janowski 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 0 1½
literature
- Raymund Stolze : Contested Crown - The duels of the world chess champions from Steinitz to Kasparow . Sportverlag, Berlin 1992, ISBN 3-328-00526-9 .