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World Chess Championship 1907

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World Chess Championship 1907
 
Defending champion
Challenger
 
Emanuel Lasker
Emanuel Lasker
Frank Marshall
Frank Marshall
  German Empire Emanuel Lasker United States Frank J. Marshall
 
11½Scores
  Born 24 December 1868
38 years old
Born 10 August 1877
29 years old
1908 →

The 1907 World Chess Championship was a chess match contested between reigning world champion Emanuel Lasker of Germany, and challenger Frank J. Marshall of the United States, for the world chess championship. Lasker defended his title in dominant fashion, holding Marshall winless throughout the series, while winning eight games and drawing seven.

Background

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Lasker had played little chess since retaining the World Championship in 1896–1897, in part due to his doctoral studies in mathematics. However, Lasker agreed to defend his title against American challenger Frank Marshall from January 26 to April 6, 1907, in the United States, with the games being played in New York, Philadelphia, Washington, D.C., Baltimore, Chicago, and Memphis.

Results

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Conditions

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

Match

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World Chess Championship Match 1907
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Wins Total
 Frank J. Marshall (United States) 0 0 0 = = = = 0 = = = 0 0 0 0 0
 Emanuel Lasker (Germany) 1 1 1 = = = = 1 = = = 1 1 1 1 8 11½

Lasker won the first three games, then scored one win and seven draws in games 4–11 before winning the last four games. Lasker retained his title.

Marshall–Lasker, game 15
abcdefgh
8
a8 black rook
g8 black king
a7 black pawn
b7 black pawn
d7 black bishop
f7 black pawn
g7 black pawn
h7 black pawn
a5 black queen
d5 white pawn
d4 white pawn
e4 black knight
b3 white queen
e3 white pawn
a2 white pawn
d2 white knight
e2 white bishop
g2 white pawn
h2 white pawn
e1 white king
h1 white rook
8
77
66
55
44
33
22
11
abcdefgh
Marshall blundered with 20.Qd3?, allowing Lasker to take advantage with 20...Bf5 which put him the exchange up.
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