Discover the most comprehensive collection of Emanuel Lasker's games with a total of 630 matches spanning his illustrious career as the 2nd World Chess Champion, from 1896 to 1921. Each game is meticulously annotated, offering deep insights into Lasker's strategic genius. Dive into the special "Play as Lasker" section, featuring 203 quiz positions where you can challenge yourself to replicate Lasker's master moves, both powerful and aesthetically pleasing.
This course is part of the acclaimed Chess King Learn series (https://learn.chessking.com/), renowned for its innovative approach to chess education. The series covers a wide range of topics including tactics, strategy, openings, middlegame, and endgame, tailored for players from beginners to professionals.
By engaging with this course, you'll enhance your chess knowledge, learn new tactical tricks and combinations, and apply what you've learned in practical scenarios. The program functions as a personal coach, presenting tasks for you to solve and offering guidance when you're stuck. It provides hints, explanations, and even demonstrates striking refutations of common mistakes.
The course includes a theoretical section that delves into game strategies at various stages, illustrated with real game examples. This interactive feature allows you to not only read the lesson text but also to make moves on the board, helping you understand and practice complex positions.
Key advantages of the program include:
- High-quality, double-checked examples
- Requirement to enter all key moves as instructed
- Varied difficulty levels for tasks
- Diverse objectives to achieve in problem-solving
- Hints provided for errors
- Refutations shown for typical mistakes
- Ability to play out any position against the computer
- Interactive theoretical lessons
- Structured table of contents
- Monitoring of ELO rating changes during learning
- Flexible settings for test mode
- Option to bookmark favorite exercises
- Compatibility with larger tablet screens
- No internet connection required
- Linking to a free Chess King account for multi-device access on Android, iOS, and Web
The course offers a free section where you can test the program's functionality before unlocking further topics. The free lessons are fully operational, giving you a real-world experience of the application.
The course is organized into the following sections:
- Emanuel Lasker
- 1889
- 1889-1890
- 1890
- 1892
- 1892-1893
- 1893
- 1894
- 1895
- 1895-1896
- 1896
- 1896-1897
- 1897
- 1899
- 1900
- 1901-1903
- 1903
- 1904
- 1906
- 1907
- 1908
- 1909
- 1910
- 1912-1914
- 1914
- 1916
- 1918
- 1921
- 1923
- 1924
- 1925
- 1926-1927
- 1934
- 1935
- 1936
- 1939-1940
- Creating and exploiting weaknesses
- Fighting for an initiative
- Improving positions of pieces
- Favorable exchange
- Transforming pawn structure. Breakthrough. Opening files.
- Complicated multi-piece endings
- Endgame technique
What's New in the Latest Version 2.4.2
Last updated on Jan 1, 2024
- Added training mode based on Spaced Repetition - it combines erroneous exercises with new ones and presents the more suitable set of puzzles to solve.
- Added ability to launch tests on bookmarks.
- Added daily goal for puzzles - choose how many exercises you need to keep your skills in shape.
- Added daily streak - how many days in a row the daily goal is completed.
- Various fixes and improvements
