Linder: Emanuel Lasker - Second World Chess ChampionWorld Chess Champion Series Emanuel Lasker was a great chess fighter, thinker and researcher. He was possessed of gigantic playing strength, retaining the title of World's Number One Chessplayer for 27(!) years. Even after losing his crown, he kept his ability for a long time, as shown by his victories and prize winning finishes in immensely powerful international tournaments when he was 54 (Moravska Ostrava 1923), 55 (New York 1924), 56 (Moscow