Caissa editions, Yorklyn, 1999, x+403p.,1st edition, hardback, fine condition, never read, 785 grams. Pages with photographs, diagrams, tables and index. Bound in original publisher's red cloth with gilt lettering to spine and cover. Translated by John Owen.

The tournament was played in the premises of the Museum Society in Nuremberg from 20 July until 9 August. Lasker’s victory affirmed his worthiness as world champion. Maroczy’s second-place finish was a surprise. He and the other young participants, for whom the tournament was a rite of passage, went on to have outstanding careers. Maroczy became one of the leading players in the early 20 century, while Janowski and Schlechter played world championship matches with Lasker himself in 1910.

Tarrasch perhaps remained the only one unconvinced of Lasker’s superiority. He published a tournament book with an extraordinary “table of fortune”. The table displayed which of the top ten prize winners were able to win drawish or losing games through sheer accidental good fortune. Lasker topped the table! It revealed Lasker scored five points in games he should have drawn or lost against Albin, Schallop, Schiffers, Showalter, and Chigorin. Tarrach may not have yet appreciated Lasker’s resourcefulness and his adeptness at the practical and psychological aspects of the game.