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Richard Forster, Michael Negele & Ray Tischbierek (ed): Emanuel Lasker - volume II 

Foreword - My Thoughts on Lasker (Vladimir Kramnik); Editors' Preface; 1. A Biographical Compass, Part II (Michael Negele & Richard Forster); 2. Lasker in Holland (Richard Forster, Michael Negele & Bob van de Velde); 3. Lasca - A Strategic Mind Game (Wolfgang Angerstein); 4. Lasker and Go (Theo van Ees & Hans-Christian Wohlfarth); 5. Lasker as a Bridge Expert (Bob van de Velde); 6. Emanuel Lasker and Game Theory (Jörg Bewersdorff); 7.The New York 1924 Tournament (John Donaldson); 8. The New York Controversy (Richard Forster); 9. Emanuel Lasker - The Man to Beat (Mihail Marin); Appendix: Illustration Sources; Bibliography; General Index.

One of the most important publications of the Exzelsior publishing house is the monumental Lasker monograph from 2009, which quickly sold out. Now a new, three-part Lasker biography is being published in English.

In this second volume, Mihail Marin and John Donaldson shed new light on some of Lasker's most important encounters in the middle of his chess career, beginning with the famous tenth match against Carl Schlechter and culminating in his famous victory at New York in 1924. Richard Forster examines the bitter consequences of this crucial event, which contributed to Lasker's subsequent long retirement from chess.

The volume also provides an in-depth look at Lasker's involvement in various mind games beyond chess, with expert analyses of his achievements and contributions to Go and Bridge by Theo van Ees/Christian Wohlfarth and Bob van de Velde. Wolfang Angerstein contributes a detailed essay on Lasker's own board game Lasca, and Lasker's contributions to the emerging field of game theory are clearly laid out by Jörg Bewersdorff. Finally, Lasker's life in the United States and Berlin between 1902 and 1914, as well as his later years in Holland, are covered with much new biographical insight by Michael Negele, Richard Forster, and Bob van de Velde, with a special contribution by Floribert Baudet on Lasker's unique friendship with the mathematician Han Baudet.

Exzelsior Verlag, Berlin, 2020. 16 x 24.5 cm. xii + 452 pages. Publisher's green linen hardback with gilt print on cover and spine. No dustjacket issued. Condition: Brand new. Weight 855 g.

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