World Chess Championship 1897
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Emanuel Lasker
defended the World Chess Championship
for the first time in Moscow
between November 6, 1896, and January 14, 1897. He faced William Steinitz
, former World Champion whose title Lasker had taken three years prior. Lasker won easily.
Emanuel Lasker
Emanuel Lasker was a German chess player, mathematician, and philosopher who was World Chess Champion for 27 years...
defended the World Chess Championship
World Chess Championship
The World Chess Championship is played to determine the World Champion in the board game chess. Men and women of any age are eligible to contest this title....
for the first time in Moscow
Moscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
between November 6, 1896, and January 14, 1897. He faced William Steinitz
Wilhelm Steinitz
Wilhelm Steinitz was an Austrian and then American chess player and the first undisputed world chess champion from 1886 to 1894. From the 1870s onwards, commentators have debated whether Steinitz was effectively the champion earlier...
, former World Champion whose title Lasker had taken three years prior. Lasker won easily.
Results
The first player to win ten games would be the World Champion.| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | Wins | |
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| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | = | 0 | = | = | = | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | = | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | = | 1 | = | = | = | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | = | 1 | 1 | 10 |