Like most great champions of the past, Emanuel Lasker played countless simultaneous exhibitions. This page attempts to list these exhibitions, fully understanding that this endeavor will never be fully completed. New insights and sources are to be added at regular intervals.
The starting point is the table put together by Ken Whyld in his 1998 book The Collected Games of Emanuel Lasker, pp. 9–13 (hereafter cited as Whyld98). Since then, over 150 further exhibitions have come to light and were added to the list; in addition, numerous corrections have been made. The Quarterly for Chess History by Vlastimil Fiala also contains various items dealing with Lasker’s exhibitions (see issues no. 4, 6, 9, 16, 17, 18, 21, 23 etc.); unfortunately they cannot be fully relied upon (e.g. for the performance in Liverpool on 28 January 1895, both the month and the result were misprinted). In general, no attempt has been made to point out mistakes by earlier compilers.
The number of sources given below varies and does not claim to be exhaustive, but wherever possible at least one relevant contemporary source has been cited.
Note: For any additions and corrections, please use the feedback page (corrections and various additions have been received with thanks from Peter Anderberg, Steven Davies, Isaac Fieri, Michael Kühl, Nick Pope, Alan Smith).
Table of Contents
Up to 1899
1889
As a young student in Berlin, Lasker probably also gave some informal chess exhibitions, but no evidence has been preserved. Whyld98 dated a first simultaneous exhibition to Amsterdam, August/September 1889, presumably based on game no. 19 (p. 17 in Whyld’s Lasker book). The source for that game read: “Probably at time of tournament [i.e. 26 August–1 September]. Lothar Schmid, Lipke Manuscript.” The details of that manuscript are not known, but the game in question was printed in the Magdeburgische Zeitung, 17 October 1889, without indication of source or circumstances except that it had been played during the Amsterdam congress (information kindly provided by Peter Anderberg). Thus, there does not seem to be any hard evidence for the game being played in a simultaneous exhibition and it seems rather doubtful that such an exhibition took place.
1890
Date
Occasion
#
+
=
–
Notes
Sources
7 Sep 1890
Sonnegg (blindfold)
2
2
0
0
During the Graz tournament, on an outing to Sonnegg, Lasker played and won two blindfold games. The Lesehalle (pointed out by Peter Anderberg) talked about a “production”. Whether the two games were played concurrently is not entirely clear.
Oesterreichische Lesehalle, November 1890, p. 340
1891
From 3 to 30 August 1891 Lasker performed almost daily at the “German Exhibition” at Earls Court in London, usually contesting four games simultaneously, with fresh opponents taking any vacant seats. No complete record of these encounters exists, only the larger extra exhibitions were reported on. A second series started on 19 September, but no detailed information was preserved.
Date
Occasion
#
+
=
–
Notes
Sources
3–30 Aug 1891
London, German Exhibition (fourfold)
200+
ca. 200
?
4
The London Daily News, 8 August 1891, noted that Lasker had won all games on the previous day, bringing his overall score to 79 wins and 1 draw, whereas the London Evening News and Post of the same day mentioned that Lasker had won so far over 80 games, ceding only one draw to Miss Notts. On 12 August Lasker had a “bad quarter-of-an-hour,” when against a strong quartet he won only one and lost the other three games (see London Evening News and Post, 14 and 15 August 1891, and British Chess Magazine, September 1891, p. 401). The total given here is based on a note in the Western Morning News, indicating that in total Lasker had played over 200 games at the German Exhibition, losing only four (sic).
Western Morning News, 10 September 1891
5 Aug 1891
London, German Exhibition (blindfold)
3
1
1
1
In its report of 10 August, the Morning Post gave the result as +2 =0 –1 instead.
Morning Post, 6 and 10 August 1891; London Evening News and Post, 6 and 8 August 1891
8 Aug 1891
London, German Exhibition
20
15
3
2
Penny Illustrated Paper, 15 August 1891; London Daily News, 10 August 1891; London Evening News and Post, 8 and 10 August 1891
22 Aug 1891
London, German Exhibition
20
14
6
0
Including four unfinished games that were counted as draws.
London Daily News, 24 August 1891
14 Sep 1891
Brighton
10
8
1
1
Sussex Agricultural Express, 19 September 1891; Norwood News, 26 September 1891
3 Oct 1891
London
6
?
?
?
Liverpool Mercury, 17 October 1891
1892
Lasker’s tour of the United States began with set games against strong amateurs in New York and was complemented by simultaneous exhibitions, lectures and a brief series of games with Showalter. A longer stay in Philadelphia at the end of the year also saw several one-on-one encounters and two simultaneous exhibitions.
Date
Occasion
#
+
=
–
Notes
Sources
27 Feb 1892
Brighton
26
20
6
0
Meeting of the Sussex Chess Association.
Morning Post, 29 February 1892
27 Feb 1892
Brighton (blindfold)
6
2
1
3
Meeting of the Sussex Chess Association.
Morning Post, 29 February 1892
20 Apr 1892
Hastings C.C.
27
23
2
2
Hastings and St. Leonards Observer, 23 April 1892
23 Apr 1892
Wakefield
22
20
0
2
Meeting of the West Yorkshire Chess Association.
Leeds Mercury, 25 April 1892; Sheffield Independent, 25 April 1892
25 Apr 1892
Leeds
17
14
1
1
Leeds Mercury, 30 April 1892
24 Sep 1892
London, Cyprus C.C.
20
15
2
3
Morning Post, 26 September 1892; Metropolitan Magazine, 1 October 1892 (p. 59)
22 Oct 1892
New York, Manhattan C.C. (blindfold)
5
5
0
0
Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 23 and 24 October 1892
29 Oct 1892
New York, Manhattan C.C.
20
15
3
2
New York Times, 31 October 1892
5 Nov 1892
New York, Manhattan C.C. (various odds)
12
10
1
1
St. Louis Globe Democrat, 7 November 1892
12 Nov 1892
New York, Brooklyn C.C.
14
12
2
0
Toronto Daily Mail, 14 November 1892; Montreal Star, 14 November 1892
15 Nov 1892
New York, Hamilton Club (blindfold)
4
3
0
1
Standard Union, 16 November 1892; Buffalo Courier, 17 November 1892
19 Nov 1892
New York, Brooklyn C.C., Ladies’ night
12
10
2
0
The Standard Union (Brooklyn, New York), 21 November 1892
21 Nov 1892
Montreal
24
21
2
1
The Montreal Star, 22 November 1892; The Gazette (Montreal), 22 November 1892
24 Nov 1892
Montreal
26
23
2
1
The Pittsburgh Dispatch, 9 December 1892, and Whyld98 gave the score as +24 =1 –1.
The Gazette (Montreal), 25 November 1892
26 Nov 1892
Quebec (morning)
5
5
0
0
The Gazette (Montreal), 28 November 1892
26 Nov 1892
Quebec
16
13
2
1
The Pittsburgh Dispatch, 9 December 1892, and Whyld98 gave the score as +15 =2 –1. The Montreal Gazette, 28 November 1892, had +14 =1 –1.
Quebec Morning Chronicle, 28 November 1892
28 Nov 1892
Baltimore
24
23
0
1
Baltimore Sun, 29 November 1892
30 Nov 1892
Baltimore (consultation)
6
6
0
0
The Sun, 2 December 1892; Der Deutsche Correspondent, 2 December 1892
1 Dec 1892
Baltimore
23
23
0
0
Other sources gave the result as +21 =0 –0 (e.g. The Birmingham News, Alabama, 2 December 1892), while the New York Times, 3 December 1892, even had 24 opponents, all beaten).
Pittsburgh Dispatch, 9 December 1892
8 Dec 1892
New York, Freundschaft
20
17
1
2
Twelve games even, six games at knight odds, two at rook oods.
The Baltimore Sun, 10 December 1892
10 Dec 1892
New York, Brooklyn C.C.
14
8
3
3
Lasker resigned one game in a won position because of his opponent’s very slow play.
Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 11 and 12 December 1892
13 Dec 1892
Logansport
14
13
0
1
Logansport Pharos-Tribune, 14 December 1892
29 Dec 1892
Philadelphia, Continental C.C.
19
4
15
0
The Standard Union (Brooklyn), 30 December 1892, had Lasker win 3 and draw 16 games, noting that Lasker had entered a bet that he would not lose a game and accepted a number of draws in very favorable positions.
Philadelphia Inquirer, 1 January 1893, p3
1893
Lasker stayed for about a month in Havana, where he played a series of small matches and offhand games. Only one simultaneous exhibition seems to have been arranged. Whyld98 also listed a second blindfold simultaneous exhibition on 10 February 1893 in Havana (without any results), but this appears to be a mix-up as Lasker just played two individual blindfold games on 10 and 11 February (The Sun, 21 February 1893). Later Lasker spent several months in New Orleans, Chicago, and Kentucky, before returing to New York in August, where he issued a challenge to Steinitz, played several serious individual games, and won the “impromptu” tournament in the first half of October.
Date
Occasion
#
+
=
–
Notes
Sources
2 Jan 1893
Philadelphia, Franklin C.C.
20
12
4
4
Philadelphia Inquirer, 3 January 1893, p3
5 Feb 1893
Havana
21
19
0
2
The Sun, 7 February 1893
20 Feb 1893
New Orleans
16
15
1
0
Times-Democrat, New Orleans, 26 February 1893
23 Feb 1893
New Orleans
17
12
3
2
Times-Picayune, New Orleans, 24 February 1893; Times-Democrat, New Orleans, 26 February 1893
25 Feb 1893
New Orleans
17
17
0
0
Times-Picayune, New Orleans, 26 February 1893
1 Apr 1893
New Orleans
?
?
?
?
Although mentioned twice in the Times-Democrat, it seems doubtful that this exhibition actually took place.
Times-Democrat, 30 March and 2 April 1893
18 May 1893
Memphis, Young Men’s Hebrew Hall
15
15
0
0
A subsequent report in the same paper spoke of “two draws”, but possibly it was referring to individual games that were not part of the exhibition (Memphis Commercial, 20 May 1893).
Memphis Commercial, 19 May 1893
19 May 1893
Memphis, Young Men’s Hebrew Hall
10
10
0
0
Memphis Commercial, 20 May 1893
20 May 1893
Memphis, Young Men’s Hebrew Hall (blindfold)
4
3
1
0
Memphis Commercial, 21 May 1893
23 May 1893
Memphis, Young Men’s Hebrew Hall
15
15
0
0
Memphis Commercial, 24 May 1893
30 May 1893
Chicago
11
9
1
1
The dates given in Whyld98 for the four Chicago exhibitions appear to be mistaken.
Chicago Tribune, 31 May 1893; Chicago Times, 11 June 1893
31 May 1893
Chicago
9
7
0
2
Chicago Times, 11 June 1893
1 Jun 1893
Chicago
11
9
1
1
Chicago Times, 11 June 1893
2? Jun 1893
Chicago
11
11
0
0
Chicago Times, 11 June 1893
16 Sep 1893
New York, Manhattan C.C.
19
13
3
3
The Sun, 18 September 1893; The Standard Union, 18 September 1893
23 Sep 1893
New York, Brooklyn C.C.
15
13
1
1
The Standard Union, 25 and 30 September 1893
23 Oct 1893
Philadelphia, Franklin C.C.
19
11
3
5
Philadelphia Times, 24 October 1893
24 Oct 1893
Baltimore
23
22
1
0
Der Deutsche Correspondent (Baltimore), 26 October 1893; Baltimore Sunday News, 28 October 1893
1894
Ahead of the world championship match with Steinitz (played from March to May in New York, Philadelphia, and Montreal), Lasker put in only very few public appearances. After winning the title, he sought rest and limited his public appearances. He planned several exhibitions in late fall in the United Kingdom, but fell seriously ill with typhoid fever and had to cancel all plans.
Date
Occasion
#
+
=
–
Notes
Sources
20 Jan 1894
New York, Brooklyn C.C.
18
16
1
1
Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 21 and 22 January 1894; The Standard Union, 22 January 1894
23 Jul 1894
Berlin, Café Kaiserhof (blindfold)
4
2
2
0
A charity exhibition.
Volkszeitung (Berlin), 24 July 1894; Berliner Tageblatt, 27 July 1894; Deutsches Wochenschach, 29 July 1894, p. 258, and 5 August 1894, pp. 263f.
9 Sep 1894
Leipzig
36
24
7
5
Played at the conclusion of the German Chess Congress. Unfinished games were adjudicated by Baird and Janowski. Some sources had six draws and six losses (e.g. Daily News, 17 September 1894).
Volkszeitung (Berlin), 11 September 1894; Deutsches Wochenschach, 13 September 1894, p. 323
3 Oct 1894
Brighton
25
20
3
2
The Standard, 4 October 1894
1895
A blindfold exhibition on four boards (+3 =0 –1) given in Berlin, 26 November 1895, is occasionally attributed to Lasker (e.g. in The Standard, 28 November 1895), but it was actually performed by his brother Berthold (see e.g. Altonaer Nachrichten, 30 November 1895).
Date
Occasion
#
+
=
–
Notes
Sources
19 Jan 1895
Brighton C.C.
20
20
0
0
The Standard, 21 January 1895
22 Jan 1895
Brighton, St. Ann’s
14
14
0
0
British Chess Magazine, February 1895, p. 76
25 Jan 1895
Liverpool, Weekly Mercury Trophy
25
20
3
2
Liverpool Mercury, 26 January 1895
26 Jan 1895
Liverpool C.C.
19
19
0
0
Liverpool Mercury, 28 January 1895
28 Jan 1895
Liverpool (consultation)
2
0
0
2
Liverpool Mercury, 2 February 1895
20 Mar 1895
Hastings
20
19
1
0
The Standard, 25 March 1895
5 Apr 1895
London, Cyprus C.C.
18
16
1
1
Morning Post, 8 April 1895
19 May 1895
London, Maccabaeans
19
16
2
1
Jewish Chronicle, 24 May 1895
24 May 1895
Croydon, Y.M.C.A.
16
16
0
0
Croydon Times, 29 May 1895
28 May 1895
London, 8 King William St.
14
?
?
?
According to reprints in the Chess Player’s Chronicle, 3 July 1895, p. 190f., and the Liverpool Mercury, 6 July 1895, a game from this exhibition (against an “Amateur”) was given in the chess column of the Morning (London). The former reprint pointed to 14 games in total, the latter to 13, while Whyld98 indicated 12. Neither gave detailed results. Vlastimil Fiala, in the Quarterly for Chess History, 18/2017, p. 349, gave Simpson’s Café as the venue (based on an undated game against Steel from the Standard, 12 June 1895), but the sources do not seem to support that conclusion.
Morning Post, 3 June 1895
20 Jul 1895
Ilkley, Spa Hydro
16
12
1
0
According to the Leeds Mercury, three games were left unfinished as Lasker’s opponents had to catch the last train. Other sources counted the three games as wins for Lasker (i.e. +15 =1).
Leeds Mercury, 23 July 1895; Bradford Weekly Telegraph, 27 July 1895; British Chess Magazine, August 1895, p. 330
8 Nov 1895
Swansea
21
21
0
0
Evening Express, 14 November 1895; The Cambrian, 15 November 1895
9 Nov 1895
Llanelly
17
17
0
0
South Wales Daily Post, 12 November 1895
11 Nov 1895
Aberdare
17
17
0
0
South Wales Daily News, 13 November 1895
12 Nov 1895
Pontypridd, Rhonda C.C.
20
20
0
0
Evening Express, 14 November 1895
13 Nov 1895
Cardiff
19
18
0
1
South Wales Daily News, 14 November 1895; Evening Express, 14 November 1895
14 Nov 1895
Liverpool, Weekly Mercury Trophy
25
24
1
0
Liverpool Mercury, 23 November 1895
15 Nov 1895
Newcastle
16
15
1
0
Newcastle Daily Chronicle, 16 November 1895
16 Nov 1895
Newcastle
17
14
2
1
Newcastle Daily Chronicle, 18 November 1895
1896
Some confusion exists around Lasker’s Moscow exhibitions in February 1896. Whyld98 has two spurios entries on 4 and 6 February and the exhibition of 3 February is dated 5 February. Note that all dates given here are in the Western calendar style.
Date
Occasion
#
+
=
–
Notes
Sources
3 Feb 1896
Moscow
19
16
2
1
The Moskovskiye Vedomosti listed all 19 opponents. Shakhmatny Zhurnal gave the number of wins as 23 instead of 16, probably by mistake; many other periodicals also had +23 =2 –1 (e.g. Rigasche Rundschau, 3 [15] February 1896).
Moskovskiye Vedomosti, 28 January 1896 (9 February 1896 n.st.); Shakhmatny Zhurnal, January-February 1896, p. 45
11 Feb 1896
St. Petersburg C.C.
24
20
2
2
Novoe Vremya, 5 (17) February 1896; Shakhmatny Zhurnal, January-February 1896, p. 42
28 Feb 1896
Berlin, Hotel Kaiserhof (consultation)
3
2
0
1
Berliner Tageblatt, 29 February 1896
17 Mar 1896
Berlin, Hotel Kaiserhof
24
21
3
0
The Berliner Schachzeitung, 1 April 1896, p. 14, as well as the Deutsches Wochenschach, 22 March 1896, p. 95, gave the result as +22 =2.
Berliner Tageblatt, 18 March 1896
17 Apr 1896
London, Criterion, Victoria Hall
28
20
6
2
The Standard, 20 April 1896
4 Sep 1896
Hamburg C.C.
25
22
2
1
Neue Hamburger Zeitung, 5 September 1896; Hamburger Nachrichten, 6 September 1896
18 Sep 1896
Berlin, Schachklub Centrum
18
17
1
0
Volkszeitung (Berlin), 20 September 1896
1897
Whyld’s entry for 16 August could not be corroborated; the game ending in Deutsches Wochenschach, 22 August 1897, p. 277 does not appear to stem from a simultaneous exhibition.
Date
Occasion
#
+
=
–
Notes
Sources
18 Feb 1897
Hereford
25
22
3
0
Whyld98 [citing, in the games section, Hereford Times, 27 February, 6 and 13 March 1897]
19 Feb 1897
Hereford
19
18
1
0
Whyld98 [citing, in the games section, Hereford Times, 27 February, 6 and 13 March 1897]
26 Feb 1897
Brighton
18
17
0
1
Sussex Chess Congress.
Pall Mall Gazette, 1 March 1897; London Evening Standard, 1 March 1897
27 Feb 1897
Brighton
39
39
0
0
Sussex Chess Congress.
Pall Mall Gazette, 1 March 1897; London Evening Standard, 1 March 1897
1 Mar 1897
Birmingham
31
26
3
2
Birmingham Weekly Mercury, 6 March 1897
2 Mar 1897
Birmingham (consultation)
6
6
0
0
Birmingham Weekly Mercury, 6 March 1897
1898
There seems to be no hard evidence for an exhibition in Newport in mid-November (listed in Whyld98, without any results). Lasker did give a lecture, however, at Newport, Monouthshire around the 18th of November (mentioned e.g. in the Northern Whig, 24 November 1898).
Date
Occasion
#
+
=
–
Notes
Sources
13 Feb 1898
Leipzig, Hotel Stadt Dresden
22
19
1
2
Deutsche Schachzeitung, March 1898, p. 93
15 Feb 1898
Dresden, Café König
28
24
4
0
Elsewhere +24 =3 –0 was reported (Bremer Nachrichten, 27 February 1898).
Deutsches Wochenschach, 27 February 1898, p. 92
22 Feb 1898
Bremen C.C.
24
24
0
0
Deutsches Wochenschach, 6 March 1898, p. 99, and Deutsche Schachzeitung, April 1898, p. 126 (and Whyld98) had +20 instead.
Jeversches Wochenblatt, 26 February 1898; Bremer Nachrichten, 27 February and 6 March 1898
23 Feb 1898
Bremen, Café Roland
21
20
0
1
The result was also reported as +19 =0 –1 (Deutsches Wochenschach, 6 March 1898, p. 99).
Bremer Nachrichten, 27 February and 6 March 1898
22 Mar 1898
Frankfurt on Main
22
16
2
4
Deutsches Wochenschach, 3 April 1898, p. 147
24 Mar 1898
Freiburg im Breisgau
13
10
0
3
One of the games was played blindfold by Lasker.
Deutsches Wochenschach, 3 April 1898, p. 147
26 Mar 1898
Mulhouse
?
?
?
?
Exhibition mentioned in Der Schachfreund, April 1898, p. 14, the British Chess Magazine, 1898, p. 197, and also announcement in Le petit bleu du matin, 26 March 1898, and Le Rappel, 26 March 1898 (“20 to 25 games”).
27 Mar 1898
Zurich
22
21
0
1
Schweizer Sportblatt, 29 March and 5 April 1898; Neue Zürcher Zeitung, 3 and 17 April 1898
30 Mar 1898
Berne
23
22
0
1
Der Bund (Berne), 1 April 1898
1 Apr 1898
St. Gallen
18
17
1
0
St. Galler Tagblatt, 31 March, 4 and 5 April 1898
3 Apr 1898
Ghent
?
?
?
?
Exhibition mentioned in Alapin’s Der Schachfreund, May 1898, p. 31.
4 Apr 1898
Antwerp
21
21?
0?
0?
The report only mentioned Lasker playing against six, seven, and eight players, “which he beat with remarkable zest.”
L’Echo Belge, 6 April 1898
6 Apr 1898
Utrecht
33
30
2
1
Haagsche Courant, 8 April 1898
7 Apr 1898
Leiden, Students C.C.
31
26
1
4
Algemeen Handelsblad, 9 April 1898 (Ochtenblad)
8 Apr 1898
The Hague, Discendo Discimus C.C.
17
16
1
0
In its first report, the Haagsche Courant, 12 April 1898 (as well as many other daily papers), gave the result as +16 =1 –0. Two weeks later, in its summary, the Courant added one win to Lasker’s score.
Haagsche Courant, 25 April 1898 (Tweede Blad)
28 Apr 1898
Hanover C.C.
25
24
0
1
Mentioned in Alapin’s Der Schachfreund, May 1898, p. 31.
Hannoverscher Courier, 3 May 1898 (evening ed.)
25 Oct 1898
Hamburg C.C.
28
27
0
1
Neue Hamburger Zeitung, 27 October 1898
5 Nov 1898
London, Ladies C.C.
21
21
0
0
The Pall Mall Gazette, 7 November 1898, and the Northern Whig, 24 November 1898, had Lasker win 22 games.
London Evening Standard, 11 November 1898
10 Nov 1898
Basingstoke
20
20
0
0
Hants and Berks Gazette and Middlesex and Surrey Journal, 12 November 1898; Northern Whig, 24 November 1898
12 Nov 1898
Oxford University
20
17
2
1
Northern Whig, 24 November 1898
16 Nov 1898
Plymouth
31
24
4
3
In actual play, Lasker won 21 games and lost 1, the rest was adjudicated by T.J. Winter-Wood.
Exeter and Plymouth Gazette, 22 November 1898
17 Nov 1898
Falmouth
14
14
0
0
Exeter and Plymouth Gazette, 22 November 1898
22 Nov 1898
London, City of London C.C.
24
18
4
1
One game was left undecided.
Morning Post, 28 November 1898; London Evening Standard, 28 November 1898
24 Nov 1898
Cheltenham
30
24
4
2
Ten years later, the Cheltenham Examiner, 12 February 1908, gave the result as +23 =5 –2.
Cheltenham Examiner, 30 November 1898
25 Nov 1898
Clifton (Bristol), Imperial Hotel
24
18
2
2
Two games were left undecided. The club’s annual report (Bristol Mercury, 9 and 14 October 1899 [Supplement]) had the result as +18 =3 –2, with 3 games unfinished.
Bristol Mercury, 26 November 1898; Western Daily Press, 26 November 1898
26 Nov 1898
Clifton (Bristol), Imperial Hotel
26
16
1
1
Eight games were left undecided. Reports on the outcome differ; Whyld had +16 =1 –0, with 8 games undecided, while elsewhere +19 =4 –2 was given.
Bristol Mercury, 28 November 1898
1 Dec 1898
Birmingham, Central C.C.
25
13
9
1
Various games were adjudicated, two left undecided.
Birmingham Daily Gazette, 2 December 1898; Birmingham Weekly Post, 10 December 1898 [as quoted in the Quarterly for Chess History, issue 6/2000, pp. 380f. (giving the year of publication as 1899)]
9 Dec 1898
Ealing
23
20
2
1
Morning Post, 12 December 1898
10 Dec 1898
Eastbourne
20
19
1
0
Eastbourne Chronicle, 17 December 1898
16 Dec 1898
Manchester C.C.
25
13
9
1
14 games were adjudicated, two left undecided.
Manchester Weekly Times, 23 December 1898
17 Dec 1898
Hanley
32
26
2
0
Four games were “left unfinished with no appreciable advantage on either side.” (Newcastle Guardian)
Manchester Weekly Times, 23 December 1898; Newcastle Guardian and Silverdale, Chesterton and Audley Chronicle, 24 December 1898
20 Dec 1898
Manchester, German Club (Schiller-Anstalt)
26
23
2
1
Manchester Weekly Times, 23 December 1898
1899
The results of Lasker’s Moscow stay are again the subject of much confusion. For instance, Whyld listed at simultaneous exhibition on 12 February 1899, but Lasker only played a consultation game on that day. Earlier, on 7 February, he played several offhand games and the result may have been 10 wins, one draw and one loss (or a second draw). His overall results in Moscow (including consultation games) were reported as +102 =19 –9, with 3 games undecided (see Novoye Vremya, 15 [27] February 1899, and Russkiye Vedomosti, 11 [23] February 1899).
Date
Occasion
#
+
=
–
Notes
Sources
5 Jan 1899
Glasgow
25
23
2
0
The Scotsman, 6 January 1899
6 Jan 1899
Glasgow
27
27
0
0
The Scotsman, 7 January 1899
7 Jan 1899
Stirling
23
22
0
1
The result given by most contemporary Scottish papers. Instead, the Hereford Times and Newcastle Courant of 21 January 1899 had Lasker win 24 and lose 1 game.
Dundee Advertiser, 9 January 1899
9 Jan 1899
Edinburgh
27
24
1
2
Dundee Advertiser, 10 January 1899; The Scotsman, 10 January 1899
10 Jan 1899
North Manchester C.C.
25
23
1
1
Manchester Weekly Times, 13 January 1899
8 Feb 1899
Moscow
26
19
6
1
Instead, a note in Düna-Zeitung, 6 February 1899, gave the outcome as +24 = 2 –0.
Novoye Vremya, 1 (13) February 1899; Deutsches Wochenschach, 5 March 1899, p. 91; Der Schachfreund, March 1899, p. 214
10 Feb 1899
Moscow (blindfold)
6
6
0
0
Novoye Vremya, 1 (13) February 1899; Deutsches Wochenschach, 5 March 1899, p. 91; Der Schachfreund, March 1899, p. 214
13 Feb 1899
Moscow (consultation)
10
8
1
1
Novoye Vremya, 4 (16) February 1899; Deutsche Schachzeitung, March 1899, p. 94
15 Feb 1899
Moscow
36
28
3
3
Two games were left undecided (which Whyld98 added to the three draws).
Novoye Vremya, 8 (20) February 1899; Deutsche Schachzeitung, March 1899, p. 94
17 Feb 1899
Moscow
39
26
8
2
Results according to the Moscow papers of the time. Whyld98 instead gave +31 =5 –4, while Deutsche Schachzeitung, March 1899, p. 94 had +29 =3 –3 (and 5 undecided) and Novoye Vremya, 11 (23) February 1899, indicated 39 games with a result of +28 =8 –2 and 3 undecided (sic).
Moskovskiye Vedomosti, 7 (19) February 1899; Russkiye Vedomosti, 6 and 7 (18 and 19) February 1899
11 Jul 1899
London
26
21
2
3
Held at the closing ceremony of the London international tournament.
Morning Post, 12 July 1899
1900s
1900
Whyld98 gave an additional exhibition each in Birmingham and Manchester, but these entries appear to be spurious.
Date
Occasion
#
+
=
–
Notes
Sources
14 Feb 1900
Wiesbaden
15
15
0
0
Deutsches Wochenschach, 25 February 1900, p. 68
23 Sep 1900
Szeged
9
8
1
0
Pesti Hírlap, 25 September 1900; Pester Lloyd, 25 September 1900; Wiener Schachzeitung, October 1900, p. 216
24 Sep 1900
Szeged (blindfold)
5
5
0
0
Hazánk (Budapest), 28 September 1900; Wiener Schachzeitung, October 1900, p. 216
25 Sep 1900
Nagyvárad [=Oradea, Grosswardein] (leapfrog with Maroczy and Marco)
30
29
1
0
Maróczy had started the exhibition alone but was joined by Lasker and Marco in the second half.
Wiener Schachzeitung, October 1900, pp. 216f.
26 Sep 1900
Nagyvárad [=Oradea, Grosswardein] (blindfold)
4
4
0
0
Wiener Schachzeitung, October 1900, p. 217
27 Sep 1900
Budapest (blindfold)
5
5
0
0
Pesti Hírlap, 28 September 1900; Budapesti Napló, 28 September 1900
29 Sep 1900
Budapest (leapfrog with Maroczy)
30
27
2
1
Most reports on the occasion point to 29 September and 25 games, but they did not provide an actual result (Budapesti Hírlap, 30 September 1900; Pesti Napló, 30 September 1900; Wiener Schachzeitung, October 1900, p. 217). Bachmann gave an exact result but dated the exhibition to 27 September.
Bachmann, Schachjahrbuch für 1900, pp. 85f.
30 Sep 1900
Vienna (blindfold)
5
4
1
0
Wiener Zeitung, 1 October 1900; Neues Wiener Journal, 1 October 1900
5 Oct 1900
Vienna, Kaufleute (leapfrog with Marco)
33
28
2
3
Bachmann (Jahrbuch, pp. 85f.) gave the result as +19 =1 –0.
Neues Wiener Tagblatt, 6 October 1900
7 Oct 1900
Prague, German Club
28
22
4
2
Maróczy, who played five games blindfold, joined Lasker towards the end of the exhibition and finished some of the games. Bachmann gave the result as +21 =2 –5 (Jahrbuch, pp. 85f.). The Prager Tagblatt mentioned 23 wins, but from the context it appears to have been a typo.
Prager Tagblatt, 8 October 1900
9 Oct 1900
Hamburg C.C. (leapfrog with Marocy)
29
27
1
1
The annual report of the Hamburger club gave the result, probably mistakenly, as +28 =0 –1 instead.
Neue Hamburger Zeitung, 10 October 1900
19 Oct 1900
Berlin (leapfrog with Maroczy)
15
12
1
2
The Berliner Tageblatt, 20 October 1900, mentioned of 16 games instead (without detailed results), while Deutsches Wochenschach, 21 October 1900, p. 336, even spoke of 30 games contested “with great success”.
Der Schachfreund, November 1900, p. 135
8 Nov 1900
London, South Place Institute (leapfrog with Maroczy)
50
43
5
2
Twelve games were adjudicated by Leopold Hoffer.
Westminster Gazette, 10 November 1900; London Evening Standard, 14 November 1900
15 Nov 1900
London, South Place Institute (leapfrog with Maroczy)
41
36
4
1
Lasker’s loss was against Richard Teichmann. Some German sources gave the result as +37 =1 –0 (e.g. Deutsche Schachzeitung, January 1901, pp. 29f.; Bachmann, Jahrbuch für 1900, pp. 85f.).
Westminster Gazette, 17 November 1900; London Evening Standard, 23 November 1900
21 Nov 1900
London, City of London C.C.
25
14
4
7
Ten games were adjudicated by Blackburne.
The Field, 24 November 1900; Morning Post, 26 November 1900; London Evening Standard, 27 November 1900
23 Nov 1900
Birmingham, Temperance Institute
c10
c10
0
0
Vlastimil Fiala in the Quarter for Chess History, no. 6/2000, pp. 382f. claimed a score of 25 wins, but it was not possible to verify this score indepedently. The Cheltenham Examiner, 28 November 1900, indicated “less than a dozen” and the Birmingham Weekly Post, 1 December 1900, spoke of “a meagre attendendance”.
Cheltenham Examiner, 28 November 1900
28 Nov 1900
Norwich C.C.
20
15
2
3
Eastern Evening News, 29 November 1900; Morning Post, 3 December 1900; Norwich Mercury, 8 December 1900
1 Dec 1900
London, Ladies C.C. (leapfrog with Maroczy)
23
21
2
0
Morning Post, 3 December 1900
5 Dec 1900
Derby, Midland Railway Institute (leapfrog with Maróczy)
62
58
4
0
Nottingham Journal, 7 December 1900; Derby Mercury, 12 December 1900
6 Dec 1900
Hereford C.A.
45
44
0
1
Result as given in the Hereford Journal (which spoke of 22 boards, so possibly several games were played on some boards). Whyld98, possibly based on the Hereford Times (which so far has not been available to us), instead gave +22 =0 –1.
Hereford Journal, 8 December 1900
7 Dec 1900
Hereford C.A.
34
33
0
1
Score derived from the total score for the two Hereford exhibitions (+77 =0 –2). Whyld98, possibly based on the Hereford Times (which so far has not been available to us), instead gave +17 =0 –1.
Hereford Journal, 15 December 1900; Westminster Gazette, 15 December 1900
9 Dec 1900
Manchester, Jewish Working Men’s Club (leapfrog with Maróczy)
40
40
0
0
Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser, 10 December 1900
13 Dec 1900
Manchester, Derby Hall (leapfrog with Maróczy)
26
25
1
0
Manchester Times, 21 December 1900
14 Dec 1900
Manchester
40
39
1
0
Pesti Hírlap, 23.12.1900; DSZ Jan 1901, S. 30 [DSZ: leapfrog w Maroczy]
17 Dec 1900
Basingstoke (blindfold)
6
6
0
0
Originally Maróczy was to play blindfold, but since he struggled with the descriptive notation, Lasker took his place.
Hants and Berks Gazette and Middlesex and Surrey Journal, 22 December 1900; Reading Mercury 22 December 1900
18 Dec 1900
Eastbourne
22
21
0
1
Eastbourne Gazette, 19 and 22 December 1900
20 Dec 1900
Lynn
19
19
0
0
Lynn News & County Press, 22 December 1900
1901
In 1901 Lasker took up residence in Manchester. It is likely that in his position as a chess teacher at the North Manchester Club he also gave some informal exhibitions that were not mentioned in the press. Whyld98 lists additional exhibitions which, however, seem to be duplicates.
Date
Occasion
#
+
=
–
Notes
Sources
7 Mar 1901
Manchester, Sale and District C.C. (blindfold)
5
5
0
0
Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser, 9 March 1901
1 Apr 1901
Lancaster C.C.
22
21
1
0
Lancaster Standard and County Advertiser, 4 April 1901
3 May 1901
New York, Manhattan C.C.
23
17
3
3
Daily Standard Union (Brooklyn), 4 May 1901; Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 4 May 1901
13 May 1901
New York, Athletic C.C.
15
15
0
0
One of the 15 games was played blindfold by Lasker.
Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 14 May 1901
14 May 1901
New York, Cosmopolitan C.C.
25
22
2
1
Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 15 May 1901
17 May 1901
Philadelphia, Franklin C.C.
20
12
6
2
Some reports gave the game against Voigt as a draw instead of a win for Lasker (+12 =6 –2, e.g. the Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 26 May 1901).
Philadelphia Times, 26 May 1901
18 May 1901
Washington D.C.
21
17
2
2
The Baltimore Sun, 20 May 1901, reported the loss against Thomas as a draw.
Evening Star (Washington D.C.), 20 May 1901
22 May 1901
Davenport
23
20
3
0
Daily Leader (Davenport), 23 May 1901
23 May 1901
Davenport
17
16
0
1
Daily Leader (Davenport), 24 May 1901
24 May 1901
Milwaukee
36
35
0
1
Some reports had 40 games and Lasker winning all games or ceding just one draw (e.g. the Wood County Reporter, Grand Rapids, 30 May 1901).
Deutsche Schachzeitung, July 1901, p. 222
28 May 1901
Pittsburgh
13
10
1
2
Pittsburgh Commercial Gazette, 29 May 1901
30 May 1901
Baltimore
25
23
0
2
Baltimore Sun, 31 May 1901
3 Oct 1901
Manchester, Moss Side C.C.
26
19
7
0
Sixteen games adjudicated by F.C. Carroll. In an earlier announcement (2 October), the date of the exhibition was given as 5 October instead.
Manchester Evening News, 9 October 1901
21 Nov 1901
Lancaster C.C.
16
15
1
0
Lancaster Standard and County Advertiser, 22 November 1901
25 Nov 1901
Manchester, Mosley Hotel (leapfrog with Janowski)
18
16
1
1
La Stratégie, December 1901, p. 371, gave the result as +15 =2 –1 instead.
Manchester Evening News, 26 November 1901
3 Dec 1901
Burnley C.C.
22
13
5
2
Two games were unfinished.
Lancashire Evening Post, 4 December 1901; Burnley Express, 4 December 1901
9 Dec 1901
Manchester, Sale and District C.C.
16
15
0
1
Manchester Evening News, 18 December 1901
23 Dec 1901
Paris, Cercle Philidor
40
35
2
3
This is the result given by the majority of contemporary sources. However, a few also had the result as +34 =2 –4 (e.g. Le Petit Parisien, 25 December 1901, and La Stratégie, January 1902, p. 20) or even +36 =1 –3 (Le Matin, 25 December 1901 and Daily News, 26 December 1901).
Gil Blas (Paris), 25 December 1901; La Gazette (Paris), 26 December 1901; Dundee Evening Telegraph, 25 December 1901
1902
Date
Occasion
#
+
=
–
Notes
Sources
15 Feb 1902
Hereford C.A.
39
37
2
0
Leominster News and North West Herefordshire & Radnorshire Advertiser, 21 February 1902
Mar (?) 1902
Ashton-under-Lyne
21
21
0
0
Leeds Mercury, 5 April 1902
23 Aug 1902
Berlin, Café Kerkau
21
14
6
1
Deutsches Wochenschach, 31 August 1902, p. 288; Deutsche Schachzeitung, September 1902, p. 291
27 Sep 1902
Manchester C.C.
15
14
1
0
Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser, 29 September 1902
2 Oct 1902
Stirling
15
14
1
0
Falkirk Herald, 8 October 1902
17 Oct 1902
New York, Manhattan C.C.
24
13
8
3
Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 18 October 1902; Times Union (Brooklyn), 18 October 1902
25 Oct 1902
New York, Manhattan C.C.
26
17
9
0
Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 27 October 1902
30 Oct 1902
New York, Cosmopolitan C.C.
22
17
4
1
Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 31 October 1902
31 Oct 1902
New York, Brooklyn, Dutch Arms Club (Kings and Queens League)
20
18
0
2
On seven boards two players each were consulting.
Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 1 November 1902
7 Nov 1902
Philadelphia, Mercantile C.C.
20
17
2
1
Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 8 November 1902
8 Nov 1902
Philadelphia, Franklin C.C.
21
15
5
1
Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 10 November 1902
15 Nov 1902
Chicago C.C.C.
23
17
4
2
Plus two drawn games of checkers. Ten games were adjudicated by L. Uedemann and S.P. Johnston.
Chicago Tribune, 16 November 1902
18 Nov 1902
Milwaukee, German Club
23
20
3
0
Other sources have the result as 22 wins and 1 draw (e.g. the Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 30 November 1902).
Chicago Tribune, 23 November 1902; Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 7 December 1902
20 Nov 1902
Davenport C.C.
18
18
0
0
Daily Times (Davenport), 21 November 1902
22 Nov 1902
St. Louis C.C.
28
27
1
0
An individual game lost against Edward Schrader on the same day is sometimes reported as part of the simultaneous exhibition as well.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat, 24 November 1902
25 Nov 1902
St. Louis, Office Men’s Club
10
8
2
0
St. Louis Globe-Democrat, 26 November 1902
26 Nov 1902
Moberley, Mo.
7
6
0
1
Annual meeting of the Missouri State Chess Association.
St. Louis Republic, 28 November 1902; St. Louis Globe-Democrat, 30 November 1902
28 Nov 1902
Kansas City C.C.C.
21
19
2
0
Kansas City Times, 29 November 1902
3 Dec 1902
Memphis C.C.W.C.
18
16
1
1
Commercial Appeal (Memphis), 4 December 1902
10 Dec 1902
Chicago, University Club (knight odds)
14
13
0
1
Inter Ocean (Chicago), 14 December 1902
12 Dec 1902
Chicago C.C.C.
23
21
1
1
Chicago Tribune, 14 December 1902
13 Dec 1902
Chicago C.C.C. (consultation)
3?
?
?
?
Announcement in the Chicago Tribune of 7 December 1902 (“three boards against three consulting players each”).
20 Dec 1902
San Francisco, Mechanics Institute C.C.
11
8
1
2
San Francisco Chronicle, 21 December 1902
22 Dec 1902
San Francisco, Mechanics Institute C.C.
15
13
2
0
Plus two games of checkers (both drawn).
San Francisco Chronicle, 23 December 1902
23 Dec 1902
San Francisco, Whist and C.C.
18
14
3
1
San Francisco Chronicle, 24 December 1902
26 Dec 1902
San Francisco, Western Addition C.C.W.C.
22
15
5
2
San Francisco Chronicle, 28 December 1902, with a correction on 4 January 1903.
27 Dec 1902
San Francisco, Mechanics Institute C.C. (blindfold)
5
4
0
1
San Francisco Chronicle, 28 December 1902
30 Dec 1902
San Francisco, Whist and C.C.
23
22
1
0
San Francisco Chronicle, 4 January 1903
31 Dec 1902
San Francisco, Mechanics Institute C.C.
11
9
0
2
Plus two games of checkers against H.M. Angell, champion checker-player of the Pacific Coast (+1 =0 –1).
San Francisco Chronicle, 4 January 1903
1903
Whyld98 has entries for Memphis and St. Paul in January 1903 that seem spurious.
Date
Occasion
#
+
=
–
Notes
Sources
2? Jan 1903
San Francisco, Bohemian Club (blindfold)
5
5
0
0
San Francisco Chronicle, 11 January 1903
19 Jan 1903
Chicago, Germania Männerchor C.C.
15
13
1
1
Chicago Tribune, 25 January 1903
22 Jan 1903
Minneapolis C.C.
21
17
3
1
Minneapolis Journal, 23 January 1903; Minneapolis Times, 23 January 1903
28 Jan 1903
Baltimore, Harmonie
26
25
0
1
Baltimore Morning Herald, 29 January 1903
29 Jan 1903
Baltimore, Chess Association
18
17
0
1
Baltimore Morning Herald, 30 January 1903
30 Jan 1903
Baltimore, University C.C.
19
?
?
?
Baltimore Sun, 31 January 1903
4 Feb 1903
Boston, Athletic Association
25
21
3
1
Boston Globe, 5 February 1903
5 Feb 1903
Boston, Boston C.C.
12
12
0
0
Boston Globe, 6 February 1903
6 Feb 1903
Boston, Boston C.C.
16
12
2
2
Boston Globe, 7 February 1903
10 Feb 1903
New York, West Side Republican Club
14
12
2
0
Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 11 February 1903
13 Feb 1903
Syracuse C.C.
?
?
?
?
An exhibition was announced in the New York Sun, 5 February 1903; whether it took place is not clear.
19 Feb 1903
New York, Brooklyn C.C.
14
10
1
3
New-York Daily Tribune, 21 February 1903; New York Times, 21 February 1903
12 Mar 1903
Princeton, University C.C.
8
7
1
0
Daily Princetonian, 13 March 1903
26 Mar 1903
Wilkes-Barre, Wyoming Valley C.C.
33
32
1
0
Wilkes-Barre Leader, 27 March 1903
11 Jul 1903
Berlin, Schachgesellschaft (consultation)
11
9
2
0
Berliner Tageblatt, 14 July 1903
16 Oct 1903
Nuremberg, Tarrasch C.C.
25
19
5
1
Neue Hamburger Zeitung, 24 October 1903
3 Dec 1903
Hereford C.A.
40
38
2
0
Played on 25 boards, with new players taking the seats of those who were defeated early.
Cheltenham Examiner, 9 December 1903
10 Dec 1903
North Manchester C.C.
28
17
10
1
British Chess Magazine, January 1904, p. 23
16 Dec 1903
London, City of London C.C.
20
13
4
3
Five games adjudicated by Blackburne.
Morning Post, 21 December 1903
20 Dec 1903
Hanover C.C.
18
17
1
0
Deutsche Schachzeitung, January 1904, p. 28
1904
Date
Occasion
#
+
=
–
Notes
Sources
28 Jan 1904
Bremen, Café Roland
33
27
2
4
Deutsche Schachzeitung, February 1904, p. 60
30 Jan 1904
Hamburg C.C.
31
29
0
2
Altonaer Zeitung, 1 February 1904; Neue Hamburger Zeitung, 2 February 1904
6 Feb 1904
London, Metropolitan C.C.
20
19
1
0
Daily News, 8 February 1904
9 Feb 1904
Brighton
22
18
4
0
Sussex Chess Congress
Kent & Sussex Courier, 12 February 1904
10 Feb 1904
Brighton (blindfold)
6
6
0
0
Sussex Chess Congress
Westminster Gazette, 11 February 1904
13 Feb 1904
Brighton
30
26
3
1
Sussex Chess Congress
Brighton Gazette, 18 February 1904
3 Nov 1904
Ithaca, Cornell University, College C.C.
20
17
3
0
Cornell Daily Sun, 4 November 1904; Times Union (Brooklyn), 5 November 1904
1905
Date
Occasion
#
+
=
–
Notes
Sources
30 Mar 1905
Elizabeth, NJ, C.W.C.
22
22
0
0
Possibly festivities for the 20th anniversary of the New Jersey Chess Association.
Lasker’s Chess Magazine, April 1905, p. 248
17 Apr 1905
New York, Dyker Heights C.C.
25
25
0
0
Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 23 April 1905; Lasker’s Chess Magazine, May 1905, p. 10
29 Apr 1905
Philadelphia, Mercantile Library C.C.
19
15
3
1
Philadelphia Inquirer, 30 April 1905
6 May 1905
Chicago
37
27
6
4
Chicago Sunday Tribune, 7 May 1905
11 May 1905
Memphis C.C.W.C.
15
15
0
0
Commercial Appeal (Memphis), 12 May 1905
16 May 1905
New Orleans C.C.W.C.
10
10
0
0
Times-Democrat (New Orleans), 17 May 1905
18 May 1905
New Orleans C.C.W.C.
11
11
0
0
Times-Democrat (New Orleans), 19 May 1905
20 May 1905
New Orleans C.C.W.C.
23
17
5
1
Occasionally the result has also been given as +16 =6 (e.g. Chicago Tribune, 28 May 1905; Whyld98).
Times-Democrat (New Orleans), 21 May 1905
27 May 1905
Minneapolis C.C. (afternoon)
12
11
1
0
Minneapolis Journal, 29 May 1905
27 May 1905
Minneapolis C.C. (evening)
11
11
0
0
Minneapolis Journal, 29 May 1905
29 May 1905
Minneapolis C.C.
8
6
0
2
Minneapolis Daily Times, 30 May 1905; Times-Democrat, 18 June 1905
30 May 1905
Minneapolis, Commercial Club
?
?
?
?
Announced in the Minneapolis Daily Times, 30 May 1905.
19 Jun 1905
Staten Island C.C.
19
[18]
[0]
1
Gala for the club’s fifteenth anniversary.
American Chess Bulletin, June 1905, p. 234
29 Jun 1905
Baltimore C.A.
26
25
1
0
According to Lasker’s own magazine, he won all 26 games, but the Washington Evening Star, 13 November 1940, gave the moves of a draw scored by H.E. Garner.
Baltimore Sun, 30 June 1905; Lasker’s Chess Magazine, July 1905, p. 144
12 July 1905
Castalian Springs
14
12
2
0
At the annual tournament of the Mississippi Chess Association.
Commercial Appeal (Memphis), 14 July 1905; Times-Democrat (New Orleans), 30 July and 3 September 1905
7 Dec 1905
New York, Brooklyn, Dyker Heights C.C.
16
16
0
0
Eight participants accepted Lasker’s offer to play at knight odds.
Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 8 December 1905
9 Dec 1905
Philadelphia, Franklin C.C.
15
10
3
2
New York Times, 17 Decemeber 1905; Times-Tribune (Scranton), 30 December 1905
15 Dec 1905
Montreal
14
11
2
1
The Gazette (Montreal), 16 and 23 December 1905
1906
An additional exhibition mentioned by Whyld (Memphis in March) could not be corroborated, although reports confirm that Lasker visited the place on his tour. See also the brief summary in Lasker’s Chess Magazine, April 1906, p. 246. Later in the year, Lasker was expected for an exhibition in Washington D.C. on 22 November, but did not make it on time and it does not seem like the exhibition was played on the following day either.
Date
Occasion
#
+
=
–
Notes
Sources
25 Jan 1906
New York, Manhattan C.C.
32
25
6
1
Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 28 January 1906
27 Jan 1906
Chicago, University Club
13
11
1
1
Chicago Tribune, 28 January 1906
30 Jan 1906
Saint Louis, Missouri Athletic Club
22
20?
1?
1
The St. Louis Globe-Democrat instead indicated 20 wins and 1 loss; for 1 game it omitted the result (the Westliche Post reported that one as a win for Lasker, but had some missing results on other boards).
St. Louis Globe-Democrat, 31 January 1906; Westliche Post (St. Louis), 31 January 1906
1 Feb 1906
Topeka (afternoon)
21
20
1
0
Kansas State Chess Association meeting.
Topeka State Journal, 2 February 1906
1 Feb 1906
Topeka (evening)
21
17
3
1
Kansas State Chess Association meeting. The Topeka State Journal, 2 February 1906, indicated 23 opponents in the evening performance. Either the figure in the Herald was wrong or Lasker faced two consultants on two of the boards.
Topeka Daily Herald, 2 February 1906
2 Feb 1906
Kansas City, C.C.W.C.
12
9
3
0
Kansas City Times, 3 February 1906
19 Feb 1906
Havana, Union Club
11
10
0
1
Diario de la Marina, 20 and 21 February 1906 (evening ed.)
25 Feb 1906
Havana, Atenéo
?
?
?
?
Announced in the Diario de la Marina, 24 February 1906. The same article also indicated that Lasker was going to play two games blindfold on 27 February.
10 Mar 1906
Dallas
14
11
3
0
Dallas Morning News, 12 March 1906
12 Mar 1906
Fort Worth C.C.
10
9
1
0
Simultaneously, Lasker also played two games of checkers, both of which he lost.
Fort Worth Telegram, 13 March 1906
13 Mar 1906
Waco C.C.
11
11
0
0
Houston Post, 15 March 1906
15 Mar 1906
Palestine (Texas) C.C.
8
8
0
0
One of the eight games was played by Lasker without sight of the board.
Houston Post, 17 March 1906; Houston Chronicle, 25 March 1906
20 Mar 1906
Joplin C.C.
?
?
?
?
Mentioned, for example, in the Galena Evening Times of 19 and 21 March 1906 but without results.
19 Apr 1906
Boston C.C.
30
24
3
3
Played at the New England Chess Assocation championship.
Boston Evening Transcript, 20 April 1906
20 Apr 1906
Hartford C.C.
15
13
1
1
Hartford Courant, 4 May 1906
[14] Jun 1906
New York, Rice C.C.
30
18
8
4
The report did not date the exhibition further than “last week”.
Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 24 June 1906
25 Sep 1906
Scranton C.C.
20
17
3
0
Scranton Truth, 26 September 1906; Scranton Times, 26 September 1906
26 Sep 1906
Wilkes-Barre C.C.
18
18
0
0
Other papers had Lasker win 16 (Wilkes-Barre News, 27 September 1906) or 20 (Tribune, Scranton, 27 September 1906) games.
Wilkes-Barre Times, 27 September 1906
29 Sep 1906
Philadelphia, Mercantile Library C.A.
20
15
4
1
Philadelphia Inquirer, 7 October 1906
9 Oct 1906
New York, Rice C.C. (leapfrog with Marshall)
16
10
6
0
Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 14 October 1906
18 Oct 1906
New York, Manhattan C.C.
29
24
4
1
Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 21 October 1906
17 Oct 1906
Pittsburgh C.C.
26
22
2
2
Pittsburgh Press, 18 October 1906
29 Oct 1906
New York, Brooklyn, Dyker Heights C.C.
10
8
2
0
Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 30 October 1906
10 Nov 1906
Philadelphia, Franklin C.C.
20
17
2
1
Philadelphia Inquirer, 18 November 1906
12 Nov 1906
Dayton C.C.
25
20
4
1
Dayton Herald, 13 November 1906
14 Nov 1906
Saginaw, Germania Society
14
12
2
0
Saginaw Evening News, 15 November 1906
17 Nov 1906
Kansas City, C.C.W.C.
9
8
1
0
Kansas City Star, 18 November 1906
19 Nov 1906
Memphis C.C.
10
9
1
0
Commercial Appeal (Memphis), 20 November 1906
24 Nov 1906
Montreal, Westmount C.C.
?
?
?
?
Announced in the Montreal Star, 9 November 1906, and the Winnipeg Tribune, 24 November 1906, but not clear if it took place.
1907
Lasker’s tour after the Marshall match was also to contain an exhibition at Sioux City, but he was unable to show up due to illness (Sioux City Journal, 12 June 1907). Later that year, although Lasker visited the Franklin C.C. in Philadelphia on 22-23 November, he did not give a simultaneous exhibition on that occasion.
Date
Occasion
#
+
=
–
Notes
Sources
12 Jan 1907
Hackensack C.C.
40
36
4
0
Times Union (Brooklyn), 14 January 1907; The Record (Hackensack), 14 January 1907
17 Jan 1907
New York, Manhattan C.C.
33
29
2
2
Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 18 January 1907
5 Mar 1907
Washington C.C.C.
22
16
6
0
Played during the 1907 world championship match with Marshall.
Washington Post, 6 March 1907
19 Apr 1907
Boston C.C.
26
18
6
2
Boston Globe, 20 April 1907
30 Apr 1907
Richmond Hill, Queens County C.C.
19
17
1
1
Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 1 May 1907
10 May 1907
Morristown (N.J.), Tapkaow Club
25
23
2
0
American Chess Bulletin, June 1907, p. 109
20 May 1907
Hoboken C.C.
29
25
4
0
New York Evening Post, 22 May 1907
25 May 1907
Hartford C.C.
15
14
1
0
Plus one drawn game of checkers.
Lasker’s Chess Magazine, July 1907, p. 107
26 May 1907
Boston, Young Men’s Hebrew Association
18
16
2
0
Lasker’s Chess Magazine, June 1907, p. 59, citing the Boston Post, had the result as +14 =2.
Boston Globe, 27 May 1907
28 May 1907
Erie C.C. (Pa.)
13
13?
0?
0
Lasker’s Chess Magazine, July 1907, pp. 109f.
29 May 1907
Troy C.C. (Ohio)
10
9
1
0
Piqua Daily Call, 31 May 1907
30 May 1907
Saginaw
?
?
?
?
The exhibition was announced in the American Chess Bulletin, June 1907, p. 109, and also mentioned in the Sebewaing Blade, 31 May 1907. Currently, no further details are available.
2 Jun 1907
Minneapolis C.C.
12
10
1
1
The Star Tribune report indicated the date as “yesterday”, but originally it had been announced for 1 June, not 2 June.
Star Tribune (Minneapolis), 3 June 1907
3 Jun 1907
Northfield (Minnesota)
?
?
?
?
The exhibition was announced among others in the American Chess Bulletin, June 1907, p. 109. Currently, no further details are available.
4 Jun 1907
St. Paul C.W.C.
15
15
0
0
Lasker’s Chess Magazine, July 1907, pp. 105f.
6 Jun 1907
Grand Forks C.C. (N.D.)
18??
18??
0?
0?
The report did not mention the exact score, merely stating that Lasker played “a series of games with nearly a score of players” and “after defeating his opponents at this series of simultaneous games he played a series of consultation games.”
Grand Forks Evening Times, 7 June 1907
7 Jun 1907
Winnipeg C.C.
14
12
0
2
Winnipeg Tribune, 8 June 1907
8 Jun 1907
Winnipeg C.C. (afternoon)
8
7
0
1
Winnipeg Tribune, 10 June 1907
8 Jun 1907
Winnipeg C.C. (evening)
17
13
2
2
Winnipeg Tribune, 10 June 1907
12 Jun 1907
Kansas City C.C.W.C.
7
7
0
0
Lasker also played four games of checkers, drawing three and losing one. Whether all games were played simultaneously is not clear.
Kansas City Times, 13 June 1907
13 Jun 1907
Topeka C.C.
15
13
1
1
Topeka Daily Capital, 14 June 1907; Topeka State Journal, 14 June 1907
18 Jun 1907
New Orleans C.C.W.C
18
12
2
4
Times-Democrat (New Orleans), 19 June 1907
24 Jun 1907
New Orleans C.C.W.C
16
13
2
1
Times-Democrat (New Orleans), 25 June 1907
30 Oct 1907
New York, Rice C.C.
30
23
3
4
Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 3 November 1907
16 Nov 1907
Philadelphia, Mercantile Library
20
11
7
2
Philadelphia Inquirer, 24 November 1907
20 Nov 1907
New York, Brooklyn C.C.
24
18
3
3
Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 21 November 1907
1908
The year saw Lasker’s largest tour of all. According to the London Evening Standard, 8 May 1908, the total of the British tour was 64 exhibitions with 1349 games resulting in +1094 =196 –60. In 28 exhibitions Lasker did not lose a single game; in addition, eight consultation games resulted in a score of +7 =1 –0. Presumably, these figures were provided by Lasker himself or his tour manager C.S. Howell. The figures match the figures given below quite well.
Date
Occasion
#
+
=
–
Notes
Sources
21 Jan 1908
London, Patent Office
18
15
3
0
Lasker’s Chess Magazine, February 1908, p. 148, and some other sources gave the result as +16 =3 instead.
Hampshire Telegraph, 22 February 1908
24 Jan 1908
West London C.C.
24
18
5
1
West London Observer, 31 January 1908; Hampshire Telegraph, 22 February 1908
25 Jan 1908
Tunbridge Wells C.C.
22
18
3
1
Kent & Sussex Courier, 31 January 1908; Hampshire Telegraph, 22 February 1908
27 Jan 1908
London, Stock Exchange C.C.
20
16
3
1
Lasker’s column in the New York Evening Post of 26 February 1908 printed the result as +14 =5 –1.
Nottingham Evening Post, 28 January 1908; Hampshire Telegraph, 22 February 1908
30 Jan 1908
London, Brixton C.C.
20
17
3
0
Misprinted as “Bristol C.C.” in Lasker’s Chess Magazine, March 1908, p.195, and some other sources.
South London Press, 7 February 1908; Hampshire Telegraph, 22 February 1908
1 Feb 1908
London, Hampstead C.C.
20
15
4
1
Cheltenham Examiner, 19 February 1908; New York Evening Post, 26 February 1908
3 Feb 1908
London, Insurance C.C.
20
16
3
1
Lasker’s Chess Magazine, February 1908, p. 149, and March 1908, p. 196
4? Feb 1908
London, Lud Eagle
20
c16
c2
c2
The combined score of the Lud Eagle and Bromley exhibitions (+32 =4 –4) can be deduced from the overall score in the London exhibitions as given in the New York Evening Post, 8 March 1908 (+183 =38 –11).
5 Feb 1908
London, Bromley C.C.
20
c16
c2
c2
Ditto.
7 Feb 1908
London, Ilford C.C.
24
18
4
2
Daily News, 13 February 1908; East London Observer, 15 February 1908
8 Feb 1908
London, Athenaeum C.C.
24
18
6
0
Weekly Irish Times, 29 February 1908
12 Feb 1908
Bournemouth C.C.
18
16
2
0
Bournemouth Graphic, 20.2.1908
13 Feb 1908
Petersfield C.C.
21
21
0
0
Hants and Sussex News, 19 February 1908
14 Feb 1908
Portsmouth C.C.
21
17
2
2
Portsmouth Evening News, 15 February 1908
15 Feb 1908
Luton C.C.
17
13
3
1
Luton Times and Advertiser, 21 February 1908
17 Feb 1908
Swindon C.C.
24
23
0
1
Morning Post, 24 February 1908; New York Evening Post, 11 March 1908
18 Feb 1908
Oxford University C.C.
26
14
10
2
Morning Post, 24 February 1908
19 Feb 1908
Cheltenham C.C.
25
23
2
0
Cheltenham Looker-On, 22 February 1908; Cheltenham Examiner, 26 February 1908
20 Feb 1908
Cirencester C.C.
18
16
1
1
Gloucestershire Echo, 21 February 1908; Cheltenham Chronicle, 22 February 1908
21 Feb 1908
Hereford C.A.
30
27
2
1
Cheltenham Examiner, 4 March 1908
22 Feb 1908
Bristol Y.M.C.A.
19
16
2
1
Different sources gave slightly different results (+14 =2 –1 in the Sutton Coldfield News, 29 February 1908; +18 =0–1 in Lasker’s column in the New York Evening Post, 11 March 1908; +17 =2 –1 implied by the Cheltenham Examiner, 4 March 1908), but as the Bristol Times and Mirror gave all the individual results, it seems the most reliable..
Bristol Times and Mirror, 24 February 1908
24 Feb 1908
Bristol & Clifton C.C.
23
14
8
1
Bristol Times and Mirror, 25 February 1908; Clifton and Redland Free Press, 28 February 1908
25 Feb 1908
Gloucester C.C.
20
16
2
2
Stroud News and Gloucestershire Advertiser, 28 February 1908
26 Feb 1908
Cardiff C.C.
20
18
1
1
South Wales Daily News, 27 February 1908
27 Feb 1908
Llanelly C.C.
12
10
2
0
Evening Express and Evening Mail, 28 February 1908
28 Feb 1908
Neath, Conservative Club
20
16
3
1
South Wales Daily News, 29 February 1908
29 Feb 1908
Blaina
20
16
4
0
Evening Express and Evening Mail, 2 March 1908
2 Mar 1908
Newport C.C.
21
18
2
1
Evening Express and Evening Mail, 3 March 1908
3 Mar 1908
Weston-super-Mare C.C.
20
18
1
1
Weston-super-Mare Gazette, and General Advertiser, 4 and 7 March 1908; Weston Mercury, 7 March 1908
5 Mar 1908
Totnes, Grammar School
23
12
6
5
Other results have been given, but are probably mistaken.
Western Times, 7 March 1908; The Totnes Times and Devon News, 7 March 1908
6 Mar 1908
Truro C.C.
20
18
2
0
West Briton and Cornwall Advertiser, 9 March 1908
7 Mar 1908
Bath C.C.
25
22
3
0
Western Daily Press, 9 March 1908; Bath Chronicle and Weekly Gazette, 12 March 1908
9 Mar 1908
Surbiton C.C.
?
?
?
?
Announcement in the Surrey Comet, 7 March 1908, and the Morning Post, 9 March 1908.
10 Mar 1908
Leicester C.C.
20
12
3
5
Hampshire Telegraph, 2 May 1908; Leicester Daily Mercury, 11 March 1908 (according to a chessgames.com discussion).
11 Mar 1908
Haverhill C.C.
9
9
0
0
Suffolk and Essex Free Press, 18 March 1908
13 Mar 1908
North Lopham, General Post Office C.C.
21
13
6
2
Diss Express, and Norfolk and Suffolk Journal, 3 April 1908
14 Mar 1908
London, Ladies C.C.
30
22
6
2
Morning Post, 16 March 1908
16 Mar 1908
Kidderminster C.C.
25
24
1
0
Shrewsbury Chronicle, 27 March 1908
17 Mar 1908
Birmingham C.C.
28
23
3
2
Liverpool Echo, 18 March 1908
18 Mar 1908
Stafford C.C.
18
18
0
0
Staffordshire Advertiser, 21 March 1908; Staffordshire Sentinel, 21 March 1908;
19 Mar 1908
Stourbridge C.C.
36
26
9
1
Shrewsbury Chronicle, 27 March 1908
20 Mar 1908
Walsall, Y.M.C.A.
22
19
3
0
Walsall Observer, 28 March 1908
21 Mar 1908
Shrewsbury C.C.
14
13
1
0
Shrewsbury Chronicle, 27 March 1908
23 Mar 1908
Colwyn Bay C.C.
19
17
2
0
The Welsh Coast Pioneer, 26 March 1908
24 Mar 1908
Rhosllanerchrugog, Rhos Esperanto Society
16
15
1
0
Rhos Herald, 28 March 1908
25 Mar 1908
Wrexham C.C.
25
19
5
1
Aberystwith Observer, 2 April 1908
26 Mar 1908
Sheffield C.C.
26
20
4
2
Sheffield Daily Telegraph, 27 March 1908
28 Mar 1908
Nottingham C.C.
30
23
5
2
Presumably, Whyld’s entry is based on reports in the Nottingham Guardian, from which several games were quoted (issues of 7 and 14 April 1908). Note that a report in the Exeter and Plymouth Gazette, 14 April 1908, instead gave the result as +21 =5 –2.
Whyld, Collected Games of Emanuel Lasker, p. 11 (based on Nottingham Guardian, 7/14 April 1908?)
31 Mar 1908
Southport C.C.
23
?
?
?
Detailed results can probably be found in the Yorkshire [Weekly] Post, which was given as the source for a Lasker loss from this exhibition in the Cheltenham Examiner, 22 April 1908 (the latter also indicating the total number of games as 23). In the Quarterly for Chess History, no. 13/2007, p. 229, the individual results were given as +13 =0 –1, but without indication of any sources.
1 Apr 1908
Manchester (consultation)
3
2
1
0
Three games were given in Lasker’s Chess Magazine, May 1908, pp. 5f. The entire week Lasker gave lectures “on midday” at the North Manchester Club, but he may have performed at the Manchester Chess Club in the evening.
Manchester Weekly Times, 11 April 1908
2 Apr 1908
Altrincham, St. Margaret’s C.C.
17
15
1
1
A loss of Lasker’s was widely cited, but so far we do not yet have contemporary evidence for the result.
Manchester Weekly Times, 11 April 1908
3 Apr 1908
Manchester C.C.
30
22
4
4
Manchester Weekly Times, 11 April 1908; Cricket and Football Field, 11 April 1908
4 Apr 1908
Walkden, Conservative Club
19
?
?
?
The reports did not mention the outcome of the exhibition, which may be an indicator that Lasker won all.
Bolton Evening News, 6 April 1908; Manchester Courier, 8 April 1908
6 Apr 1908
Burnley C.C.
16
14
1
1
The Lancashire Evening Post, 8 April 1908, gave one win more for Lasker.
Burnley Express, 8 April 1908
7 Apr 1908
Burnley C.C.
18
16
2
0
The Lancashire Evening Post, 8 April 1908, gave one win less for Lasker.
Burnley Express, 8 April 1908
8 Apr 1908
Burnley C.C. (consultation)
3
3
0
0
Burnley Express, 11 April 1908
10 Apr 1908
Bradford C.C.
25
20
5
0
The next day an appearance by Lasker at the Rochdale C.C. was announced (Heywood Advertiser, 10 April 1908), but it may have consisted of just a lecture and some individual exhibition games. No subsequent report has been found yet.
Shipley Times and Express, 17 April 1908
13 Apr 1908
Bradford C.C. (consultation)
3
3
0
0
Bradford Daily Telegraph, 14 April 1908
15 Apr 1908
Brighouse C.C.
19
16
3
0
Huddersfield Daily Examiner, 16 April 1908
16 Apr 1908
Leeds C.C.
20
14
4
2
Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer, 17 April 1908
20 Apr 1908
Sevenoaks
29
20
5
4
Played at the Kent Chess Association Congress. The results quoted here follow a report that listed all the wins and draws; other reports (notably the Sevenoaks Chronicle and Kentish Advertiser, 24 April 1908) had a slightly different result: +22 =4 –4.
Kent & Sussex Courier, 24 April 1908 (p. 2)
22 Apr 1908
Hastings C.C.
18
16
1
1
Part of the Hastings chess week.
Hastings and St Leonards Observer, 25 April 1908
25 Apr 1908
Hastings C.C.
20
18
2
0
Part of the Hastings chess week.
Hastings and St Leonards Observer, 2 May 1908
28 Apr 1908
London, Metropolitan C.C.
22
14
5
3
Morning Post, 4 May 1908
29 Apr 1908
London, City of London C.C.
20
9
10
1
The loss came after adjudication by Blackburne.
Morning Post, 4 and 11 May 1908
30 Apr 1908
London, Nightingale-lane C.C. (Balham)
16
15
1
0
Morning Post, 4 May 1908
2 May 1908
Battersea C.C.
20
17
3
0
Morning Post, 11 May 1908
9 May 1908
The Hague, Discendo Discimus C.C.
25
11
7
7
Het Vaderland, 10 May 1908 (morning ed.); De Nieuwe Courant, 11 May 1908 (evening ed.)
11 May 1908
Rotterdam C.C. (Nieuwe Sv.)
25
22
1
2
Algemeen Handelsblad, 12 May 1908 (morning ed. and evening ed.)
12 May 1908
Utrecht C.C.
26
18
7
1
Rotterdamsch Nieuwsblad, 13 May 1908; Het Vaderland, 13 May 1908 (evening ed.)
13 May 1908
Krefeld C.C.
32
25
6
1
De Telegraaf, 27 May 1908; Neue Hamburger Zeitung, 30 May 1908
14 May 1908
Cologne C.C.
28
21
4
3
De Telegraaf, 27 May 1908; Neue Hamburger Zeitung, 30 May 1908
15 May 1908
Frankfurt on Main, Anderssen C.C.
26
21
3
2
De Telegraaf, 27 May 1908; Neue Hamburger Zeitung, 30 May 1908
16 May 1908
Frankfurt on Main C.C.
26
23
1
2
De Telegraaf, 27 May 1908; Neue Hamburger Zeitung, 30 May 1908
19 May 1908
Augsburg C.C.
25
22
2
1
Süddeutsche Schachblätter, 1 June 1908, pp. 93f.
22 May 1908
Žatec (Saaz), Anderssen C.C.
25
23
1
1
Pilsner Tagblatt, 26 May 1908
24 May 1908
Prague C.C.
26
16
8
2
Alongside the international master tournament.
Bohemia, 25 May 1908; Neue Hamburger Zeitung, 30 May 1908
31 May 1908
Głogów (Glogau) C.C.
19
16
3
0
Lasker himself gave the result as +15 =3 (New York Evening Post, 13 June 1908; Lasker’s Chess Magazine, June 1908, pp. 36f.).
Neue Hamburger Zeitung, 13 June 1908
3 Jun 1908
Regensburg C.C.
20
18
0
2
New York Evening Post, 17 June 1908
4 Jun 1908
Coburg C.C.
26
24
2
0
Süddeutsche Schachblätter, 15 June 1908, p. 104; New York Evening Post, 20 June 1908
6 Jun 1908
Leiden C.C.
25
20
5
0
Algemeen Handelsblad, 10 June 1908 (morning ed.)
8 Jun 1908
Scheveningen, Discendo Discimus C.C.
25
19
6
0
Some sources mistakenly reported the result as +19 =6 –1.
Het Vaderland, 9 June 1908 (morning ed.); The Nieuwe Courant, 9 June 1908
9 Jun 1908
Rotterdam C.C. (Nieuwe Sv.)
25
20
4
1
De Telegraaf, 11 June 1908
11 Jun 1908
Duisburg C.C.
26
23
3
0
Deutsches Wochenschach, 21 June 1908, p. 219
13 Jun 1908
Stuttgart C.C.
25
19
2
4
New York Evening Post, 22 July 1908
15 Jun 1908
Plzeň (Pilsen) C.C.
25
17
5
3
Lasker himself gave the result as +18 =4 –3 (New York Evening Post, 22 July 1908; Lasker’s Chess Magazine, September 1908, p. 98).
Pilsner Tagblatt, 18 June 1908
28 Jun 1908
Dessau
c16
c16?
0?
0?
Played at the meeting of the Saale-Schachbund. Lasker wrote that he contested “about sixteen games”. As he gave no further particulars, it is likely that he won them all.
New York Evening Post, 1 August 1908
9 Jul 1908
Copenhagen C.C.
25
18
4
3
Whyld98 had an additional loss for Lasker.
Dagens Nyheder, 10 July 1908; New York Evening Post, 1 August 1908
12 Oct 1908
Frankfurt on Main, Anderssen C.C.
25
14
7
4
The Hamburg paper gave the day as 10 October which seems mistaken.
Neue Hamburger Zeitung, 17 October 1908; Deutsche Schachzeitung, November 1908, p. 352
17 Oct 1908
Bremen C.C.
25
18
3
4
Bremer Nachrichten, 25 October 1908 (quoted in Hanno Keller, Schach in Bremen, Teil 1, p. 94 )
15 Dec 1908
Berlin, Turm C.C.
27
23
2
2
Neue Hamburger Zeitung, 24 December 1908
17 Dec 1908
Wrocław [Breslau] C.C.
26
21
2
3
New York Evening Post, 6 January 1909; Lasker’s Chess Magazine, December 1908-January 1909, pp. 42f.
19 Dec 1908
Vienna C.C. (clocks)
3
2
1
0
Neues Wiener Tagblatt, 22 December 1908; Wiener Schachzeitung, no. 2, January 1909, p. 27
20 Dec 1908
Vienna C.C.
16
13
1
2
Lasker himself gave the result as +12 =1 –2 (New York Evening Post, 9 January 1909).
Neues Wiener Tagblatt, 22 December 1908; Wiener Schachzeitung, no. 2, January 1909, p. 27
22 Dec 1908
Vienna, Café Central
17
14
2
1
Lasker himself gave the result as +13 =2 –2 (New York Evening Post, 16 January 1909).
Neues Wiener Tagblatt, 23 December 1908; Die Zeit (Vienna), 23 December 1908; Wiener Schachzeitung, no. 2, January 1909, p. 28
29 Dec 1908
Amsterdam, Roode Leeuw
25
17
4
4
Lasker himself gave the result as +16 =5 –4 (New York Evening Post, 30 January 1909).
Het Vaderland, 30 December 1908; De Telegraaf, 30 December 1908
1909
Date
Occasion
#
+
=
–
Notes
Sources
1 Jan 1909
Utrecht C.C.
25
21
2
2
De Telegraaf, 2 January 1909 (evening ed.)
2 Jan 1909
Groningen C.C.
25
20
5
0
De Telegraaf, 4 January 1909 (evening ed.)
3 Jan 1909
Haarlem C.C.
25
20
3
2
De Telegraaf, 4 January 1909 (evening ed.); De Courant, 4 January 1909
8 Jan 1909
Paris, Café de la Régence
21
17
3
1
Organized by the “Union Amicale des Amateur de la Régence.”
La Stratégie, January 1909, p. 25
14 Mar 1909
St. Petersburg C.C.
25
19
5
1
Some Latvian papers reported +20 =4 –1 (Rigasche Zeitung, 6[19] March 1909).
Novoye Vremya, 16 (29) March 1909
18 Mar 1909
Tallinn (Reval) C.C.
32
24
7
1
Rigasche Zeitung, 7(20) March 1909; Postimees 10(23) March 1909
20 Mar 1909
Tartu (Dorpat) C.C.
31
21
7
3
Rigasche Zeitung, 9(22) March 1909; Postimees 10(23) March 1909
22 Mar 1909
Riga C.C.
30
25
2
3
Düna-Zeitung, 10(23) March 1909
23 Mar 1909
Riga C.C.
20
17
2
1
Düna-Zeitung, 11(24) March 1909
24 Mar 1909
Riga C.C. (consultation)
3
1
1
1
Düna-Zeitung, 12(25) March 1909
6 Apr 1909
Berlin, Berliner Schachgesellschaft
18
13
2
3
Deutsche Schachzeitung, June 1909, p. 187
26 May 1909
Paris, Grand Cercle d’Echecs
5
5
0
0
La Stratégie, May 1909, p. 167
13 Jun 1909
New York, Rice C.C.
23
14
7
2
New-York Tribune, 14 June 1909; Buffalo Enquirer, 19 June 1909
18 Jun 1909
New York, Athletic Club
14
12
1
1
Plus two games at checkers (a win and a draw).
New York Evening Post, 19 June 1909
27 Nov 1909
Braunschweig C.C.
28
26
1
1
Part of the 40-year jubilee reception by the local club.
Deutsche Schachblätter, 9 January 1910, p. 167
1910s
1910
Date
Occasion
#
+
=
–
Notes
Sources
24 Mar 1910
New York, Manhattan C.C.
30
27
0
3
Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 25 March 1910; New-York Tribune, 26 March 1910
4 Apr 1910
New York, Terrace Garden
29
22
5
2
Some games adjudicated by Edward Hymes and Herman Helms. Note that the American Chess Bulletin, June 1910, p. 138, gave the final result as +22 =4 –3.
Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 5 April 1910; New York Evening Post, 6 April 1910
21 Apr 1910
Washington (DC) C.W.C.
29
22
3
4
The Washington Times and Washington Herald of 22 April 1910 instead gave the score as +24 =3 –3.
Evening Star (Washington), 22 April 1910; New York Evening Post, 27 April 1910
23 Apr 1910
Philadelphia, Franklin C.C.
20
18
1
1
Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 26 April 1910; New York Evening Post, 27 April 1910; Philadelphia Inquirer, 8 May 1910
26 Apr 1910
New York, Terrace Garden
21
18
2
1
Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 27 April 1910; New York Evening Post, 27 April 1910
19 Jun 1910
Buenos Aires C.C.
31
25
4
2
Caras y Caretas, 25 June 1910
10 Jul 1910
Buenos Aires C.C.
30
30
0
0
Revista del Club Argentino de Ajedrez, July-September 1910, p. 93
17 Jul 1910
Buenos Aires C.C.
12
10
2
0
Revista del Club Argentino de Ajedrez, July-September 1910, p. 93
26 Jul 1910
Montevideo, Círculo de la Prensa
28
25
3
0
El Día (Montevideo), ca. 27 July 1910 (quoted in Silva Nazzari, Ajedrez Uruguayo 1880–1980, Montevideo 2013, pp. 45f.)
18 Oct 1910
Berlin C.C. (Schachgesellschaft)
20
13
3
4
Deutsches Wochenschach, 23 October 1910, p. 385; Deutsche Schachzeitung, November 1910, p. 347
1911
On Lasker’s trip to the United States in October/November (which also served as some sort of honeymoon), he made some appearances that were not connected with a simultaneous exhibition (Memphis on 25 October and Brooklyn Institute of Arts & Sciences on 4 November). Other stops (Kansas City, Chicago) were planned but seem not to have materialized in the end. Still, one exhibition is possibly missing as the overall result was reported in the New York Sun (according to the New Orleans Times-Democrat, 26 November 1911, as +230 =20 –3 (sic!).
Date
Occasion
#
+
=
–
Notes
Sources
26 Jan 1911
Budapest C.C.
30
18
8
4
After two hours Géza Maróczy joined in the performance and the two masters played the remainder moving alternately.
Pester Lloyd, 27 January 1911
14 Oct 1911
New York, Manhattan C.C.
24
23
1
0
Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 16 October 1911; New York Evening Post, 18 October 1911
21 Oct 1911
Louisville C.C.
26
21
4
1
Courier-Journal (Louisville Ky.), 22 November 1911; New York Evening Post, 25 November 1911
23 Oct 1911
Nashville C.C. (Vanderbilt University)
20
20
0
0
New York Evening Post, 28 October 1911; Nashville Banner, 24 October 1911
28 Oct 1911
Buffalo C.C.C.
13
12
0
1
Buffalo Courier, 29 October 1911; New York Evening Post, 1 November 1911
31 Oct 1911
Haverford College (Penn.) C.C.
20
18
2
0
New York Evening Post, 4 November 1911; Philadelphia Inquirer, 12 November 1911
2 Nov 1911
Yale University C.C.
21
20
1
0
Lasker indicated 22 wins and 1 draw (New York Evening Post, 8 November 1911).
Hartford Courant, 10 November 1911
11 Nov 1911
Philadelphia, Franklin C.C.
21
17
2
2
While the Philadelphia Inquirer report also summarized the result as +17 =2 –2 (twice!), it also gave an individual player listing resulting in +16 =3 –2.
New York Evening Post, 15 November 1911; Philadelphia Inquirer, 26 November 1911
14 Nov 1911
Richmond Hill, Queen’s County C.C.
25
23
2
0
Times Union (Brooklyn), 15 November 1911; Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 16 November 1911; New York Evening Post, 18 November 1911
15 Nov 1911
Newark, Rice C.C.
19
18
1
0
New York Evening Post, 9 and 13 December 1911
16 Nov 1911
New York, Brooklyn C.C.
25
21
3
1
Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 19 November 1911; New York Evening Post, 25 November and 13 December 1911
18 Nov 1911
Boston C.C.
25
23
2
0
Boston Globe, 19 November 1911
5 Dec 1911
Berlin (leapfrog with Ed. Lasker)
20
19
1
0
Deutsches Wochenschach, 17 December 1911, p. 461
1912
Date
Occasion
#
+
=
–
Notes
Sources
17 Nov 1912
Berlin C.C. (Berliner SG)
30
23
6
1
Deutsches Wochenschach, 24 November 1912, p. 421; Deutsche Schachzeitung, January 1913, p. 27
21 Dec 1912
Marseille, Café de la Bourse
16
16?
0?
0
The report indicated that Lasker played 16 games “without losing one”.
La Stratégie, December 1912, p. 485
26 Dec 1912
Lyons C.C.
30
23
3
4
La Stratégie, December 1912, p. 485, and January 1913, p. 29
27 Dec 1912
Paris, Café de la Régence
17
12
4
1
The entry in the Deutsche Schachzeitung, February 1913, p. 62 (Café de la Régence, 28 December 1912, +17 =2 –1) is likely a mix-up.
La Stratégie, December 1912, p. 485
1913
Date
Occasion
#
+
=
–
Notes
Sources
16 Oct 1913
Krefeld C.C.
26
22
3
1
Elsewhere Lasker gave the result as +22 =2 –1 (Pester Lloyd, 26 October 1913).
Krefelder Zeitung, 8 November 1913; Schachwart, December 1913, p. 34
20 Oct 1913
Mainz C.C.
25
22
2
1
Deutsche Schachzeitung, November 1913, pp. 347f.; Schachwart, December 1913, p. 34; Pester Lloyd, 26 October 1913; Deutsches Wochenschach, 2 November 1913, p. 398
21 Oct 1913
Nuremberg C.C.
25
23
0
2
Schachwart, December 1913, p. 34; Pester Lloyd, 26 October 1913; Deutsches Wochenschach, 2 November 1913, p. 398
23 Oct 1913
Munich C.C.
25
22
2
1
Schachwart, December 1913, p. 34; Pester Lloyd, 26 October 1913; Deutsches Wochenschach, 2 November 1913, p. 398
25 Oct 1913
Innsbruck C.C.
26
22
3
1
Lasker himself (Schachwart, December 1913, p. 34, and Pester Lloyd, 4 November 1913) indicated the result as +22 =2 –1.
Innsbrucker Nachrichten, 29 October 1913; Deutsche Schachzeitung, January 1914, p. 28
27 Oct 1913
Salzburg C.C.
25
22
2
1
Pester Lloyd, 4 November 1913; Schachwart, December 1913, p. 34
29 Oct 1913
Regensburg C.C.
25
22
3
0
Pester Lloyd, 4 November 1913; Schachwart, December 1913, p. 34
1 Nov 1913
Wiesbaden C.C.
28
25
2
1
Lasker himself (Schachwart, December 1913, p. 34) indicated the result as +22 =2 –1.
Wiesbadener Neueste Nachrichten, 4 November 1913
2 Nov 1913
Mannheim C.C.
25
15
6
4
Schachwart, December 1913, p. 34; Deutsche Schachzeitung, January 1914, pp. 26f.
6 Nov 1913
Barmen C.C.
26
21
3
2
Schachwart, December 1913, p. 34
8 Nov 1913
Mülheim on Ruhr C.C.
15
13
2
0
Schachwart, December 1913, p. 34
10 Nov 1913
Aachen C.C.
25
23
1
1
Schachwart, December 1913, p. 34
15 Nov 1913
Bremen C.C.
25
22
2
1
Schachwart, December 1913, p. 34
17 Nov 1913
Magdeburg C.C.
25
21
4
0
Schachwart, December 1913, p. 34
22 Nov 1913
Chemnitz C.C.
25
22
2
1
Schachwart, January 1914, p. 59
24 Nov 1913
Linz C.C.
26
23
2
1
Lasker himself (Schachwart, January 1914, p. 59) indicated the result as +22 =2 –1.
Tages-Post (Linz), 26 and 28 November 1913, p. 3; Schachwart, January 1914, p. 59
26 Nov 1913
Brno C.C.
25
19
5
1
Schachwart, January 1914, p. 59; Quarterly for Chess History 14/2007, pp.248f.; Quarterly for Chess History 19/2018, p. 337f. (3 games)
29 Nov 1913
Vienna, Amateurschachklub
26
22
4
0
Lasker himself (Schachwart, January 1914, p. 59) indicated the result as +21 =4 –0.
Der Morgen (Vienna), 1 December 1913; Neues Wiener Journal, 1 December 1913
2 Dec 1913
Wrocław [Breslau] C.C.
25
22
2
1
Schachwart, January 1914, p. 59
4 Dec 1913
Prague, Dobrušky C.C.
25
10
10
5
Prager Tagblatt, 6 December 1913; Pester Lloyd, 7 December 1913; Schachwart, January 1914, p. 59
6 Dec 1913
Königsberg C.C.
26
24
2
0
Note that Shakhmatny Vestnik, 15 January 1914, p. 37, dated the exhibition 7 December 1913 and gave the result as +23 =2 –0.
Schachwart, January 1914, p. 59
9 Dec 1913
Berlin C.C. (Berliner Schachgesellschaft)
28
25
2
1
Schachwart, January 1914, p. 59
11 Dec 1913
Szczecin [Stettin], Anderssen C.C.
25
23
2
0
Schachwart, January 1914, p. 59
13 Dec 1913
Kassel C.C.
22
22
0
0
Schachwart, January 1914, p. 59
15 Dec 1913
Pforzheim C.C.
25
23
2
0
Karlsruher Tagblatt, 21 December 1913; Schachwart, January 1914, p. 59
17 Dec 1913
Freiburg im Breisgau C.C.
25
20
5
0
The Schachwart (January 1914, p. 59) had the result of this exhibition and the following one inverted.
Breisgauer Zeitung, 19 December 1913; Pester Lloyd, 25 December 1913
19 Dec 1913
Stuttgart C.C.
25
21
3
1
Schachwart, January 1914, p. 59
1914
Date
Occasion
#
+
=
–
Notes
Sources
27 Feb 1914
Hamburg C.C.
29
20
7
2
Instead, the Schachwart, April 1914, p. 110, gave 21 wins and six draws.
Neue Hamburger Zeitung, 28 February 1914
5 Mar 1914
Frankfurt on Main, Anderssen C.C.
22
19
3
0
Deutsche Schachzeitung, April 1914, p. 122; Schachwart, April 1914, p. 110
23 Mar 1914
Moscow C.C.
36
22
10
4
Note that in Western sources most of the Russian exhibitions were mixed up. The dates given here correspond to the Western calendar.
Shakhmatny Vestnik, 15 (28) March 1914, p. 96
25 Mar 1914
Moscow C.C.
38
32
5
1
Shakhmatny Vestnik, 1 April 1914, p. 107
28 Mar 1914
Moscow C.C. (alternating with Bernstein and Alekhine)
21
14
5
2
Shakhmatny Vestnik, 1 April 1914, p 107, and 15 June 1914, p. 200 (correcting an opponent’s name).
30 Mar 1914
Moscow C.C.
41
27
12
2
Shakhmatny Vestnik, 1 April 1914, p. 107
2 Apr 1914
Serpukhov
38
33
4
1
Shakhmatny Vestnik, 1 April 1914, p 115
5 Apr 1914
Orel
28
25
3
0
Shakhmatny Vestnik, 1 June 1914, p. 183
6 Apr 1914
Ryazan
29
25
3
1
Shakhmatny Vestnik, 15 June 1914, p. 197
26 May 1914
Vilnius C.C.
30
27
2
1
Deutsche Schachzeitung, July 1914, p. 220
29 May 1914
Warsaw C.C.
30
19
7
4
Kurjer Warszawski, 30 May 1914 (morning supplement)
30 May 1914
Warsaw C.C.
30
22
3
5
Kurjer Poranny (Warsaw), 31 May 1914
31 May 1914
Łódz C.C.
30
21
4
5
Nowa Gazeta Łódzka, 2 June 1914
14 Jun 1914
Berlin, Café Kerkau (leapfrog with Marshall)
20
18
2
0
Hamburgischer Correspondent, 19 June 1914; Deutsche Schachzeitung, September 1914, p. 282
1915
Whyld98 listed an exhibition in Carlsbad, 21 August 1915, but while Dörfler & Schindler, Der Schachkongress zu Braunau, Leipzig 1926, pp. 20-21, gave a game lost by Lasker on that day in Carlsbad against Victor Tietz, no evidence for this being from an actual simultaneous exhibition has been found. Nor did 35 Jahre Karlsbader Schachklub (1934) contain any reference to Lasker’s stay in 1915.
1916
Date
Occasion
#
+
=
–
Notes
Sources
7 Apr 1916
Zurich C.C.
25
18
4
3
Neue Zürcher Zeitung, 9 and 15 April 1916
5 Nov 1916
Berlin, Kerkaupalast
25
20
3
2
Vossische Zeitung, 12 November 1916
17 Dec 1916
Berlin, Kerkaupalast
30
25
3
2
Elsewhere, one of the draws was reported a win for Lasker (Deutsche Schachzeitung, February 1917, p. 47).
Vossische Zeitung, 24 December 1916
1917
Date
Occasion
#
+
=
–
Notes
Sources
25 Oct 1917
Košice [Kaschau] C.C.
32
25
7
0
Elsewhere (on page 5 of the same issue), the Hungarian magazine gave the date also as 26 October.
Magyar Sakkvilag, 3 November 1917, p. 12
28 Oct 1917
Budapest C.C.
30
28
2
0
Magyar Sakkvilag, 3 November 1917, pp. 10–12; Az Est, 30 October 1917
4 Nov 1917
Timişoara C.C.
32
24
5
3
Magyar Sakkvilag, 3 November 1917, p. 12
9 Nov 1917
Győr [Raab] C.C.
30
29
0
1
Magyar Sakkvilag, 18 November 1917, pp. 5f.
1918
Date
Occasion
#
+
=
–
Notes
Sources
12 Apr 1918
Berlin
25
?
?
?
The Berlin illustrated Sport im Bild, 26 April 1918, gives a picture from a simultaneous exhibition by Lasker. Further context is missing.
Leipziger Tageblatt, 12 April 1918
1919
Date
Occasion
#
+
=
–
Notes
Sources
22 Mar 1919
Magdeburg C.C.
30
25
4
0
One game was left unfinished.
Deutsche Schachzeitung, May 1919, p. 103
4 May 1919
Montreux C.C.
25
25
0
0
Basler Nachrichten, 10 May 1919, La Suisse Libérale, 9 May 1919
10 May 1919
Neuchâtel C.C.
25
25
0
0
Basler Nachrichten, 18 May 1919, La Suisse Libérale, 12 May 1919
13 May 1919
Lucerne C.C.
30
27
3
0
Basler Nachrichten, 24 May 1919
18 May 1919
Berne C.C.
26
20
4
2
Some sources gave the result as +19 =4 –2 (e.g. Basler Nachrichten, 24 May 1919).
Basler Nachrichten, 31 May 1919
19 May 1919
Zurich C.C.
25
22
0
3
Basler Nachrichten, 24 May 1919
24 May 1919
La Chaux-de-Fonds C.C.
25
25
0
0
In La Sentinelle, 26 May 1919, the number of games was given as 26 (all won).
La Suisse Libérale, 26 May 1919; Basler Nachrichten, 31 May 1919
27 May 1919
Basel C.C.
26
20
3
3
Basler Nachrichten, 31 May 1919; Schweizerische Schachzeitung, June-July 1919, pp. 92f.
31 May 1919
Lugano C.C.
32
31
1
0
Basler Nachrichten, 14 June 1919
11 Jun 1919
Biel [Bienne] C.C.
?
?
?
?
Announced among others in the Bieler Tagblatt, 2 June 1919.
13 Jun 1919
Schaffhausen C.C.
17
17
0
0
Schaffhauser Intelligenzblatt, 14 June 1919
28 Jun 1919
St. Gallen C.C.
25
23
2
0
Schweizerische Schachzeitung, September-October 1919, p. 126
29 Jul 1919
Stuttgart C.C.
26
24
2
0
Stuttgarter Neues Tagblatt, 30 July 1919 (evening ed.); Deutsche Schachzeitung, September 1919, pp. 198f.
11 Oct 1919
Elberfeld C.C.
?
?
?
?
Whyld98 gave three games from that exhibition, taken from various sources.
Oct? 1919
Hanover C.C.
?
?
?
?
The only evidence for this exhibition so far seems to be a game against a “chess friend from Hanover” that Lasker gave in the Vossische Zeitung, 26 October 1919.
17 Oct 1919
Mannheim C.C.
25
21
4
0
Mannheimer General-Anzeiger, 20 October 1919
19 Oct 1919
Karlsruhe C.C.
25
22
2
1
Badischer Beobachter, 21 October 1919
20 Oct 1919
Pforzheim C.C.
25
18
7
0
Deutsche Schachzeitung, November 1919, p. 246
22 Oct 1919
Freiburg im Breisgau C.C.
25
24
1
0
Breisgauer Zeitung, 25 October 1919
26 Oct 1919
Munich, Altmünchen C.C.
25
19
4
2
Münchner Neueste Nachrichten, 31 October 1919 (evening ed.)
28 Oct 1919
Regensburg C.C.
25
22
2
1
Deutsche Schachzeitung, November 1919, p. 246
3 Nov 1919
Breslau, Anderssen C.C.
12
10
2
0
Schlesische Zeitung (evening ed.), 4 November 1919
4 Nov 1919
Breslau, Morphy C.C.
25
24
1
0
Schlesische Zeitung (morning ed.), 6 November 1919
19 Nov 1919
Nykøbing Falster
23
20
3
0
Skakbladet 1919-20, no. 8, p. 91
20 Nov 1919
Nakskov
25
23
1
1
Skakbladet 1919-20, no. 8, p. 92
21 or 22 Nov 1919
Naestved
26
24
1
1
Skakbladet 1919-20, no. 8, p. 92
23 Nov 1919
Roskilde
25
25
0
0
Skakbladet 1919-20, no. 8, p. 92; Roskilde Avis, 24 November 1919
24 Nov 1919
Nykøbing Sjælland
25
25
0
0
Skakbladet 1919-20, no. 8, p. 92
25 Nov 1919
Slagelse
25
24
1
0
Skakbladet 1919-20, no. 8, p. 92
26 Nov 1919
Copenhagen, Industrifoerningens C.C.
25
20
4
1
Skakbladet 1919-20, no. 8, p. 93
29 Nov 1919
Copenhagen, Arbejdernes C.C.
25
20
3
2
Skakbladet 1919-20, no. 8, p. 93
30 Nov 1919
Helsingør
25
20
5
0
Skakbladet 1919-20, no. 8, p. 92
2 Dec 1919
Svendborg
26
24
2
0
Skakbladet 1919-20, no. 8, p. 92
3 Dec 1919
Odense
25
23
2
0
Skakbladet 1919-20, no. 8, p. 92
5 Dec 1919
Middelfart
23
22
1
0
Skakbladet 1919-20, no. 8, p. 92
8 Dec 1919
Herning
23
23
0
0
Skakbladet 1919-20, no. 8, p. 92
9 Dec 1919
Silkeborg
25
25
0
0
Skakbladet 1919-20, no. 8, p. 92
10 Dec 1919
Holstebro
25
23
2
0
Skakbladet 1919-20, no. 8, p. 92
11 Dec 1919
Thisted
25
24
1
0
Skakbladet 1919-20, no. 8, p. 92
13 Dec 1919
Viborg
26
25
1
0
Skakbladet 1919-20, no. 8, p. 92
14 Dec 1919
Randers
25
18
3
4
Skakbladet 1919-20, no. 8, p. 93
15 Dec 1919
Aalborg
25
22
0
3
Skakbladet 1919-20, no. 8, p. 92
16 Dec 1919
Hjørring
26
25
1
0
Skakbladet 1919-20, no. 8, p. 92
18 Dec 1919
Grenaa
25
25
0
0
Skakbladet 1919-20, no. 8, p. 92
19 Dec 1919
Aarhus
25
20
4
1
Skakbladet 1919-20, no. 8, p. 92
20 Dec 1919
Horsens
25
24
1
0
Skakbladet 1919-20, no. 8, p. 93
22 Dec 1919
Esbjerg
22
21
1
0
Skakbladet 1919-20, no. 8, p. 93
1920s
1920
Date
Occasion
#
+
=
–
Notes
Sources
4 Jan 1920
Malmö C.C.
25
20
5
0
Whyld98 gave the result as +21 =4 and the date as 2 January.
Tidskrift för Schack, no. 5, 1999, p. 271 (quoting contemporary reports from the Svenska Dagbladet [5 January 1920]).
23 Jan 1920
The Hague, Discendo Discimus C.C.
26
17
5
4
Telegraaf, 25 January 1920
26 Jan 1920
Leiden C.C.
27
23
4
0
Telegraaf, 27 January 1920 (evening ed.)
28 Jan 1920
Arnhem C.C.
27
25
2
0
Telegraaf, 29 January 1920 (evening ed.)
29 Jan 1920
Enschede C.C.
27
26
1
0
Telegraaf, 30 January 1920 (evening ed.) and 31 January 1920 (morning ed.)
31 Jan 1920
Amsterdam V.A.S.
25
14
9
2
Telegraaf, 2 February 1920 (evening ed.)
1 Feb 1920
Zutphen C.C.
33
32
1
0
Telegraaf, 3 February 1920 (morning ed.)
2 Feb 1920
Rotterdam, Nieuwe S.V.
28
25
2
1
Telegraaf, 3 and 4 February 1920 (evening ed.)
4 Feb 1920
Amsterdam, Parkwijk C.C.
26
23
3
0
Telegraaf, 5 February 1920 (evening ed.)
6 Feb 1920
The Hague, “De Witte” Societet
18
16
2
0
Telegraaf, 7 February 1920 (evening ed.)
7 Feb 1920
Haarlem
27
23
4
0
Telegraaf, 10 February 1920 (evening ed.)
9 Feb 1920
Amsterdam, A.S.C.
25
18
5
2
Telegraaf, 10 February 1920 (evening ed.) and 11 February 1920 (morning ed.)
10 Feb 1920
Amsterdam, Philidor Student C.C.
20
16
3
1
Telegraaf, 11 February 1920 (evening ed.)
11 Feb 1920
Nijmegen C.C.
29
27
1
1
In a later summary, De Telegraaf, 5 March 1920 (evening ed.), gave the result as +26 =2 –1.
Telegraaf, 12 February 1920 (evening ed.)
13 Feb 1920
The Hague, Discendo Discimus C.C. (consultation)
5
3
2
0
Telegraaf, 14 February 1920 (evening ed.)
14 Feb 1920
Middelburg
37
35
2
0
Telegraaf, 16 February 1920 (evening ed.)
16 Feb 1920
Amsterdam, A.S.C. (consultation)
5
2
3
0
Telegraaf, 17 and 19 February 1920 (evening ed.)
20 Feb 1920
Utrecht C.C.
27
24
3
0
Telegraaf, 20 February 1920 (evening ed.) and 21 February 1920 (morning ed.)
21 Feb 1920
Amsterdam V.A.S.
30
27
1
2
Telegraaf, 23 February 1920 (evening ed.)
22 Feb 1920
Hilversum C.C.
30
26
3
1
Telegraaf, 23 February 1920 (evening ed.)
23 Feb 1920
Zeist C.C.
30
28
1
1
According to the club’s chronicles, the result was +28 =2 –0 (Baltus, Eeuwig Schaak in Zeist, 1906–2006, p. 183).
Telegraaf, 25 February 1920 (morning ed.)
25 Feb 1920
Bussum C.C.
30
27
3
0
Telegraaf, 1 March 1920 (evening ed.)
26 Feb 1920
The Hague, Residentieclub
30
26
4
0
Telegraaf, 27 February 1920 (evening ed.)
7 Apr 1920
Berlin, Wilmersdorfer C.C.
20
13
4
3
Deutsches Wochenschach, 25 April 1920, p. 93, and 9 May 1920, p. 101
1921
Date
Occasion
#
+
=
–
Notes
Sources
22 May 1921
Madrid, Casino
25
17
7
1
At the national championship of Spain.
La Voz, 23 May 1921; El Debate, 24 May 1921
27 May 1921
Zaragoza C.C. (Casino Principal)
20
20
0
0
El Heraldo de Aragón, 29 May 1921 (cited in El Ajedrez, January 1980, p. 49)
28 May 1921
Zaragoza C.C. (Casino Principal)
20
18
1
1
El Heraldo de Aragón, 29 May 1921 (cited in El Ajedrez, January 1980, p. 49)
31 May 1921
Barcelona C.C.
26
24
1
1
El Globo (Madrid), 8 June 1921
1922
The Prager Tagblatt, 19 March 1922 announced that Lasker was going to play 25 games simultaneously at the “Urania” but no reports have been found.
Date
Occasion
#
+
=
–
Notes
Sources
21 Feb 1922
Vienna, Hakoah C.C.
30
24
4
2
Wiener Morgenzeitung, 26 February 1922; De Telegraaf, 24 March 1922
7 Apr 1922
Frankfurt am Main, Anderssen C.C.
20
15
2
3
Deutsche Schachzeitung, November 1922, p. 245
1923
Date
Occasion
#
+
=
–
Notes
Sources
17 Feb 1923
Groningen
32
29
2
1
Jointly organized by the Staunton C.C. and “De Ommelanden” C.C.
De Telegraaf, 19 February 1923 (evening ed.)
20 Feb 1923
Leiden C.C.
32
30
2
0
Whyld98 has the Leiden and Delft results inverted.
Algemeen Handelsblad, 21 February 1923 (evening ed.)
22 Feb 1923
Delft, Phoenix Student C.C.
31
30
0
1
Whyld98 has the Leiden and Delft results inverted.
Algemeen Handelsblad, 23 February 1923 (evening ed.)
24 Feb 1923
Amsterdam V.A.S.
30
23
5
2
Algemeen Handelsblad, 26 February 1923 (evening ed.)
1 Mar 1923
Rotterdam
12
12
0
0
“On the invitation of D. Croll Jr.” The majority of contemporary reports gave the date as Thursday (1 March), but some others, like the Rotterdamsche Nieuwsblad, 3 March 1923, also had Wednesday (28 February).
De Telegraaf, 3 March 1923 (morning ed.); De Maasbode, 3 March 1923 (evening ed.)
3 Mar 1923
Kampen C.C.
31
30
1
0
De Telegraaf, 6 March 1923 (morning ed.)
7 Mar 1923
Gorinchem C.C.
21
20
1
0
De Telegraaf, 9 March 1923 (morning ed.)
13 Mar 1923
The Hague, Discendo Discimus C.C.
31
26
2
3
De Telegraaf, 15 March 1923 (morning ed.)
15 Mar 1923
The Hague, De Witte Societet
15
12
3
0
De Maasbode, 17 March 1923 (evening ed.)
20 Mar 1923
The Hague, Discendo Discimus C.C. (consultation)
5
4
1
0
Whyld98 listed another exhibition against consulting opponents from 9 March 1923; however, that was not a chess exhibition but a Lasca exhibition (see Het Vaderland, 10 March 1923, evening ed.).
De Telegraaf, 21 March 1923 (evening ed.)
21 Oct 1923
Helsingborg C.C.
31
29
2
0
Tidskrift för Schack, no. 10/1923, p. 117 (and no. 5/1990, pp. 271f.).
24 Oct 1923
Gothenburg C.C.
30
20
7
3
The 1990 report had one loss less and one win more for Lasker (+21 =7 –2).
Tidskrift för Schack, no. 10/1923, p. 117 (and no. 5/1990, p. 273).
26 Oct 1923
Uddevalla C.C.
26
24
1
1
Tidskrift för Schack, no. 10/1923, p. 117 (and no. 5/1990, p. 274).
28 Oct 1923
Trollhättan C.C.
30
24
5
1
The 1990 report gave Lasker an additional win (+25 =5 –1).
Tidskrift för Schack, no. 10/1923, p. 117 (and no. 5/1990, p. 274).
30 Oct 1923
Alingsas C.C.
29
29
0
0
Tidskrift för Schack, no. 10/1923, p. 117 (and no. 5/1990, p. 274).
1924
Whyld98 also lists a fifty-board exhibition at the New York Stuyvesant C.C., ca. May 1924, but the only evidence appears to be a report half a century later by Norman Lessing (Saidy & Lessing, The World of Chess, 1974, pp. 133–135), and it may well be a mixup with an exhibition at the same club four years later.
Date
Occasion
#
+
=
–
Notes
Sources
7 Feb 1924
Moscow, M.G.S.P.S. C.C.
35
21
12
2
Other sources, such as Shakhmaty, no. 1-2, 1924, p. 1, had +22 =11 –2. The exhibition, and the one three evenings later, took place at the Central Chess Section of the Moscow Provincial Council of Trade Unions.
Shakhmatny Listok, no. 4, 29 February 1924, p. 28
10 Feb 1924
Moscow, Transport Club (noon)
22
19
3
0
Shakhmatny Listok, no. 4, 29 February 1924, p. 28
10 Feb 1924
Moscow, M.G.S.P.S. C.C. (evening)
18
17
1
0
Other sources, such as Shakhmaty, no. 1-2, 1924, p. 2, had one win less for Lasker (+16 =1 –0).
Shakhmatny Listok, no. 4, 29 February 1924, p. 28; Krasnaya Niva, no. 11/1924, p. 271
15 Feb 1924
Leningrad C.C.
20
10
9
1
Shakhmatny Listok, no. 4, 29 February 1924, p. 28
18 Feb 1924
Leningrad C.C.
20
13
4
3
Shakhmatny Listok, no. 4, 29 February 1924, p. 28
22 Apr 1924
Detroit C.C.C. (and Men’s Club of Temple Beth-El)
42
26
10
6
Detroit Free Press, 23 April 1924
23 Apr 1924
Detroit C.C.C.
27
23
4
0
Detroit Free Press, 24 April 1924; Windsor Star, 24 April 1924
24(?) Apr(?) 1924
Ann Arbor
33
30
3
0
Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 8 May 1924
26 Apr 1924
Chicago, City Club
37
29
6
2
Chicago Tribune, 27 April 1924
21 May 1924
New York, University Club (Manhattan)
20
19
0
1
Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 22 and 30 May 1924
24 May 1924
Boston C.C.
29
24
4
1
Boston Globe, 25 May 1924; Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 12 June 1924
27 May 1924
New York, Brooklyn Jewish Center
25
20
4
1
Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 30 May 1924
ca. May/June 1924
New York, Stuyvesant C.C.
50
?
?
>=1
The sole evidence for this exhibition is a game snippet against Norman Lessing given in Saidy & Lessing, The World of Chess (1974), p. 133.
7 Jun 1924
New York, Athletic Club
18
17
1
0
Standard Union, 8 June 1924; Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 8 June 1924
14 Sep 1924
Grube Ilse (near Senftenberg) C.C.
25
23
1
1
Deutsches Wochenschach, 30 September 1924, p. 196; Brandenburgische Schachzeitung, October 1924, pp. 11f.
21 Sep 1924
Belgrade
36
34
2
0
Magyar Sakkvilág, November 1924, p. 259; Wiener Schach-Zeitung, no. 20, October 1924, p. 294
22 Sep 1924
Subotica
33
30
2
1
Magyar Sakkvilág, November 1924, p. 259; Wiener Schach-Zeitung, no. 20, October 1924, p. 295
23 Sep 1924
Sombor
29
29
0
0
Magyar Sakkvilág, November 1924, p. 260; Wiener Schach-Zeitung, no. 20, October 1924, p. 295
25 Sep 1924
Zagreb [Agram]
35
28
7
0
The Wiener Schach-Zeitung even had the result as +32 =7 –0.
Magyar Sakkvilág, November 1924, p. 260; Wiener Schach-Zeitung, no. 20, October 1924, p. 295; Jutro (Ljubljana), 28 September 1924; Neues Wiener Tagblatt 28 September 1924
26 Sep 1924
Zagreb [Agram] (clock)
9
5
3
1
Magyar Sakkvilág, November 1924, p. 260; Wiener Schach-Zeitung, no. 20, October 1924, p. 295; Jutro (Ljubljana), 28 September 1924; Neues Wiener Tagblatt 28 September 1924
28 Sep 1924
Ljubljana [Laibach] C.C.
40
29
8
3
Magyar Sakkvilág, November 1924, p. 260; Wiener Schach-Zeitung, no. 20, October 1924, p. 295; Slovenski Narod, 30 September 1924; Nardoni Dnevnik, 1 October 1924; Jutro (Ljubljana), 30 September 1924
30 Sep 1924
Maribor [Marburg] C.C.
17
16
1
0
Wiener Schach-Zeitung, no. 20, October 1924, p. 295; Slovenski Narod, 1 and 3 October 1924; Marburger Zeitung, 2 October 1924
2 Oct 1924
Osijek C.C.
30
26
3
1
Wiener Schach-Zeitung, no. 20, October 1924, p. 295; Jutro (Ljubljana), 8 October 1924
26 Nov 1924
Prague, Alekhine and Duras C.C.
31
15
10
6
Prager Tagblatt, 28 November 1924; Wiener Schach-Zeitung, no. 24, December 1924, p. 361f.; Časopis československých šachistů, November-December 1924, pp. 186f.
29 Nov 1924
Bratislava [Pressburg]
40
32
3
5
Prager Tagblatt, 2 December 1924; Časopis československých šachistů, November-December 1924, p. 190
30 Nov 1924
Trnava [Thyrnau]
26
21
4
1
Prager Tagblatt, 5 December 1924; Časopis československých šachistů, November-December 1924, p. 190
1 Dec 1924
Brno [Brünn]
36
24
12
0
Tagesbote (Brno), 2 December 1924; Časopis československých šachistů, November-December 1924, p. 189
2 Dec 1924
Jihlava [Iglau]
37
30
7
0
Časopis československých šachistů, November-December 1924, p. 189
4 Dec 1924
Sumprek [Mährisch-Schönberg]
24
22
2
0
Časopis československých šachistů, November-December 1924, p. 190
13 Dec 1924
Amsterdam V.A.S.
31
18
11
2
De Telegraaf, 15 December 1924 (evening ed.)
1925
Lasker’s 1925 exhibitions have been researched by Dr. Gerhard Drebes in Schleswig, and an overview was printed in Der Flensburger Schachklub von 1876 im Spiegel der Zeit (2010) by Jürgen Nickel, p. 543. It is referred to below as “Nickel, Flensburger Schachklub, p. 543.” Still, it remains one of the least covered tours of Lasker’s, and presumably quite a few exhibitions are still missing in this table.
Date
Occasion
#
+
=
–
Notes
Sources
19 Jan 1925
Berlin, Neues Schachheim (Jägerklause)
22
16
4
2
Deutsches Wochenschach, 25 January 1925, p. 22; Deutsche Schachblätter, 1 February 1925, pp. 50f.
26 Jan 1925
Bremen C.C.
27
20
6
1
Deutsche Schachzeitung, February 1925, p. 37; Weser-Zeitung, 28 January 1925 (according to Keller, BSG Chronik 1919-1926, p. 210).
29 Jan 1925
Rostock C.C.
20
?
?
?
Listed in Nickel, Flensburger Schachklub, p. 543 (results unknown).
2 Feb 1925
Cologne, Allgemeiner Schachverein
26
17
4
5
Kölnische Zeitung, 3 February 1925 (evening ed.); Rheinische Volkswacht, 11 February 1925; Kölner Schachzeitung, no. 7, February 1925, pp. 70f.
4 Feb 1925
Bad Honnef C.C.
35
35
0
0
Honnefer Volkszeitung, 5 February 1925
5 Feb 1925
Aachen C.C.
35
31
4
0
Some sources also gave +32 =3 –0, others +32 =4 –0.
Aachener Anzeiger, 6 February 1925; Rhein- und Ruhr-Zeitung, 10 February 1925
7 Feb 1925
Frankfurt on Main, Anderssen C.C.
21
13
6
2
The same source, four days earlier, reported +14 =6 –2.
Frankfurter Nachrichten, 13 February 1925
9 Mar 1925
Mannheim C.C.
31
26
3
2
Whyld98 gave a game from the Neue Mannheimer Zeitung, 16 April 1925.
Neue Mannheimer Zeitung, 11 March 1925 (noon ed.) and 16 March 1925 (morning ed.)
11 Mar 1925
Kaiserslautern C.C.
30
30
0
0
Saarländer Zeitung, 22 March 1925 (quoted in Maier, Schach an der Saar, 2009, pp. 58–61); Karlsruher Tagblatt, 18 January 1926 (sic)
12 Mar 1925
Pirmasens C.C.
30
28
2
0
Pirmasenser Zeitung, no. 13/1925
14 Mar 1925
Munich, Café Modern (clock)
10
8
1
1
Allgemeine Zeitung am Abend, 16 March 1925; Deutsches Wochenschach, 22 March 1925, p. 111; Deutsche Schachblätter, 1 April 1925, p. 140
15 Mar 1925
Munich, Alte Schiessstätte
32
23
7
2
Allgemeine Zeitung am Abend, 16 March 1925; Deutsches Wochenschach, 22 March 1925, p. 111; Deutsche Schachblätter, 1 April 1925, p. 140
16 Mar 1925
Augsburg C.C.
30
26
4
0
Diel, Bayerische Schachbund, 2000, p. 58
17 Mar 1925
Nuremberg, Noris-Tarrasch C.C.
30
21
7
2
Whyld98 lists such an exhibition based on a game lost against Andreas Gottschalk and reprinted in the Festschrift 20. Schachkongress des Kreisverbandes Mittelfranken, 1971, p. 21. No other references to such an exhibition (at the restaurant “Ludwigstorzwinger”) are known.
Fränkischer Kurier, 19 March 1925
19 Mar 1925
Magdeburg C.C.
20
15
2
3
Deutsches Wochenschach, 29 March 1925, p. 126
21 Mar 1925
Hanover C.C.
30
23
5
2
Hamburger Nachrichten, 5 April 1925; Deutsches Wochenschach, 29 March 1925, p. 126; Deutsche Schachzeitung, May 1925, p. 131
22 Mar 1925
Dresden (clocks)
10
7
2
1
Played at 15 moves per hour.
Dresdner Nachrichten, 24 March 1925 (morning ed.); Dresdner Anzeiger, 23 March 1925 (cited in the Quarterly for Chess History, no. 7/2001, pp. 512f.)
24 Mar 1925
Hamburg C.C.
26
16
7
3
18 games adjudicated.
Hamburger Nachrichten, 29 March 1925; Altonaer Neueste Nachrichten, 4 April 1925; Deutsches Wochenschach, 29 March 1925, p. 126
25 Mar 1925
Kiel C.C.
36
27
7
2
Lüders, 100 Jahre Kieler Schachgesellschaft von 1884 e.V., 1984, indicated that Lasker played 25 games, of which he won 22, drew one and lost one (sic).
Kieler Zeitung, 27 and 29 March 1925
26 Mar 1925
Flensburg, Neue Harmonie
32
27
4
1
Other sources had 33 games with an additional win for Lasker (Nickel, Flensburger Schachklub, p. 543; Schach-Kalender 2012, p. 196).
“… will play 30 games” (announcement in the Leipziger Tageblatt, 14 March 1925). Unfortunately, the digitized version of sachsen.digital lacks the months April to June 1925.
Neue Leipziger Zeitung, 6 April 1925
7 Apr 1925
Düsseldorf C.C.
39
29
9
1
Initially, the result was was reported as +29 =3 –1, but later corrected. Some 15 games were adjudicated.
Düsseldorfer Nachrichten, 8 and 12 April 1925
27 Apr 1925
Zittau C.C.
35
32
2
1
Deutsche Schachblätter, 1 July 1925, pp. 281 and 289.
28 Apr 1925
Chemnitz C.C. (clock)
10
9
1
0
Deutsches Wochenschach, 10 May 1925, p. 222 (relying on the Chemnitzer Tageblatt); Deutsche Schachblätter, 15 May 1925, p. 216
30 Apr 1925
Essen C.C.
30
27
3
0
Essener Allgemeine Zeitung, 1 May 1925; Bergische Post, 5 May 1925
1 May 1925
Düsseldorf, Workers’ C.C.
30
22
6
2
Confusion has been created by Hahnen, Hebeker, and Noldus, Chronik des Düsseldorfer Schachvereins 1854, 2004, p. 46, which claimed that Lasker lost only 3 of 32 games in an exhibition at the Düsseldorfer Schachverein on 1 May 1925. However, Lasker’s visit to that Club occurred a few weeks earlier (see entry of 7 April 1925 above).
Volkszeitung (Düsseldorf), 5 May 1925; Bergische Zeitung, 7 May 1925; Essener Arbeiter-Zeitung, 16 and 30 May 1925
2 May 1925
Mülheim an der Ruhr C.C.
32
19
11
2
Rhein- und Ruhrzeitung, 4 May 1925 (morning ed.); ; Deutsche Schachblätter, 15 August 1925, p. 356
5 May 1925
Krefeld, Turm C.C. (consultation)
10
8
1
1
Lasker played against consulting representatives from 10 different clubs. The event was part of a small chess festival from 2 to 5 May.
Duisburger General-Anzeiger, 6 May 1925; Kölnischer Anzeiger, 7 May 1925 (evening ed.)
11 May 1925
Gladbeck
30?
?
?
?
Lasker was to play on 30 boards (Duisburger General-Anzeiger, 8 May 1925). No reports have been found so far.
12 May 1925
Solingen, Workers’ C.C.
31
31
0
0
Bergische Zeitung, 14 May 1925
17 May 1925
Görlitz C.C.
32
31
1
0
Date according to the preview, published in Neuer Görlitzer Anzeiger, 10 May 1925.
Neuer Görlitzer Anzeiger, 19 May 1925
22 May 1925
Rathenow
25
24
1
0
Third congress of the Brandenburg chess association.
Deutsches Wochenschach, 31 May 1925, p. 255
16 Jun 1925
Mittweida, Metger C.C.
30
26
2
2
Deutsches Wochenschach, 5 July 1925, p. 303
10 Oct 1925
Szczecin [Stettin], Anderssen C.C. (clock)
15
12
2
1
Deutsche Schachzeitung, November 1925, p. 331; Deutsche Schachblätter, 15 November 1925, p. 474
27 Dec 1925
Ohligs
30
22
3
5
Ohligser Anzeiger, 28 December 1925; Bergische Zeitung, 28 December 1925
1926
The large 1926 US tour was organized by Herman Helms, who also reported most of the results in either the Brooklyn Eagle or the American Chess Bulletin. Whyld98 also lists a number of other planned stops on Lasker’s tour (St. Louis, Salt Lake City, Monroe, Louisville, Pittsburgh), but no evidence for actual simultaneous exhibitions in those places have turned up. For example, Lasker appeared on 5 April at the Riverside Club in Monroe, but the report in the American Chess Bulletin, April 1926, p. 52, suggests that he played more casually on the occasion. An exhibition in early August 1926 in Ströbeck was given by Berthold Lasker and not Emanuel as was occasionally reported (e.g. by Düsseldorfer Stadt-Anzeiger, 29 August 1926). Berthold wrote an article on the occasion for the Vossische Zeitung at the time.
Date
Occasion
#
+
=
–
Notes
Sources
6 Jan 1926
Hamburg, Norddeutscher Funk-Schachbund
26
20
6
0
Hamburger Nachrichten, 8 and 10 January 1926; Deutsche Schachzeitung, February 1926, p. 39
23 Jan 1926
New York, Brooklyn C.C.
28
17
10
1
Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 25 January 1926
30 Jan 1926
New York, Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences C.C.
37
35
2
0
Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 1 February 1926
5 Feb 1926
Boston, City C.C.
30
24
5
1
Result as given in the American Chess Bulletin (which listed the names of the successful opponents). The other reports had 25 wins and 4 draws.
Boston Globe, 6 February 1926; Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 7 February 1926; American Chess Bulletin, March 1926, p. 39
6 Feb 1926
New York, Brooklyn Jewish Center
30
27
3
0
Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 8 February 1926
8 Feb 1926
New York, Marshall C.C.
30
24
3
3
Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 9 February 1926
11 Feb 1926
Utica C.C.
17
16
1
0
Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 18 February 1926
13 Feb 1926
Buffalo C.C.
25
21
3
1
Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 25 February 1926
15 Feb 1926
Cleveland, City C.C.
35
32
2
1
Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 18 February 1926
17 Feb 1926
Detroit C.C.
23
21
2
0
Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 25 February 1926
19 Feb 1926
South Bend, St. Joseph county C.C.C.
21
20
1
0
South Bend Tribune, 20 February 1926
20 Feb 1926
Chicago C.C.C.
30
28
2
0
Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 25 February 1926
23 Feb 1926
Chicago, Hamilton C.C.
32
26
2
4
Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 4 March 1926
25 Feb 1926
Chicago, City C.C.
30
25
3
2
Two of the draws were played blindfold by Lasker.
Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 4 March 1926
27 Feb 1926
Battle Creek, MI
26
23
1
2
Battle Creek Enquirer, 28 February 1926
1 Mar 1926
St. Paul, Y.M.C.A.
24
23
0
1
Morning Call (Allentown), 5 March 1926
3 Mar 1926
Duluth C.C.
30
28
2
0
American Chess Bulletin, April 1926, p. 50
5 Mar 1926
Davenport C.C.
33
30
2
1
Quad-City Times (Davenport), 7 March 1926; Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 18 March 1926
11 Mar 1926
Denver C.C.
11
10
1
0
In the American Chess Bulletin, April 1926, p. 51, Helms instead gave the score as +11 =1 –0.
Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 18 March 1926
13 Mar 1926
Colorado Springs, El Paso Club
27
26
0
1
American Chess Bulletin, April 1926, p. 50
17 Mar 1926
Seattle, Elks C.C.
30
24
4
2
Some reports had the result as +24 =3 –2.
Daily Colonist (Victoria B.C.), 28 March 1926
20 Mar 1926
Portland C.C.C.
27
26
0
1
Oregonian, 28 March 1926; American Chess Bulletin, May 1926, p. 72
22 Mar 1926
San Francisco, Mechanics Institute C.C.
35
26
8
1
San Francisco Examiner, 23 March 1926
25 Mar 1926
Los Angeles, Athletic Club
24
19
2
3
Los Angeles Times, 27 March 1926
29 Mar 1926
El Paso, Y.M.C.A.
20
20?
0?
0?
The report was not specific about the results, but noted that only a photographer was able to “rattle” Lasker.
El Paso Times, 30 March 1926
31 Mar 1926
San Antonio, Y.M.C.A.
30
30
0
0
Elsewhere a result of +32 =0 –0 was implied (e.g. Kerrville Mountain Sun, 8 April 1926, quoting from the San Antonio Evening News, and American Chess Bulletin, May 1926, p. 73).
San Antonio Light, 1 April 1926
3 Apr 1926
Dallas, Athletic Club
26
24
1
1
Exhibition during the Texas State Chess Tournament. The Port Arthur News did not report on the drawn game.
Port Arthur News, 4 April 1926; American Chess Bulletin, May 1926, p. 73
10 Apr 1926
Cincinnati, Business Men’s Club
27
26
1
0
Cincinnati Enquirer, 12 April 1926
11 Apr 1926
Cincinnati, Sinton Hotel
28
27
0
1
Cincinnati Enquirer, 12 April 1926
14 Apr 1926
Chicago, City C.C. (clock)
10
6
3
1
Both sides had one hour for the whole game.
Battle Creek Enquirer, 16 April 1926; American Chess Bulletin, May 1926, pp. 73f.
16 Apr 1926
Cleveland, German Central Organisation
36
35
0
1
American Chess Bulletin, May 1926, p. 74
19 Apr 1926
Ford City C.C.
19
19
0
0
Simpson’s Daily Leader-Times (Kittanning, Pa.), 21 April 1926; American Chess Bulletin, May 1926, p. 74
21 Apr 1926
Toronto, C.A.
31
25
5
1
Daily Standard (Kingston, Ontario), 30 April 1926; American Chess Bulletin, May 1926, p. 74
23 Apr 1926
Niagara Falls C.C.
14
13
0
1
American Chess Bulletin, May 1926, p. 75
26 Apr 1926
Baltimore, C.A.
32
26
4
2
American Chess Bulletin, May 1926, p. 74
4 Nov 1926
Oberhausen C.C.
33
30
3
0
Rhein- und Ruhr-Zeitung, 8 November 1926
6 Nov 1926
Krefeld, Turm C.C.
30
21
9
0
Essener Anzeiger, 9 November 1926
1927
Date
Occasion
#
+
=
–
Notes
Sources
16 Jan 1927
Forst (Lausitz) C.C.
26
22
2
2
Schachwart, February 1927, pp. 43f.
6 Feb 1927
Oslo
30
21
5
4
Norsk Schakblad, no. 1/1927, p. 9
8 Feb 1927
Oslo (clock)
10
8
1
0
One game was to be adjudicated.
Norsk Schakblad, no. 1/1927, pp. 9f.
10 Feb 1927
Bergen
30
22
8
0
Norsk Schakblad, no. 1/1927, p. 10
11 Feb 1927
Bergen
30
24
4
2
Norsk Schakblad, no. 1/1927, p. 10
13 Feb 1927
Bergen
30
25
4
1
Norsk Schakblad, no. 1/1927, p. 10
17 Feb 1927
Trondheim, Stock Exchange
30
24
4
2
Norsk Schakblad, no. 1/1927, p. 10
19 Feb 1927
Trondheim
30
25
5
0
Norsk Schakblad, no. 1/1927, p. 10
21 Feb 1927
Steinkjer
31
29
2
0
Norsk Schakblad, no. 1/1927, p. 11
24 Feb 1927
Hamar
30
24
1
5
Norsk Schakblad, no. 2/1927, p. 11
25 Feb 1927
Gjøvik
26
24
2
0
Norsk Schakblad, no. 2/1927, p. 11
28 Feb 1927
Rjukan
30
30
0
0
Norsk Schakblad, no. 2/1927, p. 11
2 Mar 1927
Skien
30
27
2
1
Norsk Schakblad, no. 2/1927, p. 11
3 Mar 1927
Drammen
30
25
5
0
Norsk Schakblad, no. 2/1927, p. 12
4 Mar 1927
Oslo
30
20
7
3
Norsk Schakblad, no. 2/1927, p. 12
7 Mar 1927
Oslo
28
17
3
8
Norsk Schakblad, no. 2/1927, p. 12
10 Mar 1927
Gothenburg
30
22
4
4
Tidskrift för Schack, no. 6/1990, p. 387
13 Mar 1927
Karlskrona
30
23
5
2
Tidskrift för Schack, no. 6/1990, p. 388
15 Mar 1927
Malmo (clock)
10
6
3
1
Tidskrift för Schack, no. 6/1990, p. 389
16 Mar 1927
Falkenberg
30
28
1
1
Tidskrift för Schack, no. 6/1990, p. 389
18 Mar 1927
Copenhagen (clock)
10
5
2
3
Skakbladet, April 1927, p. 45
20 Mar 1927
Copenhagen
30
21
4
5
Skakbladet, April 1927, p. 45
27 Apr 1927
Rheine
30
29
0
1
Münsterischer Anzeiger, 8 May 1927
28 May 1927
Eberswalde
26
20
2
4
During the 5th Brandenburg Chess Congress, held from 26 to 29 May 1927.
Deutsche Schachzeitung, July 1927, p. 199; Schachwart, June 1927, p. 123f.
6 Nov 1927
Erfurt 1925 C.C.
30
24
6
0
Deutsche Schachzeitung, February 1928, p. 38
25 Nov 1927
Szczecin [Stettin], Anderssen C.C.
26
21
3
2
50-year anniversary of the Anderssen club.
Deutsche Schachblätter, 1 January 1928, p. 3; Deutsche Schachzeitung, January 1928, p. 3
1928
Date
Occasion
#
+
=
–
Notes
Sources
6 May 1928
Wrocław [Breslau]
30
17
8
5
On the invitation of the Silesian Chess Federation and the Anderssen and Morphy clubs.
Deutsche Schachzeitung, June 1928, p. 163
18 Oct 1928
New York, Stuyvesant C.C.
31
24
2
5
American Chess Bulletin, November 1928, p. 165
27 Oct 1928
Chicago C.C.C.
30
27
2
1
Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 1 November 1928
8 Nov 1928
New York, I.L. Rice Progressive C.C. (clock)
10
7
1
2
Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 9 November 1928
1929
Date
Occasion
#
+
=
–
Notes
Sources
11 Feb 1929
Delft, Phoenix Student C.C.
20
18
2
0
Het Vaderland, 12 February 1929 (evening ed.); De Telegraaf,13 February 1929 (morning ed.)
12 Mar 1929
Berlin, Café Wien (“Schachheim”)
30
23
5
2
Berliner ilustrirte Nachtausgabe, 13 March 1929; B.Z. am Mittag, 13 March 1929; Schachwart, May 1929, p. 103
26 Apr 1929
Berlin, Café Wien (leapfrog with Paul List)
44
34
8
2
Elsewhere the result was reported as +32 =8 –2.
Welt-Spiegel (Berliner Tageblatt), 12 May 1929; Frankfurter Nachrichten, 19 July 1929
2 Jun 1929
Weißwasser
30
25
4
1
Schachwart, May 1929, p. 102, and August 1929, p. 157
1930s
1930
No exhibitions recorded in 1930.
1931
No exhibitions recorded in 1931.
1932
Date
Occasion
#
+
=
–
Notes
Sources
23 Nov 1932
Kaunas [Kowno] C.C.
24
16
7
1
Different papers reported the number of wins differently, with number between +13 (Karys) and +17 (Skautų aidas). Various games were not played out to the end.
Lietuvos Žinios, 24 November 1932; Dzień Kowieński, 25 November 1932; Skautų aidas (Kaunas), no. 23, 1 December 1932, p. 23; Karys (Kaunas), no. 49, 1 December 1932, p. 976; Rigasche Rundschau, 3 December 1932
ca. 28 Nov 1932
Klaipėda [Memel] C.C.
18
17
1
0
Exact date to be established. Lasker stayed in Memel from 27 to 30 November.
Brīvā Zeme (Riga), 2 December 1932; Rigasche Rundschau, 3 December 1932
4 Dec 1932
Riga C.C.
20
8
8
4
Rigasche Rundschau, 5 December 1932
12 Dec 1932
Kaliningrad [Königsberg] C.C.
20
14
3
3
Świat Szachowy, January 1933, p. 11; Deutsche Schachzeitung, January 1933, p. 6
1933
Date
Occasion
#
+
=
–
Notes
Sources
18 Mar 1933
Paris, Café de la Régence
30
22
3
5
Deutsche Schachzeitung, April 1933, p. 111; L’Echiquier, 31 May 1933, p. 103
24 Oct 1933
Utrecht, Student C.C. “Lasker”
25
20
5
0
Played on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the Lasker Student Chess Club. Some reports (e.g. Algemeen Handelsblad, 26 October 1933) also had the result as +21 =5.
De Courant (Amsterdam), 26 October 1933; Avondpost (The Hague), 28 October 1933
1934
Date
Occasion
#
+
=
–
Notes
Sources
17 Apr 1934
Budapest C.C.
36
28
7
1
Magyar Hilarp, 19 April 1934; Neues Pressburger Tagblatt, 29 April 1934; Magyar Sakkvilág, July 1934, p. 168
21 Apr 1934
Szolnok C.C.
34
23
7
4
Note that the Budapest Sakkujság, 1 May 1934, p. 85, credited Lasker with two additional wins (+25 =7 –4).
M.T.I., 23 April 1934; Magyar Sakkvilág, July 1934, p. 168
22 Apr 1934
Kecskemét C.C.
28
24
1
3
Kecskeméti Közlöny, 24 April 1934; Neues Pressburger Tagblatt, 29 April 1934; Magyar Sakkvilág, July 1934, p. 168
29 Apr 1934
Vienna, Österreichischer Hof
30
20
5
5
Mysteriously, the report in the Wiener Schach-Zeitung, no. 10/11, May-June 1934, pp. 166f., gave the result as +19 =5 –5 and wrongly gave the date as “28 April”.
Der Morgen (Vienna), 30 April 1934; Der Montag, 30 April 1934; Kleine Volks-Zeitung, 30 April 1934; Deutsche Schachzeitung, May 1934, p.133.
3 Nov 1934
Ealing C.C.
30
23
7
0
Played on the occasion of the club’s 50th anniversary.
Middlesex County Times, 10 November 1934
3 Dec 1934
Newcastle upon Tyne C.C.
30
27
1
2
British Chess Magazine, January 1935, p. 23
5 Dec 1934
Newcastle upon Tyne C.C. (clock)
8
7
0
1
Note that Lasker’s consultation game in Newcastle, often dated 9 December, was played three days earlier.
British Chess Magazine, January 1935, p. 23
1935
Date
Occasion
#
+
=
–
Notes
Sources
17 Mar 1935
Moscow, Pioneers Palace
25
14
6
5
Played after the conclusion of the Moscow international tournament.
Pravda, 18 March 1935; Shakhmaty v SSSR, April 1935, p. 73
10 Apr 1935
Zurich C.C.
30
23
5
2
Neue Zürcher Zeitung, 14 April 1935; Schweizerische Schachzeitung, May 1935, p. 71
12 Apr 1935
Lucerne C.C.
30
27
2
1
Schweizerische Schachzeitung, May 1935, p. 71
13 Apr 1935
Berne C.C.
30
24
3
3
Schweizerische Schachzeitung, May 1935, p. 71
15 Apr 1935
Geneva C.C.
30
22
3
5
Schweizerische Schachzeitung, May 1935, p. 71
17 Apr 1935
Bodegraven C.C.
40
32
4
4
De Telegraaf, 18 April 1935 (evening ed.); Algemeen Handelsblad, 18 April 1935 (evening ed.)
23 Apr 1935
Rotterdam C.C. (Nieuwe Sv.)
31
24
3
4
De Telegraaf, 24 April 1935 (evenind ed.); Algemeen Handelsblad, 24 April 1935 (evening ed.)
Aug/Sep 1935
Kislovodsk
?
?
?
?
Circumstances of an exhibition in Kislovodsk (part of a “series”) were recalled by Duz-Khotimirsky (Shakhmaty v SSSR, April 1980, pp. 16f.; see also translation in Bob Long, Lasker & His Contemporaries, no. 4, June 1983, p. 140). No results have been found so far.
6 Sep 1935
Piatigorsk (leapfrog with Ilya Kan)
41
32
6
3
Izvestia, 8 September 1935, p.4
17 Sep 1935
Piatigorsk
15
13
1
1
“64”, 25 September 1935, p. [1]
24 Nov 1935
Zurich, Springer C.C.
28
24
3
1
Schach-Kurier, 29 November 1935, p. [2]
11 Dec 1935
Moscow, Transport Club
25
19
5
1
“64,” 25 December 1935, p. [4]; Gudok (Moscow), 15 December 1935
18 Dec 1935
Moscow, Master Artists Club (leapfrog with Kan)
31
26
1
4
“64,” 25 December 1935, p. [4]
19 Dec 1935
Moscow
25
24
0
1
“…another séance in one of the Moscow institutes…”
“64,” 25 December 1935, p. [4]
1936
In January 1936, Lasker probably gave one or two further exhibitions in Leningrad, details of which are missing. For example, the USSR Central Chess Club Bulletin, no. 2–3, Februrary-March 1970, p. 17, spoke of a 30-board exhibition in the LDKA (Leningrad House of the Red Army). Shakhmatny Peterburg, March 2002, pp. 36f., had some memoirs of a séance at the Printers’ House in Leningrad (but at least the date given, 19 January, must be mistaken as Lasker was back in Moscow then).
Date
Occasion
#
+
=
–
Notes
Sources
5 Jan 1936
Leningrad, All-Union Children’s Tournament
25
13
9
3
Pravda, 9 January 1936; Leninskie Iskry (tournament bulletin), no. 2, 6 January 1936.
9 Jan 1936
Leningrad, Red Army House
25
10
11
4
Izvestia, 11 January 1936, p.4; “64”, 20 January 1936, p. [3]
26 Feb 1936
Minsk
25
16
6
3
“64”, 5 March 1936, p. [1]
7 Apr 1936
Kiev
30
18
11
1
“64”, 20 April 1936, p. [1]
20 Dec 1936
Ryazhsk
31
29
2
0
Lasker visited the kolkhoz workers in Ryazhsk. Possibly the exhibition took place one day earlier (19 December).
Izvestia, 21 December 1936; “64,” 25 December 1936, p. [4]; Moscow Daily News, 24 December 1936
1937
Date
Occasion
#
+
=
–
Notes
Sources
26 Jan 1937
Moscow, Student Club (House of Communes)
25
23
0
2
“64”, 5 February 1937, p. [4]
6 Feb 1937
Moscow, House of Pioneers and Octoberists
20
15
5
0
Based on the memoirs of Efim Naroditsky, published half a century later. Contemporary reports still sought.
“64”, no. 23, December 1986, pp. 24f.
26 Apr 1937
The Hague, A.V.R.O. tour
40
38
2
0
De Telegraaf, 27 April 1937 (evening ed.)
27 Apr 1937
Rotterdam, A.V.R.O. tour
35
31
4
0
De Telegraaf, 28 April 1937 (evening ed.)
28 Apr 1937
Haarlem, A.V.R.O. tour
30
27
3
0
De Telegraaf, 29 April 1937 (evening ed.)
29 Apr 1937
Utrecht, A.V.R.O. tour
30
29
1
0
De Telegraaf, 1 May 1937 (morning ed.)
3 May 1937
Arnhem, A.V.R.O. tour
30
28
2
0
De Telegraaf, 4 May 1937 (morning ed.)
4 May 1937
Amsterdam, A.V.R.O. tour
30
28
2
0
De Telegraaf, 5 May 1937 (morning ed.)
c18 May 1937
Rotterdam C.C. (Nieuwe Sv.)
15
13
2
0
De Telegraaf, 20 May 1937 (morning ed.)
22 May 1937
Zurich, Chess Federation (Schachverband)
28
23
5
0
In several earlier publications we mistakenly dated this exhibition 29 May (e.g. Forster, 200 Jahre Schach-Gesellschaft Zürich, 2009, p. 486, and Schweizerische Schachzeitung, no. 3/2022, p. 41).
Neue Zürcher Nachrichten, 26 May 1937, and Neue Zürcher Zeitung, 31 May 1937
ca. July 1937
Moscow, House of Pioneers
30
?
?
18
Moscow Daily News, 8 October 1937
30 Sep 1937
Riga C.C.
21
18
0
3
In Jaunākās Ziņas, 30 September and 1 October 1937, the result was given as +19 =0 –3.
Šaha Māksla, no. 13, 10 October 1937, p. 204
10 Dec 1937
Chicago, Swedish Club
27
21
5
1
American Chess Review, January 1938, p. 13
19 Dec 1937
Chicago, Jewish Peoples Institute
25
23
2
0
Chicago Tribune, 20 December 1937
1938
Date
Occasion
#
+
=
–
Notes
Sources
8 Jan 1938
New York, Marshall C.C.
28
20
6
2
New York Times, 10 January 1938; Chess Review, February 1938, p. 48; American Chess Bulletin, January-February 1938, p. 16
20 Jan 1938
New York, Manhattan C.C. (consultation)
2
1
0
1
Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 27 January 1938; American Chess Bulletin, January-February 1938, p. 16
22 Jan 1938
Washington, Jewish Community Center and Capital City C.C.
26
20
5
1
Evening Star (Washington D.C.), 23 and 24 January 1938
22 Feb 1938
Boston, City C.C.
25
18
5
2
Annual congress of the Massachusetts State Chess Association. Lasker played against a consulting pair of players on each board.
Boston Globe, 23 February 1938; Chess Review, April 1938, p. 103
19 Mar 1938
New Haven, Y.M.C.A.
47
33
13
1
Hartford Courant, 27 March 1938
12 Oct 1938
New York, German Jewish Club
32
27
4
1
Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 13 October 1938; New York Times, 14 October 1938; American Chess Bulletin, September-October 1938, p. 101
18 Nov 1938
New Rochelle, Y.M.C.A.
23
20
2
1
According to a brief note in the Daily Item (Port Chester, N.Y.), 19 November 1938, Lasker played 24 games.
American Chess Bulletin, March-April 1939, p. 47
1939
Date
Occasion
#
+
=
–
Notes
Sources
?? 1939
Boston, City C.C.
34?
34?
0?
0?
No reports have been found so far except for Martha Lasker’s reference to an exhibition in Boston “two years ago” in her memoirs (with Lasker beating all 34 opponents). In addition, Whyld98, p. 213, gave a score of a 1939 draw against J.T. Alexander based on Alexander’s own scoree sheet and a note “adjudicated by John Barry”, without providing further details or an exact date.
Martha Lasker, Biographical Mosaic, pp. 19f.
7 Jul 1939
New York, Manhattan C.C.
20
10
10
0
Many games adjudicated by Reuben Fine after 3 hours of play.
New York Times, 9 July 1939; Chess Review, July-August 1939, p. 165
25 Aug 1939
Hamilton, Colgate University
30
24
5
1
Annual congress of the New York State Association.
New York Times, 27 August 1939
1940
Date
Occasion
#
+
=
–
Notes
Sources
23 Aug 1940
Hamilton, Colgate University
20
18
2
0
Annual congress of the New York State Association.