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Chessmetrics Player Profile: Emanuel Lasker
   Born:    1868-Dec
   Died:    1941-Jan
   Best World Rank:    #1 (292 different months between the June 1890 rating list and the December 1926 rating list )
   Highest Rating:    2878 on the May 1894 rating list, #1 in world, age 25y5m
   Best Individual Performance:    2882 in Lasker-Steinitz II (World Championship, Moscow), 1896, scoring 12.5/17 (74%) vs 2754-rated opposition
  Graph   Best Performances   Career Details   Event Details   Ratings only
    Event Name  Rating   Performance   Overall Results   Actual Results vs Rated Opponents   +/- Predicted 
    Lasker-von Bardeleben Match (Berlin), 1889  not rated on January 1889 list   [2665]   +1 (2.5/4, 63%)   +1 (2.5/4, 63%) vs 2690-rated opposition   N/A 
    Breslau, 1889  not rated on January 1889 list   -   +9 (12/15, 80%)   no games vs rated opposition   N/A 
    Amsterdam, 1889  not rated on August 1889 list   [2685]   +4 (6/8, 75%)   +2 (3/4, 75%) vs 2664-rated opposition   N/A 
    Graz, 1890  2666 (#10 on January 1890 list)   [2590]   +2 (4/6, 67%)   +1 (1/1, 100%) vs 2611-rated opposition   +0.4 
    Lasker-Mieses Match (Leipzig), 1890  2666 (#10 on January 1890 list)   2770   +5 (6.5/8, 81%)   +5 (6.5/8, 81%) vs 2657-rated opposition   +2.4 
    Bird-Lasker I (Liverpool), 1890  2666 (#10 on January 1890 list)   2656   +5 (8.5/12, 71%)   +5 (8.5/12, 71%) vs 2538-rated opposition   +0.7 
    Lasker-Miniati Match (Manchester), 1890  2666 (#10 on January 1890 list)   2635   +3 (4/5, 80%)   +3 (4/5, 80%) vs 2547-rated opposition   +0.8 
    Englisch-Lasker Match (Vienna), 1890  2666 (#10 on January 1890 list)   2636   +2 (3.5/5, 70%)   +2 (3.5/5, 70%) vs 2596-rated opposition   +0.6 
    Berlin, 1890  2738 (#1 on July 1890 list)   2681   +5 (6.5/8, 81%)   +4 (5.5/7, 79%) vs 2576-rated opposition   +0.7 
    Lasker-Lee Match (London), 1891  2782 (#1 on January 1891 list)   [2546]   +1 (1.5/2, 75%)   +1 (1.5/2, 75%) vs 2534-rated opposition   -0.1 
    London, 1892  2774 (#1 on January 1892 list)   2765   +5 (6.5/8, 81%)   +5 (6.5/8, 81%) vs 2651-rated opposition   +1.3 
    Bird-Lasker II (Newcastle), 1892  2774 (#1 on January 1892 list)   2747   +5 (5/5, 100%)   +5 (5/5, 100%) vs 2603-rated opposition   +1.5 
    Blackburne-Lasker Match (London), 1892  2774 (#1 on January 1892 list)   2794   +6 (8/10, 80%)   +6 (8/10, 80%) vs 2665-rated opposition   +1.7 
    Lasker-Showalter Match (USA), 1892  2774 (#1 on January 1892 list)   2668   +4 (6.5/9, 72%)   +4 (6.5/9, 72%) vs 2569-rated opposition   -0.2 
    London, 1892  2788 (#1 on March 1892 list)   2646   +7 (9/11, 82%)   +6 (8/10, 80%) vs 2486-rated opposition   -0.6 
    Golmayo-Lasker Match (Havana), 1893  2824 (#1 on January 1893 list)   [2612]   +2 (2.5/3, 83%)   +2 (2.5/3, 83%) vs 2563-rated opposition   +0.1 
    Lasker-Vasquez Match (Havana), 1893  2824 (#1 on January 1893 list)   [2598]   +3 (3/3, 100%)   +3 (3/3, 100%) vs 2482-rated opposition   +0.3 
    Ettlinger-Lasker Match (New York), 1893  2824 (#1 on January 1893 list)   -   +5 (5/5, 100%)   no games vs rated opposition   N/A 
    New York, 1893  2820 (#1 on September 1893 list)   2767   +13 (13/13, 100%)   +10 (10/10, 100%) vs 2512-rated opposition   +1.4 
    Lasker-Steinitz I (World Championship, USA/CAN), 1894  2850 (#1 on January 1894 list)   2802   +5 (12/19, 63%)   +5 (12/19, 63%) vs 2726-rated opposition   -0.3 
    Hastings, 1895  2860 (#1 on August 1895 list)   2757   +10 (15.5/21, 74%)   +6 (11.5/17, 68%) vs 2652-rated opposition   -1.2 
    St. Petersburg, 1895  2842 (#1 on December 1895 list)   2829   +5 (11.5/18, 64%)   +5 (11.5/18, 64%) vs 2755-rated opposition   +0.7 
    Nurnberg, 1896  2836 (#1 on July 1896 list)   2825   +9 (13.5/18, 75%)   +8 (11/14, 79%) vs 2673-rated opposition   +1.3 
    Lasker-Steinitz II (World Championship, Moscow), 1896  2842 (#1 on November 1896 list)   2882   +8 (12.5/17, 74%)   +8 (12.5/17, 74%) vs 2754-rated opposition   +2.2 
    London, 1899  2813 (#1 on May 1899 list)   2878   +17 (21.5/26, 83%)   +14 (18/22, 82%) vs 2667-rated opposition   +3.2 
    Paris, 1900  2851 (#1 on May 1900 list)   2833   +13 (15.5/18, 86%)   +9 (11.5/14, 82%) vs 2660-rated opposition   +1.3 
    Janowsky-Lasker I (Manchester), 1901  2859 (#1 on January 1901 list)   [2665]   +1 (1.5/2, 75%)   +1 (1.5/2, 75%) vs 2712-rated opposition   +0.2 
    St Louis game, 1902  2838 (#1 on January 1902 list)   -   = (1/2, 50%)   no games vs rated opposition   N/A 
    New York game, 1902  2795 (#1 on October 1902 list)   [2608]   +1 (1/1, 100%)   +1 (1/1, 100%) vs 2639-rated opposition   +0.3 
    Chigorin-Lasker Match (Brighton), 1903  2788 (#2 on January 1903 list)   2611   -1 (2.5/6, 42%)   -1 (2.5/6, 42%) vs 2691-rated opposition   -1.2 
    Cambridge Springs, 1904  2675 (#8 on April 1904 list)   2748   +7 (11/15, 73%)   +3 (6/9, 67%) vs 2700-rated opposition   +1.8 
    Trenton Falls, 1906  2705 (#8 on January 1906 list)   [2578]   +4 (5/6, 83%)   +1 (1.5/2, 75%) vs 2582-rated opposition   +0.2 
    New York game, 1907  2671 (#9 on January 1907 list)   -   = (1/2, 50%)   no games vs rated opposition   N/A 
    Lasker-Marshall I (World Championship, USA), 1907  2671 (#9 on January 1907 list)   2876   +8 (11.5/15, 77%)   +8 (11.5/15, 77%) vs 2738-rated opposition   +5.2 
    Lasker-Speijer Match (Amsterdam), 1908  2779 (#1 on January 1908 list)   -   +2 (2.5/3, 83%)   no games vs rated opposition   N/A 
    Lasker-Tarrasch I (World Championship, Germany), 1908  2753 (#2 on August 1908 list)   2799   +5 (10.5/16, 66%)   +5 (10.5/16, 66%) vs 2718-rated opposition   +1.8 
    Janowsky-Lasker II (Paris), 1909  2814 (#1 on January 1909 list)   [2599]   = (2/4, 50%)   = (2/4, 50%) vs 2652-rated opposition   -0.8 
    St. Petersburg, 1909  2814 (#1 on January 1909 list)   2815   +11 (14.5/18, 81%)   +9 (12.5/16, 78%) vs 2651-rated opposition   +1.4 
    Janowsky-Lasker III (Paris), 1909  2822 (#1 on October 1909 list)   2790   +6 (8/10, 80%)   +6 (8/10, 80%) vs 2661-rated opposition   +1.1 
    Lasker-Schlechter Match (World Championship, GER/AUT), 1910  2847 (#1 on January 1910 list)   2692   = (5/10, 50%)   = (5/10, 50%) vs 2724-rated opposition   -1.5 
    Janowsky-Lasker IV (World Championship, Berlin), 1910  2820 (#1 on November 1910 list)   2821   +8 (9.5/11, 86%)   +8 (9.5/11, 86%) vs 2647-rated opposition   +1.8 
    Budapest, 1911  2848 (#1 on January 1911 list)   -   -1 (0/1, 0%)   no games vs rated opposition   N/A 
    Paris game, 1912  2822 (#1 on January 1912 list)   [2592]   +1 (1/1, 100%)   +1 (1/1, 100%) vs 2614-rated opposition   +0.3 
    Moscow game, 1914  not rated on January 1914 list   [2575]   = (1/2, 50%)   = (1/2, 50%) vs 2649-rated opposition   N/A 
    St. Petersburg, 1914  2673 (#12 on April 1914 list)   2853   +9 (13.5/18, 75%)   +7 (11.5/16, 72%) vs 2738-rated opposition   +4.7 
    Lasker-Tarrasch II (Berlin), 1916  2815 (#2 on January 1916 list)   2816   +5 (5.5/6, 92%)   +5 (5.5/6, 92%) vs 2703-rated opposition   +1.7 
    Berlin, 1918  2855 (#1 on January 1918 list)   [2750]   +3 (4.5/6, 75%)   +3 (3.5/4, 88%) vs 2701-rated opposition   +0.8 
    Capablanca-Lasker Match (World Championship, Havana), 1921  not rated on March 1921 list   2709   -4 (5/14, 36%)   -4 (5/14, 36%) vs 2822-rated opposition   N/A 
    Maehrisch Ostrau, 1923  not rated on July 1923 list   2756   +8 (10.5/13, 81%)   +6 (8.5/11, 77%) vs 2626-rated opposition   N/A 
    New York, 1924  2738 (#3 on March 1924 list)   2828   +12 (16/20, 80%)   +10 (14/18, 78%) vs 2658-rated opposition   +3.3 
    Moscow, 1925  2795 (#1 on November 1925 list)   2737   +8 (14/20, 70%)   +5 (9.5/14, 68%) vs 2642-rated opposition   =0.0 
    Chicago, 1926  2787 (#1 on January 1926 list)   [2624]   +1 (1/1, 100%)   +1 (1/1, 100%) vs 2664-rated opposition   +0.4 
    Zuerich, 1934  not rated on January 1934 list   2669   +5 (10/15, 67%)   +4 (9/14, 64%) vs 2586-rated opposition   N/A 
    Moscow, 1935  2639 (#16 on February 1935 list)   2707   +6 (12.5/19, 66%)   +3 (5.5/8, 69%) vs 2649-rated opposition   +1.6 
    Moscow, 1936  2677 (#9 on May 1936 list)   2618   -2 (8/18, 44%)   -2 (8/18, 44%) vs 2652-rated opposition   -1.5 
    Nottingham, 1936  2661 (#11 on August 1936 list)   2698   +3 (8.5/14, 61%)   +3 (8.5/14, 61%) vs 2643-rated opposition   +1.2 
    New York game, 1938  2663 (#10 on January 1938 list)   -   = (0.5/1, 50%)   no games vs rated opposition   N/A 
    New York game, 1939  not rated on January 1939 list   -   -1 (0.5/2, 25%)   no games vs rated opposition   N/A 
    New York game, 1940  not rated on January 1940 list   -   +1 (3/5, 60%)   no games vs rated opposition   N/A 
    Lasker-Marshall III (New York), 1940  not rated on May 1940 list   -   -1 (0.5/2, 25%)   no games vs rated opposition   N/A