Comp1: | Emanuel Lasker |
Comp2: | Frank J. Marshall |
Comp2 Link: | Frank Marshall (chess player) |
Title1: | Defending champion |
Title2: | Challenger |
Flag1: | German Empire |
Flag2: | USA |
Flag2 Variant: | 1896 |
Dob1: | 24 December 1868 |
Age1: | 38 years old |
Dob2: | 10 August 1877 |
Age2: | 29 years old |
Prev: | 1896–97 |
Prev Link: | World Chess Championship 1896–1897 |
Next: | 1908 |
Next Link: | World Chess Championship 1908 |
Score1: | 11½ |
Score2: | 3½ |
The 1907 World Chess Championship was a chess match contested between reigning world champion Emanuel Lasker of Germany, and challenger Frank J. Marshall of the United States, for the world chess championship. Lasker defended his title in dominant fashion, holding Marshall winless throughout the series, while winning eight games and drawing seven.__TOC__
Lasker had played little chess since retaining the World Championship in 1896–1897, in part due to his doctoral studies in mathematics. However, Lasker agreed to defend his title against American challenger Frank Marshall from January 26 to April 6, 1907, in the United States, with the games being played in New York, Philadelphia, Washington, D.C., Baltimore, Chicago, and Memphis.
The first player to win eight games would be World Champion.
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | Wins | Total | |||
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align=left | 0 | 0 | 0 | = | = | = | = | 0 | = | = | = | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3½ | ||
align=left | 1 | 1 | 1 | = | = | = | = | 1 | = | = | = | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 11½ |
Lasker won the first three games, then scored one win and seven draws in games 4–11 before winning the last four games. Lasker retained his title.