World Chess Championship 1907

World Chess Championship 1907

	Defending champion	Challenger
	Emanuel Lasker	Frank Marshall
	Emanuel Lasker	Frank J. Marshall
	11½ Scores 3½
	Born 24 December 1868 38 years old	Born 10 August 1877 29 years old

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.

Background

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.

Results

Conditions

The first player to win eight games would be World Champion.

Match

World Chess Championship Match 1907

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Wins	Total
Frank J. Marshall (United States)	0	0	0	=	=	=	=	0	=	=	=	0	0	0	0	0	3½
Emanuel Lasker (Germany)	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.

Marshall–Lasker, game 15

	a	b	c	d	e	f	g	h
8									8
7									7
6									6
5									5
4									4
3									3
2									2
1									1
	a	b	c	d	e	f	g	h

Marshall blundered with 20.Qd3?, allowing Lasker to take advantage with 20...Bf5 which put him the exchange up.

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