Master Class Band 5: Emanuel Lasker metadata-enriched Whether you're a club player

Whether you're a club player looking to upgrade your black repertoire or a tournament competitor needing reliable preparation

we beat our opponents at their own game

Daniel Gormally's The Comfort Zone explores why chess performance varies across tournaments and how to achieve lasting improvement

uncomplicated wins simply do not enter your mind

again with many teaching and practice examples from the games of grandmasters and world champions

Master Class Band 5: Emanuel Lasker metadata-enriched Whether you're a club playerThe name Emanuel Lasker will always be associated with his incredible 27 years on the chess throne. In 1894, the then 25 year old took the title of world champion from Wilhelm Steinitz, and the record only ended when Lasker had to acknowledge the superiority of Jose Raul Capablanca in 1921. But the only German world champion to date not only kept challengers in check for years, he also won the biggest tournaments of his time, sometimes with enormous