One Hundred Years Ago - Chess in 1903-[Harding ]休闲.pdf

The Kibitzer One Hundred Years Ago: Chess in 1903 My January column always looks back to the chess scene of 100 years ago. The year 1903 was historic in that Wilbur and Orville Wright made Man’s first flight in a powered plane. For chess it was less momentous. Nevertheless, there was more activity than in The Kibitzer 1902. Tim Harding You would think from Hannak’s miserable biography of the World Champion, Emanuel Lasker, that the year 1903 did not exist for him. Indeed it was yet another year in which the now Dr Lasker (who had come to the New World after gaining his doctorate) did not participate in any major chess events. However, he was far from inactive, as he planned the launch of his chess magazine and toured some US cities for exhibitions to make money. It was to be the next year when he (and the USA) returned to top-level tournament play with the famous Cambridge Springs event. Order As we shall see below, Lasker began to warm up for his 64 Great Chess Games comeback by playing a 6-game thematic match with his old by Tim Harding rival Chigorin, who traveled from Russia for the purpose. Apart from this, the focus of activity lay in the Old World where the pretenders to Lasker’s crown (all of them destined to be disappointed), together with some members of the old