Emanuel Lasker
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Emanuel Lasker was a German chess player, mathematician, and philosopher. He was the second World Chess Champion, holding the title for 27 years, from 1894 to 1921, the longest reign of any officially
Lasker in 1929
Lasker as a young man
Wilhelm Steinitz, whom Lasker beat in World Championship matches in 1894 and 1896
Sketch of Lasker, c. 1894
Frank James Marshall was the U.S. Chess Champion from 1909 to 1936, and one of the world's strongest chess players in the early part of the 20th century.
Marshall (fifth from left) at the St. Louis tournament (1904), which he won