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	Lasker Trap - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Lasker Trap is a chess opening trap in the Albin Countergambit, named after Emanuel Lasker.
		It is unusual in that it features an underpromotion as early as the 7th move.
		In an 1899 consultation game in Moscow, Blumenfeld, Boyarkow, and Falk playing White against Lasker tried 6.Qa4+?, but Black wins after this move also.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lasker_Trap (201 words)

	1907 World Championship Match (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		In fact, by scoring the first three games, Lasker practically secured himself against defeat, as he could be content to take the draw whenever the slightest opportunity offered, whilst his opponent, always a player with a predilection for hazardous and brilliant strokes, was tempted into unsound play in his efforts to score a victory.
		Lasker's greatest strength is as a match player, although it must not be inferred from this that he is not almost equally formidable in tournament play, as reference to his record will demonstrate.
		The general opinion appeared to be that Lasker held his opponent in such a grip that he had merely to put forth his full powers to win the remaining games, the draws arising chiefly from lack of energy.
	members.aol.com /graemecree/chesschamps/world/world1907.htm (1464 words)

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		Lasker and Schlechter were to play a ten-game match, five in Vienna and five in Berlin.
		Lasker, who was not a fast starter, found himself struggling from the outset and he was lucky to get draws in the first two games.
		Lasker had been champion sixteen years and now he was on the verge of losing his crown.
	www.jewsinsports.org /Publication.asp?titleID=4¤t_page=21 (543 words)

	Category:Chess traps - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Ruy Lopez – Mortimer Trap, Noah's Ark Trap, Tarrasch Trap
		Sicilian Defence – Magnus Smith Trap, Siberian Trap
		Twenty-four additional opening traps, all ending in mate, are given under Checkmate.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Category:Chess_traps (84 words)

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		Lasker had taken this break soon after his successful title defence against Steinitz in Moscow; the dissertation which he was working on was evidently far enough advanced by the end of 1898 for him to think about playing chess again.
		Lasker had a lot of match experience but his early tournaments were not GM events and at Hastings 1895 he came "only" third.
		Lasker had won the tournament by now irrespective of his final results, but he concluded his event in glory on July 8, after drawing with Janowski, by beating Schlechter with Black in 22 moves.
	www.chesscafe.com /text/kibitz32.txt (2706 words)

	Chessville - Instruction - Annotated Games - Steinitz v. Lasker 1894 Game 8
		Lasker: The bishop cannot well be played to d3 as it would constantly be harassed on that square by the fl knights.
		Lasker: Here 37.Rcd1 was preferable, because the fl rooks threaten to become rather dangerous on that file, and it would have been advantageous for White to exchange at least one of the rooks and to continue his attack with Qe7.
		Lasker: An error in judgment; it weakens the kingside and allows Black to exchange his knight for bishop, a piece which added much toward solidifying White's game.
	www.chessville.com /instruction/Lasker_v_Steinitz/instr_annogames_steinitzvlasker1894g8.htm (517 words)

	Chessville - Instruction - Annotated Games - Lasker v. Steinitz 1894 Game 7
		Lasker: The game proceeded on novel lines from the sixth move, when, in order to get more advantage out of the position, I changed my line of attack completely.
		Lasker: Steinitz, by a very finely laid trap, gained two pawns, and, although I could have won at least one of them back by 20.Bf3, I preferred to go on with my attack.
		Lasker: However, Steinitz, still playing for a win, committed a great blunder on his forty-first move, lost the queen and knight or rook, and resigned shortly afterward.
	www.chessville.com /instruction/Lasker_v_Steinitz/instr_annogames_laskervsteinitz1894g7.htm (594 words)

	cevdetchess glossary
		Anderssen's Mate: A checkmate which corner is used by a white rook or queen to trap the enemy king, with support from a pawn or a bishop on the long diagonal.
		Desperado: a piece which is trapped or must inevitably captured or which is moved in order to inflict the greatest possible damage to the opposing side.
		The White king is trapped in the corner by an unassisted queen.
	yildiz.brinkster.net /cevdetchess/tr/admin/editor/sayfalar/glossary.htm (15664 words)

	OK Kosher Certification — Global Certification for a Chocolate Giant
		Rabbi Shimon Lasker, the OK representative in Belgium who has the hands-on responsibility for supervising Callebaut, was on hand as well.
		He also conceded that Rabbi Lasker has been very tough on Callebaut, but that toughness is welcomed at his company, because it leads to positive results.
		I fully agree with Onno Bleeker that Rabbi Lasker is tough, but his perseverance and insistence on kashrus without compromise are appreciated at Callebaut, whose quality control standards are without peer in the chocolate industry.
	www.ok.org /Content.asp?ID=220 (1357 words)

	Karl Schlechter
		Lasker, a brilliant scientist and chess player, had been the World Champion for 16 years at this time and seemed indestructible.
		Lasker was soon to regret that he didn't preserve the usual match terms as in the previous matches, in which the victor was determined by the number of wins, draws weren't counted.
		Lasker switched to 1.d4 for this game, having had little success with 1.e4 earlier in the match.
	snow.prohosting.com /~batgrrl/Schlechter.html (3480 words)

	World Chess Championship : 1894 Title Match Game 7 : Lasker - Steinitz
		Lasker had won games 1 & 3 as White; Steinitz had won games 2 & 4.
		Lasker: Steinitz, by a very finely laid trap, gained two pawns, and, although I could have won at least one of them back by 20.
		Qh2 Qd7 Lasker: However, Steinitz, still playing for a win, committed a great blunder on his 41st move, lost the queen and knight or rook, and resigned shortly afterward.
	www.mark-weeks.com /chess/z4ls07an.htm (603 words)

	Fischer at 24 - March 22, 2004 - Evans on Chess - Chess News - World Chess Network (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Lasker saw that it was not my opponent who had made a combination but I! Several hours later he met me in the hotel and said, ‘You must have been relieved when your opponent swallowed the bait,’ Then he added, ‘These players are not so strong as most people think.’
		And so Lasker had been the only one who had appraised the position properly and had been fully aware of the possibilities it contained.
		Ironically, it was Emanuel Lasker who emphasized that chess involves a struggle of the total human personality in which the rounded man and not necessarily the better player eventually is bound to triumph.
	www.worldchessnetwork.com /English/chessNews/evans/040322.php (2945 words)

	Lasker Award honors Rockefeller University biochemist for pioneering studies of gene activation
		Roeder is the 19th scientist associated with Rockefeller University to be honored with the Lasker Award, widely regarded not only as the "American Nobel" but also as a strong predictor of future Nobel Prize winners.
		Since the Lasker Awards were first presented in 1945, 47 percent of the Basic Lasker Winners have gone on to win the Nobel Prize, while 37 percent of all Nobel Prize winners have received Lasker Awards.
		In addition to the Lasker award, Roeder received the 2002 ASBMB-Merck Award, which he shared with Stanford University's Roger D. Kornberg, Ph.D., for their outstanding contributions to research in biochemistry and molecular biology, and the 2001 University of Pittsburgh Dickson Prize in Medicine.
	www.eurekalert.org /pub_releases/2003-09/ru-lah090903.php (2179 words)

	Civilization Fanatics' Forums - Wilhelm Steinitz vs Emanuel Lasker (1896)
		It was also here that Pillsbury caught the syphilis that put him in an early grave, in fact he was an early leader in the tournament but after receiving the diagnosis he lost five games in a row...
		First of all, fls 6th move looks highly dubious, instead he should try to generate counterplay by attacking white's pawn-chain, 6...b6 looks good.It seems like Lasker got too engaged in tactical threats against white's bishop, but he surely got a lesson not to be forgotten about the futility of that..
		Also note white's 25th move, the bishop is so valuable that exchanging it for a measley rook would have been a bad affair.This sort of superior evalution of positions is one of the things that really distinguishes great masters from us ordinary mortals and one of the things we should note carefully.
	forums.civfanatics.com /printthread.php?t=102052 (397 words)

	Mikhail Chigorin vs Emanuel Lasker (1899) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Late in his life Lasker once said: "I am an old lion, but if they put their heads into my mouth, I can still close it." Here, he was still a young lion, but his meal came just as easy: Chigorin beat himself through a series of dumb manuevers.
		Both Chigorin and Lasker are considered ammong the finest in tactics of all times.
		It is highly unlikely that Lasker would have allowed and Chigorin would have declined 35.Nxc6 if Black did not have an antidote.
	www.chessgames.com /perl/chessgame?gid=1036515 (1581 words)

	ZoomInfo Web Summary: Marty Lasker (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		MARTY LASKER, M.P.A., is the President of HLC, Inc., an international provider of training and consulting services.
		Through his pioneering efforts in the arena of continuing and in-service education, he has provided the leadership and vision that is evident in the strength of HLC and the recognition it receives.
		Lasker gives the example of the word "profit." To a financial person, the implications of whether the term refers to gross or net profit are clear.
	www.zoominfo.com /directory/Lasker_Marty_228322961.htm (289 words)

	Reflections
		Lasker once wrote that he had been playing chess all of his life, and that for the last 25 years of it he had actually tried to FORGET most of the information he had acquired !
		Lasker wrote that many of the mistakes a chessplayer makes could be avoided if he understood the chessboard better.
		Lasker taught that there is no reason to lose a fundamentally sound position, if you don't make any unforced mistakes, but when he taught this the 'average' club player had very little technique.
	canchess.tripod.com /reflecti.htm (3496 words)

	General Strategies (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		There is nothing more demoralizing than falling into a trap early on in the game.
		In Gothic Chess, there are many different traps that lie in wait for the unsuspecting player.
		By pushing the h-pawn once with 1...h6, fl can keep the Bishop off of the g5 square, which was the post from where the fl Queen was attacked previously.
	www.gothicchess.org /newer_players.html (443 words)

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		In the opening it is necessary to consider all these factors but another aspect is the promise of constructing a trap and winning brilliantly.
		Chris Holmes from St Maur, France has an intriguing tale of how he sets a trap for his opponent in the opening, it works but then he cannot achieve an advantage.
		I had a good look at the line you suggested and came to the conclusion that the 9 Nxe4 is fine for Black, while even the alleged trap should be harmless.
	www.chesscafe.com /text/lane20.txt (2410 words)

	Pakistan Chess Player (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		When we talk about chess traps, we always remember the incomparable art of Frank Marshall (1877-1944).Even the world's best chess players were afraid of the brilliant tactical blows of the American grandmaster.
		O. Duras was also known for his cunning traps; therefore it is interesting to see how Marshall deceived the vigilant grandmaster.
		Marshall was often on the look-out for traps after the first opening moves.
	pkchess.bizland.com /chesspress/january-04/marshall.html (607 words)

	Erathian Sewers
		They say the reason for the continued freedom of the Master Thief, William Lasker, is not the fact that he has a good hiding place, but that his guild is loyal to the Queen and happily assists with the various governmental functions that everyone KNOWS governments do, but don't want to be caught doing them.
		Quest: Go to Lord Markham's estate in Tatalia, steal the vase there, and return it to William Lasker in the Erathian Sewers.
		Quest: Go to Watchtower 6 in the Deyja Moors, and move the weight from the top of the tower to the bottom of the tower.
	www.rpgclassics.com /shrines/pc/mm7/erathiansewers.shtml (141 words)

	Chess: Free Encyclopedia Articles at Questia.com Online Library
		Each piece moves according to specific rules and is removed from the board when an opposing piece moves into its square, thus displacing it.
		The object in chess is to trap, or checkmate, the opponent's king.
		Official world champions have included: Adolph Anderssen of Germany, 1851â“58 and 1862â“66; Paul C. Morphy of the United States, 1858â“62; Wilhelm Steinitz of Austria, 1866â“94; Emanuel Lasker of Germany, 1894â“1921; JosÃ© R. Capablanca of Cuba, 1921â“27; Alexander A. Alekhine of France, 1927â“35 and 1937â“46; and Mikhail M. Botvinnik of the USSR, 1948â“57, 1958â“60, and 1961â“63.
	www.questia.com /library/encyclopedia/101237061 (2132 words)

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		Lasker works hard in the game to defeat White's plan, but Keidanski still gets his open lines.
		In the end, though, it is White's initiative and his control of the entire board that wins the game.
		It is hard to find a better attempt at defense here with the threat of 15.f5 trapping the Bishop.
	www.rci.rutgers.edu /~goeller/urusov/gambit/games/goeller-whitfield.htm (1088 words)

	Chess is Fun: Chess Positions on Stamps
		Ilyln Zhenevsky v Lasker, 1925 Again, not the example we would have picked for one of Lasker's best games.
		Of this beatuiful game, world champion Emanuel Lasker wrote in his Manual of Chess: "The end of the game is undoubtedly splendid.
		Lasker won the tournament, crushed Steinitz for the World Champioknship, and held that title for 25 years.
	www.queensac.com /positions.html (1133 words)

	Larry Evans - Chess News - World Chess Network (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Fact: On the contrary -- Lasker needed the win to retain his title on a 5-5 tie.
		Two days before the final game Lasker sent this report to the New York Evening Post: "The match with Schlecter is nearing its and and it appears probable that for the first time in my life I shall be the loser.
		Lasker finally saved his crown with 8 draws, a loss and this crucial win in the last game enabling him to tie the series.
	www.worldchessnetwork.com /English/chessNews/evans/021028.php (491 words)

	The Rockefeller University - Robert G. Roeder Lab
		Lasker Basic Medical Research Award, The eukaryotic transcriptional machinery: complexities and mechanisms unforeseen.
		Identity between TRAP and SMCC complexes indicates novel pathways for the function of nuclear receptors and diverse mammalian activators.
		The TRAP220 component of a thyroid hormone receptor-associated protein (TRAP) coactivator complex interacts directly with nuclear receptors in a ligand-dependent fashion.
	www.rockefeller.edu /labheads/roeder/roeder-pub.php (1889 words)

	Chess Archaeology (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Chess is a scientific game and its literature ought to be placed on the basis of the strictest truthfulness, which is the foundation of all scientific research.
		Lasker: An error in judgment; it weakens the kingside and allows Black to exchange his knight for bishop, a piece which added much toward solidifying White
		Lasker: 40...Rb3 would probably lead to a draw, namely: 41.Qa4 bxc5 42.Nxc5 Rxb5 (if 42...Qxb5 instead, White continues 43.Nxb3) 43.Nd7 Rxc1 44.Rxc1 Qb7 45.Nc5, and so on.
	www.chessarch.com /excavations/000A_lask_stei/ca0008.shtml (671 words)

	Albin Counter Gambit: Encyclopedia topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		can lead to the Lasker Trap (Lasker Trap: the lasker trap is a chess opening trap in the albin counter gambit, named after...
		The Lasker Trap is notable because it is rare to see an underpromotion as early as move 7.
		Instead the game usually continues 4.Nf3 Nc6 (4...c5 allows 5.e3 because Black no longer has the bishop check) and now White's primary options are 5.a3, 5.Nbd2, and 5.g3.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /reference/albin_counter_gambit (308 words)

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