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 Emanuel Lasker |  David Janowski | |||||
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| Born 24 December 1868 41 years old | Born 25 May 1868 42 years old | |||||
From November 8 to December 8, 1910, aWorld Chess Championship match was played in Berlin between the championEmanuel Lasker and the challengerDavid Janowski. It was the second world championship match played in 1910, followingLasker's title defense againstCarl Schlechter earlier that year. Lasker successfully defended his title, with the score—Lasker winning 8 games, Janowski winning none, and 3 draws—being the most one-sided in World Chess Championship history.
Lasker and Janowski played two exhibition matches in 1909, the first drawn (+2 -2) and the second won convincingly by Lasker (+7 =2 -1). The longer 1909 match has sometimes been called a world championship match,[1] but research byEdward Winter indicates that the title was not at stake.[2]
The first player to win eight games would be World Champion.
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Wins | Total | |
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| Emanuel Lasker (Germany) | 1 | = | = | 1 | 1 | = | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 9½ |
| David Janowski (France) | 0 | = | = | 0 | 0 | = | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1½ |
Lasker retained the title in the most one-sided World Championship of all time.
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