World Chess Championship 1908
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Template:Short description Template:Infobox chess match A World Chess Championship was played between the incumbent Emanuel Lasker and the challenger Siegbert Tarrasch from August 17 to September 30, 1908, in Düsseldorf and Munich. Lasker successfully defended his title.
Results
The first player to win eight games would be the World Champion.
World Chess Championship Match 1908 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Wins Total Template:Flagathlete 1 1 0 1 1 = 1 = = 0 1 0 1 = = 1 8 10½ Template:Flagathlete 0 0 1 0 0 = 0 = = 1 0 1 0 = = 0 3 5½
Lasker retained his title.
Game 14, which lasted for 119 moves,[1] held the record for the longest game in a world championship until Game 5 of the 1978 championship, which lasted 124 moves.
References
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