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Lasker v Tarrasch 1908

Düsseldorf & Munich · Aug 1908

Lasker 10½–5½ Tarrasch

Lasker won 10½–5½.

Momentum

The score gap, game by game: up is Lasker.

Tarrasch +5levelLasker +5startgame 16

The coach's numbers

Emanuel Lasker92.0 · 3 blunders, 12 mistakes
Siegbert Tarrasch90.9 · 9 blunders, 12 mistakes

The costliest move

The move that cost the match's loser the most, in a game they lost.

Lasker v Tarrasch 1908, Game 12

Tarrasch v Lasker · 1–0

62... Nf5 by Lasker: chances 40% → 1%

The coach: a4 instead (the arrow) — with it, Lasker was slightly worse.

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Every game

Each line is White's chances move by move, as the coach saw them; above the middle, White is better. The mark is the costliest move.

Game 1: Lasker v Tarrasch 1–0

55 moves · e4 e5 Nf3 Nc6 · accuracy Lasker 94.6, Tarrasch 91.6

Costliest move: 43... Rf4 (Tarrasch, 23% → 8%)

Game 2: Tarrasch v Lasker 0–1

41 moves · e4 e5 Nf3 Nc6 · accuracy Tarrasch 90.7, Lasker 93.8

Costliest move: 40. a4 (Tarrasch, 41% → 4%)

Game 3: Lasker v Tarrasch 0–1

44 moves · e4 e5 Nf3 Nc6 · accuracy Lasker 88.6, Tarrasch 92.8

Costliest move: 13. Nf1 (Lasker, 62% → 46%)

Game 4: Tarrasch v Lasker 0–1

41 moves · e4 e5 Nf3 Nc6 · accuracy Tarrasch 91.9, Lasker 96.4

Costliest move: 26. Rxd6 (Tarrasch, 39% → 19%)

Game 5: Lasker v Tarrasch 1–0

38 moves · e4 e5 Nf3 Nc6 · accuracy Lasker 88.8, Tarrasch 86.7

Costliest move: 25... f5 (Tarrasch, 51% → 32%)

Game 6: Tarrasch v Lasker ½–½

53 moves · e4 e6 d4 d5 · accuracy Tarrasch 91.2, Lasker 90.9

Costliest move: 53. Kb4 (Tarrasch, 71% → 56%)

Game 7: Lasker v Tarrasch 1–0

76 moves · e4 e6 d4 d5 · accuracy Lasker 95.2, Tarrasch 93.7

Costliest move: 54... Kh6 (Tarrasch, 16% → 1%)

Game 8: Tarrasch v Lasker ½–½

48 moves · e4 e5 Nf3 Nc6 · accuracy Tarrasch 90.0, Lasker 90.4

No move cost more than 12%.

Game 9: Lasker v Tarrasch ½–½

72 moves · e4 e6 d4 d5 · accuracy Lasker 93.1, Tarrasch 93.4

No move cost more than 12%.

Game 10: Tarrasch v Lasker 1–0

32 moves · e4 e5 Nf3 Nc6 · accuracy Tarrasch 92.8, Lasker 90.7

Costliest move: 21... Re4 (Lasker, 51% → 37%)

Game 11: Lasker v Tarrasch 1–0

28 moves · e4 e6 d4 d5 · accuracy Lasker 93.5, Tarrasch 87.5

Costliest move: 23... Qxb2 (Tarrasch, 22% → 9%)

Game 12: Tarrasch v Lasker 1–0

65 moves · e4 e5 Nf3 Nc6 · accuracy Tarrasch 91.9, Lasker 89.7

Costliest move: 62. Kb6 (Tarrasch, 99% → 60%)

Game 13: Lasker v Tarrasch 1–0

44 moves · d4 d5 c4 e6 · accuracy Lasker 92.6, Tarrasch 90.9

Costliest move: 32... f5 (Tarrasch, 34% → 7%)

Game 14: Tarrasch v Lasker ½–½

119 moves · e4 e5 Nf3 Nc6 · accuracy Tarrasch 95.9, Lasker 94.7

Costliest move: 119... Kh4 (Lasker, 50% → 0%)

Game 15: Lasker v Tarrasch ½–½

51 moves · d4 d5 Nf3 c5 · accuracy Lasker 92.4, Tarrasch 91.3

Costliest move: 30... Kf8 (Tarrasch, 29% → 16%)

Game 16: Tarrasch v Lasker 0–1

26 moves · e4 e5 Nf3 Nc6 · accuracy Tarrasch 82.4, Lasker 86.5

Costliest move: 26. Nd4 (Tarrasch, 43% → 6%)

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