Tournament & Match Record

Rapid tournaments, matches at odds, and Rice Gambit matches are not included. ↔ denotes matches; ♕ marks world championship contests.

YearEvent/Opponent+=Place/Result
1889Breslau (qualifier)7201
1889Breslau (final)5a021
1889Amsterdam5212
1889↔ von Bardeleben211win
1889/90↔ Mieses530win
1890↔ Bird732win
1890↔ Miniati320win
1890Berlin6b2c11–2
1890Graz3213
1890↔ Englisch230win
1891↔ Lee110win
1892London (B.C.A.)8211
1892London (Quintangular)5301
1892↔ Blackburne640win
1892↔ Bird500win
1892↔ exhibition matchesd21e12 
1892/93↔ Showalter622win
1893↔ Golmayo y Zúpide210win
1893↔ Vázquez310win
1893New York13001
1894↔♕ Steinitz1045win
1895Hastings14343
1895/96St. Petersburg8731
1896Nuremberg12331
1896/97↔♕ Steinitz1052win
1899London19e711
1900Paris143f11
1901↔ Janowski110win
1904Cambridge Springs9422–3
1906Trenton Falls4201
1907↔♕ Marshall870win
1908↔♕ Tarrasch853win
1908↔ Speijer210win
1909St. Petersburg13321–2
1909↔ Janowski202draw
1909↔ Janowski721win
1910↔♕ Schlechter181draw
1910↔♕ Janowski830win
1914St. Petersburg10711
1916↔ Tarrasch510win
1918Berlin3301
1921↔♕ Capablanca0104loss
1923Mährisch-Ostrau8501
1924New York13611
1925Moscow10822
1934Zurich9245
1935Moscow61303
1936Moscow31056
1936Nottingham6537–8
1940↔ Marshall011unfinished
Total33817464
source: Forster/Negele/Tischbierek, Lasker, vol. 3, p. 451

[a] Including the play-off win against von Feyerfeil.

[b] Including two victories by default.

[c] Including a drawn play-off game against Berthold Lasker.

[d] Exhibition matches of three games each at the Manhattan Chess Club against eight masters.

[e] Including one victory by default.

[f] Including two drawn games that did not count and had to be replayed.