Word: steinitz
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Dates: during 1924-1924
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Emanuel Lasker, before his defeat by Capablanca, had held the championship for nearly 30 years. He alone links the names of Steinitz, Tschigorin, Pillsbury to the present. After studying in Prussian schools and winning a Doctorate of Mathematics at Heidelberg (see Education, this issue), he took up chess professionally...