Edward Lasker
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German-American chess and Go master, five-time US Open chess champion and author (cousin of world champion Emanuel Lasker); Jewish. Inducted into the World Chess Hall of Fame.
1885, Kempen, Prussia (present-day Kepno, Poland) — 1981, New York City, United States
Germany; United States
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German-American chess and Go master, engineer and author. He won five U.S. Open Chess Championships (1916-1921), played in the New York 1924 tournament alongside Capablanca and Alekhine, and co-founded the American Go Association. A distant relative of world champion Emanuel Lasker, this Jewish player was inducted into the World Chess Hall of Fame in 2017.
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German-American chess and Go master, five-time US Open chess champion and author (cousin of world champion Emanuel Lasker); Jewish. Inducted into the World Chess Hall of Fame.
Source: Tablet Magazine; Wikipedia — Edward Lasker
