#chess #reengineeringtheclassics #carlschlechter #dawidjanowski A nice little article on Chessbase about the great Nuremberg tournament of 1896! https://en.chessbase.com/post/revisiting-nuremberg-1896
Chess greats jostle for supremacy: Revisiting Nuremberg 1896
Nuremberg 1896 was one of the several super-tournaments in the last decade of the nineteenth century. Coming as it did when the world crown was perceived to be hanging precariously on Emanuel Lasker’s head, the tournament presented a stern test to Lasker himself and all the other world title contenders. It is fitting to revisit the tournament on its 127th anniversary.