World Chess Championship 1908

A World Chess Championship was played between the incumbent Emanuel Lasker and the challenger Siegbert Tarrasch from August 17 to September 30, 1908, in Düsseldorf and Munich. Lasker successfully defended his title.

World Chess Championship 1908

	Defending champion	Challenger
	Emanuel Lasker	Siegbert Tarrasch
	Emanuel Lasker	Siegbert Tarrasch
	10½ Scores 5½
	Born 24 December 1868 39 years old	Born 5 March 1862 46 years old
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Results

The first player to win eight games would be the World Champion.

World Chess Championship Match 1908

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Wins	Total
Emanuel Lasker (Germany)	1	1	0	1	1	=	1	=	=	0	1	0	1	=	=	1	8	10½
Siegbert Tarrasch (Germany)	0	0	1	0	0	=	0	=	=	1	0	1	0	=	=	0	3	5½

Lasker retained his title.

Game 14, which lasted for 119 moves,^[1] held the record for the longest game in a world championship until Game 5 of the 1978 championship, which lasted 124 moves.