Marshall-Lasker Match; March 15 - April, 1923
New York, Chicago, Milwaukee, Cleveland, Detroit, Baltimore, Washington D.C., and Long Island
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Frank J. Marshall 0 0 ½ 1 1 0 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 9½
Edward Lasker 1 1 ½ 0 0 1 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 8½
Edward Lasker (1885-1981) was a distant relation of Emanuel
Lasker, World Champion from 1894-1920.
Lasker was White in the odd-numbered games.
When Game 7 was adjourned, Lasker was taken ill and rushed to
Walter Reese Hospital in Chicago, suffering from a kidney attack.
He tried to have the game postponed, citing match rules that
allowed a postponement of up to 7 days in the event of a certified
illness.
However Marshall objected, that the rules did not apply to
adjournments. As a result, Lasker left the hospital against
Doctor's orders to play the game off and lost. He was in poor
health for the rest of the match.
Marshall never defended his title again after this, despite
several attempts to arrange a match with Isaac Kashdan, until
relinquishing it in December 1935, in order that it might from
then on be decided by tournament play.
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