Exeter Chess Club Stories: Lasker incognito

Lasker often used to play without letting on who he was: he had fun at the expense of one poor chap who managed always to win against his mystery opponent when he gave knight odds, but lost when he had the extra knight!

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One day he sat down to play a blind man, who despite his disability was a strong player.

  After a few moves of the game, the man raised his head and said,

"Ah, Dr.Lasker, I presume."

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