Common Sense in Chess 21st Century edition - LaskerIn the spring of 1895, reigning world champion Emanuel Lasker gave a series of lectures in London aimed at club players. Later that year Lasker gathered his lecture material together and wrote it up in manuscript form to be published, retaining the informal, conversational tone of the lectures. The result was Common Sense in Chess, long regarded as a classic both during Lasker's lifetime and for generations afterwards. It is a masterpiece of