In this autobiographical chess manual, Edward Lasker traces his successful chess career from his early interest in the game as a boy in Germany through more than 50 years of tournament play. No chess enthusiast can fail to be entertaines as this chess master and winner of five world capital championships describes the giants of the chess world whom he met and played against in tournament after tournament in the major cities of the Americas and Europe. Included are amusing anecdotes and first-hand impressions of many of the great players who have now become legendary figures, plus record of the hints given him by his intimate friends Dr. Emanuel Lasker, José Capablanca and Alexander Alekhine.