Defending champion |
Challenger | |||||
Emanuel Lasker | Siegbert Tarrasch | |||||
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Born 24 December 1868 39 years old |
Born 5 March 1862 46 years old | |||||
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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.