Um, what do you mean, 'relative to his compatriots'? Lasker, relative to other Prussians/Poles/Germans?... uh... or Kasparov's? No idea what you could mean, sor

Um, what do you mean, 'relative to his compatriots'? Lasker, relative to other Prussians/Poles/Germans?... uh... or Kasparov's? No idea what you could mean, sorry. Peers, maybe. Well, he almost lost to Schlechter, never played Rubinstein etc. Champions didn't have to play matches every couple of years like recently, and they could choose who they played! Anyway, I've never heard anyone claim Lasker was the strongest player ever. Although I'm very fond of his games and books too. :-) Well, outside chess fans, anyone pre-Fischer is 'relatively unknown'...totally unknown, even.