Edward & Emanuel Lasker were related but only distantly. They also knew each other and both played go and chess. Also, there were two famous "Max Lange"s in Germany at about same time, who played chess and/or go, and kew the Laskers... but I do not know whether the two Max Langes were related. Although the Laskers thought they were very strong go players, likely among the strongest in the West at the time, they were probably quite weak by Asian standards, plausibly about 1 amateur dan. I unfortunately learned go initially from Lasker's book. I really do not know how best to learn go in English. It is a deep game, much deeper than chess, although the rules are simpler. -- Warren D. Smith http://RangeVoting.org <-- add your endorsement (by clicking "endorse" as 1st step)