The name "Lasker compensation" is sufficiently conditional. In classical literature, this ratio of material is defined unambiguously: a queen against a rook, a light figure and a pawn. In the book presented to the reader, this issue is considered more broadly: the queen at one side, and the rook and the light figure at the other, is the fundamental position. One or two pawns can end up on either side without disturbing the integrity of the logical narrative. Moreover, the victims of the queen for a rook, a light figure and pawns are usually attributed to the positions of the mittelspielnye . This paper deals with the issues of struggle in this material ratio in all phases of the chess game .. A book for chess players-dischargers, coaches, heads of chess circles and sections and just chess lovers .