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List Of Mini Chess Tournaments
This article lists some of the famous small chess tournaments in history. Introduction The list comprises only regular tournaments with three or four players (''Triangular'' or ''Quadrangular''). The first international tournament with four players (two Spanish and two Italian) was held, at the invitation of King Philip II of Spain, at the Royal Court of Spain in Madrid in 1575. Tournaments * 1575 Madrid 1. Giovanni Leonardo da Cutri, 2. Paolo Boi, 3. Ruy López de Segura, 4. Alfonso Ceron * 1821 Saint Cloud (''Triangular'') 1. Louis-Charles Mahé de La Bourdonnais, 2. Alexandre Deschapelles, 3. John Cochrane * 1855 London (''Triangular'') 1. Ernst Falkbeer, 2. Adolf Zytogorski, 3. Brien * 1865 Elberfeld 1. Gustav Neumann 2. Viktor Knorre 3. Hoeing 4. Pinedo * 1867 Cologne 1–2. Wilfried Paulsen, Conrad Vitzthum von Eckstaedt, 3–4. Ehrmann, Emil Schallopp * 1871 Krefeld (''Triangular'') 1. Louis Paulsen, 2. Adolf Anderssen, 3. Johannes Minckwitz * 1871 Wiesbaden 1. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chess Tournament
A chess tournament is a series of chess games played competitively to determine a winning individual or team. Since the first international chess tournament in London, 1851, chess tournaments have become the standard form of chess competition among serious players. Today, the most recognized chess tournaments for individual competition include the Linares chess tournament (now defunct) and the Tata Steel chess tournament. The largest team chess tournament is the Chess Olympiad, in which players compete for their country's team in the same fashion as the Olympic Games. Since the 1960s, chess computers have occasionally entered human tournaments, but this is no longer common. Most chess tournaments are organized and ruled according to the World Chess Federation (FIDE) handbook, which offers guidelines and regulations for conducting tournaments. Chess tournaments are mainly held in either round-robin style, Swiss system style or elimination style to determine a winning party. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emil Schallopp
Emil Schallopp (1 August 1843, Friesack, Germany – 9 April 1919, Berlin) was a German chess master and author. He became head of the shorthand department of the Reichstag. He wrote many books, including one on the Steinitz– Zukertort 1886 World Championship match. He is best known today as an author, particularly of the seventh edition (1891) of the ''Handbuch des Schachspiels''. Tournaments Schallopp played in many international chess tournaments, especially in the 1880s, although he never won an important event. He placed fourth at Wiesbaden 1880, after Joseph Henry Blackburne, Berthold Englisch, and Adolf Schwarz, and ahead of James Mason, Szymon Winawer, Louis Paulsen, and nine others. He placed second at Nottingham 1886 to Amos Burn, and received the best game prize for his encounter with Zukertort. Legacy The Schallopp Defense to the King's Gambit Accepted (1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 Nf6) is named after him. The Schallopp Defense variation of the Slav Defense The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hermann Von Gottschall
Hermann von Gottschall (16 October 1862, Posen – 7 March 1933, Görlitz) was a German chess master, son of the poet Rudolf Gottschall (since 1877: ''von Gottschall'') who was also a noted chess player. He took 3rd at Nuremberg 1883 (the 3rd DSB Congress, ''Hauptturnier A''), won at Berlin 1883, tied for 13-14th at Hamburg 1885 (the 4th DSB-Congress, Isidor Gunsberg won), tied for 17-18th at Frankfurt 1887 (the 5th DSB-Congress, George Henry Mackenzie won), shared 2nd with Jacques Mieses, behind Siegbert Tarrasch, at Nuremberg 1888, and tied for 5-8th at Berlin 1890 ( Emanuel Lasker and Berthold Lasker won). Dr. Hermann von Gottschall won at Halle 1892, tied for 8-9th at Dresden 1892 (the 7th DSB-Congress, Tarrasch won), tied for 4-6th at Kiel 1893 (the 8th DSB-Congress, Curt von Bardeleben and Carl Walbrodt won), took 12th at Cologne 1898 (the 11th Amos Burn won), tied for 11-12th at Munich 1900 (the 12th Géza Maróczy, Harry Pillsbury and Carl Schlechter won), tied f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Alcock MacDonnell
George Alcock MacDonnell (16 August 1830 in Dublin – 3 June 1899 in London) was an Anglican clergyman as well as a chess master and writer. He tied for 3rd-4th at London 1862 (the 5th British Chess Congress, Adolf Anderssen won), won two matches against George Henry Mackenzie (8 : 5) and (6.5 : 3.5) both at Dublin 1862, shared 1st with Wilhelm Steinitz at Dublin 1865, but lost a play-off game to him there, tied for 2nd-3rd at London 1866 (the 1st British Chess Championship, Cecil De Vere won), tied for 3rd-4th at Dundee (Gustav Neumann won), tied for 3rd-5th at London 1868/69 (the 2nd BCA Challenge Cup, Joseph Henry Blackburne and De Vere won), shared 3rd at London 1872 (Steinitz won), and took 4th at London 1872 (the 4th BCA Challenge Cup, John Wisker and De Vere won). MacDonnell won a match against Wisker (3.5 : 0.5) at Bristol 1873, and lost a rematch (6 : 9) at London 1874. He took 4th at London 1876 (Blackburne won), took 4th at London 1879 (''Quadrangular'', Henry Bird ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Mason (chess Player)
James Mason (19 November 1849 – 12 January 1905) was an Irish-born British-American chess player, journalist and writer who became one of the world's best half-dozen players in the 1880s. Mason was ranked the number 1 player in the world by Chessmetrics during 11 separate months between August 1877 and June 1878.Jeff SonasChessmetrics Player Profile: James Mason Retrieved on 2018-06-02. Biography Mason was born in Kilkenny in Ireland. He was adopted as a child and took the name James Mason (his original birth name was unknown) when his family moved to the United States in 1861. There he learned chess and eventually secured a job at the ''New York Herald''. Mason made his first mark on the chess scene in 1876 when he won the Fourth American Chess Congress in Philadelphia, the New York Clipper tournament, and defeated Henry Bird in a match by the comfortable margin of 13–6. In 1878 he settled in England. His best tournament results were third at the Vienna 1882 tourna ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Henry Blackburne
Joseph Henry Blackburne (10 December 1841 – 1 September 1924) was a British chess player. Nicknamed "The Black Death", he dominated the British scene during the latter part of the 19th century. Blackburne learned the game at the relatively late age of 17 or 18, but he quickly became a strong player and went on to develop a professional chess career that spanned over 50 years. At one point he was one of the world's leading players, with a string of tournament victories behind him, and popularised chess by giving simultaneous and blindfold displays around the country. Blackburne also published a collection of his own games. Biography Joseph Henry Blackburne was born in Manchester in December 1841. He learned how to play draughts as a child, but when he was aged 17 or 18, he heard about Paul Morphy's exploits around Europe, and he switched to playing chess: Blackburne joined the Manchester Chess Club in 1861. In July 1861 he lost 5–0 in a match with Manchester's stronges ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Edward Bird
Henry Edward Bird (14 July 1829A date of 1830 has been given, but baptismal records indicate 1829. – 11 April 1908) was an English chess player, author and accountant. He wrote the books ''Chess History and Reminiscences'' and ''An Analysis of Railways in the United Kingdom''. Although Bird was a practising accountant, not a professional chess player, it has been said that he "lived for chess, and would play anybody anywhere, any time, under any conditions."Harold C. Schoenberg, ''Grandmasters of Chess'', W.W. Norton & Co., New York, Rev. Ed. 1981, p. 66. Tournament play At age 21, Bird was invited to the first international tournament, London 1851. He also participated in tournaments held in Vienna and New York City. In 1858 he lost a match to Paul Morphy at age 28, yet he played high-level chess for another 50 years. In the New York tournament of 1876, Bird received the first ever awarded, for his game against James Mason. Legacy In 1874 Bird proposed a new chess var ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Constantin Schwede
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Ernst Flechsig
Ernst Flechsig (5 October 1852 - 11 October 1890) was a German chess master. Flechsig was born in Bad Elster. He shared 2nd at Düsseldorf 1876 (the 10th Western German Chess Congress, ''Kongresse des Westdeutschen Schachbundes (WDSB)'', Wilfried Paulsen won), took 10th at Leipzig 1877 (the 3rd Central German Chess Congress, ''Kongresse des Mitteldeutschen Schachbundes (MDSB)'', Louis Paulsen won), and tied for 8-9th at Leipzig 1879 (the 1st German DSB Congress, ''Kongresse des Deutschen Schachbundes (DSB)'', Berthold Englisch won). Dr. Ernst Flechsig won a game with Fritz Riemann Fritz Riemann (2 January 1859, Weistritz, near Schweidnitz – 25 November 1932, Erfurt) was a German chess master. Born in Silesia (then Prussia), he was a chess pupil of Adolf Anderssen in Breslau. In 1876, he won a match against Arnold Schott ... at Breslau 1885 where he was the first player on record to play the Exchange Variation of the Nimzowitsch Defence. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hermann Von Hanneken (chess Player)
Bernhard August Karl Hermann von Hanneken (2 February 1810 – 6 September 1886) was a German chess player. He was a Prussian general who analysed in ''Schachzeitung'' in 1850 the line 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Lc4 Sf6 (the Cozio Defence to the King's Gambit). He lost a match to Augustus Mongredien Augustus Mongredien (1807–1888) was a corn merchant, also known as a political economist and writer. He was a leading amateur British chess master. Life He was born in London in 1807, of French parents. His father was a French officer who fle ... (+1 –3 =2) at Berlin 1845, tied for 3rd-5th at Düsseldorf 1862 (the 2nd WDSB Congress, Max Lange won), and took 4th at Wiesbaden 1871 ( Carl Göring won). References 1810 births 1886 deaths German chess players 19th-century chess players {{germany-chess-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adolf Stern (chess Player)
Adolf Stern (25 December 1849, Grünstadt Grünstadt ( pfl, Grinnschdadt) is a town in the Bad Dürkheim district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany with roughly 13,200 inhabitants. It does not belong to any ''Verbandsgemeinde'' – a kind of collective municipality – but is nonetheless t ..., Rhineland-Palatinate – 24 August 1907, Mannheim) was a German chess master. Born into a merchant Jewish family, he was the second child of Jacob Stern and Babette Caroline. At the beginning of his chess career, he participated in Baden-Baden 1870 chess tournament, playing only four games (scoring 1½/4) because of Franco-Prussian War (as a Bavarian reservist, he fought in the war). In August 1871 he played in Wiesbaden (section I) scoring 3/4. In September 1871 he took second place, behind Samuel Mieses, in Bad Ems. In July/August 1878 he took ninth in Frankfurt (the 12th WDSB–Kongress, Louis Paulsen won). [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carl Göring
Carl Theodor Göring (Goering) (28 April 1841 in Brüheim – 2 April 1879 in Eisenach) was a German professor, philosopher and chess master. In 1870, he took 3rd in the first Austrian Chess Federation Congress, held in Graz (Johann Berger won). In 1871, he took 4th in Krefeld (9th WDSB–Congress, West German Chess Congress, Louis Paulsen won); took 3rd in Leipzig (1st MDSB–Congress, Middle German Chess Congress, Adolf Anderssen won); won in Wiesbaden (Pentagonal); took 4th in Bad Ems ( Samuel Mieses won). He took 3rd at Altona 1872 (3rd NDSB–Congress, North German Chess Congress, Adolf Anderssen won); tied for 2nd at Leipzig 1876 (2nd MDSB–Congress, Middle German Chess Congress, Anderssen won); took 5th at Leipzig 1877 (Louis Paulsen won); took 5th at Cologne 1877 (11th WDSB–Congress, West German Chess Congress, Johannes Zukertort won). His name is attached to the Göring Gambit in the Scotch Game (1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. c3), the Göring Attack in the Ev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
