Berthold Suhle (1 January 1837,
Stolp,
Province of Pomerania, now
Poland
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– 26 January 1904,
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) was a German
chess
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master.
Born in
Stolp (Słupsk, then
Kingdom of Prussia
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, now Poland), he studied philosophy, philology and nature in Berlin (1855–1857) and Bonn (1857–1859).
He won a match with Bartolomeo Forlico (11.5 : 9.5) at Venice 1858, lost to
Adolf Anderssen
Karl Ernst Adolf Anderssen (July 6, 1818 – March 13, 1879)"Anderssen, Adolf" in ''The New Encyclopædia Britannica''. Chicago: Encyclopædia Britannica Inc., 15th edn., 1992, Vol. 1, p. 385. was a German chess master. He won the great internat ...
(+0 –5 =2) at Cologne 1859 and (+13 –27 =8) in Breslau from April to September 1859, won against Bernhard von Guretzky-Cornitz (+6 –1 =3) at Berlin 1860, drew with Anderssen (+3 –3 =2) at Berlin 1864, and beat
Philipp Hirschfeld (+7 –0 =2) at Berlin 1865.
He was an author of ''Der Schachkongress zu London im Jahre 1862 nebst dem Schachkongresse zu Bristol im Jahre 1861'' (Berlin 1864, two parts),
and wrote with
Gustav Neumann a well-received book on the latest chess theories, ''Die neueste Theorie und Praxis des Schachspiels seit dem Schachkongress zu New York i.J. 1857. Ein vollständiger Cursus der neuesten Spieleröffnungskunst'' (Berlin 1865). He also was a co-editor of the ''
Deutsche Schachzeitung ''Deutsche Schachzeitung'' (English: "''German Chess Paper''") was the first German chess magazine.
Founded in 1846 by Ludwig Bledow under the title ''Schachzeitung der Berliner Schachgesellschaft'' and appearing monthly, it took the name ''Deutsch ...
''. Suhle stopped playing to teach from 1877 to 1901, and was named a professor in 1895.
The Steinitz Papers, Part IV:Biographical Notes, p.309
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1837 births
1904 deaths
German chess players
Sportspeople from Słupsk
People from the Province of Pomerania
19th-century chess players
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