Johann Hermann Bauer (23 June 1861, Kotopeky – 5 April 1891,
Görz
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) was an Austrian
chess
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master.
Biography
Bauer was born in
Kotopeky in
Bohemia
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(then in the
Austrian Empire
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). His father was an estate owner in Kotopeky and a formally trained painter later in Prague. His mother Eleonora was an older sister of Czech composer
Josef Richard Rozkošný
Josef Richard Rozkošný (21 September 1833 – 3 June 1913) was a Czech composer and pianist.''The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Opera'', 1996, p. 111, John Hamilton Warrack, Ewan West. ("Others who successfully built upon Smetana's example includ ...
.
As a youth he settled in
Vienna
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and won the master title at Frankfurt 1887 (the 5th
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, ''Hauptturnier A''). His best tournament achievement was at
Graz
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1890 (+3 –0 =3) where he finished in 2nd place behind
Gyula Makovetz
Gyula Makovetz (Makowetz, Makovets) (29 December 1860, Arad – 8 August 1903, Budapest) was a Hungarian journalist and chess player.
He edited the chess magazine ''Budapesti Sakkszemle'' from 1889 to 1894. Makovetz was 1st, ahead of Johann Herma ...
and ahead of
Emanuel Lasker
Emanuel Lasker (; December 24, 1868 – January 11, 1941) was a German chess player, mathematician, and philosopher who was World Chess Champion for 27 years, from 1894 to 1921, the longest reign of any officially recognised World Chess Champ ...
and
Georg Marco
Georg Marco (29 November 1863 – 29 August 1923) was an Austrian chess player.
He was born in Chernivtsi (Cernăuţi), Bukovina (then part of Austria-Hungary). He later settled in Vienna and was secretary of the Viennese Chess Association.
I ...
. In 1891 whilst playing in a double-round tournament at Vienna his health broke down when he was sharing the lead with
Adolf Albin
Adolf Albin (14 September 1848 – 22 March 1920) was a Romanian chess player. He is best known for the countergambit that bears his name and for authoring the first chess book written in Romanian.
Life
He was born in Bucharest, Romania t ...
.
He won matches against
Bernhard Fleissig
Bernhard (Bernát) Fleissig (born 1853, Hungary – died 7 March 1931, Vienna) was a Hungarian-born Austrian chess master.
Bernhard Fleissig took 18th in the Vienna 1882 chess tournament (Wilhelm Steinitz and Szymon Winawer won), took 2nd, behind ...
(2:0) in 1890, and Albin (4:0) and Marco (3:1), both in 1891.
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J.H. Bauer is known mainly for losing to
Emanuel Lasker
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as a result of a brilliant double-bishop sacrifice at
Amsterdam
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1889.
He died of
tuberculosis
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at the age of 29.
See also
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Lasker versus Bauer, Amsterdam, 1889
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List of chess games
This is a list of notable chess games sorted chronologically.
pre-1700
* 1475: Castellví– Vinyoles, Valencia 1475. The first documented chess game played with the modern queen and bishop moves; the moves were described in the poem Scachs ...
References
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External links
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1891 deaths
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19th-century deaths from tuberculosis
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