Hugo Fähndrich (3 July 1851 – 3 July 1930) was an Austrian–Hungarian

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master. Born in Hungary, he moved to Vienna. In 19th/20th century, the Viennese chess school, founded by

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Wiener Schachzeitung ''Wiener Schachzeitung'' (or ''Wiener Schach-Zeitung'', "''Viennese Chess Bulletin''") was the name of several Austrian chess periodicals published in Vienna between 1855 and 1949. Original publications (1855 and 1887-1888) The original publicat ...

''. He played several tournaments in Vienna; took 3rd in 1896 (Marco won), took 4th in 1897 (Schlechter won), took 9th in 1897/98 (Marco won).Welcome to the Chessmetrics site
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Notable chess games

Hugo Fähndrich vs Wilhelm Steinitz, Vienna 1897, Bishop's Opening, Urusov Gambit (C24), 1-0Carl Schlechter vs Hugo Fähndrich, Vienna 1904, Ruy Lopez, Open Variation (C80), 0-1Oldřich Duras vs Hugo Fähndrich, Vienna 1909, Danish Gambit, Accepted (C21), ½–½

References

Literature

Hugo Fähndrich: ''Internationales Kaiser-Jubiläums-Schachturnier'', 1981,

External links

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