Hugo Fähndrich
Hugo Fähndrich (3 July 1851 – 3 July 1930) was an Austrian–Hungarian chess master.
Born in Hungary, he moved to Vienna. In 19th/20th century, the Viennese chess school, founded by Max Weiss, was propagated by the Carl Schlechter–Arthur Kaufmann–Hugo Fahndrich trio.[1]
He was the tournament director at Kaiser Jubiläumsturnier 1898 in Vienna.[2] In 1898 he, along with Alexander Halprin and Georg Marco, renewed Wiener Schachzeitung.[3]
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).[4]
Notable chess games
[edit]- Hugo Fähndrich vs Wilhelm Steinitz, Vienna 1897, Bishop's Opening, Urusov Gambit (C24), 1-0
- Carl Schlechter vs Hugo Fähndrich, Vienna 1904, Ruy Lopez, Open Variation (C80), 0-1
- Oldřich Duras vs Hugo Fähndrich, Vienna 1909, Danish Gambit, Accepted (C21), ½–½
References
[edit]- ^ Judaism and Chess Archived 2007-11-04 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Schach Turnierergebnis Server chess-results.com at chess-results.com
- ^ 1844-1945, D Archived 2008-01-17 at the Wayback Machine at www.ballo.de
- ^ Welcome to the Chessmetrics site Archived 2006-04-14 at the Wayback Machine at www.chessmetrics.com
Literature
[edit]Hugo Fähndrich: Internationales Kaiser-Jubiläums-Schachturnier, 1981, ISBN 3-283-00057-3
External links
[edit]- Hugo Fahndrich player profile and games at Chessgames.com
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