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Adolf Anderssen
1818 – 1879
About this person
Wikipedia SummaryKarl Ernst Adolf Anderssen was a German chess master. He won the great international tournaments of 1851 and 1862, but lost matches to Paul Morphy in 1858, and to Wilhelm Steinitz in 1866. Accordingly, he is generally regarded as having been the world's leading chess player from 1851 to 1858, and leading active player from 1862 to 1866, although the title of World Chess Champion did not yet exist.
Biographical & Professional Details
Date of birth
July 6, 1818
Wrocław
Date of death
March 13, 1879
Wrocław
Citizenship
Kingdom of Prussia
Occupations & fields
chess playernon-fiction writerchess composermathematician
- Field and occupation
- německý šachový mistr
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