Hans Fahrni
Hans Fahrni (born October 1, 1874 in Prague , † May 28, 1939 in Ostermundigen , Switzerland ) was a Swiss chess master .
In 1908 he won a match against Salwe with 3-1 in a draw. In Munich , where he had moved, he held a contest against in September 1908 Alekhine draw (+1 = 1 -1) and won the following year a four Masters tournament before Tartakower , Alapin and Spielmann . Without a doubt, he achieved his greatest success in 1911 in San Remo , when he won against Lowtzky, Forgacs , Kostić , Przepiórka , Gunsberg , Réti etc.
As the first Swiss professional chess player, Fahrni excelled in numerous areas of chess. In 1911 in Munich, for example, he set a world record in simultaneous play by being the first master to play more than a hundred games simultaneously. He was also active in correspondence chess and as a problem and study composer .
In order to earn a living, he worked at times as a sales representative and played for small stakes in cafes. In his memoirs, Carl Carls called him the greatest chess idealist he had ever met. Ludwig Bachmann described him as a daring attacking player, but whose game was not deep enough to be more successful. Fahrni also wrote chess columns and wrote two chess books: The Endgame in Chess (Leipzig 1917) and The Alekhine Defense (Bern 1922).
Illness overshadowed Fahrni's later life. During the First World War he was admitted to a psychiatric clinic for the first time and soon afterwards deported to his home country. After 1917 he spent the rest of his life in the Waldau sanatorium near Bern .
His best historical Elo rating was 2557 in December 1906. Fahrni achieved his best classification (with a slightly lower score) in January 1917 as number 20 in the world rankings.
literature
- Munich latest news. October 5, 1908.
Web links
- Literature by and about Hans Fahrni in the catalog of the German National Library
- Biographical information and games of Hans Fahrnis ( Memento from October 9, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF file; 167 kB)
- Playable chess games by Hans Fahrni on chessgames.com (English)
- Compositions by Hans Fahrni on the PDB server
Individual evidence
- ↑ Carl Carls and the Bremen part . De Gruyter, Berlin 1957. pp. 14-15.
- ↑ Tournament book of the Teplitz-Schönau Chess Congress 1922 . P. 575.
- ↑ Hans Fahrnis historical Elo numbers on chessmetrics.com (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Fahrni, Hans |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss chess master |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 1, 1874 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Prague |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 28, 1939 |
| Place of death | Ostermundigen |