Adolf Albin
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| Adolf Albin in 1895 |
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 Romania
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| Born | September 14, 1848 Bucharest , Principality of Wallachia |
| Died | March 22, 1920 Vienna |
| Best Elo rating | 2643 (August 1895) ( historical rating ) |
Adolf Albin (born September 14, 1848 in Bucharest , † March 22, 1920 in Vienna ) was a chess master and chess theorist from Romania . In the heavily occupied tournament in New York in 1893 , he finished second behind Emanuel Lasker . He also took part in the famous 1895 tournament in Hastings . Albin played several competitions, including 1894 in New York against Jackson Whipps Showalter (7:10 with 9 draws), 1900 in Vienna against Simon Alapin (1: 1 with 4 draws), in 1901 in Vienna against Georg Marco (2: 4 with 4 Remisen) and in 1918 in Vienna against Richard Réti (1: 1). Its highest historical rating was 2643 in August 1895. At the time it was number 15 in the world rankings.
He enriched chess theory by examining a line from the Queen's Gambit , which was given the name " Albin's Counter- Gambit " (1. d2 – d4 d7 – d5, 2. c2 – c4 e7 – e5). It was introduced into tournament practice by him in 1893 against Lasker and later also occasionally used by Alexander Alekhine . In addition, Albin was the first to play the variant against the French Defense, later known as the Alekhine Chatard attack , in Vienna in 1890 . His work Amiculu Jocului de Schach , published in 1872, was the first chess book in Romanian.
Michael Lorenz proved in Chess Note 11752 (March 8, 2020) that Albin died on March 22, 1920, and not (as previously assumed) on February 1, 1920.
literature
- Olimpiu G. Urcan: Chess fathering a nation . Moravian Chess, Olomouc 2004, ISBN 80-7189-514-8 .
- Olimpiu G. Urcan: Adolf Albin in America. A European Chess Master's Sojourn, 1893–1895 . McFarland, Jefferson 2008. ISBN 978-0-7864-3010-9 .
- Adolph (sic!) Albin: Chess Aphorisms and Reminiscences, self-published, Hanover 1899.
Web links
- Olympiu G. Urcan: Adolf Albin and the Genesis of the Albin Counter Gambit Part I ( Memento from June 4, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 226 kB) or Part II ( Memento from July 9, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) ( 2004; English; PDF; 144 kB)
Individual evidence
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| SURNAME | Albin, Adolf |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Romanian chess master and theorist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 14, 1848 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bucharest |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 22, 1920 |
| Place of death | Vienna |