Andreas Dückstein

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Andreas Dückstein 1960.jpg
Andreas Dückstein, Berg en Dal 1960
Association AustriaAustria Austria
Born August 2, 1927
Budapest , Hungary
title International champion (1956)
Current  Elo rating 2065 (December 2018)
Best Elo rating 2430 (January 1975)
Tab at the FIDE (English)

Andreas Dückstein (born August 2, 1927 in Budapest ) is an Austrian chess player .

Life

Andreas Dückstein lived in Budapest for 22 years. He was initially a gymnastics teacher and later earned a doctorate in law.

He won the Austrian state championship three times (1954, 1956 and 1977), but despite his successes remained an amateur throughout his life. In 1956, FIDE awarded him the title of International Master . He took for Austria in nine Chess Olympiads in the years 1956 bis 1988 in part, reaching in 1956 and 1974 respectively, the highest individual score on the second board. Dückstein took part in the European team championship with Austria in 1989 .

He won individual games against the world chess champions Max Euwe , Michail Botwinnik and Boris Spasski , but could not win any major international tournaments. As a senior he reached a third place at the 1991 World Chess Championship for seniors in Bad Wörishofen, which Vasily Smyslow won.

Dückstein was Austrian team champion in 1966 with SK Austria Wien , in 1967, 1968 and 1971 with SK Hietzing Wien and in 1993 and 1994 with SK Margareten , with whom he also took part in the 1993 European Club Cup . Other clubs in Dückstein are or were Tschaturanga Wien , SK Währing , SK Zwettl , SC Fischer Wien (from 1994 to 1996 in the State League A), Blackburne Nickelsdorf , SV Grimmenstein , SK Flötzersteig (from 1988 to 1990 in the State League A) and the 1 Wiener Neustädter SV (in the 1998/99 season in the State League A).

Dückstein published the book Masters of Tower Endgames (1890-1914) in 1979 (Wiener Schachverlag, Vienna 1979). According to the historical Elo number , he was in January 1957 at number 56 in the world rankings.

Tournament successes

  • Amsterdam IBM tournament 1964: 3rd place
  • Birseck 1971: 3rd – 4th space

Web links

Commons : Andreas Dückstein  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Andreas Dückstein's results at the Chess Olympiads on olimpbase.org (English)
  2. ↑ Andreas Dückstein's results at the European Team Championships on olimpbase.org (English)
  3. ↑ Listings in the Landesliga Wien 1965/66 at chess-results.com
  4. ↑ Listings in the Landesliga Wien 1966/67 at chess-results.com
  5. ↑ Listings in the Landesliga Wien 1967/68 at chess-results.com
  6. ↑ Listings in the Landesliga Wien 1970/71 at chess-results.com
  7. ↑ Andreas Dückstein's results at European Club Cups on olimpbase.org (English)
  8. ↑ Listings of the 2nd Bundesliga East 2012/13 at chess-results.com
  9. ↑ Listings of the Landesliga Wien 2003/04 at chess-results.com
  10. ↑ Listings of the Landesliga Niederösterreich 2004/05 at chess-results.ocm
  11. ↑ Listings of the Landesliga Burgenland 2002/03 on chess-results.com
  12. ↑ Listings of the Staatsliga B Ost 1999/2000 on chess-results.com
personal data
SURNAME Dückstein, Andreas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian chess player
DATE OF BIRTH August 2, 1927
PLACE OF BIRTH Budapest