Ernst Falkbeer
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| Ernst Falkbeer |
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| Surname | Ernst Karl Falkbeer |
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 Austria
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| Born | June 27, 1819 Brno , Austrian Empire |
| Died | December 14, 1885 Vienna |
| Best Elo rating | 2524 (January 1856) ( historical rating ) |
Ernst (or Ernest ) Karl Falkbeer (born June 27, 1819 in Brno , † December 14, 1885 in Vienna ) was an Austrian chess master .
Life
Ernst Falkbeer came to Vienna to law to study, but broke off the training and became a journalist and staff liberal foreign newspapers. In the revolutionary year of 1848 he had to flee from Vienna to Germany . He found worthy chess partners in Leipzig , Berlin , Dresden and Bremen . He played with Anderssen and Dufresne , among others .
In 1853 he was able to return to Vienna, where he founded the Wiener Schachzeitung two years later . He then went to England and headed the Sunday Times chess column in London . In numerous individual competitions, including against Bird and Brien, he proved his mastery. In the tournament of Birmingham in 1858 he finished second.
In the years from 1855 to 1858, Falkbeer was one of the five best players in the world several times , measured by historical rating .
Falkbeer also made contributions to chess theory, for example, he introduced the Falkbeer counter-gambit named after him into tournament practice - a promising attempt to take the initiative in the king's gambit by sacrificing a pawn and to narrow the opponent. Tarrasch was of the opinion that the King's Gambit was refuted. However, this assessment has not caught on.
Web links
- Replayable chess games by Ernst Falkbeer on chessgames.com (English)
Individual evidence
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| SURNAME | Falkbeer, Ernst |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Falkbeer, Ernst Karl; Falkbeer, Ernest; Falkbeer, Ernst K. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian chess master |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 27, 1819 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Brno |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 14, 1885 |
| Place of death | Vienna |