Hugo addiction

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Hugo Süchting (born October 8, 1874 in Brackrade , Principality of Lübeck , † December 27, 1916 in Valluhn , Mecklenburg-Schwerin ) was a German chess player .

Life

Hugo Süchting came from the village of Brackrade in the part of East Holstein that belonged to Oldenburg as an exclave . In nearby Eutin , he attended agricultural school for two years .

In later years Süchting sold the farm in Brackrade, which he had inherited from his father, and took over an estate in Valluhn in western Mecklenburg at the side of his wife. There he died at the age of only 42 from a lung disease that had affected him for a long time.

Chess career

Chess offered Süchting a balance for his work as a farmer. Since he lived constantly in the country, he lacked the opportunity to compete with strong chess players outside of major tournaments. Suchting was active in regional chess life. The Barmer tournament book lists Süchting 1905 as a member of the Kiel Chess Society from 1884 and the Altona Chess Club . In addition, a chess club in Liensfeld near Eutin (today: chess club from 1875 to Eutin ) is mentioned at the same place . At that time, this syndicate had only five members, including "H." and "W. Suchting ”, both“ Farmer in Brackrade ”.

At this point, Süchting was already a well-known chess player. At the German championship in Kiel in 1893 , Suchting had won the main tournament, which was connected with the achievement of the title of master. He was then entitled to participate in the championship tournaments. The following year he landed at the heavily occupied congress in Leipzig with 6.5 points from 17 games, but only one of the lower places. He defeated Dawid Janowski and James Mason and scored, among other things, draw games against Carl Schlechter and Joseph Henry Blackburne . In 1896 the DSB did not organize a championship tournament in Eisenach . At the main tournament, Suchting and Ignaz von Popiel finished 2nd / 3rd. Space. At the great international tournament in Berlin in 1897, Süchting finished in 15th place out of twenty participants.

Even in the later period, Suchting, who was a decided draw player for the time, mostly achieved average results. At the congress in Coburg in 1904 he reached 8th place out of thirteen participants. In 1905 he came second at a tournament in Hamburg , ahead of Carl Carls , Richard Teichmann and Curt von Bardeleben . His 6th place at the DSB congress in Düsseldorf in 1908 is probably his greatest success .

At several international tournaments in which Süchting continued to participate ( Ostend 1906, Vienna 1908, Prague 1908, Karlsbad 1911), he did not achieve any great success. At the big Karlovy Vary tournament he shared the 14th / 16th with Erich Cohn and Grigori Löwenfisch with 11.5 points among 26 participants . Space.

There are also several addicting competitions to be mentioned. In 1910 he defeated Curt von Bardeleben (3: 0, = 4) .; Finally, Süchting won duels in Hamburg against Paul Saladin Leonhardt in 1911 (+1) and Carl Carls in 1912 (+1). When he again measured himself against Leonhardt in Hamburg in 1912, it ended evenly.

In 1905, Süchting was honored by the Altona Chess Club "in view of his services to raising chess in the province of Schleswig-Holstein ". He was also an honorary member of the Lower Elbian Chess Federation .

Assessment of the skill level

The highest historical Elo rating of Süchtings was 2594 in March 1912. The historical calculations of the Elo figures were criticized by the English chess grandmaster John Nunn in his book John Nunn's Puzzle Book (first published in 1999) using the example of Hugo Süchtings, whose actual rating he had at most Estimated 2100. In a comparative world ranking list, addiction would have been in 19th place in July 1912.

Opening variant

A minor variant in the Slavic Defense is named after him: 1. d2 – d4 d7 – d5 2. c2 – c4 c7 – c6 3. Ng1 – f3 Ng8 – f6 4. Nb1 – c3 Qd8 – b6 . The World Cup candidate Gata Kamsky used this defense in some games with good success.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c Alfred Diel: Hugo Süchting, the great silent. In: Kaissiber, No. 12, October – December 1999, pp. 70–71
  2. ^ Alfred Diel: Hugo Süchting, the great silent one, in: Kaissiber, No. 12, October-December 1999; Appendix to Georg Marco : The international chess congress of the Barmer Chess Association 1905. Reprint Zurich 1984, p. 540, ISBN 3-283-00130-8 .
  3. ↑ German Chess Congresses ( Memento of December 4, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) (English)
  4. ↑ Deutsche Schachzeitung , February 1905, p. 59 f.
  5. ↑ John Nunn's Book of Chess Problems . Gambit Publications, London 2006, ISBN 1-904600-53-0 .
  6. ↑ Excerpts from John Nunn's Chess Puzzle Book (English)
  7. ↑ Hugo Süchtings historical Elo rating on chessmetrics.com (English)
  8. ↑ D10 – D19 on ecochess.com (English)

literature

  • Alfred Diel : Hugo Süchting, the great silent one , in: Kaissiber , No. 12, October – December 1999, pp. 70–71

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personal data
SURNAME Addict, Hugo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German chess player
DATE OF BIRTH October 8, 1874
PLACE OF BIRTH Brackish wheel
DATE OF DEATH December 27, 1916
Place of death Valluhn