Johann Hermann Bauer

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Johann Hermann Bauer (born June 30, 1861 in Prague , † April 5, 1891 in Gorizia ) was an Austrian chess master .

In 1886, Bauer moved from Prague to Vienna , where he initially worked as an accountant. At the turn of the year 1886/87 he won the championship of the Vienna Chess Society and then became a professional player. In 1887 he won the main tournament at the Congress of the German Chess Federation in Frankfurt am Main and received the championship title. In 1889 he shared 5th to 7th place in the championship tournament with Curt von Bardeleben , Isidor Gunsberg and Louis Paulsen in Breslau . In 1890 he came second in a master tournament of the Austro-Hungarian Chess Federation in Graz , ahead of Emanuel Lasker and Georg Marco , among others . His untimely death from tuberculosis in 1891 ended his promising chess career. In the year he died in 1891, he achieved two successes in competitions in Vienna: he defeated Georg Marco 3-1 (+2 = 2 −0) and Adolf Albin 4-0.

The chess world remembered Bauer for his defeat to Emanuel Lasker at the international championship tournament in Amsterdam in 1889: Lasker - Bauer, Amsterdam 1889 .

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SURNAME Bauer, Johann Hermann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian chess player
DATE OF BIRTH June 30, 1861
PLACE OF BIRTH Prague
DATE OF DEATH April 5, 1891
Place of death Gorizia