Samuel Rosenthal
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| Samuel Rosenthal, around 1885 |
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 Poland France
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| Born | September 7, 1837 Suwałki |
| Died | September 12, 1902 Neuilly-sur-Seine |
| Best Elo rating | 2655 (July 1885) ( historical rating ) |
Samuel Rosenthal (born September 7, 1837 in Suwałki , Poland , † September 12, 1902 in Neuilly-sur-Seine , France ) was a Polish-French chess master and journalist.
Life
Rosenthal grew up in Poland occupied by Tsarist Russia , which he left after the failed January uprising in 1863/64 and emigrated to France. In Paris he was a very successful professional player in the Café de la Régence in the years 1865-1867 , where he won a large number of tournaments. In 1867 he, already a representative of France, took part in the great international tournament in Paris on the occasion of the world exhibition . His ninth place belied his actual playing strength. In 1870 he took part in Baden-Baden , where he could not win a prize, but defeated the tournament winner Adolf Anderssen . In 1873 in Vienna he was fourth, in 1878 in Paris seventh. In 1880 he won the 1er tournoi national in Paris , a previous tournament of the French individual championship . At the chess tournament in London in 1883 Rosenthal finished eighth.
In addition to playing chess, Rosenthal mainly worked as a journalist. Among other things, he was the editor of the French chess newspaper La Stratégie , in addition he headed a large number of chess columns in various newspapers, including from 1885 to 1902 that of Le Monde Illustré . Rosenthal also earned his living as a chess teacher. After Wilhelm Steinitz , Rosenthal is said to have been the most materially successful chess teacher of the 19th century.
His best historical rating was 2655 in July 1885, making him 7th in the world rankings at that time.
Private
Rosenthal studied law . He had a weak physical constitution.
literature
- Michael Negele: Samuel Rosenthal, the Parisian "chess impresario". In: Karl 2006, 4, pp. 31–39.
- Edward Winter : A Forgotten Showman. In: New In Chess 07/1999, pp. 86-92. ( extended online version )
Web links
Individual references and sources
- ^ Entry "Chess trainer", in: Klaus Lindörfer: The great chess dictionary . Orbis Verlag, Munich 1991, p. 228. ISBN 3572027349 .
- ↑ Chess Monthly , 10/1889, p. 34. Quoted in Winter.
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| SURNAME | Rosenthal, Samuel |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Polish-French chess master and journalist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 7, 1837 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Suwałki , Poland |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 12, 1902 |
| Place of death | Neuilly-sur-Seine |