Wilhelm Hanstein

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Wilhelm Hanstein

Wilhelm Hanstein (born August 3, 1811 in Berlin , † October 14, 1850 in Magdeburg ) was a German chess player of the 19th century and was one of the masters of the influential Berlin chess school . He was one of the strongest chess players of his time.

Life

Hanstein was a son of the Protestant theologian and senior consistorial councilor Gottfried August Ludwig Hanstein .

His chess teacher was Ludwig Bledow . Among the Berlin masters mentioned were u. a. his frequent opponent Tassilo von Heydebrand and the Lasa as well as Hanstein's cousin Carl Mayet . Hanstein was considered an opening expert and worked for a time on the manual of the game of chess, which goes back to Paul Rudolph von Bilguer (the main author was von Heydebrand and the Lasa). After Bledow's death in 1846, he finally took over the editing of the Berlin chess newspaper .

Two competitions are known of him. In 1842 he won against Carl Ferdinand Jänisch 4-1 with just one draw and in 1847 against Carl Mayet 12-5 with another draw.

In 1848 Hanstein, who was a lawyer, was appointed to Magdeburg as a councilor. There he died of an illness two years later.

A variant of the King Jumper Gambit is named after Hanstein . The Hanstein Gambit arises after the moves 1. е2-е4 е7-е5 2. f2 – f4 e5xf4 3. Ng1 – f3 g7 – g5 4. Bf1 – c4 Bf8 – g7, when White moves instead of h2 – h4 Continuing development and then attacking the enemy pawns with g2 – g3.

literature

  • Ludwig Bachmann : From bygone times. Pictures from the history of the development of the practical game of chess. 2 volumes. Berlin 1920–1922 (Volume 2: pp. 129–132)
  • Alfred Diel : Wilhelm Hanstein and his gambit. In: Kaissiber . No. 13, January-March 2000, pp. 58-59.
  • O. Koch: W. Hanstein. In: Deutsches Wochenschach 1908, pp. 361–365.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Stefan Bücker : The new king's gambit . Franckh, Stuttgart 1986, p. 77. ISBN 3-440-05692-9 

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personal data
SURNAME Hanstein, Wilhelm
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German chess master and lawyer
DATE OF BIRTH August 3, 1811
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH October 14, 1850
Place of death Magdeburg