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Erich Cohn
Number of games in database: 193
Years covered: 1902 to 1914
Overall record: +59 -81 =52 (44.3%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.
      1 exhibition game, odds game, etc. is excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:  Ruy Lopez (17)      C88 C87 C84 C97 C80  Ruy Lopez, Closed (12)      C88 C87 C84 C97  French Defense (11)      C12 C11 C10 C01 C02  Four Knights (9)      C49 C48  French (8)      C12 C11 C10 C00 C13  Queen's Pawn Game (8)      D02 D05 A46	With the Black pieces:  Ruy Lopez (24)      C65 C77 C66 C87 C96  Queen's Pawn Game (9)      D02 D05 D00 A40  Vienna Opening (9)      C29 C26  King's Gambit Accepted (6)      C33 C36 C39 C37  Giuoco Piano (6)      C50 C53 C54  Orthodox Defense (6)      D55 D51 D63 D60

NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   E Cohn vs Chigorin, 1907 1-0
   E Cohn vs Duras, 1909 1-0
   Znosko-Borovsky vs E Cohn, 1909 0-1
   E Cohn vs Burn, 1909 1/2-1/2
   E Cohn vs Burn, 1911 1-0
   J Perlis vs E Cohn, 1909 1/2-1/2
   E Cohn vs Vidmar, 1909 1/2-1/2

GAME COLLECTIONS: [what is this?]
   Stockholm 1912 (Nordic Chess Congress) by Phony Benoni
   yy_Early Passer Meeting - The Morbid Collection by whiteshark

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ERICH COHN (born Mar-01-1884, died Aug-28-1918) Germany [what is this?] Erich Cohn was a talented player whose results were hampered by a frail constitution. He won short contests like the Berlin Four Master tourneys of 1909 (1st=), 1911 (1st) and 1914 (1st=) but was seldom able to show in longer events. However, he did have some fine results at Abbazia (1912) where he was 3rd behind Rudolf Spielmann and Oldrich Duras, and second at Stockholm (1912), behind Alexander Alekhine. In matches he defeated Carl Johan Margot Carls and Alfred Ehrhardt Post. He was killed late in the First World War. Wikipedia article: Erich Cohn

page 1 of 8; games 1-25 of 193  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Smith vs E Cohn 1-0 9 1902 Hanover C21 Center Game 2. Lasker vs E Cohn 1-0 23 1902 USA tour sim C68 Ruy Lopez, Exchange 3. E Cohn vs Vidmar   ½-½ 41 1904 DSB-14.Kongress Hauptturnier A C67 Ruy Lopez 4. E Cohn vs Spielmann 1-0 29 1904 Coburg-A C80 Ruy Lopez, Open 5. E Cohn vs P Kaegbein   1-0 39 1904 DSB-14.Kongress Hauptturnier A C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed 6. E Cohn vs Nimzowitsch 0-1 30 1904 Coburg A C41 Philidor Defense 7. E Cohn vs F Benima   1-0 31 1905 Barmen Main A, GER B45 Sicilian, Taimanov 8. E Cohn vs R K Kieseritsky   1-0 63 1905 Barmen Main A, GER B01 Scandinavian 9. E Cohn vs E Heilmann   1-0 45 1905 Barmen Main A, GER D62 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack 10. E Cohn vs Vidmar 1-0 23 1905 Barmen Main A, GER D53 Queen's Gambit Declined 11. A Sartori vs E Cohn   0-1 39 1905 Barmen Main A, GER C29 Vienna Gambit 12. F Englund vs E Cohn 0-1 13 1905 Barmen - C29 Vienna Gambit 13. F Englund vs E Cohn   0-1 13 1905 Barmen Main A, GER C29 Vienna Gambit 14. L Loewy Sr vs E Cohn   1-0 41 1905 Barmen Main A, GER D51 Queen's Gambit Declined 15. E Cohn vs Moewig 1-0 44 1905 Barmen Main A, GER D55 Queen's Gambit Declined 16. E Cohn vs Duras 0-1 43 1905 Barmen Main A, GER C88 Ruy Lopez 17. E Cohn vs W Kunze   1-0 33 1905 Barmen Main A, GER C80 Ruy Lopez, Open 18. Gajdos vs E Cohn   0-1 33 1905 Barmen Main A, GER C73 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 19. D Bleijkmans vs E Cohn   ½-½ 41 1905 Barmen Main A, GER D32 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch 20. K Petzold vs E Cohn   ½-½ 53 1905 Barmen Main A, GER C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed 21. Rubinstein vs E Cohn ½-½ 70 1905 Barmen Main A, GER D51 Queen's Gambit Declined 22. E Cohn vs E E Middleton ½-½ 58 1905 Barmen Main A, GER D26 Queen's Gambit Accepted 23. H Wolf vs E Cohn   1-0 32 1906 15th DSB Kongress (Nuremberg) C49 Four Knights 24. E Cohn vs Nimzowitsch 0-1 65 1906 Munich A55 Old Indian, Main line 25. Spielmann vs E Cohn   0-1 47 1906 15th DSB Kongress (Nuremberg) C29 Vienna Gambit  page 1 of 8; games 1-25 of 193    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2) | Cohn wins | Cohn loses

Jul-16-03    Honza Cervenka: Erich Cohn was born in 1884. He certainly did not play the game with Tarrasch in 1882. The games from London 1899 were played by Wilhelm Cohn. Nov-22-04    InfinityCircuit: I'm trying to find a mystery game E. Cohn vs. Nimzowitsch. It comes from "My System" and starts in a set position. However, I can't find it in any database online or in Fritz. Does anyone know where it is? I want to get all the moves. Nov-22-04    Chessical: <InfinityCircuit> I know of the following E. Cohn vs. Nimzowitsch games: Munich 1906 Carlsbad 1907 Ostende 1907 Carlsbad 1911 As I do not have a copy of "My System" the respective game lengths were: 65, 20, 29 and 100 according to my source. Nov-22-04    sneaky pete: <Chessical> <IC> is questioning about either the Munich 1906 game, in "My system" given from 39.Qe5 .. until the end (65... Kd3) or about an unidentified game (no date/event) starting with 16... Qd7 and lasting over 30 moves. The diagrammed position might have arisen from a Steinitz defence against the Ruy Lopez, with black having played Nf6-g4x(B)e3, leaving white with an isolated doubled pawn after fxe3 ... (theme: doubled pawn and "Hemmung"). AN writes "after ... 31.exf5 .. the win could be forced by 31... Kh8 (etc)", implying that he missed the win. I'm afraid this is the mystery game <IC> is looking for. Dec-17-07    Karpova: Erich Cohn (1884-1918) was a doctor of medicine. May-20-08    whiteshark: Bio: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erich_... (German) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erich_... (English) He died in the western front, <as a field doctor>, at the end of World War I. Mar-01-09    brankat: Born 125 years ago, and left us so very much prematurely. R.I.P. Dr.Cohn. Mar-01-10    whiteshark: R.I.P. Schachmeister Cohn † August 28, 1918 (supposably) Jan-24-11    Ken Chamberlain: I like this players games. Jan-24-11    Raisin Death Ray: Not as mean as his cousin Roy! :) Feb-09-11    BIDMONFA: Erich Cohn COHN, Erich http://www.bidmonfa.com/cohn_erich.... _ Aug-19-11    whiteshark: Edward Winter's C.N. 7213 shows a picture and the booklet dedicated to him. <Scarce (many copies were destroyed by the Nazis because Cohn was Jewish). This was a little 18-page booklet dedicated to his memory since he was killed in action for Germany on 28 August 1918 after three years’ service.> Link: http://www.chesshistory.com/winter/... Photo: http://www.chesshistory.com/winter/... Aug-23-12    Karpova: The 4-Masters double-round robin Tournament in Berlin in 1909* began November 18. 1-2. E. Cohn 3.5 1-2. Teichmann 3.5 3. Spielmann 3.0 4. Von Bardeleben 2.0 Cohn and Teichmann shared the combined 1st and 2nd prizes (500 + 300 Mark), Spielmann got 250 Mark and Von Bardeleben 150 Mark. From page 212 of the 1910 'Wiener Schachzeitung' *Could the date in the Bio be mistaken (1910) as it was reported in 1910 but took place in 1909. Mar-01-13    Abdel Irada: The tragedy of this wide-ranging intellect (note the guitar and the shelves filled with books), constrained by ill health and destroyed at the age of 34 by a senseless war, underscores the larger social catastrophe: that it is not our talents, our skills, our hard strivings to advance, even our genius, that determine our fates, but the decisions made in our name and "for our own good" by a tiny cadre of self-appointed aristocrats deaf to the voice of conscience. Mar-01-13    perfidious: <Abdel Irada> For a later example of genius constrained by a petty mind, have a go at this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mir_Su... Mar-01-13    Abdel Irada: <perfidious>: That reminds me of something attributed to Stephen Jay Gould: <I am somehow less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein's brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops.> Mar-01-13    perfidious: <Abdel Irada> That quote fits, right enough.

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