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Richard Teichmann
Number of games in database: 540
Years covered: 1890 to 1925
Overall record: +218 -117 =204 (59.4%)*
   * 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 (70) 
    C67 C88 C66 C77 C87
 French Defense (28) 
    C01 C11 C12 C10 C14
 Ruy Lopez, Closed (21) 
    C88 C87 C90 C84 C91
 Orthodox Defense (20) 
    D63 D55 D60 D64 D61
 Queen's Pawn Game (19) 
    D02 D05 A50 A40 D04
 Four Knights (16) 
    C49 C48 C47
With the Black pieces:
 Ruy Lopez (68) 
    C77 C67 C87 C84 C68
 Orthodox Defense (36) 
    D63 D61 D64 D52 D60
 Four Knights (25) 
    C49 C47 C48
 Ruy Lopez, Closed (20) 
    C87 C84 C88 C86
 Queen's Pawn Game (19) 
    D00 D02 D05
 Giuoco Piano (15) 
    C50 C53 C54
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   Teichmann vs NN, 1914 1-0
   Teichmann vs Allies, 1902 1-0
   Teichmann vs Schlechter, 1911 1-0
   Von Scheve vs Teichmann, 1907 0-1
   Teichmann vs Nimzowitsch, 1911 1-0
   Teichmann vs Burn, 1909 1-0
   J Mason vs Teichmann, 1894 0-1
   Teichmann vs O Bernstein, 1909 1-0
   Von Scheve vs Teichmann, 1907 0-1
   Teichmann vs Loman, 1904 1-0

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   Hastings (1895)
   Monte Carlo (1902)
   Vienna (1903)
   Monte Carlo (1903)
   Cambridge Springs (1904)
   Ostend (1905)
   Karlsbad (1907)
   Vienna (1908)
   Prague (1908)
   St Petersburg (1909)
   Hamburg (1910)
   Karlsbad (1911)

GAME COLLECTIONS: [what is this?]
   The Chess Career of Richard Teichmann by Resignation Trap
   Monte Carlo 1903 by suenteus po 147
   Ostend 1905 by suenteus po 147
   Vienna 1903 by LaBourdonnaisdeux
   1903 Vienna by TheFocus

GAMES ANNOTATED BY TEICHMANN: [what is this?]
   Pillsbury vs J Mason, 1895
   Lasker vs Janowski, 1895
   J Mason vs Tarrasch, 1895
   Von Bardeleben vs Mieses, 1895
   Steinitz vs Tinsley, 1895
   >> 16 GAMES ANNOTATED BY TEICHMANN

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RICHARD TEICHMANN
(born Dec-24-1868, died Jun-15-1925) Germany

[what is this?]
Richard Teichmann was born in Lehnitzsch Sachsen-Altenburg, Germany. In 1890 he was a student of modern languages (becoming fluent in several of them) and studied in Berlin where he also improved his chess. He moved to England in 1892 as a language teacher and resided there for a number of years.

His chess career began with a 3rd placing at Leipzig 1894 but at London 1899 he had to withdraw after 4 rounds because of eye trouble. He lost the use of his right eye and from then on wore an eye patch. He returned to tournament play in 1902 and won so many fifth prizes up to 1910 that he earned the nickname "Richard the Fifth". In 1911 at Karlsbad he had his finest moment finishing 1st in a strong 25 player field (+13, =10, -2). (See Game Collection: Karlsbad 1911 for more on this tournament.)

In match play he won against Jacques Mieses, Rudolf Spielmann and Curt von Bardeleben and in 1921 drew (+2, =2, -2) with Alexander Alekhine. He understood positional play very well and was a good analyst and brilliant problemist.

A chronic kidney and heart complaint overcame him in the Virchow Hospital in Berlin in 1925 where he passed away.

Wikipedia article: Richard Teichmann


 page 1 of 22; games 1-25 of 540  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves Year Event/LocaleOpening
1. NN vs Teichmann 0-114 1890 -10752C31 King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit
2. Loman vs Teichmann  0-142 1892 London (Match)C25 Vienna
3. L Van Vliet vs Teichmann  0-163 1893 LondonC77 Ruy Lopez
4. Teichmann vs Blackburne  ½-½22 1893 London ;HCL 44C11 French
5. Tinsley vs Teichmann  ½-½62 1893 LondonD00 Queen's Pawn Game
6. Teichmann vs Bird 1-060 1893 LondonB23 Sicilian, Closed
7. Teichmann vs J Mason  0-124 1893 LondonC48 Four Knights
8. P K Seuffert vs Teichmann  0-126 1894 DSB-09.KongressC13 French
9. Schlechter vs Teichmann  ½-½18 1894 LeipzigC42 Petrov Defense
10. Teichmann vs Tarrasch 0-142 1894 DSB-09.KongressC26 Vienna
11. A Zinkl vs Teichmann  0-153 1894 DSB-09.KongressC79 Ruy Lopez, Steinitz Defense Deferred
12. Mieses vs Teichmann 0-136 1894 LeipzigC13 French
13. G Marco vs Teichmann 1-051 1894 DSB-09.KongressC67 Ruy Lopez
14. J Mason vs Teichmann 0-124 1894 LeipzigC74 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense
15. Teichmann vs Lipke  ½-½52 1894 DSB-09.KongressD05 Queen's Pawn Game
16. Janowski vs Teichmann 1-031 1894 09.DSB-KongressC14 French, Classical
17. Teichmann vs Schiffers  ½-½33 1894 DSB-09.KongressC28 Vienna Game
18. K De Weydlich vs Teichmann 0-133 1894 LeipzigA20 English
19. Teichmann vs J N Berger  ½-½17 1894 DSB-09.KongressD05 Queen's Pawn Game
20. Teichmann vs H Suechting  1-036 1894 DSB-09.KongressC28 Vienna Game
21. Teichmann vs Rolland  1-056 1894 LondonD02 Queen's Pawn Game
22. Teichmann vs Blackburne  1-041 1894 09.DSB-KongressC46 Three Knights
23. Teichmann vs K Walbrodt  1-071 1894 DSB-09.KongressB01 Scandinavian
24. J W Baird vs Teichmann 0-179 1894 Leipzig (Germany)C80 Ruy Lopez, Open
25. Mieses vs Teichmann  0-143 1895 London (Match)C25 Vienna
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Feb-19-09  Jim Bartle: By 3 o'clock this afternoon.
Feb-19-09
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  keypusher: <chancho>

Hard to believe! It seems like the picture could be either for Hastings 1895 or Nuremburg 1896, since they had similar lineups, but since there are only 18 people pictured I am guessing Nuremberg. Probably the worst tournament of Teichmann's life.

Who is the hulk next to Blackburne? Marco?

Lasker and Tarrasch look like they are wearing tinted glasses for some reason.

Feb-19-09
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  chancho: <keypusher> The pic is from Hastings 1895. And yes, that's Marco next to Blackburne.
Feb-19-09
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  keypusher: thanks, <Chancho>. here's who I know, more or less:

Back row: Albin, Schlechter, ?, Marco, Blackburne, __, Schiffers?, ___, Burn, ___(Bird?)

Front row: ___ (Vergani?), Steinitz, Chigorin, Lasker, Pillsbury, Tarrasch, Mieses, Teichmann (though obviously never would have guessed him before you posted his name).

I looked on <Calli>'s picasa site, but couldn't find tournament pictures.

Feb-19-09
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  chancho: <Keypusher> The guy standing to Blackburne's left is Geza Maroczy who played in the minor tournament.
Feb-19-09
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  Benzol: There seems to be some confusion regarding the players in the photo. It was indeed from Hastings 1895.

Back row (standing) left to right : Albin, Schlechter, Janowski, Marco, Blackburne, Maroczy, Schiffers, Gunsberg, Burn and Tinsley.

Front row (seated) left to right :
Vergani, Steinitz, Chigorin, Lasker, Pillsbury, Tarrasch, Mieses and Teichmann.

Feb-19-09
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  whiteshark: The guy standing to Burns's right is Isidor Gunsberg
Feb-19-09
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  chancho: Thanks <Benzol>.
Feb-19-09
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  Benzol: <chancho> You're right about Maroczy.

Perhaps I should also have mentioned those players from the tournament who for some reason are not in the photo.

They were : von Bardeleben, Walbrodt, Bird, Mason and Pollock.

Feb-19-09
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  whiteshark: Back row: David Janowski is standing between <Schlechter> and <Marco>.
Feb-19-09
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  chancho: There's this game from the minor tournament that Maroczy won:

Owen vs Maroczy, 1895

Feb-19-09
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  whiteshark: Dooh, I only switched between the picture and keypusher's whitespaces, w/o noticing that Benzol's already posted the complete list.
Feb-19-09
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  chancho: Still appreciate the effort <whiteshark>
Feb-20-09
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  keypusher: <Benzol> <whiteshark> Thanks to you too! I thought that looked like Maroczy but since he didn't play in the main tourney I didn't think he would be in the picture. I guess the photo was taken after the tournament was over?

Janowski certainly upgraded his appearance and bearing in subsequent years.

It's nice to have a face to put with Tinsley, who I am fond of.

Gunsberg was tiny!

Sep-09-09  Marcelo Brasileiro: Would like anyone to have the whole game that he played against Capablanca (Berlin 1913) commented by Capa? The interested ones please send to me an e-mail (mbrchess@yahoo.co.uk) with the subject "Capablanca-Teichmann, Berlin 1913)": I have these comments with the whole game in Idel Becker's "Manual de Xadrez" (Chess Manual).
Dec-24-09  BIDMONFA: Richard Teichmann

TEICHMANN, Richard
http://www.bidmonfa.com/teichmann_r...
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Dec-24-09  fred lennox: master of the sweeping, cut and thrust kind of playing.
Dec-01-10  Marcelo Bruno: Very curious a small detail: how could be called a tournament as "Memorial Emanuel Lasker", that contains Teichmann's last known game, remembering that Lasker only died the 11th January 1941?
Dec-28-10  Marcelo Bruno: Which was his eye desease?
Apr-03-11  myschkin: . . .

@ <Dec-01-10 Marcelo Bruno> Teichmann vs Mieses, 1925

A: bad pgn code

One of the last tournaments of the year was a small double-round, four-man event in Berlin on 9-17 December [1924], unexpectedly won by Paul F Johner of Switzerland ahead of Rubinstein, Teichmann and Mieses. (It was the final tournament of Teichmann’s career, and he died about six months later.)

source: http://www.chesshistory.com/winter/...

e.g. see http://www.365chess.com/view_game.p...

PS: why exactly he had to withdraw at London 1899 is beyond reach ATM.

Dec-24-11  Penguincw: < He returned to tournament play in 1902 and won so many fifth prizes up to 1910 that he earned the nickname "Richard the Fifth". >

Interesting. Richard the Fifth.

Mar-18-12  Karpova: C.N. 7557 reproduces an article found by Gene Gnandt (Houston, TX, USA) written by Capablanca on Dr. Lasker, Tarrasch and Teichmann (page 9 of the 'Evening Post' (New York), 22 July 1916).

Link: http://www.chesshistory.com/winter/...

Jose Raul Capablanca: <Richard Teichmann is a player who combines the qualities of both Lasker and Tarrasch. Like Lasker, Teichmann has Bohemian tendencies. He is an accomplished linguist; cannot extend himself to his best effort unless his whiskey and soda are at close call; and is clever at all games of cards and billiards. Work is no virtue with him, despite his massive bulk. As soon as his money is gone, he sets about to play chess.>

Aug-19-12  Karpova: Dr. Emanuel Lasker: <Er ist ein gebildeter Mensch, der solche Dinge wie Alt-Französisch und Alt-Englisch und dabei ein halbes Dutzend moderner Sprachen kennt, mit dem sich vortrefflich über Philosophie und anderes disputiren läßt, der aber bei alledem etwas bäuerlich Derbes hat.>

From pages 299-300 of the 1911 'Wiener Schachzeitung'

(he is an educated man who knows things like old french and anglo-saxon and half a dozen modern languages, with whom you can discuss philosophy and other topics excellently though there remains something rural earthy about him)

Aug-21-12  Karpova: Teichmann won a small double-round robin tournament held in Munich in early February, 1909:

1. Teichmann 4.5
2. Alapin 3.5
3. Spielmann 2.5
4. Przepiorka 1.5

Teichmann scored +4 -1 =1

From page 178 of the 1909 'Wiener Schachzeitung'

Aug-23-12  Karpova: The match against Curt von Bardeleben that's mentioned in the bio ended 4.0-2.0 for Teichmann and took place from 1909.11.11 to 1909.11.18 in Berlin.

The 10-games revenge match between Teichmann and Von Bardeleben in Berlin at the Cafe Kerkau ended +5 =4 -3 in Teichmann's favor.

From page 212 of the 1910 'Wiener Schachzeitung'

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