Oscar Gelbfuhs
Number of games in database: 30
Years covered: 1871 to 1873
Overall record: +7 -15 =8 (36.7%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.

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With the White pieces:  French Defense (5)      C01 C00	With the Black pieces:  Ruy Lopez (4)      C77 C65 C80

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OSCAR GELBFUHS (born Nov-09-1852, died Sep-27-1877) Austria [what is this?] Oscar Gelbfuhs was born in Sternerg (Sternberk), Czech Republic and died in Teschen, Poland. He was a competitor in the Vienna tournament of 1873. Not all the competitors played the same number of games and there were wrangles about placings. Gelbfuhs proposed an auxiliary scoring method for tie breaking. A simpler version the 'Neustadtl Score' later became widely used.

page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 30  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. J N Berger vs Gelbfuhs   0-1 26 1871 Vienna C80 Ruy Lopez, Open 2. K Pitschel vs Gelbfuhs 0-1 32 1873 Vienna C39 King's Gambit Accepted 3. Meitner vs Gelbfuhs   ½-½ 24 1873 Vienna C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 4. A Schwarz vs Gelbfuhs ½-½ 27 1873 Vienna C50 Giuoco Piano 5. Gelbfuhs vs Blackburne   ½-½ 20 1873 Vienna (Austria) C01 French, Exchange 6. Gelbfuhs vs J Heral   ½-½ 39 1873 Vienna B01 Scandinavian 7. Gelbfuhs vs A Schwarz   ½-½ 36 1873 Vienna C00 French Defense 8. Gelbfuhs vs Anderssen   0-1 39 1873 Vienna C52 Evans Gambit 9. Gelbfuhs vs S Rosenthal   1-0 31 1873 Vienna C33 King's Gambit Accepted 10. Gelbfuhs vs K Pitschel   ½-½ 34 1873 Vienna C01 French, Exchange 11. S Rosenthal vs Gelbfuhs   1-0 44 1873 Vienna C48 Four Knights 12. Blackburne vs Gelbfuhs 1-0 65 1873 Vienna (Austria) A81 Dutch 13. Paulsen vs Gelbfuhs   1-0 56 1873 Vienna (Austria) C25 Vienna 14. Gelbfuhs vs M Fleissig   1-0 55 1873 Vienna C01 French, Exchange 15. Gelbfuhs vs Paulsen   0-1 29 1873 Vienna C33 King's Gambit Accepted 16. M Fleissig vs Gelbfuhs   1-0 63 1873 Vienna C77 Ruy Lopez 17. Meitner vs Gelbfuhs   ½-½ 77 1873 Vienna C48 Four Knights 18. Gelbfuhs vs Bird 0-1 65 1873 Vienna 21 luglio C61 Ruy Lopez, Bird's Defense 19. Steinitz vs Gelbfuhs 1-0 34 1873 Vienna (Austria) A13 English 20. A Schwarz vs Gelbfuhs ½-½ 41 1873 Vienna C50 Giuoco Piano 21. Gelbfuhs vs Meitner 0-1 46 1873 Vienna C33 King's Gambit Accepted 22. Gelbfuhs vs J Heral   0-1 53 1873 Vienna C50 Giuoco Piano 23. Gelbfuhs vs K Pitschel   1-0 44 1873 Vienna C42 Petrov Defense 24. Bird vs Gelbfuhs 1-0 15 1873 Vienna A02 Bird's Opening 25. Gelbfuhs vs Steinitz   0-1 45 1873 Vienna (Austria) C80 Ruy Lopez, Open  page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 30

May-24-08    Karpova: Does anybody know about the circumstances of Gelbfuhs' early death? May-24-08    whiteshark: Bio: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_... (German) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_... (English) <Gelbfuhs scoring method>: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tie-br... http://www.olimpbase.org/index.html... May-24-08    Calli: The Chess Players Chronicle reported: "We regret to read in the Schachzeitung the death of Dr Gelbfuhs, a very promising young player who took part in the Vienna Tourney of 1873, and edited the Chess Column in the Wiener Illustrirte Zeitung. He has been succeeded in the editorship by Herr Falkbeer." I believe the "Dr" was in jurisprudence (see entry in Oxford Companion). "The Schachzeitung" would be the logical place to check for other details.

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