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Alexander Halprin
Number of games in database: 51
Years covered: 1898 to 1900
Overall record: +10 -23 =18 (37.3%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:  Queen's Pawn Game (18)      D05 D04 D02 A41 D00	With the Black pieces:  Ruy Lopez (4)      C67 C82 C80

NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   Halprin vs Pillsbury, 1900 1/2-1/2
   Halprin vs Janowski, 1898 1-0
   H W Trenchard vs Halprin, 1898 1/2-1/2
   Halprin vs Maroczy, 1898 1-0

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   Munich (1900)
   Vienna (1898)

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ALEXANDER HALPRIN (born Mar-21-1868, died May-20-1921, 53 years old) Russia (citizen of Austria) [what is this?] Alexander Halprin was born in St Petersburg. He played in two international masters' tournaments, Vienna (1898) where he scored 14 out of 36 (double round), and Munich (1900) where he scored 5 out of 15. He succumbed to a heart attack in Vienna, Austria, his adopted home country. Wikipedia article: Alexander Halprin

page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 51  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Halprin vs Lipke   ½-½ 30 1898 Vienna D02 Queen's Pawn Game 2. Halprin vs Schiffers   ½-½ 71 1898 Vienna D05 Queen's Pawn Game 3. Halprin vs Schlechter   ½-½ 42 1898 Vienna D04 Queen's Pawn Game 4. Halprin vs Janowski 1-0 94 1898 Vienna D04 Queen's Pawn Game 5. H Caro vs Halprin   ½-½ 53 1898 Vienna D02 Queen's Pawn Game 6. Schiffers vs Halprin   1-0 59 1898 Vienna C49 Four Knights 7. Halprin vs Burn 0-1 55 1898 Vienna D04 Queen's Pawn Game 8. K A Walbrodt vs Halprin   0-1 43 1898 Vienna C29 Vienna Gambit 9. Halprin vs Steinitz   ½-½ 34 1898 Vienna C33 King's Gambit Accepted 10. Halprin vs G Marco   0-1 30 1898 Vienna D05 Queen's Pawn Game 11. Pillsbury vs Halprin 1-0 39 1898 Vienna C67 Ruy Lopez 12. Halprin vs Chigorin 0-1 66 1898 Vienna C50 Giuoco Piano 13. D G Baird vs Halprin   ½-½ 57 1898 Vienna C56 Two Knights 14. G Marco vs Halprin   ½-½ 22 1898 Vienna C01 French, Exchange 15. Halprin vs Blackburne   ½-½ 33 1898 Vienna A43 Old Benoni 16. Halprin vs Showalter   0-1 54 1898 Vienna D05 Queen's Pawn Game 17. Lipke vs Halprin   1-0 22 1898 Vienna C30 King's Gambit Declined 18. Halprin vs H Caro   ½-½ 30 1898 Vienna D05 Queen's Pawn Game 19. Halprin vs Pillsbury 0-1 38 1898 Vienna D04 Queen's Pawn Game 20. Chigorin vs Halprin   1-0 24 1898 Vienna C43 Petrov, Modern Attack 21. Alapin vs Halprin 1-0 20 1898 Vienna C20 King's Pawn Game 22. Maroczy vs Halprin   1-0 30 1898 Vienna C80 Ruy Lopez, Open 23. Halprin vs K A Walbrodt 1-0 37 1898 Vienna A84 Dutch 24. Blackburne vs Halprin   ½-½ 45 1898 Vienna C29 Vienna Gambit 25. Showalter vs Halprin   1-0 40 1898 Vienna C42 Petrov Defense  page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 51

Nov-25-05    AlexanderMorphy: his game against pillsbury is a real classic if you ask me....some will argue that all quick draws are boring, well maybe those people should take a look at this 24 move draw to change their opinions. However good the game might have been, i have heard stories that the big masters actually told halprin what to play against the berlin defense, a couple of novelties. Halprin then dully executed his homework against pillsbury. Anyway it's worth a look. Sep-18-06    percyblakeney: Halprin's chess career was very short, but he did have some good results. He for example won all the games he played against Janowski (when the latter was a much better player than when he played for the World Championship): Halprin vs Janowski, 1898 Janowski vs Halprin, 1898 Janowski vs Halprin, 1900 Nov-27-12    Morphischer: A pic http://www.newinchess.com/Common/Im... Jul-30-13    Marcelo Bruno: And his sacrifices when he played against Pillsbury in Munich 1900 are completely sound. Aug-11-13    Karpova: 1888: He joins the <Stenographenbüro> (stenographer's office) of the <Österreichisches Parlament> (Austrian Parliament) 1891.04.09: Contractually employed as <Kammerstenograph> (stenographer of the Chamber) 1902.01.27: <Systematisierung als Staatsbeamter> (Civil Servant) 1908: Title <Kaiserlicher Rat> (Imperial Counsel) and editor in charge of <Reichsratskorrespondenz> 1919: Title <Regierungsrat> (Senior Civil Servant) awarded by the <Bundespräsident> He was buried at the Wiener Zentralfriedhof, <Gruppe 10, Reihe 8, Grab 75> two days after his death. Source: Euology of Dr. Ernst Weizmann on pages 101-104 of the 1938 'Neue Wiener Schachzeitung' Oct-25-14    Karpova: Halprin lately [i. e. late 1888 or early 1889] lost a 5-games match against <Nikolaus Ornstein> (not to be confused with Josef Ornstein), the librarian of the New Vienna Chess Club. The score was +2 -1 =2 in favour of Ornstein (results from his point of view: 1 = 1 = 0) Source: Deutsches Wochenschach, 10 February 1889, issue 6, p. 51

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