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Rudolf Swiderski
Number of games in database: 153
Years covered: 1897 to 1908
Overall record: +56 -65 =30 (47.0%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.
      2 exhibition games, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 Queen's Pawn Game (17) 
    D02 D00 D05
 King's Gambit Accepted (14) 
    C33 C39
 Orthodox Defense (12) 
    D52 D60 D53 D63 D67
 Vienna Opening (8) 
    C28 C29 C26 C25
 English, 1 c4 e5 (5) 
    A28 A22 A25
 Queen's Gambit Declined (4) 
    D31 D37
With the Black pieces:
 French Defense (18) 
    C11 C00 C01 C12 C14
 French (13) 
    C11 C00 C12
 King's Gambit Accepted (13) 
    C39 C34 C33 C36
 Orthodox Defense (10) 
    D60 D63 D62 D61 D51
 Ruy Lopez (6) 
    C77 C88 C86 C66 C84
 Queen's Pawn Game (4) 
    D02 D00
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   Tarrasch vs Swiderski, 1906 1/2-1/2
   Swiderski vs Nimzowitsch, 1905 1-0
   Swiderski vs Gunsberg, 1902 1/2-1/2
   Von Gottschall vs Swiderski, 1902 1/2-1/2

GAME COLLECTIONS: [what is this?]
   Vienna 1903 by LaBourdonnaisdeux
   Coburg 1904 by Phony Benoni

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RUDOLF SWIDERSKI
(born Jul-28-1878, died Aug-12-1909) Germany

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Rudolf Swiderski was born on the 28th of July 1878 in Leipzig, Germany. He made his mark in 1900 when he won 1st place at the Munich Hauptturnier. After this he played in eight major tournaments from 1902 to 1908 with his best results being 1st= at Coburg 1904 and 1st= at the Monte Carlo 1904 Rice Gambit theme tournament. Sadly he committed suicide shortly after his 31st birthday allegedly because he could not face an operation.

 page 1 of 7; games 1-25 of 153  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves Year Event/LocaleOpening
1. Swiderski vs Raabe  0-129 1897 BerlinC28 Vienna Game
2. Swiderski vs W Von Holzhausen  0-123 1898 LeipzigC26 Vienna
3. Swiderski vs W Schwan 1-011 1899 AmsterdamC80 Ruy Lopez, Open
4. D Bleykmans vs Swiderski  0-150 1899 AmsterdamD00 Queen's Pawn Game
5. Swiderski vs B Richter  0-147 1900 MunichC25 Vienna
6. Swiderski vs H Suechting 1-039 1902 HanoverD53 Queen's Gambit Declined
7. Swiderski vs Chigorin 1-050 1902 HanoverD31 Queen's Gambit Declined
8. Von Gottschall vs Swiderski  ½-½58 1902 HanoverC01 French, Exchange
9. Von Popiel vs Swiderski 0-153 1902 HanoverC00 French Defense
10. Olland vs Swiderski 1-043 1902 HanoverC00 French Defense
11. Swiderski vs J Mason  ½-½30 1902 HanoverD60 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense
12. H E Atkins vs Swiderski ½-½34 1902 HanoverD31 Queen's Gambit Declined
13. Pillsbury vs Swiderski 1-030 1902 HanoverD31 Queen's Gambit Declined
14. Swiderski vs W Napier  0-127 1902 HanoverD00 Queen's Pawn Game
15. Von Bardeleben vs Swiderski ½-½64 1902 HanoverC14 French, Classical
16. Swiderski vs W Cohn 0-132 1902 HanoverD67 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, Bd3 line
17. A M Levin vs Swiderski 1-034 1902 HanoverC14 French, Classical
18. Swiderski vs Mieses  0-146 1902 HanoverD00 Queen's Pawn Game
19. Swiderski vs Janowski  ½-½20 1902 HanoverD60 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense
20. Swiderski vs Gunsberg  ½-½61 1902 R1 7/21 HanoverD00 Queen's Pawn Game
21. H Wolf vs Swiderski 0-116 1902 HanoverC11 French
22. Swiderski vs Marshall 1-075 1902 HanoverD10 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
23. Pillsbury vs Swiderski 1-014 1903 Vienna Gambit TournamentC33 King's Gambit Accepted
24. Swiderski vs Pillsbury  ½-½48 1903 Vienna gtC33 King's Gambit Accepted
25. Mieses vs Swiderski 1-021 1903 Vienna gtC30 King's Gambit Declined
 page 1 of 7; games 1-25 of 153  PGN Download
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Kibitzer's Corner
Nov-10-03
Premium Chessgames Member
  AdrianP: He has a favourable score against Chigorin (2 - 1 according to the database) and wins against Nimzowitsch, Blackburne and Rubinstein. Not bad. Does anyone know anything about him?
Nov-10-03
Premium Chessgames Member
  AdrianP: Apparently he died at the age of 31 by committing suicide (see Chess Notes 2776 at www.chesscafe.com).
Feb-07-05   offramp: Marshall said, "Of all the chess masters I ever met, Swiderski was the most weird."
Mar-29-05   aw1988: Him and my father were actually quite good friends, apparently.
Jul-25-05
Premium Chessgames Member
  AdrianP: "Swiderski, en passant, was a peculiar fellow. He made very few friends, had a gentle but melancholy disposition, was a fine violinist, ate raw meat, committed suicide a few years [after the Rice Gambit theme tournament]" (Frank Marshall)
Jul-25-05   aw1988: He sounds like a very strange individual.
Aug-06-06   BIDMONFA: Rudolf Swiderski

SWIDERSKI, Rudolf
http://www.bidmonfa.com/swiderski_r...
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Nov-08-06   ismet: http://img168.imageshack.us/my.php?...
Jul-28-07
Premium Chessgames Member
  whiteshark: <Rudolf Swiderski> (* 28. August 1878 in Leipzig; † 2. August[1] 1909 ebenda) war ein deutscher Schachmeister.

Swiderski war der Sohn des Fabrikanten Philipp Swiderski. Neben dem Schachspiel interessierte er sich für Musik. 1896 trat er der <Schachgesellschaft Augusta in Leipzig> bei. Im gleichen Jahr bestritt er auch sein erstes Turnier in Eisenach.

Swiderski war in den Jahren 1902 bis 1908 einer der vielversprechendsten deutschen Schachmeister. Seine größten Erfolge waren der Sieg im Meisterturnier des Deutschen Schachbundes in <Coburg 1904> (geteilt mit Curt von Bardeleben und Carl Schlechter) und im Rice-Gambit-Turnier <Monte Carlo 1904> (geteilt mit Frank James Marshall). 1905 wurde er im B-Turnier von Barmen Zweiter. Swiderski hatte Siege gegen viele Größen seiner Zeit verbucht, er schlug unter anderem 1907 im internationalen Turnier von Ostende (er landete nicht unter den Preisträgern) sowohl Akiba Rubinstein als auch Joseph Henry Blackburne.

Swiderski nahm sich im August 1909 das Leben. Die Deutsche Schachzeitung meldete 1909, Swiderski wäre von einer Krankheit heimgesucht worden, der er sich durch Selbstmord entzog. Eine Operation scheint dennoch möglich gewesen zu sein. Seine beste historische Elo-Zahl betrug 2629. Diese erreichte er im April 1904.

http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolf...

Jul-28-07
Premium Chessgames Member
  whiteshark: <Rudolf Swiderski> (born 28 July 1878, Leipzig – died 12 August 1909, Leipzig) was a German chess master.

He took 6th at Eisenach 1896 (Hauptturnier),
took 2nd at <Annaberg 1897, tied for 7-8th at Berlin 1897, and tied for 3-6th in Amsterdam.

He made his mark in 1900 when he won 1st place at the <Munich Hauptturnier>. After this he played in several major tournaments:

In 1902, he tied for 7-8th in <Hanover> (13th DSB Congress; Dawid Janowski won).

In 1903, he took 8th in <Vienna> (King’s Gambit theme tournament; Mikhail Chigorin won).

In 1904, he took 6th in <Monte Carlo> (Géza Maróczy won).

In 1904, he tied for 1st-2nd with Frank Marshall in <Monte Carlo> (Rice Gambit theme tournament).

In 1904, he tied for 1st-3rd with Curt von Bardeleben and Carl Schlechter in <Coburg> (14th DSB Congress).

In 1905, he tied for 4-5th in <Scheveningen> (Marshall won).

In 1905, he took 2nd, behind Leo Fleischmann in <Barmen> (B tourn).

In 1906, he took 13th in <Nuremberg> (15th DSB Congress; Marshall won).

In 1906, he tied for 12-13th in <Ostend> (Schlechter won).

In 1907, he took 17th in <Ostend> (B tournament; Akiba Rubinstein and Ossip Bernstein won).

In 1908, he took 12th in <Vienna> (O.Duras, Maróczy and Schlechter won).

In 1908, he tied for 14-15th in <Düsseldorf> (16th DSB Congress; Marshall won).

In 1909, he won in <Leipzig>.

Sadly he committed suicide shortly after /// [<before>!] his 31st birthday allegedly because he could not face an operation.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolf...

Jul-28-07
Premium Chessgames Member
  whiteshark: <Rudolf Swiderski> in another photograph: http://www.chesshistory.com/winter/...

Jul-28-07
Premium Chessgames Member
  whiteshark: <Rudolf Swiderski> CN 3654 with some reports about his suicide ... http://www.chesshistory.com/winter/...

Jul-28-07
Premium Chessgames Member
  whiteshark: <Rudolf Swiderski> CN 4728 with another report and another explanation about his suicide ... http://www.chesshistory.com/winter/...

Looks still strange to me...

Aug-22-08
Premium Chessgames Member
  whiteshark: Joachim Ringelnatz erwähnt/beschreibt Swiderski in <Mein Leben bis zum Kriege> kurz, die Episode spielt in der Zeit um 1900:

"An sich kümmerte ich mich wenig um Ottiliens Liebeszauber und Tanzschwestern und Tanzbrüder. <Von den jungen Herren imponierte mir einer, namens <Swiderski>, weil er ein bekannter Schachspieler war, der an öffentlichen Turnieren teilnahm. Und weil er einmal in der Schwimmanstalt mit mir von dem ganz hohen Gerüst ins Wasser springen wollte. Er sprang auch. Aber ich tat aus Feigheit nicht mit.> Ferner war da Hermann Mitter, auch ein Verehrer Ottiliens, nicht so verwegen, aber immer lieb und gleichbleibend treu."

Aug-28-08   GrahamClayton: During the 1904 Rice Gambit tournament held in Monte Carlo, each of the 6 competitors received a copy of the "Rice Gambit" by Hermann Helms and Hartwig Cassel (New York, 1904), and were free to consult it, or any other sources, during the games.
Sep-02-08   GrahamClayton: Source: CN 1979 Edward Winter, "Kings, Commoners and Knaves", Russell Enterprises, 1999
May-21-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  Karpova: Winter's feature article "The Riddle of Swiderski’s Suicide": http://www.chesshistory.com/winter/...
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