Walther Von Holzhausen
Number of games in database: 87
Years covered: 1898 to 1933
Overall record: +25 -40 =20 (41.2%)*
   * 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:  Sicilian (14)      B83 B45 B84 B50 B46  Sicilian Scheveningen (7)      B83 B84  Caro-Kann (7)      B15 B14 B12 B13  Alekhine's Defense (6)      B02 B04 B03  Giuoco Piano (5)      C50  Two Knights (4)      C55	With the Black pieces:  Slav (7)      D15 D10 D16 D13 D12  Semi-Slav (4)      D47 D48 D49  Philidor's Defense (4)      C41  Vienna Opening (4)      C28 C29 C26

NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   W Von Holzhausen vs Tarrasch, 1912 1-0
   Alekhine vs W Von Holzhausen, 1926 1/2-1/2
   W Von Holzhausen vs L Steiner, 1926 1-0
   Yates vs W Von Holzhausen, 1926 0-1

GAME COLLECTIONS: [what is this?]
   Hannover 1926 by suenteus po 147
   99_Hannover 1926 by whiteshark

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WALTHER VON HOLZHAUSEN (born May-29-1876, died Aug-09-1935) Germany [what is this?] Walther von Holzhausen was known as a problem composer rather than a player. He published two books, Brennpunkt Problem in 1926 and Logik und Zweckreinheit im neudeutschen Schachproblem in 1928 which established his position as a composer. Wikipedia article: Walther von Holzhausen

page 1 of 4; games 1-25 of 87  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Swiderski vs W Von Holzhausen   0-1 23 1898 Leipzig C26 Vienna 2. W Von Holzhausen vs Zoge 1-0 20 1899 Leipzig (Germany) C55 Two Knights Defense 3. W Von Holzhausen vs Lasker   0-1 32 1908 GER Tour sim C55 Two Knights Defense 4. W Von Holzhausen vs Tarrasch 1-0 14 1912 Frankfurt 25 board simul C55 Two Knights Defense 5. W Von Holzhausen vs Hartlaub   1-0 43 1912 DSB-18.Kongress-C B15 Caro-Kann 6. F Schindler vs W Von Holzhausen   0-1 43 1923 Frankfurt/Main C28 Vienna Game 7. W Von Holzhausen vs Nimzowitsch 0-1 42 1926 Dresden B32 Sicilian 8. W Von Holzhausen vs B Hoenlinger   ½-½ 46 1926 DSV Kongress B02 Alekhine's Defense 9. W Von Holzhausen vs Von Gottschall 1-0 52 1926 Hannover C50 Giuoco Piano 10. P M List vs W Von Holzhausen   1-0 19 1926 Berlin GER D10 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 11. Alekhine vs W Von Holzhausen ½-½ 30 1926 Dresden D12 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 12. W Von Holzhausen vs Saemisch   ½-½ 49 1926 Hannover A47 Queen's Indian 13. W Von Holzhausen vs L Steiner   1-0 58 1926 Dresden B50 Sicilian 14. Mieses vs W Von Holzhausen   0-1 43 1926 Hannover C28 Vienna Game 15. W Von Holzhausen vs Lokvenc   0-1 53 1926 AUT-GER B06 Robatsch 16. W Von Holzhausen vs Gruenfeld   ½-½ 45 1926 Berlin GER C50 Giuoco Piano 17. Gilg vs W Von Holzhausen   1-0 38 1926 DSV Kongress D13 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Exchange Variation 18. M Bluemich vs W Von Holzhausen 1-0 72 1926 Dresden A12 English with b3 19. Rubinstein vs W Von Holzhausen 1-0 33 1926 Hannover D21 Queen's Gambit Accepted 20. Rubinstein vs W Von Holzhausen 1-0 29 1926 Dresden D02 Queen's Pawn Game 21. Ahues vs W Von Holzhausen 1-0 19 1926 Berlin GER D20 Queen's Gambit Accepted 22. W Von Holzhausen vs Colle   0-1 78 1926 Berlin+++ B02 Alekhine's Defense 23. W Von Holzhausen vs Lokvenc   1-0 61 1926 DSV Kongress B83 Sicilian 24. H Duhm vs W Von Holzhausen   ½-½ 35 1926 Hannover D04 Queen's Pawn Game 25. W Von Holzhausen vs Saemisch 1-0 31 1926 Dresden B83 Sicilian  page 1 of 4; games 1-25 of 87

May-29-06    BIDMONFA: Walther Von Holzhausen VON HOLZHAUSEN, Walther http://www.bidmonfa.com/von_holzhau... _ May-29-08    whiteshark: Player of the Day Bios in German: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walthe... http://www.berlinonline.de/berliner... Sep-08-12    Karpova: Magdeburg City Champion 1934 with 6.5/7. From page 173 of the 1934 'Neue Wiener Schachzeitung' Dec-16-12    GrahamClayton: Here is a von Holzhausen study from 1921. White to mate in 3 moves: click for larger view 1. c7 b8 2. e7 & 3. g8#. The key purpose of the first two moves is to block the bishop from interposing on both the h2-b8 and from either g5 or a3.

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