Friedrich Saemisch
Number of games in database: 578
Years covered: 1920 to 1972
Overall record: +166 -196 =213 (47.4%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.
      3 exhibition games, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:  Queen's Pawn Game (50)      A46 D02 E10 A50 D00  Orthodox Defense (37)      D51 D52 D63 D64 D67  Queen's Gambit Declined (26)      D37 D35 D30 D31 D06  Nimzo Indian (20)      E24 E21 E38 E35 E20  Slav (18)      D18 D15 D19 D11 D16  Grunfeld (16)      D95 D96 D90 D97 D98	With the Black pieces:  Sicilian (43)      B83 B40 B20 B24 B43  Ruy Lopez (33)      C76 C71 C73 C79 C64  Queen's Indian (26)      E12 E17 E14 E18 E15  Queen's Pawn Game (26)      A46 E10 D02 E00 D01  Nimzo Indian (24)      E38 E21 E20 E23 E48  French Defense (15)      C11 C10 C01 C00 C12

NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   Saemisch vs F Herzog, 1924 1-0
   Saemisch vs Gruenfeld, 1929 1-0
   Saemisch vs Capablanca, 1929 1-0
   Saemisch vs Reti, 1928 1-0
   Saemisch vs O Menzinger, 1953 1-0
   Saemisch vs J Engel, 1928 1-0
   Saemisch vs Alekhine, 1921 1/2-1/2
   Saemisch vs F Krautheim, 1946 1-0
   Kmoch vs Saemisch, 1928 0-1
   Saemisch vs Nimzowitsch, 1925 1-0

GAME COLLECTIONS: [what is this?]
   1925 Breslau by TheFocus
   Copenhagen 1923 by suenteus po 147
   Dresden 1936 by suenteus po 147
   Dortmund 1928 by suenteus po 147

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FRIEDRICH SAEMISCH (born Sep-20-1896, died Aug-16-1975) Germany [what is this?] Friedrich (Fritz) Sämisch was born in Berlin. He was Austrian champion in 1921 and awarded the GM title in 1950. His most notable match win, also in 1921, was against Richard Reti (+4, =3, -1) and in his best tournament he finished 3rd at Baden-Baden 1925 after Alexander Alekhine and Akiba Rubinstein. (See Game Collection: Baden Baden 1925). In later years he became a notorious time trouble addict and at one tournament in Linköping, Sweden 1969 he lost all 13 games he played on time. In contradiction to this he could play fast chess well, winning two blitz tournaments at the age of 61. A profound opening theoretician, two major opening variations are named after him, which are still played today at the highest levels: Nimzo-Indian, Samisch (E24) and King's Indian, Samisch Variation (E80). He passed away in Berlin in 1975. Wikipedia article: Friedrich S%C3%A4misch

page 1 of 24; games 1-25 of 578  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Carls vs Saemisch   1-0 92 1920 Goteborg B E05 Catalan, Open, Classical line 2. Leonhardt vs Saemisch ½-½ 50 1920 Berlin E12 Queen's Indian 3. Saemisch vs E Jacobson   1-0 55 1920 Goteborg B A46 Queen's Pawn Game 4. Saemisch vs Breyer   ½-½ 64 1920 Berlin A43 Old Benoni 5. M Marchand vs Saemisch   1-0 62 1920 Goteborg B E12 Queen's Indian 6. Saemisch vs P F Johner   ½-½ 56 1920 Goteborg B D34 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch 7. Saemisch vs Tartakower   ½-½ 36 1920 Berlin C11 French 8. V Sjoberg vs Saemisch   ½-½ 42 1920 Goteborg B E12 Queen's Indian 9. Saemisch vs Bogoljubov 0-1 33 1920 Berlin A40 Queen's Pawn Game 10. Saemisch vs H Von Hennig   ½-½ 51 1920 Goteborg B D15 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 11. Saemisch vs A Brinckmann 1-0 15 1920 Berlin2 D00 Queen's Pawn Game 12. A Larsson vs Saemisch   ½-½ 68 1920 Goteborg B C10 French 13. Tarrasch vs Saemisch   1-0 77 1920 Berlin C49 Four Knights 14. Saemisch vs A Nilsson   ½-½ 77 1920 Goteborg B A80 Dutch 15. Saemisch vs W Schoenmann   ½-½ 27 1920 Berlin2 E70 King's Indian 16. Saemisch vs Euwe   ½-½ 22 1920 Berlin-Holland m Telegraph D00 Queen's Pawn Game 17. Maroczy vs Saemisch   ½-½ 48 1920 Berlin A46 Queen's Pawn Game 18. W John vs Saemisch   1-0 59 1920 Goteborg B C10 French 19. Saemisch vs K Kullberg   1-0 30 1920 Goteborg B A46 Queen's Pawn Game 20. Saemisch vs Mieses 0-1 51 1920 Berlin A80 Dutch 21. Gruenfeld vs Saemisch   ½-½ 26 1920 Goteborg B E11 Bogo-Indian Defense 22. M Bluemich vs Saemisch   ½-½ 61 1920 Berlin2 C48 Four Knights 23. Saemisch vs Euwe   ½-½ 34 1920 Goteborg D04 Queen's Pawn Game 24. Saemisch vs Reti   1-0 43 1920 Berlin A46 Queen's Pawn Game 25. Saemisch vs A Olsson   1-0 37 1920 Goteborg B A46 Queen's Pawn Game  page 1 of 24; games 1-25 of 578    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2) | Saemisch wins | Saemisch loses

< Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 3 OF 3 ·  Later Kibitzing> Jun-12-08    hedgeh0g: <The time control was 45 minutes in 2 1/2 hours.> Now correct me if I'm wrong... Aug-07-08    myschkin: . . . http://tinyurl.com/6yshzx (Adressverzeichnis von 1935) Mar-23-09    fred lennox: nimzowitch's comment after loosing to samisch i don't take seriously, wouldn't even be surprise if it wasn't true. In his book Carlsbad 1929 Nimzowitch describes Samisch as a deep thinking strategist. Doesn't sound like an idiot to me. Apr-20-09    Sem: Donner wrote a nice paragraph on him. Sämisch in his latter days played Donner and of course lost on time. Donner: 'He remained still at the board when his flag had fallen, a sound so tiny that only real chess players can hear it. He said that something held him back from making the moves.' Jun-15-09    capanegra: I found the following position from a game Samisch-Ahues (Hamburg 1946), in which Samisch won beautifully with a shocking move which explodes the theme of closing the enemy's lines. Does anybody recognize it and has the full score? White to play and win click for larger view Sep-20-09    talisman: happy birthday friedrich...the original slowhand. Sep-21-09    Open Defence: Samisch is quite good looking May-02-10    thegoodanarchist: He was married once. But after a long time away, he arrived home to find an invitation to lecture on chess. His suitcase was still packed, so he took off for the trip. When he returned home months later (!) he found that he was no longer married. May-02-10    whiteshark: <capanegra> It's 1. Re5!! click for larger view After 1...Bxe5 2.f6 black can not avoid the mate. This compared to 1.f6 Qc5+ and queens trade-off. May-02-10    tamar: <thegoodanarchist: He was married once. But after a long time away, he arrived home to find an invitation to lecture on chess. His suitcase was still packed, so he took off for the trip. When he returned home months later (!) he found that he was no longer married.> The note said: "Friedrich, I felt a compulsion to move." May-03-10    thegoodanarchist: <tamar>! LOL that was witty!! Nicely said... Sep-23-10    BIDMONFA: Friedrich Samisch SAMISCH, Friedrich http://www.bidmonfa.com/samisch_fri... _ Jan-06-11    wordfunph: "Of all the modern masters I had a chance to observe when they played blindfold games, Saemisch, with his technically perfect, fast and confident play, made the best impression on me." - Alexander Alekhine Jan-06-11    ughaibu: The only blindfold game, that I can see at a glance, is this one: Samisch vs H Frank, 1936 Jan-06-11    wordfunph: <ughaibu> thanks, though his CG bio didn't mention any of his blindfold exploits huh? Sep-20-11    brankat: R.I.P. GM Saemisch. Sep-20-11    lost in space: <<talisman>: happy birthday friedrich...the original slowhand.> It can't be said better Sep-20-11    Pyke: I wonder if Fritz Saemisch is Grischuk's favourite player ... Oct-17-11    whiteshark: D'oh, where the Sämisch picture gone? http://l0rdshrek.info/bilderhoster/... Mar-17-12    vonKrolock: July 30th 1972, in Laufenburg (Germany): Sämisch (blindfold) vs Four boards ( with one fellow of the <Schachclub Laufenburg> playing OTB in each table) - Resulting in: +3=1-0 for the 'blind' simultanist side. (Almost 76 years old - any guiness-like records for comparison !?) Sep-20-12    brankat: R.I.P. GM Saemisch. Sep-20-12    waustad: Is any one move so closely tied to a player as f3 in several openings are to today's b'day player? Sep-20-12    hansj: Only one player could better that blindfold performance by GM Saemisch, the unforgettable Koltanowski did 6 boards at age 83. Dec-06-12    Troller: <...winning two lightning tournaments at the age of 61.> Is this not normally called "blitz" in English, or is "lightning" another thing? Dec-06-12    whiteshark: <ughaibu: The only blindfold game, that I can see at a glance...> I'd guess that due to Alekhine's annotations this is a more famous one: Alekhine vs Saemisch, 1923 Jump to page #    (enter # from 1 to 3) < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 3 OF 3 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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