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Wilhelm Therkatz

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Years covered: 1902 to 1912


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WILHELM THERKATZ
(born 1850, died 1925, 75 years old) Germany

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Wilhelm Therkatz ran the chess column in the Krefelder Zeitung for 26 years.

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Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. W Therkatz vs A Hauke 1-0341902HanoverC26 Vienna
2. W Therkatz vs NN 1-0151912Krefeld, GERC11 French
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Jul-23-05  Benzol: Anyone know if this is Wilhelm Therkatz born circa 1850 - 1925.
Jan-15-11
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  GrahamClayton: <Benzol>Anyone know if this is Wilhelm Therkatz born circa 1850 - 1925

<Benzol>
This is Wilhelm Therkatz, who has the following sharp variation of the Italian Game named after him:


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Jan-15-11  Benzol: <Graham> Thanks. What's the line that leads to the above position btw?
Jan-16-11
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  GrahamClayton: <Benzol>What's the line that leads to the above position btw?

<Benzol>,

1. e4 e5 2. ♘f3 ♘c6 3. ♗c4 ♗c5 4. c3 ♘f6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 ♗b4+ 7. ♘c3 ♘xe4 8. O-O ♗xc3 9. d5 ♗f6 10. ♖e1 ♘e7 11. ♖xe4 d6 12. ♗g5 ♗xg5 13. ♘xg5 O-O 14. ♘xh7

Jan-17-11  Benzol: Thanks <Graham> That's a line I must investigate at some future stage.

Cheers.

:)

Oct-10-13  Karpova: Wilhelm Therkatz of Krefeld died of cardioplegia (<infolge eines Herzschlages>). He ran the chess column of the 'Krefelder Zeitung' for 26 years.

From page 12 of the January 1925 'Neue Wiener Schachzeitung'

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