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Ludwig Ernst Bachmann

Number of games in database: 5
Years covered: 1886 to 1908
Overall record: +2 -2 =1 (50.0%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games.


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LUDWIG ERNST BACHMANN
(born Aug-11-1856, died Jun-22-1937, 80 years old) Germany

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Ludwig Ernst August Bachmann was a German chess author and chronicler of chess. He worked for the Bavarian railway as a senior official. In his spare time, he collected information on chess events and put them in yearbooks (Schach-Juhrbuch), from 1891 to 1930. He wrote 44 volumes of chess events and yearbooks. His nickname was the ‘Chess Herodotus’. He was the first person to issue a yearbook on chess. He authored several textbooks in chess history, including biographies of Steinitz, Anderssen, Pillsbury, and Charousek.

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Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. L Bachmann vs M Fiechtl 1-0151886RegensburgC67 Ruy Lopez
2. L Bachmann vs Tarrasch  ½-½271887Casual gameC25 Vienna
3. Steinitz vs L Bachmann  1-0431896SimulC39 King's Gambit Accepted
4. L Bachmann vs J Kunstmann 1-0121899AugsburgC44 King's Pawn Game
5. Lasker vs L Bachmann 1-0171908Simul, 26bC80 Ruy Lopez, Open
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Oct-08-08  whiteshark: (* 11. August 1856 in Kulmbach; † 22. June 1937 in Munich) was a German chess historian. With his numerous publications he was one of the most productive German chess authors.

Bio: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwig...

Aug-11-12  brankat: A true pioneer of Chess History.

Rest in Peace Herr Bachmann.

Aug-11-16  TheFocus: Happy birthday, Ludwig Bachmann.

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