Gustavus Charles Reichhelm
Number of games in database: 25
Years covered: 1866 to 1905
Overall record: +3 -17 =5 (22.0%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.

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C51		Evans Gambit (4 games)
C84		Ruy Lopez, Closed (2 games)
C42		Petrov Defense (2 games)
C67		Ruy Lopez (2 games)
C77		Ruy Lopez (2 games)

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GUSTAVUS CHARLES REICHHELM (born Nov-06-1839, died Nov-30-1905) United States of America [what is this?] Gustavus Charles Reichman was a chess editor, analyst, problem composer, solver and player. He was chess editor of the Philadelphia "Times" and "North American." He was the Games Editor of Brentano's Chess Monthly (1881-1882). From 1895 to 1905, he was Secretary of the Franklin Chess Club in Philadelphia. In his earlier years, he was a piano tuner. For many years, he was chess champion of Philadelphia. In 1886, he took 2nd place in the world championship solving tournament, which had 109 entrants from around the world.

page 1 of 1; games 1-25 of 25  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Mackenzie vs G Reichhelm   1-0 31 1866 New York m C67 Ruy Lopez 2. Mackenzie vs G Reichhelm   ½-½ 53 1866 New York m C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed 3. G Reichhelm vs Mackenzie   0-1 55 1866 Match C51 Evans Gambit 4. Mackenzie vs G Reichhelm 1-0 26 1866 New York m C67 Ruy Lopez 5. G Reichhelm vs Mackenzie   0-1 49 1866 Match C51 Evans Gambit 6. G Reichhelm vs Mackenzie   0-1 25 1866 New York m C77 Ruy Lopez 7. Mackenzie vs G Reichhelm 1-0 29 1867 Match C10 French 8. Mackenzie vs G Reichhelm   ½-½ 34 1867 Match C70 Ruy Lopez 9. G Reichhelm vs Mackenzie   0-1 37 1867 Match C69 Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation, 6.d4 10. G Reichhelm vs Mackenzie   0-1 55 1867 Match C51 Evans Gambit 11. Mackenzie vs G Reichhelm   1-0 32 1867 Match C01 French, Exchange 12. Mackenzie vs G Reichhelm   1-0 47 1867 Match C15 French, Winawer 13. Mackenzie vs G Reichhelm   1-0 29 1867 Match C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed 14. G Reichhelm vs Mackenzie   ½-½ 29 1867 Match C51 Evans Gambit 15. G Reichhelm vs Mackenzie 0-1 24 1867 Match C45 Scotch Game 16. G Reichhelm vs J Mason 1-0 57 1874 Philadelphia m1 C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 17. J Mason vs G Reichhelm   ½-½ 54 1874 Philadelphia m1 C42 Petrov Defense 18. Lasker vs G Reichhelm   1-0 50 1892 Philadelphia sim A40 Queen's Pawn Game 19. G Reichhelm vs Lasker   0-1 48 1892 Philadelphia sim B08 Pirc, Classical 20. G Reichhelm vs Showalter   0-1 43 1895 Manhattan CC-Franklin CC telegraph D63 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense 21. G Reichhelm vs N Jasnogrodsky   1-0 34 1897 Franklin Chess Club v Manhattan Chess Club Telegraph Match C62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense 22. G Reichhelm vs J C Halpern   ½-½ 43 1904 Manhattan CC-Franklin CC C42 Petrov Defense 23. G Reichhelm vs C Medinus   0-1 42 1904 Chicago CC-Franklin CC B73 Sicilian, Dragon, Classical 24. G Reichhelm vs A Cass 1-0 22 1905 Manhattan CC- Franklin CC C77 Ruy Lopez 25. L Parke vs G Reichhelm   1-0 32 1905 Franklin CC-Chicago CC C48 Four Knights  page 1 of 1; games 1-25 of 25

May-02-06    EmperorAtahualpa: A drawing of Mr. Reichhelm: http://www.chessarch.com/museum/dra... Feb-26-08    Knight13: This guy played a 14 game match against Mackenzie and lost 12, won 0, and drew 3. You know, they could've stopped waaaayyy before that; didn't need 12 wins 0 losses to confirm Mackenzie's far beyond his level. Feb-26-08    Sydro: But they played 2 matches in different years right? 1866 and 1867 so it was might have been a first to score 6 wins to win each match. Sep-11-10    GrahamClayton: Reichhelm died of heat disease in Pennsylvania Hospital. In 1880 he became editor of the chess column in the "Philadelphia Times". May-05-12    offramp: He composed a quaint mate in 64 problem: click for larger view He names it The Amazon because it shows the power of the queen. May-05-12    thomastonk: For those who are interested in Reichhelm's matches against Mackenzie in 1866 and 1867, please find here the research of Nick Pope: http://www.chessarch.com/archive/18... and http://www.chessarch.com/archive/18... <offramp> Great problem! Thanks!

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