Karl Ahues
Number of games in database: 200
Years covered: 1908 to 1949
Overall record: +70 -48 =82 (55.5%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:  Queen's Pawn Game (23)      A45 D05 A40 D02 E00  Ruy Lopez (13)      C77 C76 C88 C83 C91  Semi-Slav (8)      D45 D48 D46 D47  Sicilian (8)      B74 B51 B80 B73 B30  Queen's Gambit Declined (6)      D30 D37 D35  Nimzo Indian (5)      E20 E43 E38 E36	With the Black pieces:  Ruy Lopez (21)      C77 C87 C88 C86 C71  Queen's Pawn Game (11)      A46 D00 A40 A50 D05  Ruy Lopez, Closed (10)      C87 C88 C86 C91 C84  Queen's Gambit Declined (10)      D37 D30  Queen's Indian (8)      E12 E18 E19 E15  Nimzo Indian (6)      E38 E48 E42 E24 E32

NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   Przepiorka vs Ahues, 1927 0-1
   Rubinstein vs Ahues, 1930 0-1
   W Schlage vs Ahues, 1921 0-1

GAME COLLECTIONS: [what is this?]
   San Remo 1930 by suenteus po 147
   Liege 1930 by suenteus po 147
   Bad Niendorf 1927 by suenteus po 147

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KARL AHUES (born Dec-26-1883, died Dec-31-1968) Germany [what is this?] Karl (Carl) Oscar Ahues was born on the 26th of December 1883 in Bremen, Germany. Awarded the IM title in 1950 he was German Champion in 1929. His son, Herbert (born in 1922) became a Grandmaster for Chess Compositions. Karl passed away in Hamburg in 1968.

page 1 of 8; games 1-25 of 200  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. H Caro vs Ahues   ½-½ 27 1908 Berlin C29 Vienna Gambit 2. Ahues vs B Gregory   1-0 18 1921 21. DSB Kongress C66 Ruy Lopez 3. Samisch vs Ahues 1-0 27 1921 21. DSB Kongress A47 Queen's Indian 4. G Schories vs Ahues   1-0 45 1921 21. DSB Kongress C86 Ruy Lopez, Worrall Attack 5. Ahues vs W John 0-1 24 1921 21. DSB Kongress C11 French 6. Ahues vs A Brinckmann   1-0 21 1921 21. DSB Kongress C48 Four Knights 7. H Wagner vs Ahues   1-0 35 1921 21. DSB Kongress C60 Ruy Lopez 8. Ahues vs Carls   0-1 24 1921 21. DSB Kongress B13 Caro-Kann, Exchange 9. O Zander vs Ahues   ½-½ 35 1921 21. DSB Kongress A47 Queen's Indian 10. A E Post vs Ahues   1-0 45 1921 21. DSB Kongress C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 11. W Schlage vs Ahues   0-1 40 1921 21. DSB Kongress C49 Four Knights 12. Ahues vs P Kruger   1-0 41 1921 21. DSB Kongress C77 Ruy Lopez 13. Ahues vs M Marchand   1-0 40 1922 Match GER-NED B74 Sicilian, Dragon, Classical 14. M Marchand vs Ahues   0-1 24 1922 Match GER-NED A47 Queen's Indian 15. Ahues vs Samisch   ½-½ 61 1926 Berlin+++ A27 English, Three Knights System 16. Bogoljubov vs Ahues   ½-½ 31 1926 Berlin+++ D30 Queen's Gambit Declined 17. Rubinstein vs Ahues 1-0 31 1926 Berlin+++ E38 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 4...c5 18. Ahues vs W Von Holzhausen 1-0 19 1926 Berlin GER D20 Queen's Gambit Accepted 19. Ahues vs Gruenfeld   0-1 29 1926 Berlin E12 Queen's Indian 20. P F Johner vs Ahues   0-1 55 1926 Berlin GER D52 Queen's Gambit Declined 21. Ahues vs Colle 1-0 27 1926 Berlin+++ A27 English, Three Knights System 22. Spielmann vs Ahues   ½-½ 32 1926 Berlin GER C28 Vienna Game 23. P M List vs Ahues   ½-½ 53 1926 Berlin GER D37 Queen's Gambit Declined 24. Ahues vs Nimzowitsch   0-1 34 1927 fin-A A04 Reti Opening 25. L Schmitt vs Ahues   0-1 26 1927 DSB-25.Kongress A17 English  page 1 of 8; games 1-25 of 200

Dec-19-04    Benzol: Carl Oscar Ahues Born 26th December 1883 in Bremen Died 31st December 1968 in Hamburg German champion in 1929 and awarded IM title in 1950. Nov-06-05    lentil: he was awarded the IM title at the age of 66! Nov-06-05    WTHarvey: Here is a collection of puzzles from Karl's games: http://www.wtharvey.com/ahue.html Jul-13-06    Rama: His puzzles over at harvey got me more interested in Ahues. I have gone over several of his games here recently, they are very enjoyable. He takes chances and gets good results. Oct-18-06    syracrophy: <WTHarvey> Thanks for the link! Nice puzzles of him! :-) Here goes another puzzle of him that I really like (and doesn't appear on the page): click for larger view White to play Apr-14-07    wolfmaster: syracrophy, what's the solution? Apr-15-07    BIDMONFA: Karl Ahues AHUES, Carl Oscar http://www.bidmonfa.com/ahues_carl.... _ Aug-25-07    Minty: <lentil: he was awarded the IM title at the age of 66!> The IM title didn't exist until he was 66. Jul-09-08    whiteshark: Bio: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_A... His son Herbert was born March 02, 1922 in Berlin. He composed some 3,500 chess studies/puzzles. Bio: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herber... Aug-07-08    myschkin: . . . Photo 1956 + 1958 http://www.hsk1830.de/pages/index=0... "Das Blitzspiel mit ihm war wegen seiner witzigen Sprüche, geprägt von einem in seinen Berliner Jahren erlernten Humor (er kam eigentlich aus Bremen), ein besonderes Vergnügen." (Dr. Karsten Müller ) Aug-07-08    An Englishman: Good Evening: I believe the solution to the puzzle is 1.Qxh7+,Kxh7; 2.Ng6+,Kg8; 3.Rh8+,Kf7; 4.Rf8+,Qxf8; 5.d6.

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