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Ernst Flechsig

ERNST FLECHSIG (born Oct-05-1852, died Oct-11-1890, 38 years old) Germany [what is this?] Ernst Flechsig was the son of a well-known physician in Bad Elster, Germany. He first went to school in Bad Elster, and later visited the secondary school Thomasgymnasium in Leipzig. He began to study chemistry and natural sciences at the University of Leipzig in 1874. He earned a PhD in chemistry in 1878 in Heidelberg. He worked in Proskau (today Prószków, Poland), and then in Breslau (today Wrocław, Poland) until 1887. After working shortly in Westphalia, he settled in Hirschberg, Thuringia. He fell ill with severe pleurisy (schwere Rippenfellentzündung), forcing him to quit his job and move back to his parents in Bad Elster. He did not recover from his illness and died after a few months.(1) Flechsig came in 1st at Leipzig (1871), the Haupturnier (1871) of the Central German (Mitteldeutschen) Chess Federation.(1) He shared 2nd place behind Wilfried Paulsen at Düsseldorf (1876).(2) He came in 10th at Leipzig (1877) and shared 9th place at 1st DSB Congress, Leipzig (1879). He succesfully participated in Club tournaments, sharing 1st with Merklein at the summer tournament (1871) of the Augustea Chess Society in Leipzig, and was 1st in the Winter tournament (1880/81) of the Chess Club Anderssen in Breslau.(1) He drew a 10-games match against Fritz Riemann in Breslau, 1885.(3) Flechsig contributed to the sixth and seventh editions of Paul Rudolf von Bilguer 's Handbuch des Schachspiels.(1) He was also a chess composer.(1) Sources (1) Deutsches Wochenschach, 9 November 1890, issue 45, pp. 386-387 (originally from Deutsche Schachzeitung). Provided in https://archive.org/stream/deutsche... (2) Rod Edwards, http://www.edochess.ca/tournaments/... (3) Rod Edwards, http://www.edochess.ca/matches/m832... Wikipedia article: Ernst Flechsig Last updated: 2024-06-14 15:00:57

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page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 29  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. E Flechsig vs C Schwede 0-1 32 1873 Leipzig C33 King's Gambit Accepted 2. S Mieses vs E Flechsig 1-0 27 1875 Leipzig C80 Ruy Lopez, Open 3. W Paulsen vs E Flechsig   1-0 21 1876 WSB-10.Kongress C51 Evans Gambit 4. E Flechsig vs W Paulsen ½-½ 52 1876 WSB-10.Kongress C44 King's Pawn Game 5. E Flechsig vs Englisch   ½-½ 48 1877 Leipzig C49 Four Knights 6. E Schallopp vs E Flechsig   1-0 59 1877 Leipzig C61 Ruy Lopez, Bird's Defense 7. E Flechsig vs C Leffmann 0-1 47 1877 Leipzig C48 Four Knights 8. E Flechsig vs Paulsen 0-1 50 1877 Leipzig B00 Uncommon King's Pawn Opening 9. A W Franke vs E Flechsig 0-1 52 1877 Leipzig C33 King's Gambit Accepted 10. J Metger vs E Flechsig ½-½ 14 1877 Leipzig D50 Queen's Gambit Declined 11. E Flechsig vs W Paulsen ½-½ 44 1877 Leipzig C48 Four Knights 12. C Goering vs E Flechsig 1-0 37 1877 Leipzig C01 French, Exchange 13. Anderssen vs E Flechsig 1-0 22 1877 Leipzig C11 French 14. E Flechsig vs Zukertort   0-1 60 1877 Leipzig C48 Four Knights 15. E Flechsig vs Winawer ½-½ 92 1877 Leipzig C46 Three Knights 16. E Flechsig vs A Schottlaender ½-½ 49 1879 1st DSB Congress, Leipzig C11 French 17. E Flechsig vs Englisch   0-1 67 1879 1st DSB Congress, Leipzig C77 Ruy Lopez 18. E Flechsig vs Wemmers   1-0 32 1879 1st DSB Congress, Leipzig C77 Ruy Lopez 19. W Paulsen vs E Flechsig   ½-½ 29 1879 1st DSB Congress, Leipzig A20 English 20. E Flechsig vs K Pitschel   0-1 34 1879 1st DSB Congress, Leipzig C44 King's Pawn Game 21. J Minckwitz vs E Flechsig 0-1 27 1879 1st DSB Congress, Leipzig C01 French, Exchange 22. E Flechsig vs E Schallopp   0-1 48 1879 1st DSB Congress, Leipzig C64 Ruy Lopez, Classical 23. Paulsen vs E Flechsig 0-1 49 1879 1st DSB Congress, Leipzig A20 English 24. E Flechsig vs A Schwarz ½-½ 36 1879 1st DSB Congress, Leipzig C15 French, Winawer 25. F Riemann vs E Flechsig 1-0 64 1879 1st DSB Congress, Leipzig C01 French, Exchange  page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 29

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Jul-11-03    Honza Cervenka: Ernst Flechsig Jun-01-07    whiteshark: Dr. Ernst Flechsig (1852-1890) Aug-24-08    myschkin: . . . "Deutsches Wochenschach" (1890) hat einen Nachruf (~ obituary) auf S.386 ff maybe our historicans can look that up? http://www.mattnetz.de/docu/dws.pdf Oct-05-14    thegoodanarchist: Only lived to be 38. Life is short Oct-05-14    pushtree: Tragic Oct-05-15    Eastfrisian: He died on Pleurisy (so German Wikipedia). Oct-05-15    MissScarlett: What's that, an island? Oct-06-15    Eastfrisian: In German it is "Rippenfellentzündung". Maybee my "on" in the message above is not the right word. ;-)

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