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Hans Mueller

HANS MUELLER (born Dec-01-1896, died Feb-28-1971, 74 years old) Austria [what is this?] Hans Müller was an Austrian IM. In 1927 he tied for 1st with Albert Becker in Vienna. In 1929/30, he took 3rd in Vienna (13th Trebitsch), behind Hans Kmoch and Rudolf Spielmann. he was 1st= with Ernst Gruenfeld at the Trebitsch Memorial 1933. He was 1st at Ebensee 1933. In 1934, he tied for 1st with Gilg in Klosterneuburg. In 1934, he took 3rd, behind Becker and Eliskases, in Linz. In the same year, he tied for 2nd-4th in Vienna (17th Trebitsch; Albert Becker won) and 1st at San Benedetto 1954. He played for Austria in five Olympiads. In 1928, he played at third board at 2nd Chess Olympiad in The Hague (+5 –2 =9). In 1930, he played at second board at 3rd Chess Olympiad in Hamburg (+7 –5 =4). In 1933, he played at fourth board at 5th Chess Olympiad in Folkestone (+6 –1 =6). In 1935, he played at fourth board at 6th Chess Olympiad in Warsaw (+4 –2 =10). In 1936, he played at fourth board at unofficial Olympiad in Munich (+8 –2 =8). In 1950, he played at third board at 9th Chess Olympiad in Dubrovnik (+3 –4 =6). He won individual bronze medal at Folkestone 1933. In 1932, Hans Müller won the European Correspondence Chess Championship (IFSB) ahead of Eduard Dyckhoff. He was also the author of a number of chess books, notably one on Mikhail Botvinnik. Wikipedia article: Hans Müller (chess player) Last updated: 2025-03-19 03:48:17

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page 1 of 18; games 1-25 of 448  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. E Zimmer vs H Mueller 1-0 15 1918 Budapest C37 King's Gambit Accepted 2. Breyer vs H Mueller ½-½ 47 1921 Vienna A45 Queen's Pawn Game 3. H Mueller vs T Gruber 1-0 30 1921 Vienna A84 Dutch 4. V Vukovic vs H Mueller   0-1 38 1921 Vienna E12 Queen's Indian 5. Tartakower vs H Mueller   ½-½ 29 1921 Vienna B22 Sicilian, Alapin 6. H Mueller vs Euwe 0-1 27 1921 Vienna D15 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 7. J Krejcik vs H Mueller   1-0 35 1921 Vienna B73 Sicilian, Dragon, Classical 8. S Gruber vs H Mueller   0-1 43 1924 Gyor D11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 9. H Mueller vs K Havasi   ½-½ 29 1924 Gyor D43 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 10. J A Seitz vs H Mueller   ½-½ 63 1924 Gyor C68 Ruy Lopez, Exchange 11. H Mueller vs L Steiner   1-0 31 1924 Gyor D95 Grunfeld 12. H Mueller vs G Nagy ½-½ 38 1924 Gyor D47 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 13. Maroczy vs H Mueller ½-½ 23 1924 Gyor B02 Alekhine's Defense 14. H Mueller vs D Przepiorka   ½-½ 26 1924 Gyor D13 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Exchange Variation 15. J Balogh vs H Mueller   1-0 61 1924 Gyor A04 Reti Opening 16. H Mueller vs A Vajda   ½-½ 37 1924 Gyor D11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 17. V Vukovic vs H Mueller   ½-½ 30 1924 Gyor E67 King's Indian, Fianchetto 18. H Mueller vs G Exner   0-1 36 1924 Gyor A53 Old Indian 19. E Steiner vs H Mueller   ½-½ 72 1924 Gyor C33 King's Gambit Accepted 20. H Mueller vs M Walter   1-0 35 1924 Gyor D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 21. L Asztalos vs H Mueller   ½-½ 25 1924 Gyor C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed 22. M Romi vs H Mueller   1-0 36 1926 Hyeres B30 Sicilian 23. A Becker vs H Mueller 1-0 40 1926 Trebitsch Memorial E16 Queen's Indian 24. Kmoch vs H Mueller   ½-½ 18 1926 Bardejov D30 Queen's Gambit Declined 25. H Mueller vs Colle   1-0 35 1926 Bardejov D67 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, Bd3 line  page 1 of 18; games 1-25 of 448

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Aug-25-08    DoctorD: In Lerne Kombinieren, Mueller posits that, based on a study of 8,000 games played in the first part of the 20th century, 82% were decided by tactical means. An interesting comment in comparison to Teichmann's dictum, although what each means..... Sep-21-08    GrahamClayton: Mueller was the champion of the IFSB in 1932-33, the predecessor to the ICCF. Source: Tim Harding "64 Great Chess Games - Masterpieces of Postal and Email Chess", Chess Mail, 2002 Dec-01-08    brankat: R.I.P. Master Mueller. <DoctorD> Regarding the "tactics statistics" it would be interesting to compare the numbers to their counterparts of the first part of the 19th century :-) Probably close to 100% decided via tactical means. Second half of the century considerably less, I'd assume, thanks to Steinitz and his followers. I'd be interested to know how does the second half of the 20th century stack up. Also, one has to keep in mind that to try to distinguish between the "tactical" and "positional/strategic" one often has to accept a borderline designation. Namely, it's hard to tell which aspect actually decided the outcome. As integral parts of viewing and conducting the game, they go hand in hand, to compliment/supplement each other, but are discussed, studied...separately, for the purposes of Methodics. Fascinating stuff, nonetheless. Jun-23-09    Sem: Hans Müller was the author of a book on Botvinnik that must have been a joy to Soviet officials at the time, since he bent over backwards to please them. Aug-25-10    GrahamClayton: The second half of this excerpt from a 1936 newsreel shows Mueller giving a 100 board simultaneous exhibition: http://www.britishpathe.com/record.... Sep-07-12    Karpova: Training Match against Bogoljubov (for his WC match) in 1934: +3 =5 -7 From page 141 of the 1934 'Neue Wiener Schachzeitung' Oct-10-13    Karpova: Simul in Vienna on January 23, in the chess club "Donaustadt". The event ended after 2 1/2 hours and the score was +15 -1 =6. From page 29 of the January 1925 'Neue Wiener Schachzeitung' Oct-17-13    Karpova: Blitz Simul record on October 1, 1925 in the Cafe Hietzingerhof by playing 62 games in 3.5 hours. Result: +49 -6 =7 Source: Page 278 of the September 1925 'Neue Wiener Schachzeitung' Apr-19-18    Whitehat1963: Mueller will snack on Cohen for a while, flip him like a the wrong side of the piece of toast that he soon will be, then puree and devour Orange Foolius for the main course. May-19-18    Jean Defuse: ... https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DdD990p... The 1938 Vienna championship began less than 2 months after the 'Anschluss' and was promoted as a National Socialist event. Hans Müller (r.) won ahead of Ernst Grünfeld (l.) Source: https://twitter.com/ChessMarginal ...

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