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Art dealer Blankensteiner considered to be one of Copenhagen's leading chess players in the 1830-40s, together with Tobacco manufacturer Chr. Holm.
In Nordisk Skaktidende 1873, Blankensteiner is described as follows:
"Blankensteiner had nothing brilliant in his play; He was a student of the old school (the peasants are the soul of the game), which Philidor had formed; He played considerably, sometimes too slowly, but developed his game with security and great impact".
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Two (of four) match games were published by Ludwig Bledow:
[Event "Match Game"]
[Site "Berlin Blumengarten"]
[Date "1844.05.11"]
[White "Bledow, Ludwig Erdmann"]
[Black "Blankensteiner, Carl August"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C51"]
[PlyCount "87"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3
Be7 6. d4 exd4 7. Qb3 Na5 8. Bxf7+ Kf8 9. Qa4 c6 10. Bxg8 Rxg8 11. cxd4 d6 12.
Bd2 b6 13. Nc3 Kf7 14. O-O Be6 15. e5 Nc4 16. exd6 Qxd6 17. Ne4 Qd5 18. Neg5+
Bxg5 19. Nxg5+ Ke7 20. Bb4+ Kd7 21. Nxe6 Qxe6 22. d5 Qg6 23. Rad1 Kc7 24. Bc3
b5 25. Ba5+ Kb7 26. Qb4 Rge8 27. a4 a6 28. d6 Nb6 29. Bxb6 Kxb6 30. Rc1 Qf5 31.
Qd4+ c5 32. Qxg7 Rec8 33. d7 Rd8 34. Rfd1 c4 35. Qh6+ Kb7 36. Rd6 Qc5 37. a5
Kc7 38. Rcd1 c3 39. Qf4 Kb7 40. R1d5 Qc4 41. Rb6+ Ka7 42. Qd6 b4 43. Rb7+ Kxb7
44. Qb6# Schachzeitung [1848], p.312 1-0
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[Event "Match Game"]
[Site "Berlin Blumengarten"]
[Date "1844.05.11"]
[White "Blankensteiner, Carl August"]
[Black "Bledow, Ludwig Erdmann"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[PlyCount "64"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nxd4
5. Qxd4 Ne7 6. Bc4 Nc6 7. Qd5 Qe7 8. O-O d6 9. Bb5 Bd7 10. a3 O-O-O 11. Be3 a6
12. Ba4 Be6 13. Qd3 Ne5 14. Qd2 Nc4 15. Qc3 Nxe3 16. Qxe3 Kb8 17. b4 h5 18. Nd2
g5 19. c4 Bg7 20. Rab1 g4 21. Qe2 Bd4 22. Bc2 h4 23. Nb3 Ba7 24. c5 Bxb3 25.
Rxb3 g3 26. fxg3 dxc5 27. bxc5 hxg3 28. h3 Qxc5+ 29. Kh1 Rdg8 30. Qxa6 Rxh3+
31. gxh3 g2+ 32. Kh2 Qe5+ Schachzeitung [1848], pp. 311-312 0-1
Source: https://books.googleusercontent.com...
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