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Hermann Pollmaecher

Number of games in database: 10
Years covered: 1853 to 1861
Overall record: +3 -5 =2 (40.0%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games.

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HERMANN POLLMAECHER
(born Sep-08-1826, died Dec-24-1861, 35 years old) Germany

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Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. H Pollmaecher vs von der Lasa  0-1211853von der Lasa - Pollmaecher Casual SeriesC45 Scotch Game
2. von der Lasa vs H Pollmaecher  ½-½431853von der Lasa - Pollmaecher Casual SeriesC53 Giuoco Piano
3. Anderssen vs H Pollmaecher 1-0401855Casual gameC33 King's Gambit Accepted
4. H Pollmaecher vs Anderssen  0-1391855Casual gameC54 Giuoco Piano
5. H Pollmaecher vs Anderssen 1-0291855Casual gameC44 King's Pawn Game
6. Anderssen vs H Pollmaecher 1-0181855Casual gameC21 Center Game
7. H Pollmaecher vs Anderssen 0-1441855Casual gameC31 King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit
8. M Lange vs H Pollmaecher 0-1231855LeipzigC33 King's Gambit Accepted
9. H Pollmaecher vs Anderssen ½-½461859LeipzigC30 King's Gambit Declined
10. H Pollmaecher vs A Saalbach 1-0131861LeipzigB40 Sicilian
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Kibitzer's Corner
Oct-21-05  Eastfrisian: His full name is Hermann Pollmacher.
Feb-05-06
Premium Chessgames Member
  offramp: Did he make poles for a living or was it a hobby?
Oct-19-06  Autoreparaturwerkbau: Lol, <offramp>, good one!
Sep-08-09  whiteshark: <Herrmann Pollmächer> (NicBase wrote it <rr>)

Birthdate 8-9-1826
Deceased 24-12-1861
Nationality GER

In 1856 he lost a match to the Bavarian chess master <Max Bezzel> (+1 -6 =3) in Leipzig.

Dec-29-10
Premium Chessgames Member
  GrahamClayton: Here is a position that Pollmacher created with Schurig, Barbe, Bezzel, Grimm, LaForest, which appeared in the "Illustrierte Zeitung" of 1859:


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This position demonstrates the maximum number of possible checkmates in one move. Can you guess how many there? Don't peek at the solution below!

There are 40 possible checkmates: a8=♕#, a8=♗#, ♖c8#, ♖c7#, ♖c6#, ♖c5#, ♖c3#, ♖c2#, ♖cc1#, ♖a4#, ♖b4#, ♖d4#, ♖e4#, ♖f4#, ♖g4#, ♖h4#, ♘c1#, ♘b2#, ♘b4#, ♘c5#, ♘f4#, ♘f2#, d8=♕#, d8=♖#, ♘c7#, ♘f6#, ♗b8#, ♗c7#, ♗d6#, ♗d4#, ♗c3#, ♗b2#, ♗a1#, ♗f6#, ♗g7#, ♗h8#, ♗f4#, ♗g3#, ♗h2#, e4#, ♕e6#, ♕f7#, ♕e4#, ♕f3#, hxg8=♕#, hxg8=♗#

Dec-29-10
Premium Chessgames Member
  Phony Benoni: <Graham Clayton> Sorry to nitpick typos, but you listed 46 mates. And there's a 47th: Ne1#.

To look at it another way:

4/Q
14/Rc4
13/Be5
7/Nd3
2/Ne8
2/Pa7
2/Pd7
2/Ph7
1/Pe2

Total: 47

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