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Walther von Holzhausen
W Von Holzhausen 
Deutsche Schachblätter Nr.16/1935
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Number of games in database: 88
Years covered: 1898 to 1933
Overall record: +25 -41 =20 (40.7%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games in the database. 2 exhibition games, blitz/rapid, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 Sicilian (13) 
    B83 B45 B32 B29 B84
 Caro-Kann (7) 
    B15 B17 B14 B13 B10
 Sicilian Scheveningen (7) 
    B83 B84
 Alekhine's Defense (6) 
    B02 B03 B04
 Giuoco Piano (5) 
    C50
 Two Knights (4) 
    C55
With the Black pieces:
 Slav (7) 
    D15 D10 D13 D16 D12
 Semi-Slav (4) 
    D47 D48 D49
 Vienna Opening (4) 
    C28 C29 C26
 Philidor's Defense (4) 
    C41
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   W Von Holzhausen vs Tarrasch, 1912 1-0
   Swiderski vs W Von Holzhausen, 1898 0-1
   W Von Holzhausen vs M Sohege, 1899 1-0
   W Von Holzhausen vs Rubinstein, 1926 1-0
   Alekhine vs W Von Holzhausen, 1926 1/2-1/2
   W Von Holzhausen vs Saemisch, 1926 1-0
   W Von Holzhausen vs Saemisch, 1926 1/2-1/2

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   Hannover (1926)
   25. DSB Kongress (1927)
   Dresden (1926)
   German Championship (1933)

GAME COLLECTIONS: [what is this?]
   99_25. DSB Kongress (1927), Magdeburg by whiteshark
   99_Hannover 1926 by whiteshark
   Hannover 1926 by suenteus po 147


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WALTHER VON HOLZHAUSEN
(born May-29-1876, died Aug-09-1935, 59 years old) Germany

[what is this?]
Walther von Holzhausen was known as a problem composer as well as a player. He published two books, Brennpunkt Problem in 1926 and Logik und Zweckreinheit im neudeutschen Schachproblem in 1928 which established his position as a composer.

Wikipedia article: Walther von Holzhausen


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 page 1 of 4; games 1-25 of 88  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. Swiderski vs W Von Holzhausen 0-1231898LeipzigC26 Vienna
2. W Von Holzhausen vs M Sohege 1-0241899LeipzigC55 Two Knights Defense
3. W Von Holzhausen vs Lasker 0-1321908Simul, 26bC55 Two Knights Defense
4. W Von Holzhausen vs C Hartlaub  1-0431912DSB-18.Kongress-CB15 Caro-Kann
5. W Von Holzhausen vs Tarrasch 1-0141912Simul, 26bC55 Two Knights Defense
6. F Schindler vs W Von Holzhausen  0-1431923Frankfurt/MainC28 Vienna Game
7. A Duenmann vs W Von Holzhausen  0-1711926DSV KongressA01 Nimzovich-Larsen Attack
8. W Von Holzhausen vs B Hoenlinger  ½-½461926DSV KongressB02 Alekhine's Defense
9. W Von Holzhausen vs J Lokvenc  1-0611926DSV KongressB83 Sicilian
10. Gilg vs W Von Holzhausen  1-0381926DSV KongressD13 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Exchange Variation
11. W Von Holzhausen vs J Lokvenc  0-1531926AUT-GERB06 Robatsch
12. W Von Holzhausen vs Tartakower  ½-½281926DresdenB15 Caro-Kann
13. Rubinstein vs W Von Holzhausen 1-0291926DresdenD02 Queen's Pawn Game
14. W Von Holzhausen vs L Steiner  1-0581926DresdenB50 Sicilian
15. Yates vs W Von Holzhausen  0-1401926DresdenC41 Philidor Defense
16. W Von Holzhausen vs P Johner  0-1491926DresdenB84 Sicilian, Scheveningen
17. W Von Holzhausen vs Saemisch 1-0311926DresdenB83 Sicilian
18. M Bluemich vs W Von Holzhausen 1-0721926DresdenA12 English with b3
19. W Von Holzhausen vs A Nimzowitsch 0-1421926DresdenB32 Sicilian
20. Alekhine vs W Von Holzhausen ½-½301926DresdenD12 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
21. W Von Holzhausen vs von Gottschall 1-0521926HannoverC50 Giuoco Piano
22. Rubinstein vs W Von Holzhausen 1-0331926HannoverD21 Queen's Gambit Accepted
23. W Von Holzhausen vs O Antze  1-0761926HannoverB46 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation
24. W Von Holzhausen vs A Nimzowitsch 0-1711926HannoverB00 Uncommon King's Pawn Opening
25. J Mieses vs W Von Holzhausen  0-1431926HannoverC28 Vienna Game
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Kibitzer's Corner
May-29-06  BIDMONFA: Walther Von Holzhausen

VON HOLZHAUSEN, Walther
http://www.bidmonfa.com/von_holzhau...
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May-29-08  whiteshark: Player of the Day

Bios in German: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walthe... http://www.berlinonline.de/berliner...

Sep-08-12  Karpova: Magdeburg City Champion 1934 with 6.5/7.

From page 173 of the 1934 'Neue Wiener Schachzeitung'

Dec-16-12
Premium Chessgames Member
  GrahamClayton: Here is a von Holzhausen study from 1921. White to mate in 3 moves:


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1. ♖c7 ♔b8 2. ♖e7 & 3. ♖g8#.

The key purpose of the first two moves is to block the bishop from interposing on both the h2-b8 and from either g5 or a3.

Sep-27-13  Karpova: He couldn't participate in Swinemünde 1931 (Roedl and Bogoljubov shared 1st place) because of surgery performed on his war-injured leg (<wegen einer Operation an seinem kriegsverletzten Bein absagen mußte>).

Source: Page 195 of the 1931 'Neue Wiener Schachzeitung'

Sep-27-13  DoctorD: According to Ehn and Kastner in "Schachkompositionen" (Humboldt 2013) von Holzhausen was a "Reserveoffizier der k.u.k Armee" (Austro-Hungarian army) and later taught in a cadet's school.

This they give as the first Holzhausen theme, which is a Plachutta without the sacrifice.

Walther Freiherr von Holzhausen
Deutsches Wochenschach 1908

White to Play and Mate in Four


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Sep-27-13  DoctorD: As occurs so often, his name is attached to an opening in which I can find no examples of him playing it:

http://www.365chess.com/eco/C55_Giu...

It looks rather dreadful in my opinion.

Oct-12-13  Karpova: Von Holzhausen won the Magdeburg Championship in 1925 with 12.0 points.

From page 150 of the May 1925 'Neue Wiener Schachzeitung'

Dec-29-13  Karpova: <Hauptmann W. Freiherr von Holzhausen> rejoined the <Ersatzbataillon> (reserve battailon) of his regiment on March 19.

Source: Page 106 of the May-June 1915 'Wiener Schachzeitung'

Dec-20-14
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  MissScarlett: He looks a right bundle of laughs.

On the designation <Freiherr>: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freiherr

Dec-20-14
Premium Chessgames Member
  offramp: ¬¬¬¬
Ich bin von Holzhausen, der Baron.
I lost twice to Nimzowitsch (Herr Aron).
One day, while eating Ersatz butter
I discovered the non-sacrificial Plachutta.
Dec-20-14  john barleycorn: W Von Holzhausen vs Tarrasch, 1912

(also given with Hamburg, 1910, as venue)

is considered a predecessor of

Fischer vs Reshevsky, 1958

Oct-06-15  Nightsurfer: Apart from his achievements with regard to modern international chess, <Walther von Holzhausen> has taken part in an interesting test tournament that tried out to check out the way of playing <Classic Arab SHATRANJ> that was played with "Elephants" instead of Bishops and "Viziers" instead of Queens until the chess revolution at the end of the 15th century that has introduced Bishops and Queens (plus castling and some other tricks) to the game. Since <Walther von Holzhausen> took part in a tournament of correspondence chess conforming to the rules of <SHATRANJ> between 1913 and 1915; that very interesting event was organized by the chess weekly <"Deutsches Wochenschach"> and the chess tabloid <"Berliner Schachzeitung">.

A corresponding game that was battled out between February 1913 and April 1915 and that was won by <Walther von Holzhausen> - who was the leader of the White army of <SHATRANJ> - against <J.Ahrend> (Black) can be viewed on the page as follows: http://www.chess-poster.com/english... (<Walther von Holzhausen>'s game of <SHATRANJ> is the first one of those games that can be viewed there).

May-29-16  TheFocus: Happy birthday, Walther von Holzhausen.

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