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Alfred Teller

Number of games in database: 22
Years covered: 1926 to 1928
Overall record: +6 -11 =5 (38.6%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games.

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ALFRED TELLER
(born Jun-16-1883, died Feb-18-1943, 59 years old)

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He was born in Vienna (then part of Austria-Hungary), and died in Theresienstadt concentration camp.

Last updated: 2019-02-08 09:43:27

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Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. Menchik vs A Teller  0-1421926Hastings Major 1925/26D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
2. A Teller vs Colle  ½-½411926Hastings 1926/27E12 Queen's Indian
3. R Michell vs A Teller  0-1691926Hastings 1926/27C99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd
4. A Teller vs Reti 1-0571926Hastings 1926/27D74 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.cd Nxd5, 7.O-O
5. Yates vs A Teller  1-0321926Hastings 1926/27B32 Sicilian
6. A Teller vs V Buerger 0-1481927Hastings 1926/27D52 Queen's Gambit Declined
7. G Thomas vs A Teller  ½-½281927Hastings 1926/27C79 Ruy Lopez, Steinitz Defense Deferred
8. A Teller vs G M Norman 1-0371927Hastings 1926/27E11 Bogo-Indian Defense
9. A Teller vs Tartakower 0-1241927Hastings 1926/27A33 English, Symmetrical
10. E G Sergeant vs A Teller  1-0531927Hastings 1926/27B45 Sicilian, Taimanov
11. A Teller vs A Ribera Arnal  1-0531928The Hague OlympiadA52 Budapest Gambit
12. S Beutum vs A Teller  0-1611928The Hague OlympiadD60 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense
13. A Teller vs A Strautmanis  0-1221928The Hague OlympiadD33 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch
14. R Grau vs A Teller  1-0411928The Hague OlympiadA47 Queen's Indian
15. A Teller vs J Engel  ½-½521928BrnoA40 Queen's Pawn Game
16. A Teller vs Reti  0-1441928BrnoE32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical
17. L Steiner vs A Teller  1-0421928BrnoC97 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin
18. A Teller vs Kmoch  0-1301928BrnoE18 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 7.Nc3
19. A Teller vs M Walter  ½-½581928BrnoD13 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Exchange Variation
20. Saemisch vs A Teller  1-0481928BrnoD63 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense
21. K Opocensky vs A Teller 1-0561928BrnoA00 Uncommon Opening
22. Marshall vs A Teller ½-½771928BrnoD60 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense
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Kibitzer's Corner
Dec-13-06
Premium Chessgames Member
  WannaBe: Games here covered 3 short years, but he played some big names...
Sep-13-08  myschkin: . . .

He was from Czechoslovakia. Some members should be able to get more infos about him.

Sep-13-08  whiteshark: Relation to http://www.azw.at/www.architektenle... ??

Olimpbase: http://www.olimpbase.org/players/m0...

Photo Brno 1928: http://www.rogerpaige.me.uk/histori...

Sep-13-08  myschkin: . . .

Now we start to get a general idea.
Well done, nice bite!

I doubt the Austrian connection (just a gut instinct), never say never. If <gypsy> <honza> et al come across we will report the conclusions to <WannaBe>!

Sep-14-08
Premium Chessgames Member
  WannaBe: I mean, it's been almost 2 years since my first post here, but look at Teller's opponents!!

Reti, Yates, Colle, Opocensky, Marshall, Kmoch, Samisch!! For good measure, he played Greg Norman (Game #5) and Fredrik Engel! (Game #15)

Who, is this guy?? Enquiring minds wants to know!

Feb-07-09  waustad: <myschkin>If you mean about being an architect in Wien, it does say that he was born in Prague.
Mar-16-09  Marmot PFL: <Who, is this guy?? Enquiring minds wants to know!>

Father of the father of the H-bomb?

Jul-08-14  zanzibar: The old link above to Brno 1928 is defunct. At present one can try:

http://sah.hr/forum/index.php?PHPSE...

The father of the H-bomb was really Ulam (or, at least the co-father), but Edward Teller gets most of the credit. The physicist Teller was Hungarian, don't know if he played chess. Edward Teller survived WWII; Alfred Teller, sadly, didn't. (More on Edward Teller here:

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/bomb/p...)

The chess-playing Teller came in 1st in Brno (1922) with 12/16 over Engel, Perna and others.

< Master at Brno 1922, Alfred Teller conquered the honorary title deservedly heavy competition. rich theoretical knowledge underpinned by practical experience gained in Vienna and Znojmo often played with Gargulák.>

<(Časopis československých šachistů 1922, 62)>

via http://jmss.chess.cz/data/jmss_docu...

Teller didn't make it to EDOchess, but Gargulak did:

http://www.edochess.ca/players/p447...

Jul-08-14  zanzibar: The reference to his prior experience in Vienna, and his success at Brno, seems to connect the chess-playing Teller with the architect.

Assuming they are one-in-the-same then the following is the chilling evidence of his interment:

http://www2.holocaust.cz/de/documen...

and his death:

http://www2.holocaust.cz/de/victims...

Jul-05-21  Nosnibor: Often use to be seen at Blindfold simuls.

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