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Carl Hartlaub
C Hartlaub 
 

Number of games in database: 69
Years covered: 1889 to 1922
Overall record: +51 -10 =4 (81.5%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games in the database. 4 exhibition games, blitz/rapid, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 Vienna Opening (5) 
    C27
 Two Knights (4) 
    C56 C55
With the Black pieces:
 Ruy Lopez (8) 
    C61
 Queen's Pawn Game (5) 
    A40 D00
 Giuoco Piano (4) 
    C53 C54 C50
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   C Hartlaub vs Testa, 1912 1-0
   V Kahn vs C Hartlaub, 1916 0-1
   C Hartlaub vs W Benary, 1911 1-0
   Schwartz vs C Hartlaub, 1918 0-1
   C Hartlaub vs Lasker, 1904 1-0
   C Hartlaub vs Fleischer, 1913 1-0
   C Hartlaub vs Rosenbaum, 1892 1-0
   G Schaaff vs C Hartlaub, 1907 0-1
   C Hartlaub vs Lasker, 1908 1-0
   C Hartlaub vs Worch, 1890 1-0

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   Antze - Hartlaub 1909/11 (1910)

GAME COLLECTIONS: [what is this?]
   0ZeR0's collected games volume 217 by 0ZeR0
   Dr. Carl was a Romantic! Afro Stan by fredthebear


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CARL HARTLAUB
(born Oct-12-1869, died May-15-1929, 59 years old) Germany

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Carl Otto Hartlaub was a lawyer from Bremen. Emanuel Lasker called him a "player of extraordinary imagination." Robert Huebner said he had a "fine sense for early, rapid and surprising attacks." The opening variation 1.d4 e5 2.dxe5 d6 is named the Hartlaub Gambit for him.

According to the foreword to the book Dr. Hartlaub's Brilliant Games Hartlaub learned how to play chess from his father, to whom he was able to set a rook when he was 15 years old. Even as a young man, he also liked to write chess compositions . Already in August, September and October 1887 - and thus still at the age of 17 - he published some problems in the Südwestdeutsche Schachzeitung . This was followed by numerous other publications, especially as he remained faithful to composing problems throughout his life. He was a member of the Freiburg Chess Club , whose first club tournament he won in 1887 and as the strongest player he was at that time. He also joined the Academic Chess Club in Munich in 1891 , in which he held a club championship as a summer tournament in the same year and shared 3rd-5th place. occupied place. In 1896 he also became a member of the Bremer Schachgesellschaft von 1877 (BSG), of which he became president in 1923, of which he won the club title four times between 1907 and 1916, and of which he remained a member until the end of his life in 1929 held. He was also a strong blitz player. "As was to be expected," it says on the occasion of the firstBSG tournament in general, "the attacking player par excellence Dr. Hartlaub won first prize." In addition, he became an honorary member of the Wiesbaden Chess Club in 1927 "because of his services to chess" . As part of this honor he received a special award: as the crowning glory of the chess festival week held in Wiesbaden in August 1927 , Hartlaub's game against Hans Fahrni (Nuremberg 1906) was performed as a live chess game in the small hall of the Kurhaus , with the participation of the Wiesbadener 's extras staff State Theater'

He died on the 15th of May 1929 (and not on the 17th as some other sources say).

Wikipedia article: Carl Hartlaub

Personenstandsregister, Staatsarchiv Bremen, Signatur 4,60/5-1929-1745

Last updated: 2023-01-23 23:52:40

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 page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 69  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. C Hartlaub vs Eisele 1-0141889FreiburgC27 Vienna Game
2. NN vs C Hartlaub  0-1221889BremenC54 Giuoco Piano
3. C Hartlaub vs Worch 1-081890BremenC41 Philidor Defense
4. C Hartlaub vs Rosenbaum 1-061892FreiburgC50 Giuoco Piano
5. C Hartlaub vs E von Schmidt  1-0231898FreiburgC27 Vienna Game
6. E von Schmidt vs C Hartlaub 0-1151899FreiburgA40 Queen's Pawn Game
7. C Hartlaub vs E von Schmidt  1-0251899FreiburgC27 Vienna Game
8. O Garschagen vs C Hartlaub 1-0171903HamburgC45 Scotch Game
9. C Hartlaub vs Richter  1-0231904HamburgC39 King's Gambit Accepted
10. C Hartlaub vs Lasker 1-0211904Simul, 33bC56 Two Knights
11. Schwartze vs C Hartlaub 0-1171905HamburgB00 Uncommon King's Pawn Opening
12. von Bardeleben vs C Hartlaub  0-1281905CologneC43 Petrov, Modern Attack
13. C Hartlaub vs H Fahrni 1-0181906NorymberdzeC21 Center Game
14. C Hartlaub vs P Leonhardt  1-0281906HamburgC24 Bishop's Opening
15. G Schaaff vs C Hartlaub 0-1161907BremenC31 King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit
16. C Hartlaub vs Lasker 1-0171908Simul, 24bC27 Vienna Game
17. C Hartlaub vs Teichmann 1-0251909HamburgD40 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch
18. C Hartlaub vs O Antze  0-1311909Antze - Hartlaub 1909/11D37 Queen's Gambit Declined
19. O Antze vs C Hartlaub  1-0311909Antze - Hartlaub 1909/11C49 Four Knights
20. M Elyashiv vs C Hartlaub 0-1251910HamburgC61 Ruy Lopez, Bird's Defense
21. C Hartlaub vs O Antze 0-1431910Antze - Hartlaub 1909/11B01 Scandinavian
22. O Antze vs C Hartlaub 0-1261910Antze - Hartlaub 1909/11D00 Queen's Pawn Game
23. C Hartlaub vs O Antze  0-1321910Antze - Hartlaub 1909/11C48 Four Knights
24. O Antze vs C Hartlaub  0-1331910Antze - Hartlaub 1909/11D08 Queen's Gambit Declined, Albin Counter Gambit
25. O Antze vs C Hartlaub ½-½371911Antze - Hartlaub 1909/11C53 Giuoco Piano
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Sep-03-03  AgentRgent: Who is this masked man!? 6-0 (Schwartz vs Harlaub is duplicated) and Quick wins at that! Most are against people we've never heard of, but he demolished Lasker as well! Too bad this guy almost never left Bremen.
Sep-03-03
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  Honza Cervenka: Dr. Carl Hartlaub.

See http://www.chesslive.de/scripts/ser...

Sep-23-03
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  Benzol: It suprises me that the game Hartlaub-Beharry played in Bavaria in 1911 isn't in the database.
Sep-23-03
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  Benzol: Kahn-Hartlaub from Hamburg 1916 isn't there either.
Jul-07-05  IDestroyChess: Why there is no game Hartlaub-Teichmann? It's one of the brightest his games. I have no base now so let somebody else add it...
Nov-28-05  EmperorAtahualpa: <IDestroyChess> Can't find this game in the chessbase.com database...
Dec-08-05  Neurotic Patzer: A true romantic
Dec-08-05  Knight13: Probably he was a medical educated person? It's got "Dr." in front of his name... :p
Dec-12-05  sitzkrieg: I have heard anyone with an academic education in Germany gets the dr. title. I may be wrong.
Mar-06-06  MorphyMatt: He is really good! check out Hartlaub vs Beharry, 1911
Nov-06-07  blackburne: Carl Hartlaub, romantic player with sacrifices in games. Biography, games in:

http://www.ajedrezdeataque.com/04%2...

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Dec-03-07  DarthStapler: This guy plays just like I always aspire to play.
Jul-23-08  whiteshark: Short Bio: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_H...
Oct-12-09  Birthday Boy: Happy Birthday!!!Dr. Carl Hartlaub!!!
Jan-15-11
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  GrahamClayton: <MorphyMatt>He is really good!

<MorphyMatt>,
I agree with you. Check out the following game, where Hartlaub brilliantly sacrifices both rooks:

[Event "?"]
[Site "Hamburg"]
[Date "1922.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hartlaub, Dr Carl"]
[Black "Shories, George"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Nxe4 4. Nc3 Nxc3 5. dxc3 f6 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nh4 g6 8. f4 Qe7 9. b4 d6 10. f5 Qg7 11. a4 g5 12. Qh5+ Kd8 13. Nf3 h6 14. b5 Ne7 15. Nxe5 dxe5 16. Rd1+ Nd5 17. Rxd5+ Bd6 18. Ba3 Ke7 19. Rc5 c6 20. Rd1 Rd8 21. Rxd6 Rxd6 22. Rxc6 bxc6 23. Qd1 1-0

Source: Bernard Cafferty and David Hooper "A Complete Defence to 1 e4", Pergamon Press, Oxford, 1986

Oct-19-11  whiteshark: Der "Opferkönig von Bremen"

http://www.schachkiste.de/meisterpa...

Oct-19-11  whiteshark: Here is another attacking game:

[Event "Hannover"]
[Site ""]
[Date "1913.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "NN"]
[Black "Hartlaub, Carl"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D08"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 d4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bg5 f6 6. exf6 Nxf6 7. Nbd2 Bf5 8. Qa4 Be7 9. Qb5 Bd7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Qh5 g6 12. Qd5 Qe7 13. Qe4 Be6 14. a3 O-O-O 15. O-O-O Rhe8 16. g3 Qg7 17. Qc2 Bf5 18. Qb3 Re3 19. fxe3 Na5 20. Qb4 dxe3 21. Nh4 Bxb2 22. Qxb2 exd2 23. Rxd2 Rxd2 0-1

Source: http://www.newinchess.com/NICBase/D...

Oct-19-11  Eastfrisian: My old question: Any Photo of him ?
Oct-19-11  whiteshark: <Eastfrisian> The only picture I could find is in Bückers <Kaissiber, <issue 28, <page 39.>>> Hast Du das Heft?
Oct-19-11  sneaky pete: A picture of young Hartlaub
http://www.homeoint.org/photo/h/har... (looks quite different from the photo in Kaissiber which shows an elderly man with a hat and a moustache).
Oct-19-11  whiteshark: <sneaky pete: A picture of young Hartlaub> Could be his grandfather considering the annual details.

Btw <sneaky pete>, have you seen the discussion about the 'missing games' of the <Mannheim 1914> tournament at crawfb5 chessforum forum?

Aug-12-12  Speak Low: I discovered Dr. Carl Hartlaub today and he has a lot of quick victories! The game against Richard Teichmann is a great gem and worth mentioning.
Oct-12-12  Eastfrisian: <whiteshark>: <Eastfrisian> The only picture I could find is in Bückers <Kaissiber, <issue 28, <page 39.>>> Hast Du das Heft?

Nein. Nur Hefte 16 - 22 und 25. Sorry für verspätete Antwort.

Oct-12-12  LoveThatJoker: Dr. Carl Hartlaub, today you are remembered!

LTJ

Jun-28-13  thomastonk: This could be the game User: HeMateMe asked for today at the Biographer Bistro.

[Event "?"]
[Site "Freiburg"]
[Date "1899.03.05"]
[Round "?"]
[White "von Schmidt, Eugen"]
[Black "Hartlaub, Carl"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[PlyCount "30"]

1. d4 e5 2. dxe5 d6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Bf4 Bg4 5. exd6 Qf6 6. Qd2 Bxd6 7. Bxd6 O-O-O 8. Qf4 Qxb2 9. Qxg4+ Kb8 10. Ba3 Qxa1 11. Nfd2 Nf6 12. Qa4 Rxd2 13. Kxd2 Qxb1 14. g3 Rd8+ 15. Ke3 Ne5 0-1

Source: "Deutsche Schachzeitung", Vol. 54, 1899, p 140.

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