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Siegbert Tarrasch
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Siegbert Tarrasch was a German physician, chess player, and writer born in Wrocław in 1862. He held citizenship in Germany and Prussia and spoke German. Tarrasch earned a doctorate from Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg. He competed for Germany and Prussia in chess, including participation in the 1st Chess Olympiad.
He authored 29 works, including Die moderne Schachpartie, Zashchita ferzevogo gambita, and Der Schachwettkampf Marshall-Tarrasch im Herbst 1905. His writings have been described in the Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron and the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary. Tarrasch died in Munich on 17 February 1934 and is buried at Nordfriedhof.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1862
- Died
- 1934
- Works
- 29
Top works
- Die moderne Schachpartie
- Internationales Schachturnier zu Baden-Baden vom 15 April bis 14 Mai, 1925 veranstaltet durch die Stadtverwaltung Baden-Baden
- Zashchita ferzevogo gambita
- Der gegenwärtige Stand der wichtigsten Eröffnungen
- Prilozhenīi︠a︡ k rukovodstvu shakhmatnoĭ igry Zhana Di︠u︡frena
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Siegbert
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Prussia
- Place of birth
- Wrocław
- Place of death
- Munich
- Educated at
- Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
- Languages spoken
- German
- Participant in
- 1st Chess Olympiad
- Academic degree
- doctorate
- Sport
- chess
- Country for sport
- Prussia
- Image
- Tarrasch, Siegbert-2 - DPLA - 224f35dc323734bf355cc7c94d0ded68 (cropped).jpg
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- date of birth
- 1862-03-05
- date of death
- 1934-02-17
- Commons category
- Siegbert Tarrasch
- place of burial
- Nordfriedhof
- name in native language
- Siegbert Tarrasch
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Encyclopedic overview
Siegbert Tarrasch ( German pronunciation: [ˈziːɡbɐt ˈtaraʃ]; 5 March 1862 – 17 February 1934) was a German chess player, considered to have been among the strongest players and most influential theoreticians of the late 19th and early 20th century.
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