Berthold Suhle Explained

Berthold Suhle (1 January 1837, Stolp, Province of Pomerania, now Poland – 26 January 1904, Germany) was a German chess master.

Born in Stolp (Słupsk, then Kingdom of Prussia, now Poland), he studied philosophy, philology and nature in Berlin (1855–1857) and Bonn (1857–1859).^[1]

He won a match with Bartolomeo Forlico (11.5 : 9.5) at Venice 1858,^[2] lost to Adolf Anderssen (+0 –5 =2) at Cologne 1859^[3] and (+13 –27 =8) in Breslau from April to September 1859, won against Bernhard von Guretzky-Cornitz (+6 –1 =3) at Berlin 1860,^[4] drew with Anderssen (+3 –3 =2) at Berlin 1864,^[5] and beat Philipp Hirschfeld (+7 –0 =2) at Berlin 1865.^[6]

He was an author of Der Schachkongress zu London im Jahre 1862 nebst dem Schachkongresse zu Bristol im Jahre 1861 (Berlin 1864, two parts),^[7] and wrote with Gustav Neumann a well-received book on the latest chess theories, Die neueste Theorie und Praxis des Schachspiels seit dem Schachkongress zu New York i.J. 1857. Ein vollständiger Cursus der neuesten Spieleröffnungskunst (Berlin 1865).^[8] He also was a co-editor of the Deutsche Schachzeitung. Suhle stopped playing to teach from 1877 to 1901, and was named a professor in 1895.^[9]

Further reading

• Book: Renette, Hans and Zavatarelli, Fabrizio . Neumann, Hirschfeld and Suhle: 19th Century Berlin Chess Biographies With 711 Games . 2018 . McFarland & Company . 978-1476673790.

Notes and References

1. http://geb.uni-giessen.de/geb/volltexte/2008/6125/pdf/Koessler-Saage-Szymanski.pdf Koessler Saage Szymanski
2. Web site: Chess Notes by Edward Winter. www.chesshistory.com. 13 February 2024.
3. Web site: Archived copy . 2009-02-02 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110719090131/http://www.svkoblenz.de/downloads/Geschichte%20des%20SV%2003.doc . 2011-07-19 . dead .
4. Web site: Archived copy . 2009-02-02 . 2008-05-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080528014326/http://www.vuse.vanderbilt.edu/~spin/chessmatches.html . dead .
5. Web site: Matches1850-64 . 2009-02-02 . 2008-05-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080516084135/http://xoomer.alice.it/cserica/scacchi/storiascacchi/matches/1850-64.htm . dead .
6. Web site: Archived copy . 2011-12-05 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20060414132700/http://www.chessmetrics.com/ . 2006-04-14 .
7. Web site: Antikbuch24 - Ihre Plattform für antiquarische Bücher.
8. Web site: 1844-1945, B . 2009-02-02 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080121220422/http://www.ballo.de/1844-1945,_b.htm . 2008-01-21 . dead .
9. Book: Steinitz, William. The Steinitz Papers: Letters and Documents of the First World Chess Champion. 27 August 2002. McFarland. 978-0-7864-1193-1 . 13 February 2024. Google Books.