Hugo Fähndrich Explained

Hugo Fähndrich (3 July 1851 – 3 July 1930) was an Austrian–Hungarian chess master.

Born in Hungary, he moved to Vienna. In 19th/20th century, the Viennese chess school, founded by Max Weiss, was propagated by the Carl Schlechter–Arthur Kaufmann–Hugo Fahndrich trio.^[1]

He was the tournament director at Kaiser Jubiläumsturnier 1898 in Vienna.^[2] In 1898 he, along with Alexander Halprin and Georg Marco, renewed Wiener Schachzeitung.^[3]

He played several tournaments in Vienna; took 3rd in 1896 (Marco won), took 4th in 1897 (Schlechter won), took 9th in 1897/98 (Marco won).^[4]

Notable chess games

• Hugo Fähndrich vs Wilhelm Steinitz, Vienna 1897, Bishop's Opening, Urusov Gambit (C24), 1-0
• Carl Schlechter vs Hugo Fähndrich, Vienna 1904, Ruy Lopez, Open Variation (C80), 0-1
• Oldřich Duras vs Hugo Fähndrich, Vienna 1909, Danish Gambit, Accepted (C21), ½–½

Literature

Hugo Fähndrich: Internationales Kaiser-Jubiläums-Schachturnier, 1981,

External links

See also: Fähndrich.

Notes and References

1. http://www.wzo.org.il/en/resources/view.asp?id=120 Judaism and Chess
2. http://chess-results.com/tnr1.aspx?lan=1 Schach Turnierergebnis Server chess-results.com
3. http://www.ballo.de/1844-1945,_d.htm 1844-1945, D
4. http://www.chessmetrics.com Welcome to the Chessmetrics site