Max Fleissig Explained

Miksa (Max) Fleissig (10 November 1845 in Csenger – 23 January 1919) was a Hungarian-born Austrian chess master.

Fleissig tied for 7-8th in the Vienna 1873 chess tournament (Wilhelm Steinitz and Joseph Henry Blackburne won),[1] played (scoring 5.5/12) at Vienna 1875 (Philipp Meitner won),[2] and tied for 4-7th at Vienna 1882 (Vincenz Hruby won).[3] [4]

The Fleissig Gambit in the Sicilian Defence (1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3) is named for him.[5] [6]

He was the elder brother of Bernhard Fleissig.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Vienna . April 22, 2008 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080329105838/http://xoomer.alice.it/cserica/scacchi/storiascacchi/tornei/1851-99/1873Wien.htm . March 29, 2008 .
  2. Web site: I tornei fino al 1880 . July 27, 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20081216145235/http://xoomer.alice.it/cserica/scacchi/storiascacchi/tornei/pagine/itorneifino1880.htm . December 16, 2008 .
  3. Web site: Edo Ratings, Fleissig, M . Edochess.ca . 2016-06-23.
  4. Web site: Name Index to Jeremy Gaige's Chess Tournament Crosstables, An Electronic Edition . Anders Thulin . Malmö . 2004-09-01 . 2016-06-23 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070704030849/http://www.anders.thulin.name/SUBJECTS/CHESS/CTCIndex.pdf . 2007-07-04 .
  5. Web site: Listing . Webcitation.org . 2016-06-23 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20091028033349/http://www.geocities.com/siliconvalley/lab/7378/eco.htm . October 28, 2009 .
  6. Web site: F . April 5, 2008 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080511210035/http://www.chessworld.org/F.htm . May 11, 2008 .

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