Died 1888-06-20.
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Johannes Zukertort
Johannes Hermann Zukertort was a Polish-born British-German chess master. He was one of the leading world players for most of the 1870s and 1880s, but lost to Wilhelm Steinitz in the World Chess Championship 1886, which is generally regarded as the first World Chess Championship match. He was also defeated by Steinitz in 1872 in an unofficial championship.
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culture · German-British chess player (1842–1888) · journalist · chess player · also Johannes Zukertort, Johannes Hermann Zukertort, J. H. Zukertort, Zukertort
Born 7 September 1842 · Died 20 June 1888 · Q60182
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1887· 1 entry
Against Blackburne (1 win, 5 losses, and 8 draws); and seventh at London in 1888
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1883· 1 entry
Chess tournament was his most significant success: He won his games against most of the world's leading players, scoring 22/26, and he finished 3 points ahead of Steinitz, who was second with 19/26
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1881· 1 entry
Behind Blackburne; tied for fourth at Vienna in 1882; first at London in 1883, 3 points ahead of Steinitz
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1876· 1 entry
Played sixteen games simultaneously while blindfolded, winning eleven, drawing four, and losing only one
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1872· 1 entry
Many claims were made on his behalf: aristocratic descent, fluency in nine languages (fourteen, according to other sources), and proficiency in swordsmanship, dominoes, and whist; it was also stated that he had played 6,
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1871· 1 entry
And Joseph Henry Blackburne in 1881 (6 wins, 2 losses, 5 draws)
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1867· 1 entry
Moved to Berlin and in 1872 to London
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1866· 3 entries
At the University of Breslau, from which he graduated in medicine in 1866
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Lost in 1868 by a score of eight wins, three losses, one draw, and finally defeated him convincingly (5–2; no draws) in a match in 1871
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During the Austro-Prussian War, and again during the Franco-Prussian War of 1870–1871
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1865· 1 entry
And work on the staff of the Allgemeine Zeitung – Otto von Bismarck's private organ – in addition to writing two chess books and working as the editor of a chess magazine for several years
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1862· 1 entry
Won games from the leading German chess player Adolf Anderssen at the odds of a knight
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1842· 1 entry
Born 1842-09-07.
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