CHESS PLAYER

Adolf Anderssen

1818 - 1879

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Karl Ernst Adolf Anderssen (6 July 1818 – 13 March 1879) was a German chess master. He won the great international tournaments of 1851 and 1862, but lost matches to Paul Morphy in 1858, and to Wilhelm Steinitz in 1866. Accordingly, he is generally regarded as having been the world's leading chess player from 1851 to 1858, and leading active player from 1862 to 1866, although the title of World Chess Champion did not yet exist. Anderssen became the most successful tournament player in Europe, winning over half the events he entered, including the very strong Baden-Baden 1870 chess tournament. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Adolf Anderssen is the 18th most popular chess player (down from 15th in 2019), the 136th most popular biography from Poland (down from 134th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Polish Chess Player.

Adolf Anderssen is most famous for his victory over Lionel Kieseritzky in 1851.

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Among CHESS PLAYERS

Among chess players, Adolf Anderssen ranks 18 out of 461. Before him are Garry Kasparov, Vasily Smyslov, François-André Danican Philidor, Howard Staunton, Frank Marshall, and Paul Morphy. After him are Paul Keres, Nona Gaprindashvili, Viktor Korchnoi, Ruy López de Segura, Samuel Reshevsky, and Siegbert Tarrasch.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1818, Adolf Anderssen ranks 15. Before him are Jacob Burckhardt, Marius Petipa, Lewis H. Morgan, Tewodros II, Hermann Kolbe, and Rudolf von Jhering. After him are Sophie of Württemberg, Angelo Secchi, Leconte de Lisle, August Wilhelm von Hofmann, Charles III, Prince of Monaco, and Archduke Karl Ferdinand of Austria. Among people deceased in 1879, Adolf Anderssen ranks 6. Before him are James Clerk Maxwell, Bernadette Soubirous, Honoré Daumier, Napoléon, Prince Imperial, and Eugène Viollet-le-Duc. After him are Albrecht von Roon, Rowland Hill, Thomas Couture, Maria Teresa of Savoy, Gottfried Semper, and Charles De Coster.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Adolf Anderssen ranks 136 out of 1,694. Before him are Alexandre Colonna-Walewski (1810), Władysław Gomułka (1905), Zdzisław Beksiński (1929), Jan Henryk Dąbrowski (1755), Angelus Silesius (1624), and Erich von dem Bach-Zelewski (1899). After him are Alfred Tarski (1901), Albert Sabin (1906), Olga Tokarczuk (1962), Edward Sapir (1884), Anna Anderson (1896), and Johann Gustav Droysen (1808).

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Among CHESS PLAYERS In Poland

Among chess players born in Poland, Adolf Anderssen ranks 2. Before him are Emanuel Lasker (1868). After him are Samuel Reshevsky (1911), Siegbert Tarrasch (1862), Akiba Rubinstein (1880), Johannes Zukertort (1842), Miguel Najdorf (1910), Szymon Winawer (1838), Edward Lasker (1885), Grigory Levenfish (1889), Daniel Harrwitz (1823), and Valery Salov (1964).

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