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Lionel Kieseritzky

1806 - 1853

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Lionel Adalbert Bagration Felix Kieseritzky (Russian: Лионель Адальберт Багратион Феликс Кизерицкий; 1 January 1806 [O.S. 20 December 1805] – 18 May [O.S. 6 May] 1853) was a Baltic German chess master and theoretician, known for his contributions to chess theory, as well for a game he lost against Adolf Anderssen, known as the "Immortal Game". Kieseritzky's name became associated with several openings and opening variations, such as the Kieseritzky Gambit, Kieseritzky Attack, and the Boden–Kieseritzky Gambit. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Lionel Kieseritzky is the 72nd most popular chess player (down from 55th in 2019), the 62nd most popular biography from Estonia (down from 52nd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Estonian Chess Player.

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Among CHESS PLAYERS

Among chess players, Lionel Kieseritzky ranks 72 out of 461. Before him are Svetozar Gligorić, Alessandro Salvio, Isidor Gunsberg, Magnus Carlsen, Michael Adams, and Isaac Boleslavsky. After him are Nana Alexandria, Rudolf Spielmann, Lev Polugaevsky, Szymon Winawer, Alexander Kotov, and Semyon Alapin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1806, Lionel Kieseritzky ranks 29. Before him are Johan Vilhelm Snellman, John A. Roebling, William, Duke of Brunswick, Antoine Wiertz, Teodolfo Mertel, and Juliette Drouet. After him are Infanta Ana de Jesus Maria of Braganza, Giacomo Antonelli, Friedrich Welwitsch, Johann Kaspar Mertz, George Newbold Lawrence, and Julius Weisbach. Among people deceased in 1853, Lionel Kieseritzky ranks 26. Before him are Juan Donoso Cortés, Julius Jacob von Haynau, Augustus, Grand Duke of Oldenburg, Frédéric Ozanam, Andries Pretorius, and Anastasio Bustamante. After him are Hyacinth, Adrien-Henri de Jussieu, Juan Antonio Lavalleja, Mathieu Orfila, Branko Radičević, and George Onslow.

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In Estonia

Among people born in Estonia, Lionel Kieseritzky ranks 62 out of 351. Before him are Paul Ariste (1905), Veljo Tormis (1930), Jaan Anvelt (1884), Johannes Vares (1890), Ene Ergma (1944), and Bernd Freytag von Loringhoven (1914). After him are Friedrich Wilhelm von Buxhoeveden (1750), Johann Voldemar Jannsen (1819), Erhard Schmidt (1876), Jüri Uluots (1890), Betti Alver (1906), and Eduard Tubin (1905).

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Among CHESS PLAYERS In Estonia

Among chess players born in Estonia, Lionel Kieseritzky ranks 2. Before him are Paul Keres (1916). After him are Vladas Mikėnas (1910), and Paul Felix Schmidt (1916).

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