Anderssen, Adolf

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Anderssen, Adolf

 

Born July 6, 1818; died Mar. 13, 1879. German chess player; greatest chess player of the early part of the second half of the 19th century.

Anderssen was one of the creators of modern chess principles. In 1851 he won first prize in an international tournament in London. He was known as a distinguished master of combinations and composed chess problems.

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