Johann Hermann Bauer

Johann Hermann Bauer (June 30, 1861, Prague – April 5, 1891, Görz), was an Austrian chess master.

Born in Bohemia (then in the Austrian Empire), as a youth he settled in Vienna and won the master title at Frankfurt 1887 (the 5th DSB Congress, "Hauptturnier A"). His best tournament achievement was at Graz 1890 (+3 –0 =3) where he finished in 2nd place behind Gyula Makovetz and ahead of Emanuel Lasker and Georg Marco. In 1891 whilst playing in a double-round tournament at Vienna his health broke down when he was sharing the lead with Adolf Albin. [ [http://www.chessgames.com Chess Games Database ] ]

He won matches against Bernhard Fleissig (2 : 0) in 1890, and Albin (4 : 0) and Marco (3 : 1), both in 1891. [ http://members.shaw.ca/edo2/players/p490.html Edo Historical Chess Ratings]

J.H. Bauer is known mainly for losing to Emanuel Lasker as a result of a brilliant double-bishop sacrifice at Amsterdam 1889.

He died of tuberculosis at the age of 29.

ee also

* Lasker - Bauer, Amsterdam, 1889

References

* Harvard reference
Surname1=Hooper|Given1=David|Authorlink1=David Vincent Hooper
Surname2=Whyld|Given2=Kenneth|Authorlink2=Kenneth Whyld
Title=The Oxford Companion to Chess
Year=1992
Edition=2
Publisher=Oxford University Press
ID=ISBN 0-19-866164-9

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