- Johannes Minckwitz
Johannes Minckwitz (
April 11 ,1843 –May 20 ,1901 ) was a Germanchess player and author.His best achievement was 2nd place, behind
Adolf Anderssen , at Barmen 1869 (8th WDSB–Congress). He tied for 3rd-5th at Hamburg 1869 (2nd NDSB–Congress, Anderssen won); tied for 8-9th at Baden-Baden 1870 (Anderssen won); took 3rd at Krefeld 1871 (9th WDSB–Congress,Louis Paulsen won); took 4th at Frankfurt 1878 (12th WDSB–Congress, L. Paulsen won); took 11th at Leipzig 1879 (1stDSB Congress ,Berthold Englisch won). [ [http://xoomer.alice.it/cserica/scacchi/storiascacchi/tornei/pagine/itorneifino1880.htm I tornei fino al 1880 ] ]He shared 1st with
Max Weiss andAdolf Schwarz at Graz 1880; tied for 3rd-5th at Braunschweig 1880 (13th WDSB–Congress, L. Paulsen won); took 8th at Wiesbaden 1880 (Joseph Henry Blackburne , A. Schwarz and B. Englisch won); tied for 7-8th at Berlin 1881 (2nd DSB–Congress, Blackburne won); took 10th at Hamburg (4th DSB–Congress,Isidor Gunsberg won); tied for 13-14th at Breslau (6th DSB–Congress,Siegbert Tarrasch won), and took 9th at Berlin 1890 (Emanuel Lasker andBerthold Lasker won). [ [http://www.anders.thulin.name/SUBJECTS/CHESS/CTCIndex.pdf Name Index to Jeremy Gaige's Chess Tournament Crosstables, An Electronic Edition,] Anders Thulin, Malmö, 2004-09-01]In 1865–1876 and 1879–1886, he was an editor of the "
Deutsche Schachzeitung " and author of "Das ABC des Schachspiels" (Leipzig 1879), "Humor in Schachspiel" (Leipzig 1885) and "Der kleine Schachkönig" (Leipzig 1889). [Litmanowicz, Władysław & Giżycki, Jerzy (1986, 1987). Szachy od A do Z. Wydawnictwo Sport i Turystyka Warszawa. ISBN 83-217-2481-7 (1. A-M), ISBN 83-217-2745-x (2. N-Z)]References
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