- Rudolf Swiderski
Rudolf Swiderski (born 28 July 1878, Leipzig – died 12 August 1909, Leipzig) was a German chess master.
He took 6th at Eisenach 1896 (Hauptturnier), took 2nd at Annaberg 1897, tied for 7-8th at Berlin 1897, and tied for 3-6th in Amsterdam. He made his mark in 1900 when he won 1st place at the Munich Hauptturnier. After this he played in several major tournaments.
In 1902, he tied for 7-8th in Hanover (13th DSB Congress;
Dawid Janowski won). In 1903, he took 8th in Vienna (King’s Gambit theme tournament;Mikhail Chigorin won). In 1904, he took 6th in Monte Carlo (Géza Maróczy won). In 1904, he tied for 1st-2nd withFrank Marshall in Monte Carlo (Rice Gambit theme tournament). In 1904, he tied for 1st-3rd withCurt von Bardeleben andCarl Schlechter in Coburg (14th DSB Congress).In 1905, he tied for 4-5th in Scheveningen (Marshall won). In 1905, he took 2nd, behind Leo Fleischmann in Barmen (B tourn). In 1906, he took 13th in Nuremberg (15th DSB Congress; Marshall won). In 1906, he tied for 12-13th in Ostend (Schlechter won). In 1907, he took 17th in Ostend (B tournament;
Akiba Rubinstein andOssip Bernstein won). In 1908, he took 12th in Vienna (Oldřich Duras , Maróczy and Schlechter won). In 1908, he tied for 14-15th in Düsseldorf (16th DSB Congress; Marshall won). In 1909, he won in Leipzig.Sadly he committed suicide shortly after his 31st birthday allegedly because he could not face an operation.
External links
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGhOPRaWkTI Video reenactment of NN vs Rudolf Swiderski game by Serguei Vorojtsov]
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