- Erich Cohn
Erich Cohn (1 March, 1884,
Berlin – 28 August, 1918, France) was a German chess master. [ [http://xoomer.alice.it/cserica/scacchi/storiascacchi/profili/Cohn%20Eric.htm COHN Erich ] at xoomer.alice.it]He won or tied for 1st in several tournaments in Berlin (1902, 1905, 1906, 1909/10, 1914). [ [http://berlinerschachverband.de/archiv/chronik/19.html Berliner Schachverband :: Chronik der Jahre 1901 bis 1920 ] at berlinerschachverband.de] In strong tournaments, he tied for 11-12th at Berlin 1903 (
Horatio Caro won). He took 10th at Coburg 1904 (the 14thDSB Congress , "Hauptturnier A",Augustin Neumann won). [ [http://www.endgame.nl/dsb.htm Deutschen Schachkongresse ] at www.endgame.nl] In 1905, he took 5th in Barmen (A tourn). In 1906, he took 6th at Nuremberg 1906 (the 15th DSB Kongress;Frank Marshall won). In 1907, he took 6th in Berlin (Richard Teichmann won), tied for 12-14th in Ostend (B tourn;Ossip Bernstein andAkiba Rubinstein won), and took 20th in Carlsbad (Rubinstein won). [ [http://xoomer.alice.it/cserica/scacchi/storiascacchi/tornei/pagine/itornei1900-09.htm I tornei dal 1900 al 1909 ] at xoomer.alice.it]In 1908, he took 19th in Vienna (
Oldřich Duras ,Géza Maróczy andCarl Schlechter won). In 1909, he tied for 8-9th in St Petersburg (Emanuel Lasker and Rubinstein won), and took 3rd in Stockholm (Rudolf Spielmann won). In 1911, he tied for 14-16th in Carlsbad (Teichmann won). In 1912, he tied for 15-17th in Bad Pistyan (Rubinstein won), tied for 13-14th in Breslau (18th DSB Kongress; Duras and Rubinstein won), took 3rd in Abbazia (Spielmann won) and took 2nd, behindAlexander Alekhine , in Stockholm (the 8thNordic Chess Championship ). He tied for 2nd-3rd with Paul Krüger, behindKurt Pahl , at Berlin 1913, and shared 1st with Spielmann at Berlin 1914 ("Quadrangular"). [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 matches, he won against
Carl Carls (+5 –1 =1), drew withEhrhardt Post (+4 –4 =1), both at Berlin 1906, [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)] and lost to Rudolf Spielmann (+1 –2 =0) at Munich 1906, [ [http://www.thechesslibrary.com/files/ShortMatchesOf20thCentury.htm Short Matches of the 20th Century ] at www.thechesslibrary.com ] andEdward Lasker (+0 –1 =3) at Berlin 1909. [ [http://www.chesshistory.com/winter/winter20.html Chess Notes by Edward Winter ] at www.chesshistory.com]He died in the western front, as a field doctor, at the end of
World War I .References
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