- Andreas Dückstein
Andreas Dückstein (born
2 August 1927 , Budapest) anAustria nchess master.Born in
Hungary , he left forAustria at the age of 22. Dückstein was thrice Austrian Champion (1954, 1956, 1977). [http://www.chess.at/geschichte/gesheumo.htm#g27 Die österreichischen Staatsmeister]He tied for 11-13th at
Zagreb 1955 (Vassily Smyslov won), took 14th at Wageningen 1957 (zonal, László Szabó won), took 5th at Hastings 1958/59 (Wolfgang Uhlmann won), shared 2nd at Berg en Dal (zonal,Friðrik Ólafsson won), [ [http://xoomer.alice.it/cserica/scacchi/storiascacchi/index.htm La grande storia degli scacchi ] ] tied for 4-6th at Vienna 1961 (Yuri Averbakh won), [ [http://www.thechesslibrary.com/files/1961Vienna.htm 1961Vienna ] ] took 3rd at Amsterdam 1964 (IBM,Bent Larsen won), [http://www.maxeuwe.nl/dutchbase/games/db64ami1.htm] took 4th at Palma de Mallorca 1965. [ [http://www.thechesslibrary.com/files/1965PalmadeMallorca.htm 1965PalmadeMallorca ] ]He played for Austria in several
Chess Olympiad s:
*In 1956, at second board in12th Chess Olympiad in Moscow (+11 –2 =4);
*In 1958, at first board in13th Chess Olympiad in Munich (+6 –5 =8);
*In 1962, at second board in15th Chess Olympiad in Varna (+2 –6 =2);
*In 1964, at first board in16th Chess Olympiad in Tel Aviv (+8 –5 =3);
*In 1968, at first board in18th Chess Olympiad in Lugano (+5 –2 =5);
*In 1970, at first board in19th Chess Olympiad in Siegen (+4 –2 =6);
*In 1974, at second board in21st Chess Olympiad in Nice (+8 –0 =4);
*In 1976, at second board in22nd Chess Olympiad in Haifa (+5 –4 =1);
*In 1988, at second reserve board in28th Chess Olympiad in Thessaloniki (+2 –2 =3).He won two individual gold medals, at Moscow 1956 and at Nice 1974. [ [http://www.olimpbase.org OlimpBase :: the encyclopaedia of team chess ] ]Awarded the
International Master (IM) title in 1956.References
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