- Carl Hamppe
Carl Hamppe (born 1814,
Switzerland – died May 17, 1876,Gersau ,Canton of Schwyz ) was a senior government official inVienna as well as a Swiss–Austrian chess master and theoretician. [ [http://www.chess.at/geschichte/gesheumo.htm Eröffnung ] ]He played matches with
Johann Löwenthal (4 : 5) in 1846,Ernst Falkbeer (16 : 15) in 1850, andDaniel Harrwitz (2 : 5) in 1852 and (0.5 : 3.5) in 1860. [ [http://members.shaw.ca/edo2/players/p67.html Edo Ratings, Hamppe, C ] ]Hamppe twice won the Vienna championship ("Wiener Schachgesellschaft") in 1859 and 1860, both times ahead of
Wilhelm Steinitz . [ [http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Lab/7378/steinitz.htm Bill Wall's Chess Master Profiles - Steinitz ] ]His most famous game was the "Immortal Draw" (Carl Hamppe vs
Philipp Meitner , Vienna 1872). [ [http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1250160 Carl Hamppe vs Philipp Meitner (1872) "The Immortal Draw" ] ]He made contributions to the
Vienna Game (1.e4 e5 2.Nc3), and two variations in the Vienna Gambit: Hamppe-Allgaier Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.h4 g4 5.Ng5), and Hamppe-Muzio Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4 exf4 4.Nf3 g5 5.Bc4 g4 6.O-O gxf3 7.Qxf3). [http://easyweb.easynet.co.uk/~amos/chess/641.html]* [http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=27380 The chess games of Carl Hamppe]
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