- Hugo Süchting
Infobox chess player
playername = Hugo Süchting
birthname = Hugo Süchting
country = flagicon|German EmpireGerman Empire
datebirth = birth date|1874|10|8
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datedeath = death date and age|1916|12|27|1874|10|8
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peakrating =Hugo Süchting (Suechting) (8 October 1874 - 27 December 1916) was a German chess player.
He won at Kiel 1893 (the 8th
DSB Congress , "Hauptturnier") [ [http://www.endgame.nl/dsb.htm German Chess Congresses] ] took 13th at Leipzig 1894 (the 9th DSB-Congress,Siegbert Tarrasch won), shared 2nd withIgnatz von Popiel , behindRobert Henry Barnes , at Eisenach 1896 (the 10th DSB-Congress), and took 15th at Berlin 1897 (Rudolf Charousek won). [ [http://xoomer.alice.it/cserica/scacchi/storiascacchi/tornei/1851-99/1897berlino.htm berlino ] ] He played also in "quadrangular" tournaments; took 2nd (Altona 1897), and twice shared 1st (Elmshorn 1898, Kiel 1900).In the 20th century, he tied for 14-15th at Hannover 1902 (the 13th DSB-Congress won by
Dawid Janowski ), won at Hamburg 1903, tied for 8-9th at Coburg 1904 (the 14th DSB-Congress,Curt von Bardeleben ,Carl Schlechter andRudolf Swiderski won), tied for 11-12th at Barmen 1905 (Géza Maróczy and Janowski won), tied for 5-6th at Stockholm 1906 (Ossip Bernstein and Schlechter won), tied for 18-19th at Ostend 1907 (Bernstein andAkiba Rubinstein won), tied for 13-14th at Prague 1908 (Oldřich Duras and Schlechter won), tied for 16-18th at Vienna 1908 (Duras, Maróczy and Schlechter won), tied for 6-7th at Düsseldorf 1908 (the 16th DSB-Congress,Frank Marshall won), [ [http://xoomer.alice.it/cserica/scacchi/storiascacchi/tornei/pagine/itornei1900-09.htm I tornei dal 1900 al 1909 ] at xoomer.alice.it] and tied for 14-16th at Carlsbad 1911 (Richard Teichmann won). [ [http://xoomer.alice.it/cserica/scacchi/storiascacchi/tornei/1900-49/1911karlsbad.htm karlsbad ] ]He won two matches against
Paul Saladin Leonhardt (2.5 : 1.5) andCarl Carls (2 : 1), both at Hamburg 1911, and drew a match with Leonhardt (2 : 2) at Hamburg 1912. [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]* [http://www.chessgames.com/player/hugo_suechting.html chess games of Hugo Süchting]
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