Anderssen, Adolf (1818-1879)

Adolf Anderssen (Public Domain)

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Alternative first name spellings: Karl Ernst

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GENERAL INFO

Description: Adolf Anderssen was a German chess player, considered to be the leading chess player in the world. After 1866, Anderssen became the most successful tournament player in Europe. He was a very important figure in the development of chess problems. His two great creations are two games known as “Immortal Game” and the “Evergreen Game”.
Sex: Male.	Occupation: Chess player.
Place of Birth / Death: Wroclaw, Kingdom of Prussia / Wroclaw, German Empire.	Country Tags: Germany.
Centuries: XIX.	Title: Unofficial World Chess Champion
Wolrd Champion: –	School: –
Style: Aggressive and combinative.	Chess Olympiads: –

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External links

Ajedrez con maestros: Biografía y Partidas de Steinitz: http://www.ajedrezconmaestros.com/biografiaypartidasdesteinitz/ – [15/03/2018].
Adolf Anderssen at Encyclopaedia Britannica: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Adolf-Anderssen – [15/03/2018].
Adolf Anderssen chess games at 365Chess.com: https://www.365chess.com/players/Adolf_Anderssen – [15/03/2018].
Adolf Anderssen player profile and games at Chessgames.com: http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=10342 – [15/03/2018].
Wikipedia the free encyclopedia: Adolf Anderssen: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_Anderssen – [15/03/2018].
Webarchive.com: XVI Memoriał Adolfa Anderssena: https://web.archive.org/web/20070616194018/http://www.anderssen.dzszach.pl/ – [15/03/2018].

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Gottschall, Hermann von (2006). Adolf Anderssen, der Altmeister deutscher Schachspielkunst. Elibron Classics.
Hooper, David. Whyld, Kenneth. (1992). The Oxford companion to chess. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Murray, H. J. R. (1913). A history of chess. New York: Oxford University Press.