Siegbert Tarrasch

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Siegbert Tarrasch was a leading German chess grandmaster and influential theoretician of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, known for his classical style and widely studied instructional writings.

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instanceOf German person
chess player
chess writer
human
countryOfCitizenship German Empire NERFINISHED
Germany
dateOfBirth 1862-03-05
dateOfDeath 1934-02-17
era early 20th century chess
late 19th century chess
familyName Tarrasch NERFINISHED
famousQuote Chess, like love, like music, has the power to make men happy.
fieldOfWork chess theory
givenName Siegbert NERFINISHED
influenced José Raúl Capablanca NERFINISHED
classical school of chess
many 20th-century chess teachers
influencedBy Wilhelm Steinitz NERFINISHED
languageOfWorkOrName German
laterReligion Christianity NERFINISHED
name Siegbert Tarrasch NERFINISHED
notableAchievement one of the strongest players of the 1890s
notableFor Tarrasch Defense NERFINISHED
Tarrasch Rule in rook endgames NERFINISHED
Tarrasch Variation of the Queen's Gambit NERFINISHED
classical chess style
influential chess writings
popularizing classical chess principles
notableWork Das Schachspiel
Die moderne Schachpartie NERFINISHED
Dreihundert Schachpartien NERFINISHED
occupation chess author
chess player
physician
openingNamedAfter Tarrasch Defense (French Defence) NERFINISHED
Tarrasch Defense (Queen's Gambit Declined) NERFINISHED
Tarrasch Variation (Ruy Lopez) NERFINISHED
opponent Emanuel Lasker NERFINISHED
participatedIn World Chess Championship 1908 NERFINISHED
placeOfBirth Breslau NERFINISHED
Prussia
surface form: Kingdom of Prussia
placeOfDeath Germany NERFINISHED
Munich
religion Judaism
residence Munich
Nuremberg NERFINISHED
style classical chess principles
title grandmaster (retroactively)

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Emanuel Lasker notableOpponent Siegbert Tarrasch