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unusual facts about Tarrasch


Tarrasch

Tarrasch rule, a principle that applies to chess middlegames and endgames


Chess handicap

K. Eckart–Tarrasch, Nuremberg Chess Club Championship 1887–88 (remove Black's f-pawn)
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Georg Marco

However, he is probably best known for his work as editor of the Wiener Schachzeitung (de) from 1898 to 1916 and his annotations in the books Vienna Gambit Tournament (1903), Barmen 1905, Ostend 1906, Carlsbad 1907, Lasker-Tarrasch match for the World Chess Champion title in 1908, Baden on Vienna Gambit Tournament 1914, and Meister des Problems (Vienna 1924).

Lasker versus Bauer, Amsterdam, 1889

The same sacrificial pattern was echoed in a number of later games, notably NimzowitschTarrasch, St Petersburg 1914; MilesBrowne, Lucerne 1982; and PolgarKarpov, Seventh Essent 2003.

Ruy Lopez, Tarrasch Trap

Tarrasch Trap refers to two different chess opening traps in the Ruy Lopez that are named for Siegbert Tarrasch.

Sport in Saint Petersburg

Chess tradition was highlighted by the 1914 international tournament, in which the title "Grandmaster" was first formally conferred by Russian Tsar Nicholas II to five players: Lasker, Capablanca, Alekhine, Tarrasch and Marshall, and which the Tsar had partially funded.


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