Johann Hermann Bauer (23 June 1861, Kotopeky – 5 April 1891,

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) was an Austrian

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master.

Biography

Bauer was born in Kotopeky in

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(then in the

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). His father was an estate owner in Kotopeky and a formally trained painter later in Prague. His mother Eleonora was an older sister of Czech composer Josef Richard Rozkošný. As a youth he settled in

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and won the master title at Frankfurt 1887 (the 5th

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, ''Hauptturnier A''). His best tournament achievement was at

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1890 (+3 –0 =3) where he finished in 2nd place behind

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and ahead of

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and

Georg Marco Georg Marco (29 November 1863 – 29 August 1923) was an Austrian chess player. He was born in Chernivtsi (Cernăuţi), Bukovina (then part of Austria-Hungary). He later settled in Vienna and was secretary of the Viennese Chess Association. I ...

. In 1891 whilst playing in a double-round tournament at Vienna his health broke down when he was sharing the lead with

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. He won matches against Bernhard Fleissig (2:0) in 1890, and Albin (4:0) and Marco (3:1), both in 1891.http://www.edochess.ca/players/p490.html Edo Historical Chess Ratings J.H. Bauer is known mainly for losing to

as a result of a brilliant double-bishop sacrifice at

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1889. He died of

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at the age of 29.

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