Alexander Prameshuber (20 November 1926 – 19 June 1983) was an Austrian chess player, and

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winner (1958).

Personal life

Prameshuber played chess with his father since he was eight and intensified the game during his captivity in

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(1944/1945) in the

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in France. After graduating from high school in

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in 1946, he completed his law studies in

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in 1952. During this time he was a member of the Viennese chess club, took part in the Vienna City Championships and finished second in the State Championships in 1953 behind Josef Lokvenz. He was the first Austrian correspondence chess championship winner from 1950-1952 In 1958 he became the Austrian Chess Champion. Prameshuber represented Austria at seven

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(1954 Amsterdam, 1956 Moscow, 1958 Munich, 1964 Tel Aviv, 1966 Havana, 1968 Lugano and 1974 Nice). He also defended Austria at the European Team Championships in 1957, 1961 and 1965. In 1967 he won the

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in Leysin, Switzerland, showing his best individual performance, 14th. He always remained an amateur player. His professional career led to leading the post and telegraph directorate in Linz and Salzburg. He was always actively involved in the chess section of the post sports club.

Private life

Prameshuber was born in Sierning, Austria and was married and had three daughters. His two great passions were piano and chess throughout his life. As a virtuoso classical pianist and great jazz fan, he only appeared privately. He died in 1983 in Grödig, Austria

Tournaments

Prameshuber played for Austria in the

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s: * In 1954, at the third board in the

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(+4, =5, -4), * In 1956, at fourth board in the

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(+4, =4, -4), * In 1958, at second board in the

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(+4, =4, -8), * In 1964, at third board in the

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(+5, =5, -3), * In 1966, at first board in the

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(+7, =6, -4), * In 1974, at third board in the

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Nice Nice ( ; ) is a city in and the prefecture of the Alpes-Maritimes department in France. The Nice agglomeration extends far beyond the administrative city limits, with a population of nearly one million European Team Chess Championship The European Team Championship (often abbreviated in texts and games databases as ''ETC'') is an international team chess event, eligible for the participation of European nations whose chess federations are located in zones 1.1 to 1.9. This more ...

preliminaries: * In 1957, at eighth board in the 1st European Team Chess Championship preliminaries (+2, =2, -0), * In 1961, at first board in the 2nd European Team Chess Championship preliminaries (+0, =4, -1), * In 1965, at seventh board in the 3rd European Team Chess Championship preliminaries (+2, =2, -0). Also, Prameshuber with the Austria team won the

(1961).

References

External links

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Alexander Prameshuber
chess games at 365chess.com 1926 births 1983 deaths Chess Olympiad competitors 20th-century Austrian chess players 20th-century Austrian sportsmen {{Austria-chess-bio-stub Austrian chess players