Gustav Richard Ludwig Neumann (15 December 1838 – 16 February 1881) was a German
chess master
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.
Neumann was born in
Gleiwitz
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in the
Prussian Province of Silesia. In matches he lost to
Louis Paulsen (+3 –5 =3) at Leipzig 1864, and defeated
Celso Golmayo Zúpide (+3 –0 =0), and
Simon Winawer (+3 –0 =0) at Paris 1867. He also won against
Samuel Rosenthal (+12 –2 =8) in three matches in Paris; (+5 –0 =6) in 1867, (+3 –1 =1) and (+4 –1 =1) in 1869.
During the late 1860s Neumann was one of the best chess players in the world. In tournaments he was first at Berlin 1865 (+34 –0 =0; first
perfect score
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), first at Elberfeld 1865, first at Dundee 1867 Scotland International, second place went to Steinitz.
Neumann reached fourth at
Paris 1867 (
Ignatz von Kolisch won), third/fourth at Baden-Baden 1870 (
Adolf Anderssen won), and second, behind Anderssen, at Altona 1872. However, severe mental illness stopped him playing after 1872.
In 1864–1867, together with Anderssen, he founded and edited the ''Neue Berliner Schachzeitung''.
Death
After giving up chess completely due to a
nervous disorder Gustav Neumann spent the last years of his life in the ''Provincial Sanatorium and Nursing Institution Allenberg'' in
Druzhba, Pravdinsky District, Kaliningrad Oblast
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Histor ...
, where he died on 16 February 1881.
Chessbase.com: 34 out of 34: Remembering Gustav Neumann
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Further reading
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* Hooper and Whyld, Oxford Companion to Chess, p. 270
References
External links
Chessbase.com: 34 out of 34: Remembering Gustav Neumann
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Neumann estimated rating
db.chessmetrics.com
237 chess games of Gustav Neumann
1838 births
1881 deaths
German chess players
Sportspeople from Gliwice
People from the Province of Silesia
German chess writers
German male non-fiction writers
19th-century chess players
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