Miksa (Max) Fleissig (10 November 1845 in Csenger – 23 January 1919) was a Hungarian-born Austrian chess master. Fleissig tied for 7-8th in the Vienna 1873 chess tournament (

Wilhelm Steinitz William Steinitz (born Wilhelm Steinitz; May 14, 1836 – August 12, 1900) was a Bohemian-Austrian, and later American, chess player. From 1886 to 1894, he was the first World Chess Champion. He was also a highly influential writer and c ...

and

Joseph Henry Blackburne Joseph Henry Blackburne (10 December 1841 – 1 September 1924) was a British chess player. Nicknamed "The Black Death", he dominated the British scene during the latter part of the 19th century. Blackburne learned the game at the relatively late ...

won), played (scoring 5.5/12) at Vienna 1875 ( Philipp Meitner won), and tied for 4-7th at Vienna 1882 ( Vincenz Hruby won). The Fleissig Gambit in the

Sicilian Defence The Sicilian Defence is a chess opening that begins with the following moves: :1. e4 c5 The Sicilian is the most popular and best-scoring response to White's first move 1.e4. The opening 1.d4 is a statistically more successful opening for Whi ...

(1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3) is named for him. He was the elder brother of Bernhard Fleissig.

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