Miksa (Max) Fleissig (10 November 1845, in
Csenger – 23 January 1919) was a
Hungarian-born
Austrian chess master.
Dr. Maximilian Fleissig tied for 7-8th in the
Vienna 1873 chess tournament (
Wilhelm Steinitz and
Joseph Henry Blackburne won), played (scoring 5.5/12) at Vienna 1875 (
Philipp Meitner won), and tied for 4-7th at Vienna 1882 (
Vincenz Hruby won).
His name is attached to the Fleissig Gambit in the
Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3).
Max (Miksa) Fleissig was the elder brother of
Bernhard Fleissig.
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1845 births
1919 deaths
People from Csenger
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Hungarian chess players
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