Potsdam
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– 23 July 2006,
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-Steglitz) was a
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chess
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master and writer.
Biography
Teschner was seven times Champion of
Berlin
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. In 1948, he won an East-Zones Championship in
Bad Doberan
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Düsseldorf
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).
Teschner was leading member of the German Chess Olympic team in 1952 and 1956. In 1957 he obtained the title of
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from
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.
He was 2–3 in the Zonal tournament in Berg en Dal 1960 and twice 1–4 in Christmas tournaments in
Reggio Emilia
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(1963/1964 and 1964/1965). Teschner played in the 1962
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tournament at
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.
FIDE awarded him the complimentary Grandmaster title in 1992, the first in history.
Chessmetrics
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Bamberg
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tournament and won the prize for the most beautiful chess game.
Teschner worked between 1950 and 1988 as publisher of ''
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'' (''German Chess News'', the World's oldest surviving chess magazine), and wrote many books and articles about chess.
Selected works
* Der kleine Bilguer, Berlin 1953 (with Kurt Richter)
* Schachmeisterpartien 1960-1965,