Friedrich Sämisch

Friedrich ( "Fritz" ) Chamois ( born September 20, 1896 in Charlottenburg in Berlin, † August 16, 1975 in Berlin- Wannsee ) was a German chess master.

Life

Sämisch learned from 1910 to 1914 the trade of bookbinder. Since 1915, he participated as a soldier in the First World War. He was here twice severely wounded and had to bring in hospitals for more than two years. During this time, Sämisch turned the game of chess too seriously, that he had " discovered by himself and learns" in 1910. After temporary memberships in the "Workers' chess club " Charlottenburg and the Chess Club " Springer " began his active tournament play in the fall of 1918, when he joined the Berlin Chess Club. There Sämisch was already in his first tournament, the Winter Tournament of the club, win the 2nd place. In the championship of Berlin in 1918, he was third in the championship of Berlin in 1919, he shared the 2nd - 4th Place, and in the summer of 1920, he won the main tournament of the German Chess Federation. Given these successes, he decided to earn his living as a professional chess player.

In the 1920s, he was one of the strongest players in Germany. His greatest successes were a race victory against Richard Réti 1922 ( 4 wins, 1 loss, 3 draws ), victory in the tournament in Vienna in 1921 and the 3rd place behind Alexander Alekhine and Akiba Rubinstein at the International Tournament in Baden -Baden in 1925. Sämisch heard also one of the few players to have won a match against the then almost invincible José Raúl Capablanca. After an opening error of Exweltmeisters Sämisch won their match in Karlovy Vary in 1929 a piece and the game.

He participated in two Chess Olympiads, namely in 1930 in Hamburg and Munich in 1936, and took there both times with the German team to third place.

Although Sämisch was a very good blitz chess player, he could up his time in tournament games not divide properly, which cost him many points. An oddity occurred at a tournament in Linköping in 1969, when he lost all his games by exceeding the time limit. In addition Sämisch holds the record for the shortest lost by timed game. Despite a cooling off period of two and a half hours he passed in a game in 1938 in Prague in the 12th train the waiting period.

Sämisch was also known for his simultaneous and blind simultaneous events, in which he played simultaneously with the latter against up to 20 opponents.

Sämisch lost a 1923 match against Aaron Nimzowitsch, which became known as the " Immortal Zugzwangpartie " in the history of chess.

Fritz Sämisch 1950 was appointed by the FIDE Grand Master. His best historical Elo rating of 2665, he reached in July 1929.

Opening variations

After Sämisch variants are named in two chess openings.