Max Weiss

Miksa White [ mikʃɒ vɛjs ] ( dt Max White [ maks vaɪs ]; born July 21, 1857 in Szered, Austria - Hungary, now Sered, Slovakia, † March 14 1927 in Vienna ) and was a chess champion from Austria - Hungary. Between 1885 and 1895 he was one of the strongest players in the world.

He studied mathematics in Vienna and played from 1880 in several masters tournaments, including the DSB congresses in Nuremberg in 1883, Hamburg 1885, Frankfurt am Main, 1887., He scored his greatest success at the show in New York in 1889, which was played double round with 20 participants. White reached there the Mikhail Chigorin with split 1 / 2 Place. A random battle remained undecided, both players received a cash prize of $ 875. He then decided to cut the chess game to continue a successful career as a bank clerk in the house of Rothschild. On a match for the world chess championship against Wilhelm Steinitz he showed no interest. He played some minor tournaments in Vienna, where she won a 1895 contest against Georg Marco 3-1 in a draw.

His positional style was seen as typical of the former Viennese chess school, emerged from the masters such as Carl Schlechter also.

His best historical Elo rating was 2727 in July 1889, that he was the fourth best player in the world.