Richard Teichmann

Richard Teichmann (born 23 or December 24, 1868 in Lehnitzsch at Altenburg, † June 12, 1925 in Berlin) was a German chess master.

Youth and studies

From a young age lost Teichmann his right eye. Since he adjourned no artificial eye, he always played with a blindfold.

Teichmann studied philology at the universities of Jena and Berlin. For the first time he made schachlich attention to himself when he 1890/91 won a tournament of the Berlin Chess Club.

Stay in England

From 1892 to 1908, he chose London as a residence. Here he was in the 1892 Tournament of the " Simpson's Divan " and shared second place. Counter Rudolf Loman he won 4-0 ( 4 = 1, -0 ). In 1900 he won the London tournament before Blackburne, Gunsberg and Mason. Other achievements include his victory in the 1901 Masters Tournament five of the " Simpson's Divan ", second place in 1904 in the tournament, " City of London " ( behind Napier ) and his victory in the " Rice Gambit tournament " of the " Metropolitan Club".

International success

His first international tournament played Teichmann 1894 in Leipzig. Here he finished third behind Tarrasch and Paul Lipke.

A major tournament he won only once in his life. That was in 1911 in Carlsbad, where he had many well-known masters behind. He also won competitions against Frank Marshall, Jacques Lousy and Rudolf Spielmann. A match against Alexander Alekhine ended in a draw.

Frequently he took because of his fondness for peaceful draws only the 5th Place - the last place, for it was usually a cash prize. That is why the nickname " Richard V. " was given to him. This money is only enough to fund his modest living. His best historical Elo rating was 2744th This he reached in January 1912. He was temporarily at No. 5 in the world rankings.

Teichmann was regarded as an outstanding theoretician opening and endgame expert. He died in 1925 after a long nephropathy.

Chess composition

From Teichmann some chess problems and endgame studies are known.