Wilhelm Hanstein

Wilhelm Hanstein ( born August 3, 1811 in Berlin, † October 14, 1850 in Magdeburg ) was a German chess player of the 19th century and was one of the masters of the influential Berliner Chess School. He was one of the strongest chess players of his time.

Life

Hanstein was a son of evangelical theologians and Oberkonsistorialrats Gottfried August Ludwig Hanstein.

His teacher was Ludwig Bledow of chess. Among the mentioned Berlin masters were, inter alia, be more common game opponents Tassilo von der Lasa Heydebrand and Hanstein and cousin Carl Mayet. Hanstein was considered opening connoisseurs and worked occasionally at the on Paul Rudolph of Bilguer declining manual of chess with (the main author was of Heydebrand and the Lasa ). After the death Bledows in 1846 he finally took over the editorship of the Berlin Chess newspaper.

From him two competitions are known. He won in 1842 against Carl Ferdinand Jänisch 4: 1 with only one draw and 1847 against Carl Mayet 12: 5 with also a draw.

In 1848 Hanstein was, the lawyer, was appointed as a council to Magdeburg. There, two years later he died of a disease.

After Hanstein a variant of Springer King Gambit is named. The Hanstein Gambit arises after the moves 1 е7 - е5 2 e5xf4 3 Sg1 -f3 g7- g5 4 Lf1 - c4 Bf8 - g7 when White to draw е2 - f2 - f4 instead е4 h2 - h4, his continuing development and then the enemy attacks with g2 - g3 farmers.