Johannes Minckwitz

Chess Player

1843 – 1901

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Who was Johannes Minckwitz?

Johannes Minckwitz was a German chess player and author.

His best achievement was 2nd place, behind Adolf Anderssen, at Barmen 1869. He tied for 3rd-5th at Hamburg 1869; tied for 8-9th at Baden-Baden 1870; took 3rd at Krefeld 1871; took 4th at Frankfurt 1878; took 11th at Leipzig 1879.

He shared 1st with Max Weiss and Adolf Schwarz at Graz 1880; tied for 3rd-5th at Braunschweig 1880; took 8th at Wiesbaden 1880; tied for 7-8th at Berlin 1881; took 10th at Hamburg; tied for 13-14th at Breslau, and took 9th at Berlin 1890.

In 1865–1876 and 1879–1886, he was an editor of the Deutsche Schachzeitung and author of Das ABC des Schachspiels, Humor in Schachspiel and Der kleine Schachkönig.

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Born
Apr 11, 1843
Leipzig
Nationality
  • Germany
Profession
Died
May 20, 1901
Biebrich

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on July 23, 2013

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