Berthold Suhle

Who was Berthold Suhle?

Berthold Suhle was a German chess master.

Born in Stolp, he studied philosophy, philology and nature in Berlin and Bonn.

He won a match with Bartolomeo Forlico at Venice 1858, lost to Adolf Anderssen at Cologne 1859 and in Breslau from April to September 1859, won against Bernhard von Guretzky-Cornitz at Berlin 1860, drew with Anderssen at Berlin 1864, and beat Philipp Hirschfeld at Berlin 1865.

He was an author of Der Schachkongress zu London im Jahre 1862 nebst dem Schachkongresse zu Bristol im Jahre 1861, and wrote with Gustav Richard Neumann a well received book Die neueste Theorie und Praxis des Schachspiels seit dem Schachkongress zu New York i.J. 1857. Ein vollständiger Cursus der neuesten Spieleröffnungskunst on the latiest chess theories. He also was a co-editor of the Deutsche Schachzeitung. Suhle stopped playing to teach from 1877 to 1901, and was named a professor in 1895.