Bernhard Fleissig

Bernhard (Bernát) Fleissig (born 1853, Austrian Empire – died 7 March 1931, Vienna) was an Austrian chess master.

Bernhard Fleissig took 18th in the Vienna 1882 chess tournament (Wilhelm Steinitz and Szymon Winawer won),[1] took 2nd, behind Vincenz Hruby, at Vienna 1882,[2] and tied for 2nd-3rd with Johann Hermann Bauer but lost a play-off match to him (0–2) at Vienna 1890 (Max Weiss won).[3][4]

His name is attached to the Fleissig Variation in the Scotch (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5 5.Be3 Qf6 6.c3 Nge7 7.Nc2).[5][6]

Bernhard (Bernát) Fleissig was the younger brother of Max Fleissig.

References
  1. ChessBase.com - Chess News - International Chess Tournament Vienna 1882
  2. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-07-04. Retrieved 2011-12-05.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) Name Index to Jeremy Gaige's Chess Tournament Crosstables, An Electronic Edition, Anders Thulin, Malmö, 2004-09-01
  3. Vienna at xoomer.alice.it
  4. http://www.edochess.ca/players/p797.html Edo Historical Chess Ratings
  5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-10-26. Retrieved 2010-02-20.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. F Archived May 11, 2008, at the Wayback Machine


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