Carl Hamppe

Carl Hamppe (1814 in Switzerland – 17 May 1876, in Gersau, Canton of Schwyz) was a senior government official in Vienna as well as a Swiss-Austrian chess master and theoretician.[1]

He played matches with Johann Löwenthal (4 : 5) in 1846, Ernst Falkbeer (16 : 15) in 1850, and Daniel Harrwitz (2 : 5) in 1852 and (½ : 3½) in 1860.[2]

Hamppe twice won the Vienna championship (Wiener Schachgesellschaft) in 1859 and 1860, both times ahead of Wilhelm Steinitz.[3]

His most famous game was the "Immortal Draw" (Carl Hamppe vs. Philipp Meitner, Vienna 1872).[4]

He made contributions to the Vienna Game (1.e4 e5 2.Nc3), and two variations in the Vienna Gambit: Hamppe–Allgaier Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4 exf4 4.Nf3 g5 5.h4 g4 6.Ng5) and Hamppe–Muzio Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4 exf4 4.Nf3 g5 5.Bc4 g4 6.0-0 gxf3 7.Qxf3).[5]

See also

References
  1. "ERÖFFNUNG". www.chess.at.
  2. "Edo Ratings, Hamppe, C." www.edochess.ca.
  3. "Bill Wall's Chess Master Profiles – Steinitz". Archived from the original on 2009-10-28. Retrieved 2009-10-28.
  4. "Carl Hamppe vs. Philipp Meitner (1872) "The Immortal Draw"". Chessgames.com.
  5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-06-07. Retrieved 2008-04-06.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)


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