Augustin Neumann

Augustin Neumann

Augustin Neumann (23 May 1879 – 2 February 1906) was an Austrian chess master.

He tied for 3rd-5th at Vienna 1901/02 (Julius Perlis won); took 2nd, behind Leopold Loewy Jr at Vienna 1902 (Quadrangular);[1] took 3rd at Hannover 1902 (13th DSB–Congress, Hauptturnier, Walter John won);[2] took 5th at Hilversum 1903 (Paul Leonhardt won);[3] tied for 4-5th at Vienna 1904 (Carl Schlechter won).[4]

Augustin Neumann won at Coburg 1904, after a playoff against Milan Vidmar (14th DSB–Congress, Hauptturnier A),[5] which earned him the master title of the German Chess Federation. Neumann tied for 4-6th at Barmen 1905 (B tourn, Leo Fleischmann won);[6] and tied for 7-9th at Vienna 1905 (Schlechter won).[7]

He died in a hospital, at the age of 26.[8]

References

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  2. ^ Berliner Schachverband :: Walter John Archived October 6, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
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  5. ^ coburgb
  6. ^ barmenb
  7. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 4, 2007. Retrieved December 10, 2011.{{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
  8. ^ "MIME Attachment View". Archived from the original on 2007-10-26. Retrieved 2007-07-16. Chess facts and fables by Edward Winter