Kasimir de Weydlich
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Casimir de Weydlich (4 August 1859 - 17 September 1913) was a Polish chess
master.
Born into an aristocratic family in Skotyniany, near Kamenets Podolskiy, he began his chess career in the early 1880s. He tied for 5-6th at the 2nd Warsaw City Championship in 1983/84, but won an individual game against Józef Żabiński
, the winner of the event. Then he took 16th at Leipzig 1894 (the 9th DSB Congress
won by Siegbert Tarrasch
), and won a mini-match against Jean Taubenhaus
(2 : 0) at Warsaw 1898.
Count de Weydlich was a co-founder of the Lwowski Klub Szachistów (The Lemberg Chess Club) in Lwów (Lviv, Lemberg), Galicia
(then Austria-Hungary
), in November 1894. He played in several tournaments in Lemberg; took 3rd in 1895, shared 2nd in 1896 (both won by Ignatz von Popiel
), took 4th in 1904 (Emil Gross won), and tied for 4-5th in 1912 (Oskar Piotrowski
won).
His best achievement was the second prize at Le Monde Illustré
correspondence tournament in 1897. He died in Lemberg in 1913.
Chess
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master.
Born into an aristocratic family in Skotyniany, near Kamenets Podolskiy, he began his chess career in the early 1880s. He tied for 5-6th at the 2nd Warsaw City Championship in 1983/84, but won an individual game against Józef Żabiński
Józef Zabinski
Józef Żabiński was a Polish chess master and problemist.Born in Warsaw , he was educated in a high school gymnasium and graduated in Law Faculty at the Imperial University of Warsaw in 1886.Żabiński won the 2nd Warsaw City Chess Championship in 1883/84...
, the winner of the event. Then he took 16th at Leipzig 1894 (the 9th DSB Congress
DSB Congress
The Deutschen Schachbund had been founded in Leipzig on 18 July 1877. When the next meeting took place in the Schützenhaus on 15 July 1879, sixty-two clubs had become member of the chess federation. Hofrat Rudolf von Gottschall became Chairman and Hermann Zwanziger the General Secretary...
won by Siegbert Tarrasch
Siegbert Tarrasch
Siegbert Tarrasch was one of the strongest chess players and most influential chess teachers of the late 19th century and early 20th century....
), and won a mini-match against Jean Taubenhaus
Jean Taubenhaus
Jean Taubenhaus was a Polish–born French chess master.-Biography:Taubenhaus was a foremost Warsaw chess player in late 70s of 19th century. In 1880, he settled in Paris. In the 4th international Congress of the German Chess Association at Hamburg in July 1885, he took 14th place...
(2 : 0) at Warsaw 1898.
Count de Weydlich was a co-founder of the Lwowski Klub Szachistów (The Lemberg Chess Club) in Lwów (Lviv, Lemberg), Galicia
Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria
The Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria was a crownland of the Habsburg Monarchy, the Austrian Empire, and Austria–Hungary from 1772 to 1918 .This historical region in eastern Central Europe is currently divided between Poland and Ukraine...
(then Austria-Hungary
Austria-Hungary
Austria-Hungary , more formally known as the Kingdoms and Lands Represented in the Imperial Council and the Lands of the Holy Hungarian Crown of Saint Stephen, was a constitutional monarchic union between the crowns of the Austrian Empire and the Kingdom of Hungary in...
), in November 1894. He played in several tournaments in Lemberg; took 3rd in 1895, shared 2nd in 1896 (both won by Ignatz von Popiel
Ignatz von Popiel
Ignatz von Popiel was a Polish-Ukrainian chess player.-Biography:...
), took 4th in 1904 (Emil Gross won), and tied for 4-5th in 1912 (Oskar Piotrowski
Oskar Piotrowski
Oskar Piotrowski was a Polish chess master.In 1902, he played in several chess tournaments in Berlin; took 2nd, behind Eduard Dyckhoff, in the Berlin Finckenschaft-Turnier, tied for 4-5th in the Café Kerkau Free Tournament , lost a game to Ranneforth in a match Anderssen Chess Club vs...
won).
His best achievement was the second prize at Le Monde Illustré
Le Monde Illustré
Le Monde illustré was a leading 19th century illustrated newsmagazine in France. Many of its highly realistic drawings were actually made from photographs, at a time when photographic reproduction in print was not technically feasible....
correspondence tournament in 1897. He died in Lemberg in 1913.