Hugo Fähndrich

Austrian-Hungarian chess player

Hugo Fähndrich (3 July 1851 – 3 July 1930) was an Austrian–Hungarian chess master.

Born in Hungary, he moved to Vienna. In 19th/20th century, the Viennese chess school, founded by Max Weiss, was propagated by the Carl Schlechter–Arthur Kaufmann–Hugo Fahndrich trio.^[1]

He was the tournament director at Kaiser Jubiläumsturnier 1898 in Vienna.^[2] In 1898 he, along with Alexander Halprin and Georg Marco, renewed Wiener Schachzeitung.^[3]

He played several tournaments in Vienna; took 3rd in 1896 (Marco won), took 4th in 1897 (Schlechter won), took 9th in 1897/98 (Marco won).^[4]

Notable chess games

Hugo Fähndrich vs Wilhelm Steinitz, Vienna 1897, Bishop's Opening, Urusov Gambit (C24), 1-0
Carl Schlechter vs Hugo Fähndrich, Vienna 1904, Ruy Lopez, Open Variation (C80), 0-1
Oldřich Duras vs Hugo Fähndrich, Vienna 1909, Danish Gambit, Accepted (C21), ½–½

References

^ Judaism and Chess Archived 2007-11-04 at the Wayback Machine
^ Schach Turnierergebnis Server chess-results.com at chess-results.com
^ 1844-1945, D at www.ballo.de
^ Welcome to the Chessmetrics site Archived 2006-04-14 at the Wayback Machine at www.chessmetrics.com