Alexander Fritz

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Alexander Fritz (15 January 1857, Kirchlotheim - 22 April 1932, Alsfeld) was a German chess master.

He tied for 5-6th with Wilfried Paulsen at Frankfurt 1878 (the 12th WDSB-Congress, Louis Paulsen won),[1] took 9th at Braunschweig 1880 (the 13th WDSB-Congress, L. Paulsen won), took 13th at Wiesbaden 1880 (Joseph Henry Blackburne, Adolf Schwarz, and Berthold Englisch won).

He participated five times in DSB Congress, and took 16th at Nuremberg 1883 (the 3rd DSB-Congress, Szymon Winawer won), took 20th at Frankfurt 1887 (the 5th DSB-Congress, George Henry Mackenzie won), tied for 13-14th at Breslau 1889 (the 6th DSB-Congress, Siegbert Tarrasch won), took 15th at Cologne 1898 (the 11th DSB-Congress, Amos Burn won),[2] and took 16th at Düsseldorf 1908 (the 16th DSB-Congress, Frank James Marshall won).[3]

His name is attached to the Fritz Variation in the Two Knights Defense or Prussian Game (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5 5.exd5 Nd4).[4]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Frankfurt
  2. ^ I tornei dal 1880 al 1899
  3. ^ duesseldorf
  4. ^ http://www.chessworld.net/chessclubs/learn_glossary_openings.asp?OnlyEdited=0&letter=T&glossaryID=8479
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