Georg Kieninger

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Georg Kieninger (5 June 1902 in Munich – 25 January 1975 in Düsseldorf) was a German chess player and International Master (IM).

An avid cigar smoker, Kieninger was nicknamed "Eisernen Schorsch" (roughly translated as "Iron Georgie") because of his fighting style. He won the German Chess Championship in 1937, 1940, and 1947. In 1950, FIDE awarded him the IM title.

His major openings were the Ruy Lopez and the French Defence (MacCutcheon Variation). The Kieninger Trap in the Budapest Gambit is named after him (Borik 1986, p. 24).

[edit] References

• Borik, Otto (1986), Budapest Gambit, The Macmillan Chess Library, pp. 24, ISBN 978-0020175001 

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