Philipp Meitner

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Philipp Meitner (January 1838 – September 1910) was a lawyer and Austrian chess master.


His the most famous game was the "Immortal Draw" (Carl Hamppe vs Philipp Meitner, Vienna 1872).[1] He won at Vienna 1875,[2] and won a match against Adolf Schwarz (6.5 : 3.5) at Vienna 1878.[3]

Meitner played in two strong international tournaments in Vienna in 1873 and 1882. He tied for 7-8th in the first tournament (Wilhelm Steinitz and Joseph Henry Blackburne won),[4] and took 14th in the second one (Wilhelm Steinitz and Szymon Winawer won),[5] He also tied for 8-9th at Vienna 1882 (Vincenz Hruby won), took 8th at Vienna 1895 (Georg Marco won), took 4th at Vienna 1908 (Richard Réti won), and tied for 6-7th at Vienna 1909/10 (Trebitsch Memorial, Réti won).[6]

Dr. Philipp Meitner was the father of Lise Meitner.[7]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Carl Hamppe vs Philipp Meitner (1872) "The Immortal Draw"
  2. ^ http://xoomer.alice.it/cserica/scacchi/storiascacchi/tornei/pagine/itorneifino1880.htm
  3. ^ Welcome to the Chessmetrics site
  4. ^ Vienna
  5. ^ http://xoomer.alice.it/cserica/scacchi/storiascacchi/tornei/1851-99/1882wien.htm
  6. ^ http://www.anders.thulin.name/SUBJECTS/CHESS/CTCIndex.pdf Name Index to Jeremy Gaige's Chess Tournament Crosstables, An Electronic Edition, Anders Thulin, Malmö, 2004-09-01
  7. ^ WashingtonPost.com: Lise Meitner : A Life in Physics
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