Alexander Ferdinand von der Goltz (1819–1858) was a German chess master.
Born in Prussia, he studied philology at University of Bonn, and was a friend of Tassilo von Heydebrand und der Lasa. After his study, von der Goltz served as a Prussian officer in Koblenz till 1848, and became one of the strongest chess players in Rhineland.[1] During his visits in Berlin, he lost some matches to famous members of the Berlin Pleiades (Das Berliner Siebengestirn): von der Lasa (1 : 6) in 1837,[2] Carl Mayet (9.5 : 14.5) [3] and Wilhelm Hanstein (5 : 12) in 1847.