Anderssen

/ ˈændəsən /

noun

AnderssenAdolf18181879MGermanSPORT AND GAMES: chess player Adolf (ˈaːdɔlf). 1818–79, German chess player: noted for the incisiveness of his combination play

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Staunton was defeated by Anderssen at the London tournament in 1851, and this concluded his match-playing career.

About the same period he visited Breslau, and won a majority of games (off-hand) from Anderssen.

This was Anderssen's first visit to the French metropolis, and I immediately offered to show him some of the lions.

Morphy was charmed with Anderssen's defence throughout, and has frequently cited it as an admirably conducted strategy.

I have never seen a nobler-hearted gentleman than Herr Anderssen.

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