Max Fleissig, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Max Fleissig

Austrian chess player

Date of Birth: 10-Nov-1845

Place of Birth: Csenger, Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County, Hungary

Date of Death: 23-Jan-1919

Profession: chess player

Nationality: Austria

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Miksa (Max) Fleissig (10 November 1845, in Csenger – 23 January 1919) was a Hungarian-born Austrian chess master. Dr.
Maximilian Fleissig tied for 7-8th in the Vienna 1873 chess tournament (Wilhelm Steinitz and Joseph Henry Blackburne won), played (scoring 5.5/12) at Vienna 1875 (Philipp Meitner won), and tied for 4-7th at Vienna 1882 (Vincenz Hruby won).His name is attached to the Fleissig Gambit in the Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3).Max (Miksa) Fleissig was the elder brother of Bernhard Fleissig.