Johannes Zukertort, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Johannes Zukertort

chess player

Date of Birth: 07-Sep-1842

Place of Birth: Lublin, Lublin Voivodeship, Poland

Date of Death: 20-Jun-1888

Profession: journalist, chess player

Nationality: German Empire

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Johannes Hermann Zukertort (Polish: Jan Hermann Cukiertort; 7 September 1842 – 20 June 1888) was a leading German-British chess master.
He was one of the leading world players for most of the 1870s and 1880s, and lost to Wilhelm Steinitz in the World Chess Championship 1886, which is generally regarded as the first World Chess Championship match.
He was also defeated by Steinitz in 1872 in an unofficial championship. Zukertort filled his relatively short life with a wide range of other achievements as a soldier, musician, linguist, journalist and political activist.
He became a naturalised citizen of the United Kingdom in 1878.