Rudolf Swiderski, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Rudolf Swiderski

german chess master

Date of Birth: 28-Jul-1878

Place of Birth: Leipzig, Leipzig District, Germany

Date of Death: 02-Aug-1909

Profession: chess player

Nationality: German Empire

Zodiac Sign: Leo


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About Rudolf Swiderski

  • Rudolf Swiderski (July 28, 1878 in Leipzig – August 2, 1909 in Leipzig) was a German chess master. He took 6th at Eisenach 1896 (Hauptturnier), took 2nd at Annaberg 1897, tied for 7-8th at Berlin 1897, and tied for 3-6th in Amsterdam.
  • He made his mark in 1900 when he won 1st place at the Munich Hauptturnier.
  • After this he played in several major tournaments. In 1902, he tied for 7-8th in Hanover (13th DSB Congress; Dawid Janowski won).
  • In 1903, he took 8th in Vienna (King's Gambit theme tournament; Mikhail Chigorin won).
  • In 1904, he took 6th in the Monte Carlo chess tournament (Géza Maróczy won).
  • In 1904, he tied for 1st-2nd with Frank Marshall in Monte Carlo (Rice Gambit theme tournament).
  • In 1904, he tied for 1st-3rd with Curt von Bardeleben and Carl Schlechter in Coburg (14th DSB Congress). In 1905, he tied for 4-5th in Scheveningen (Marshall won).
  • In 1905, he took 2nd, behind Leo Fleischmann in Barmen (B tourn).
  • In 1906, he took 13th in Nuremberg (15th DSB Congress; Marshall won).
  • In 1906, he tied for 12-13th in Ostend (Schlechter won).
  • In 1907, he took 17th in Ostend (B tournament; Akiba Rubinstein and Ossip Bernstein won).
  • In 1908, he took 12th in Vienna (Oldrich Duras, Maróczy and Schlechter won).
  • In 1908, he tied for 14-15th in Düsseldorf (16th DSB Congress; Marshall won).
  • In 1909, he won in Leipzig. He committed suicide shortly after his 31st birthday allegedly because he could not face an operation.
  • Although many reference books refer to his death date as August 12, 1909, the Washington Post for that morning contained an August 11 dispatch of his death.
  • The Trenton (N.J.) Evening Times of August 11, 1909, reported "The body of M.
  • Swiderski, the noted chess player, who committed suicide on August 2 was found today in the room where he had poisoned himself and then fired a bullet into this head.
  • The body was badly decomposed.
  • The date of the suicide was determined by a note left by Swiderski.
  • Swiderski was recently convicted of perjury in a trial that involved him in a disgraceful scandal." [2]

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