Samuel Mieses, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Samuel Mieses

German chess player

Date of Birth: 19-Nov-1841

Place of Birth: Wrocław, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland

Date of Death: 01-Jan-1884

Profession: chess player

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Samuel Mieses (November 1841 – January 1884) was a German chess master. Uncle of Jacques Mieses, he studied medicine at the University of Breslau, and was one of chess pupils of Adolf Anderssen.
He lost a match to him (0½–4½) in 1867, and was a frequent chess opponent of Johannes Zukertort and Jakob Rosanes in Breslau.He won at Bad Ems 1871 and shared 1st with Anderssen but lost a play-off game to him at Leipzig 1871 (Kongresse des Mitteldeutschen Schachbundes, the first Middle German Chess Congress), He lost a match to Johannes von Minckwitz (3½–5½) at Leipzig 1872.