Richard Teichmann, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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German chess player
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Place of Birth: Lehnitzsch, Thuringia, Germany
About Richard Teichmann
- Richard Teichmann (24 December 1868 – 15 June 1925) was a German chess master.
- He was known as "Richard the Fifth" because he often finished in fifth place in tournaments.
- But in Karlsbad 1911, he scored a convincing win, crushing Akiba Rubinstein and Carl Schlechter with the same line of the Ruy Lopez.
- Edward Lasker recounted the witty way in which Teichmann demonstrated the Schlechter win in his book Chess Secrets I learned from the Masters, and generally admired Teichmann's mastery.
- Throughout his chess career Teichmann was handicapped by chronic eye trouble.
- He had only one eye, and eye trouble caused him to withdraw from the 1899 London Tournament after only four rounds.
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