Siegbert Tarrasch Full name Siegbert Tarrasch Country Germany Born ( 1862-03-05)5 March 1862,, (now, ) Died 17 February 1934 ( 1934-02-17) (aged 71), Siegbert Tarrasch (5 March 1862 – 17 February 1934) was one of the strongest players and most influential chess teachers of the late 19th and early 20th century. Tarrasch was born in,. Having finished school in 1880, he left Breslau to study medicine in.
With his family, he settled in,, and later in, setting up a successful medical practice. He had five children. Tarrasch was Jewish, converted to Christianity in 1909, and was a patriotic German who lost a son in, yet he faced in the early stages of. Siegbert Tarrasch and., 1893 Soon afterwards, in St. Petersburg in 1893, Tarrasch drew a hard-fought match against Steinitz' challenger (+9−9=4) after leading most of the way. He also won four major tournaments in succession: 1889, 1890, 1892, and 1894. However, after became in 1894, Tarrasch could not match him.
THE FRENCH DEFENCE It starts. (Nb1-c3, the main line, or Nb1-d2, the TARRASCH VARIATION). FRENCH DEFENCE TARRASCH VAR. FRENCH DEFENCE McCUTCHEON VARIATION 1. E2-e4 e7-e6 2. D2-d4 d7-d5 3. Nb1-c3 Ng8-f6 4. Bc1-g5 Bf8-b4 5. E4-e5 h7-h6 FRENCH DEFENCE TARRASCH VAR. E2-e4 e7-e6 2. D2-d4 d7-d5 3. Nb1-d2 Ng8-f6 4. E4-e5 Nf6-d7 5. Bf1-d3 c7-c5 6. C2-c3 Nb8-c6 7. Ng1-e2 c5xd4 FRENCH DEFENCE RUBINSTEIN VARIATION 1.
Wrote: 'Tarrasch was destined to play second fiddle for the rest of his life.' For example, Lasker scored much better against mutual opponents, e.g.
Chigorin, Tarrasch had +2 over 34 games while Lasker scored +7 in 21; vs. Manual De Usuario Windstar 2000 Speedometer. Tarrasch was −8 without a single win, while Lasker scored +2−1=2; vs. Tarrasch scored +3 compared to Lasker's huge +22; vs., Tarrasch was +1 over 16 games while Lasker scored +4−0=1, vs. Tarrasch scored +8−5=2, while Lasker beat him all four tournament games. However, Tarrasch had a narrow plus score against of +6−5=2, while Lasker was even +5−5=4.
Still, Tarrasch remained a powerful player, demolishing in a match in 1905 (+8−1=8), and winning Ostend 1907 over,,,, and Chigorin. There was no love lost between the two masters. The story goes that when they were introduced at the opening of their 1908 championship match, Tarrasch clicked his heels, bowed stiffly, and said, 'To you, Dr. Lasker, I have only three words, check and mate'—then left the room.
When Lasker finally agreed to, he beat Tarrasch convincingly +8−3=5. Tarrasch continued to be one of the leading players in the world for a while. He finished fourth in the very strong, behind only World Champion Lasker and future World Champions and, and ahead of Marshall,,,,, Janowski, and.
His win against Capablanca in the 19th round, though much less famous than Lasker's win against Capablanca the round before, was essential to enable Lasker to achieve his famous come-from-behind victory over Capablanca in the tournament. This tournament was probably Tarrasch's, because his chess career was not very successful after this, although he still played some highly regarded games. Chess teachings [ ] Tarrasch was a very influential chess writer, and was called Praeceptor Germaniae, meaning 'Teacher of Germany.' He was editor of the magazine in 1897 and wrote several books, including Die moderne Schachpartie and Three hundred chess games.
Although his teachings became famous throughout the chess world, until recently his books had not been translated into English. He took some of 's ideas ( e.g.,, ) and made them more accessible to the average chess player. In other areas he departed from Steinitz. He emphasized piece much more than Steinitz did, and disliked cramped positions, saying that they 'had the germ of defeat.'
Tarrasch stated what is known as the, that should be placed behind —either yours or your opponent's. Quotes Tarrasch as saying “ Always put the rook behind the pawn. Except when it is incorrect to do so. ” Chess publications [ ] Tarrasch's main books were: (i) Dreihundert Schachpartien (1895), translated by S. Schwarz as Three Hundred Chess Games (1999), (ii) Die moderne Schachpartie (1912), and (iii) Das Schachspiel (1931), translated by G. Bone as (1935, ).