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Chess: the first indications that chess was played in Austria can be 
found in the  Carmina Burana dating to around 1240. In 1557 Selenius 
called chess one of the seven chivalrous virtues. Tournament chess has 
been played in Vienna since the late 18%%sup th/%  century. With his 
work "Neue theoretisch-praktische Anweisung zum 
Schach-Spiele" ("New Theoretical and Practical Instructions 
on Playing Chess") J. B. Allgaier (1763-1823) wrote the 
first book on chess theory in German in 1795. Karl Hamppe, the founder 
of the "Wiener Partie" (1814-1873), K. E. Falkbeer 
(1819-1885), A. Albin (1847-1920), and particularly W.  Steinitz, the 
first world chess champion, were the most important Austrian chess 
players at the beginning of the 20%%sup th/%  century. Chess playing 
reached its peak in Austria around the turn of the century with the 
establishment of the Vienna chess school, whose most important player 
was C.  Schlechter, who is still considered to have been Austria's 
premier chess player. In 1877 the Graz school was formed, the oldest 
chess club still existing in Austria today. In 1890 the first 
nation-wide chess association was founded. J. Berger (1845-1933) was 
the theorist who set the tone for the modern game of chess. After 
World War I, R. Spielmann (1884-1942), E. Gruenfeld (1893-1962), H. 
Kmoch (1894-1973), J. Lokvenc (1899-1974) and E. Eliskases 
(b. 1913) were Austria's leading chess players; however, Austria 
lost its reputation as an important chess country after 1945. K. 
Robatsch (b. 1929) earned the title of international Grand Master 
at the Chess Olympics in Leipzig in 1960, and his "Robatsch 
defence" has gone down in modern chess history. In 1995 another 
Austrian, J. Klinger, earned the title of Grand Master, and 16 others 
were named as international masters. The Austrian umbrella 
organisation for the game of chess is the Austrian Chess Association 
with its headquarters in Graz.

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Publikationen: Schach - Aktiv, Das oesterreichische Schach-Magazin.


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