Richard Teichmann

Richard Teichmann (1868–1925) was a leading German chess player. 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 Rubinsteinhttp://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1000656 and Carl Schlechterhttp://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1000839 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.

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1868 - 1925 - German - Chess - Karlsbad - 1911 - Akiba Rubinstein - Carl Schlechter - Ruy Lopez - Edward Lasker

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He had a plus score against Alexander Alekhine (+3-2=2), drawing a match in 1921 when Alekhine was regarded as the logical world title challenger to José Raúl Capablanca. He even beat Alekhine with black pieces in Berlin in 1921.http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1012037

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Alexander Alekhine - José Raúl Capablanca - Berlin - 1921

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Teichmann's records against Emmanuel Lasker and Capablanca were not so good (+0-4=0 and +0-2=1). However, he could score wins against all the other leading players of his day, e.g. Carl Schlechter (+4=2=21), Frank Marshall (+7-7=17), Aron Nimzowitsch (+1-1=5), Siegbert Tarrasch (+5-7=2), Akiba Rubinstein (+5-6=11), Geza Maroczy(+1-2=12) and David Janowski (+4-5=4).

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Emmanuel Lasker - Capablanca - Carl Schlechter - Frank Marshall - Aron Nimzowitsch - Siegbert Tarrasch - Akiba Rubinstein - Geza Maroczy - David Janowski

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