Rudolf Charousek

Rudolf Rezso Charousek (1873 – 1900) was a Hungarian-Jewish chess player. A brilliant player, he had a tragically short career, dying from tuberculosis. Reuben Fine described him as the John Keats of chess.

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1873 - 1900 - Hungarian - Jewish - Chess - Reuben Fine - John Keats

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He was one of a few players who had a plus record against Emanuel Lasker. He defeated world champion Emanuel Lasker at Nuremberg in 1896. Lasker was so impressed that he said "I shall have to play a championship match with this man some day".

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Emanuel Lasker - Nuremberg

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Here is his win against Lasker in Nuremberg in 1896 (moves given in Algebraic chess notation):

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Nuremberg - 1896 - Algebraic chess notation

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1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Bc4 d5 4.Bxd5 Qh4+

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5.Kf1 g5 6.Nf3 Qh5 7.h4 Bg7 8.Nc3 c6

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9.Bc4 Bg4 10.d4 Nd7 11.Kf2 Bxf3 12.gxf3 O-O-O

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13.hxg5 Qxg5 14.Ne2 Qe7 15.c3 Ne5 16.Qa4 Nxc4

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17.Qxc4 Nf6 18.Bxf4 Nd7 19.Qa4 a6 20.Qa5 Nf8

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21.Ng3 Ne6 22.Nf5 Qf8 23.Bg3 Rd7 24.Nxg7 Qxg7

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25.Qe5 Qxe5 26.Bxe5 f6 27.Bxf6 Rf8 28.Rh6 Nf4

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29.Ke3 Ng2+ 30.Kd2 Rdf7 31.e5 Nf4 32.Rah1 Rg8

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33.c4 Ne6 34.Ke3 Nf8 35.d5 Rd7 36.e6 1-0

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