Johann Baptist Allgaier (June 19, 1763, Schussenried – January 3, 1823, Vienna) was a German-Austrian chess master and theoretician.
Born in Schussenried, Germany, he tutored the Emperor's sons.[1] At the end of 1780s, he won the title of the best chess player in Vienna.[2] He was an author of the first chess handbook in German language - Neue theoretisch-praktische Anweisung zum Schachspiel (Vienna 1795-1796).[3]
Allgaier named as "German Philidor", was reputed to be the strongest chess players in Europe at the Napoleonic era.[4] In 1809, he as The Turk (Automaton Chess Player) defeated Napoleon I of France at Schönbrunn Palace in Vienna. Allgaier died at an Army hospital of dropsy.[5]
His name is attached to the Allgaier Gambit in the King's Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4.h4 g4 5.Ng5 and after 5. ... h6 6. Nxf7).[6]
References
- ^ [1]
- ^ Anton Baron Reissner, Allgaier, in: Neue Berliner Schachzeitung, Juli-August 1870.
- ^ Litmanowicz, Władysław & Giżycki, Jerzy (1986, 1987). Szachy od A do Z. Wydawnictwo Sport i Turystyka Warszawa. ISBN 83-217-2481-7 (1. A-M), ISBN 83-217-2745-x (2. N-Z)
- ^ Gawlikowski, Stanisław (1976). Walka o tron szachowy. Wydawnictwo Sport i Turystyka. Warszawa.
- ^ [2]
- ^ "ECO classification". World Correspondence Chess Federation. http://www.ewccf.com/eco.htm. Retrieved 2009-11-01.
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