Andreas Dückstein
Andreas Dückstein | |
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![]() Dückstein in 1960 | |
Country | Austria |
Born | Budapest, Hungary | 2 August 1927
Title | International Master (1956) Grandmaster (2024) |
Peak rating | 2430 (January 1975) |
Andreas Dückstein (2 August 1927, in Budapest - 28 August 2024[1]) was an Austrian chess master. He was awarded the title of International Master by FIDE in 1956. In his prime, Dückstein was regarded as a dangerous attacker, as a win against World Champion Mikhail Botvinnik demonstrated.
Biography
[edit]Born in Hungary, he left for Austria at the age of 22. Dückstein was thrice Austrian Champion (1954, 1956, 1977).[2]
He tied for 11–13th at Zagreb 1955 (Vasily Smyslov won), took 14th at Wageningen 1957 (zonal, László Szabó won), took 5th at Hastings 1958/59 (Wolfgang Uhlmann won), shared 2nd at Berg en Dal (zonal, Friðrik Ólafsson won),[3] tied for 4–6th at Vienna 1961 (Yuri Averbakh won),[4] took 3rd at Amsterdam 1964 (IBM, Bent Larsen won),[5] took 4th at Palma de Mallorca 1965.[6]
He played for Austria in several Chess Olympiads:
- In 1956, at second board in 12th Chess Olympiad in Moscow (+11 –2 =4);
- In 1958, at first board in 13th Chess Olympiad in Munich (+6 –5 =8);
- In 1962, at second board in 15th Chess Olympiad in Varna (+2 –6 =2);
- In 1964, at first board in 16th Chess Olympiad in Tel Aviv (+8 –5 =3);
- In 1968, at first board in 18th Chess Olympiad in Lugano (+5 –2 =5);
- In 1970, at first board in 19th Chess Olympiad in Siegen (+4 –2 =6);
- In 1974, at second board in 21st Chess Olympiad in Nice (+8 –0 =4);
- In 1976, at second board in 22nd Chess Olympiad in Haifa (+5 –4 =1);
- In 1988, at second reserve board in 28th Chess Olympiad in Thessaloniki (+2 –2 =3).
He won two individual gold medals, at Moscow 1956 and at Nice 1974,[7] and was awarded the International Master (IM) title in 1956.
In 2024, he was awarded by FIDE the title of Honorary Grandmaster.[8] He was then the oldest living grandmaster.
References
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- ^ Die österreichischen Staatsmeister. Chess.at. Retrieved on 29 November 2013.
- ^ La grande storia degli scacchi Archived 6 January 2008 at the Wayback Machine. Xoomer.alice.it (13 March 2013). Retrieved on 29 November 2013.
- ^ 1961Vienna. Thechesslibrary.com. Retrieved on 29 November 2013.
- ^ Amsterdam IBM 1964 Archived 9 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine. Maxeuwe.nl. Retrieved on 29 November 2013.
- ^ 1965PalmadeMallorca. Thechesslibrary.com. Retrieved on 29 November 2013.
- ^ the encyclopaedia of team chess. OlimpBase (1 April 2013). Retrieved on 29 November 2013.
- ^ "Iivo Nei and Andreas Dueckstein awarded Honorary Grandmaster title". www.fide.com. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
External links
[edit]- Andreas Duckstein rating card at FIDE