Fritz Riemann was a German chess master.

Born in Silesia (then Prussia), he was a chess pupil of Adolf Anderssen

Adolf Anderssen

Karl Ernst Adolf Anderssen was a German chess master. He is considered to have been the world's leading chess player in the 1850s and 1860s...

 in Breslau. In 1876, he won a match against Arnold Schottländer

Arnold Schottländer

Arnold Schottländer was a German chess master.Born in Münsterberg , Silesia, he was one of the chess pupils of Adolf Anderssen....

 (5 : 0) there.

In 1879, he took 5th in Leipzig (1st DSB–Congress, Berthold Englisch

Berthold Englisch

Berthold Englisch was a leading Austrian chess master.Englisch was born in Czech Silesia into a Jewish family. He earned his living as a stock-market agent....

 won), and took 2nd in Wesselburen. In 1880, he took 2nd, behind Louis Paulsen

Louis Paulsen

Louis Paulsen was a German chess player.In 1860s and 1870s, he was among the top five players in the world. He was a younger brother of Wilfried Paulsen....

, in Braunschweig (13th WSB–Congress), and drew a match with Emil Schallopp

Emil Schallopp

Emil Schallopp was a German chess player and author. He became head of the shorthand department of the Reichstag. He wrote many books, including one on the Steinitz–Zukertort 1886 World Championship match...

 (+2 –2 =2) in Berlin. In 1881, he tied for 13-14th in Berlin (2nd DSB–Congress, Joseph Henry Blackburne

Joseph Henry Blackburne

Joseph Henry Blackburne , nicknamed "The Black Death", dominated British chess during the latter part of the 19th century. He learned the game at the relatively late age of 18 but quickly became a strong player and went on to develop a professional chess career that spanned over 50 years...

 won). In 1883, he tied for 6-7th in Nuremberg (3rd DSB–Congress, Szymon Winawer

Szymon Winawer

Szymon Abramowicz Winawer , born in Warsaw, Poland, was a leading chess player who won the German Chess Championship in 1883...

 won). In 1885, he tied for 8-9th in Hamburg (4th DSB–Congress, Isidor Gunsberg

Isidor Gunsberg

Isidor Arthur Gunsberg began his career as the player operating the remote-controlled chess automaton Mephisto, but later became a chess professional....

 won), and drew a match with Ernst Flechsig

Ernst Flechsig

Ernst Flechsig was a German chess master.He shared 2nd at Düsseldorf 1876 , took 10th at Leipzig 1877 , and tied for 8-9th at...

 (+5 –5 =0) in Breslau. In 1888, he shared 1st with Curt von Bardeleben

Curt von Bardeleben

Curt von Bardeleben was a Count and a German chess master who committed suicide by jumping out of a window in 1924. His life and death were the basis for that of the main character in the novel The Defense by Vladimir Nabokov, which was made into the movie The Luzhin Defence...

in Leipzig.

He wrote a book : Riemann, Fritz: Schach-Erinnerungen des jüngsten Anderssen-Schülers. Mit vielen Diagrammen im Text und einem Bildnis des Verfassers. de Gruyter, Berlin und Leipzig 1925.

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