Hans Müller
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Hans Müller was an Austrian chess
player, theoretician
and author of books.
In 1921, he played in Vienna; tied for 9-10th (Friedrich Sämisch
won), tied for 1st-2nd with Gruber, and took 6th (Vladimir Vuković
won). In 1922, he tied for 4-5th in Innsbruck (Ernst Grünfeld
and Rudolf Spielmann
won). In 1923, he tied for 4-6th in Budapest (Endre Steiner
won). In 1924, he tied for 8-9th in Györ. In 1925, he tied for 1st-2nd in Debrecen. In 1925, he tied for 5-6th in Vienna. In 1925, he took 12th in Zurich (Paul Johner
won). In 1926, he took 7th in Bardejov (Bardiov). The event was won by (Hermanis Matisons
and Savielly Tartakower
. In 1926, he tied for 7-9th in Trenčianske Teplice (Trentschin-Teplitz, Trencsénteplic). The event was won by Karl Gilg
and Borislav Kostić
. In 1926, he tied for 5-6th in Hyères (Abraham Baratz
won). In 1926, he tied for 8-9th in Vienna (10th Trebitsch-Turnier). The event was won by Spielmann. In 1927, he took 9th in Kecskemét (Alexander Alekhine
won). In 1927, he tied for 1st with Albert Becker in Vienna. In 1928, he took 8th in Vienna (Richard Réti
won). In 1929/30, he took 3rd in Vienna (13th Trebitsch). The event was won by Hans Kmoch
and Spielmann. In 1931, he tied for 7-8th in Vienna (14th Trebitsch; Becker won). In 1932, he tied for 5-7th in Vienna (15th Trebitsch; Becker won).
In 1932, Hans Müller won the European Correspondence Chess Championship (IFSB) ahead of Eduard Dyckhoff
. In 1933, he won ahead of Erich Eliskases
in Ebensee. In 1933, he tied for 1st with Grünfeld in Vienna (16th Trebitsch). In 1934, he tied for 1st with Gilg in Klosterneuburg. In 1934, he took 3rd, behind Becker and Eliskases, in Linz. In 1934, he tied for 2nd-4th in Vienna (17th Trebitsch; Becker won). In 1934, he took 14th in Zurich (Alekhine won). In 1935, he took 8th in Tatatovaros (László Szabó
won. In 1935, he tied for 3rd-5th in Vienna (18th Trebitsch; Lajos Steiner
and Eliskases won). In 1937/38, he tied for 3rd-5th in Vienna (20th Trebitsch; Lajos Steiner won).
Hans Müller played for Austria five times in the Chess Olympiads and once in unofficial at Munich 1936.
He won individual bronze medal at Folkestone 1933.
After the Anschluss
, he took 2nd, behind Eliskases, in Vienna in June 1939. Then, in July 1939, he tied for 10-13th in Bad Oeynhausen (7th GER-ch). The event was won by Eliskases. In May 1940, he took 3rd in Bad Elster (Gilg and Rödl won). In November 1940, he tied for 5-8th in Krakow/Krynica/Warsaw (1st GG-ch). The event was won by (Efim Bogoljubow
and Kohler. In August 1941, he took 4th in Bad Oeynhausen (8th GER-ch). The event was won by Paul Felix Schmidt
and Klaus Junge
. In July 1942, he tied for 2nd-3rd, behind Ludwig Rellstab
, in Bad Oeynhausen (9th GER-ch). In September 1942, he tied for 3rd-5th in Munich (Qualification Tournament). In August 1943, he took 4th in Vienna (10th GER-ch). The event was won by Josef Lokvenc
. In 1943, he took 8th in Vienna (Hietzing; Ivan Lešnik won). In December 1943, he took 2nd, behind Grünfeld, in Vienna. In 1944, he won in Posen (Reichsmeisterschaft «Kraft durch Freude»).
After World War II
, Müller played in several Austrian championships since 1947 till 1960. He took 6th in Vienna (2nd Schlechter Memorial) in 1947. The event was won by Szabó. In 1949, he took 14th in Venice (Szabó won). In 1949, he tied for 8-9th in Vienna (3rd Schlechter Memorial). The event was won by Jan Foltys
and Puc. In 1949/50, he took 5th in Lucerne (Blau won). In 1950, he took 14th in Venice (Alexander Kotov
won). In 1950, he tied for 8-9th in Vienna (Paoli won). In 1951, he tied for 8-9th in Vienna (4th Schlechter Memorial). The event was won by Moshe Czerniak
. In 1957, he tied for 7-8th in San Benedetto del Tronto (Gedeon Barcza
won).
Hans Müller played for Austria in friendly matches against Czechoslovakia (1949), Italy (1951, 1952) and the Soviet Union (1953).
Awarded the IM title in 1950.
Chess
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player, theoretician
Chess theory
The game of chess is commonly divided into three phases: the opening, middlegame, and endgame. As to each of these phases, especially the opening and endgame, there is a large body of theory as how the game should be played...
and author of books.
In 1921, he played in Vienna; tied for 9-10th (Friedrich Sämisch
Friedrich Sämisch
Friedrich Sämisch was a German chess grandmaster .-Main results:* 2nd at Berlin 1920...
won), tied for 1st-2nd with Gruber, and took 6th (Vladimir Vuković
Vladimir Vukovic
Vladimir Vuković was a Croatian chess writer, theoretician, player, arbiter, and journalist.His tournament record includes the following achievements:* 3rd at Celje 1921, behind Stefan Erdélyi and Imre König...
won). In 1922, he tied for 4-5th in Innsbruck (Ernst Grünfeld
Ernst Grünfeld
----Ernst Franz Grünfeld , an Austrian grandmaster and writer specializing in opening theory, was for a brief period after the First World War one of the strongest chess players in the world....
and Rudolf Spielmann
Rudolf Spielmann
Rudolf Spielmann was an Austrian-Jewish chess player of the romantic school, and chess writer.-Career:He was a lawyer but never worked as one....
won). In 1923, he tied for 4-6th in Budapest (Endre Steiner
Endre Steiner
Endre Steiner was a Hungarian chess player.Endre Steiner played for Hungary in five official and one unofficial Chess Olympiads.* In 1927, he played at first reserve board at 1st Chess Olympiad in London ....
won). In 1924, he tied for 8-9th in Györ. In 1925, he tied for 1st-2nd in Debrecen. In 1925, he tied for 5-6th in Vienna. In 1925, he took 12th in Zurich (Paul Johner
Paul Johner
Paul Johner was a Swiss chess master.A noted musician , elder brother of Hans Johner, he won the Swiss Championship in 1907 , 1908 , 1925, 1928 , 1930 and 1932 .He played in many international tournaments...
won). In 1926, he took 7th in Bardejov (Bardiov). The event was won by (Hermanis Matisons
Hermanis Matisons
Hermanis Matisons , , was a Latvian chess player and one of world's most highly regarded chess masters in the early 1930s. He was also a leading endgame composer...
and Savielly Tartakower
Savielly Tartakower
Ksawery Tartakower was a leading Polish and French chess Grandmaster. He was also a leading chess journalist of the 1920s and 30s...
. In 1926, he tied for 7-9th in Trenčianske Teplice (Trentschin-Teplitz, Trencsénteplic). The event was won by Karl Gilg
Karl Gilg
Karl Gilg was a German chess International Master from Czechoslovakia.Gilg played for Czechoslovakia in several Chess Olympiads....
and Borislav Kostić
Borislav Kostic
Borislav Kostić was a Serbian professional chess grandmaster from Vršac , then in the Austro-Hungarian Empire ....
. In 1926, he tied for 5-6th in Hyères (Abraham Baratz
Abraham Baratz
Abraham Baratz was a Romanian–French chess master.In 1924, Baratz took 2nd, behind Eugene Znosko-Borovsky, in Paris. In 1925, he tied for 1st with Vitaly Halberstadt in the 1st Paris City Chess Championship. In 1925, he took 3rd in Paris . In January 1926, he won ahead of Dawid Janowski in Hyères...
won). In 1926, he tied for 8-9th in Vienna (10th Trebitsch-Turnier). The event was won by Spielmann. In 1927, he took 9th in Kecskemét (Alexander Alekhine
Alexander Alekhine
Alexander Alexandrovich Alekhine was the fourth World Chess Champion. He is often considered one of the greatest chess players ever.By the age of twenty-two, he was already among the strongest chess players in the world. During the 1920s, he won most of the tournaments in which he played...
won). In 1927, he tied for 1st with Albert Becker in Vienna. In 1928, he took 8th in Vienna (Richard Réti
Richard Réti
Réti composed one of the most famous chess studies, shown in this diagram. It was published in Ostrauer Morgenzeitung 4 December 1921. It seems impossible for the white king to catch the advanced black pawn, while the white pawn can be easily stopped by the black king...
won). In 1929/30, he took 3rd in Vienna (13th Trebitsch). The event was won by Hans Kmoch
Hans Kmoch
Johann "Hans" Joseph Kmoch was an Austrian-Dutch-American chess International Master , International Arbiter , and a chess journalist and author, for which he is best known....
and Spielmann. In 1931, he tied for 7-8th in Vienna (14th Trebitsch; Becker won). In 1932, he tied for 5-7th in Vienna (15th Trebitsch; Becker won).
In 1932, Hans Müller won the European Correspondence Chess Championship (IFSB) ahead of Eduard Dyckhoff
Eduard Dyckhoff
Eduard Dyckhoff was a German doctor of law and chess player. He won the Bavarian Chess Championship in 1913 and again in 1942, and is often considered an important figure in the development of correspondence chess in the early 20th century. Dyckhoff was born in Augsburg and died in Bad...
. In 1933, he won ahead of Erich Eliskases
Erich Eliskases
Erich Gottlieb Eliskases was a chess Grandmaster of the 1930s and 1940s, who represented Austria, Germany and Argentina in international competition....
in Ebensee. In 1933, he tied for 1st with Grünfeld in Vienna (16th Trebitsch). In 1934, he tied for 1st with Gilg in Klosterneuburg. In 1934, he took 3rd, behind Becker and Eliskases, in Linz. In 1934, he tied for 2nd-4th in Vienna (17th Trebitsch; Becker won). In 1934, he took 14th in Zurich (Alekhine won). In 1935, he took 8th in Tatatovaros (László Szabó
László Szabó (chess player)
László Szabó was a prominent Hungarian Grandmaster of chess.Born in Budapest, he burst onto the international chess scene in 1935, at the unusually young age of 18...
won. In 1935, he tied for 3rd-5th in Vienna (18th Trebitsch; Lajos Steiner
Lajos Steiner
Lajos Steiner was a Hungarian–born Australian chess master.Steiner was one of four children of Bernat Steiner, a mathematics teacher, and his wife Cecilia,, and a younger brother of Endre Steiner...
and Eliskases won). In 1937/38, he tied for 3rd-5th in Vienna (20th Trebitsch; Lajos Steiner won).
Hans Müller played for Austria five times in the Chess Olympiads and once in unofficial at Munich 1936.
- In 1928, he played at third board at 2nd Chess Olympiad2nd Chess OlympiadThe 2nd Chess Olympiad, organized by the Fédération Internationale des Échecs and comprising an open and women's tournament, as well as several events designed to promote the game of chess, took place between July 21 and August 6, 1928 in The Hague, Netherlands.The final results were as...
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(+5 –2 =9). - In 1930, he played at second board at 3rd Chess Olympiad3rd Chess OlympiadThe 3rd Chess Olympiad, organized by the FIDE and comprising an open and women's tournament, as well as several events designed to promote the game of chess, took place between July 13 and July 27, 1930, in Hamburg, Germany...
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(+7 –5 =4). - In 1933, he played at fourth board at 5th Chess Olympiad5th Chess OlympiadThe 5th Chess Olympiad, organized by the FIDE and comprising an open and women's tournament, as well as several events designed to promote the game of chess, took place between July 12 and July 23, 1933, in Folkestone, United Kingdom...
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(+6 –1 =6). - In 1935, he played at fourth board at 6th Chess Olympiad6th Chess OlympiadThe 6th Chess Olympiad, organized by the FIDE and comprising an open and women's tournament, as well as several events designed to promote the game of chess, took place between August 16 and August 31, 1935, in Warsaw, Poland...
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(+4 –2 =10). - In 1936, he played at fourth board at unofficial Olympiad in MunichMunichMunich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat...
(+8 –2 =8). - In 1950, he played at third board at 9th Chess Olympiad9th Chess OlympiadThe 9th Chess Olympiad, organized by the FIDE and comprising an open and women's tournament, as well as several events designed to promote the game of chess, took place between August 20 and September 11, 1950, in Dubrovnik, SR Croatia, Yugoslavia .The final results were as follows:-Final :The...
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(+3 –4 =6).
He won individual bronze medal at Folkestone 1933.
After the Anschluss
Anschluss
The Anschluss , also known as the ', was the occupation and annexation of Austria into Nazi Germany in 1938....
, he took 2nd, behind Eliskases, in Vienna in June 1939. Then, in July 1939, he tied for 10-13th in Bad Oeynhausen (7th GER-ch). The event was won by Eliskases. In May 1940, he took 3rd in Bad Elster (Gilg and Rödl won). In November 1940, he tied for 5-8th in Krakow/Krynica/Warsaw (1st GG-ch). The event was won by (Efim Bogoljubow
Efim Bogoljubow
Efim Dmitriyevich Bogolyubov was a Russo-German chess grandmaster who won numerous events and played two matches with Alexander Alekhine for the world championship.-Early career:...
and Kohler. In August 1941, he took 4th in Bad Oeynhausen (8th GER-ch). The event was won by Paul Felix Schmidt
Paul Felix Schmidt
Paul Felix Schmidt was an Estonian chess International Master, chess writer, and chemist.- Biography :In June 1935, he won, ahead of Paul Keres, at Tallinn. In May 1936, he drew a match against Keres at Pärnu. In 1936, he won the 8th Estonian Championship at Tallinn. In December 1936, he placed...
and Klaus Junge
Klaus Junge
Klaus Junge was one of the youngest German chess masters.-Biography:...
. In July 1942, he tied for 2nd-3rd, behind Ludwig Rellstab
Ludwig Rellstab (chess player)
Ludwig Rellstab was a German chess master.He was German Champion, winning at Bad Oeynhausen 1942. He took 8th in the European Championship at Munich 1942 . In 1943, he took 6th in Salzburg...
, in Bad Oeynhausen (9th GER-ch). In September 1942, he tied for 3rd-5th in Munich (Qualification Tournament). In August 1943, he took 4th in Vienna (10th GER-ch). The event was won by Josef Lokvenc
Josef Lokvenc
Josef Lokvenc was an Austrian chess master.In 1925, he was awarded the Chess Master title in Braunau. In 1926, he took 3rd in Vienna. In 1936, he tied for 6-7th in Vienna . In 1938, he tied for 6-7th in Bad Harzburg...
. In 1943, he took 8th in Vienna (Hietzing; Ivan Lešnik won). In December 1943, he took 2nd, behind Grünfeld, in Vienna. In 1944, he won in Posen (Reichsmeisterschaft «Kraft durch Freude»).
After World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
, Müller played in several Austrian championships since 1947 till 1960. He took 6th in Vienna (2nd Schlechter Memorial) in 1947. The event was won by Szabó. In 1949, he took 14th in Venice (Szabó won). In 1949, he tied for 8-9th in Vienna (3rd Schlechter Memorial). The event was won by Jan Foltys
Jan Foltys
Jan Foltys , was a Czech chess International Master.-Biography:...
and Puc. In 1949/50, he took 5th in Lucerne (Blau won). In 1950, he took 14th in Venice (Alexander Kotov
Alexander Kotov
Alexander Alexandrovich Kotov was a Soviet chess grandmaster and author. He was a Soviet champion, a two-time world title Candidate, and a prolific chess author. Kotov served in high posts in the Soviet Chess Federation and most of his books were written during the period of Cold War between the...
won). In 1950, he tied for 8-9th in Vienna (Paoli won). In 1951, he tied for 8-9th in Vienna (4th Schlechter Memorial). The event was won by Moshe Czerniak
Moshe Czerniak
-Biography:In 1930 Moshe Czerniak took ninth at Warsaw in an event won by Paulino Frydman. In 1934 Czerniak emigrated from Poland to Palestine . In April 1935, he tied for 7th–8th in Tel Aviv . He was Palestinian Champion in 1936 and 1938. In April 1939, he played in the First Lasker Chess Club...
. In 1957, he tied for 7-8th in San Benedetto del Tronto (Gedeon Barcza
Gedeon Barcza
Gedeon Barcza was a Hungarian chess master.In 1940, Barcza took third place, behind Max Euwe and Milan Vidmar, at Maróczy Jubiläum in Budapest. In September 1942, he took sixth place at the first European Championship in Munich; the event was won by Alexander Alekhine...
won).
Hans Müller played for Austria in friendly matches against Czechoslovakia (1949), Italy (1951, 1952) and the Soviet Union (1953).
Awarded the IM title in 1950.