Karl Holländer (born 2 August 1868 – died ?) was a German chess

Chess

Chess is a two-player board game played on a chessboard, a square-checkered board with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. It is one of the world's most popular games, played by millions of people worldwide at home, in clubs, online, by correspondence, and in tournaments.Each player...

 master.

He lived in Berlin where played in local tournaments. He tied for 11-12th in 1888 (Horatio Caro

Horatio Caro

Horatio Caro was an English chess master.Caro was born in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, but spent most of his chess career in Berlin, Germany. He played several matches. In 1892, he drew with Curt von Bardeleben , lost to Szymon Winawer . In 1897, he lost to Jacques Mieses . In 1903, he drew...

 won), took 5th in 1889 (Theodor von Scheve

Theodor von Scheve

Theodor von Scheve was a German chess master and writer.Scheve was born in Cosel in the Prussian Province of Silesia....

 won), was a winner ahead of Caro and 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...

 in 1890, and shared 3rd in 1891/92 (Caro won).

Holländer won a match against 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...

 (6.5 : 5.5) at Berlin 1891, and lost to Siegbert Tarrasch

Siegbert Tarrasch

Siegbert Tarrasch was one of the strongest chess players and most influential chess teachers of the late 19th century and early 20th century....

(0 : 4) at Nuremberg 1892.

External links

• Karl Holländer at 365Chess.com