Oscar Gelbfuhs
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Oscar Gelbfuhs was a Moravian
-Austrian
chess
master.
He took 11th in the Vienna 1873 chess tournament
(Wilhelm Steinitz
and Joseph Henry Blackburne
won).
Gelbfuhs invented and proposed an auxiliary scoring method for tie
breaking (Sonnenborn–Berger
) there. A simpler version the "Neustadtl Score" later became widely used.
Moravians (ethnic group)
Moravians are the modern West Slavic inhabitants of the historical land of Moravia, the easternmost part of the Czech Republic, which includes the Moravian Slovakia. They speak the two main groups of Moravian dialects , the transitional Bohemian-Moravian dialect subgroup and standard Czech...
-Austrian
Austrians
Austrians are a nation and ethnic group, consisting of the population of the Republic of Austria and its historical predecessor states who share a common Austrian culture and Austrian descent....
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 took 11th in the Vienna 1873 chess tournament
Vienna 1873 chess tournament
The Vienna 1873 chess tournament was a side event of the world exhibition of 1873 .-Background:...
(Wilhelm Steinitz
Wilhelm Steinitz
Wilhelm Steinitz was an Austrian and then American chess player and the first undisputed world chess champion from 1886 to 1894. From the 1870s onwards, commentators have debated whether Steinitz was effectively the champion earlier...
and 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).
Gelbfuhs invented and proposed an auxiliary scoring method for tie
Tie (draw)
To tie or draw is to finish a competition with identical or inconclusive results. The word "tie" is usually used in North America for sports such as American football. "Draw" is usually used in the United Kingdom, Ireland and the Commonwealth of Nations and it is usually used for sports such as...
breaking (Sonnenborn–Berger
Neustadtl score
The Neustadtl score is a scoring system often used to break ties in chess tournaments. It is named after Hermann Neustadtl, who proposed it in a letter published in Chess Monthly in 1882....
) there. A simpler version the "Neustadtl Score" later became widely used.