Lionel Kieseritzky
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Lionel Adalbert Bagration Felix Kieseritzky (Russian: Лионель Адальберт Багратион Феликс Кизерицкий; 1 January 1806 [O.S. 20 December 1805] – 18 May [O.S. 6 May] 1853) was a Baltic German chess master and theoretician, known for his contributions to chess theory, as well for a game he lost against Adolf Anderssen, known as the "Immortal Game". Kieseritzky's name became associated with several openings and opening variations, such as the Kieseritzky Gambit, Kieseritzky Attack, and the Boden–Kieseritzky Gambit.
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Full name | Lionel Adalbert Bagration Felix Kieseritzky |
Country | Russian Empire France |
Born | (1806-01-01)1 January 1806 Dorpat, Governorate of Livonia, Russian Empire |
Died | 18 May 1853(1853-05-18) (aged 47) Paris, France |
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