Lionel Kieseritzky

Lionel Adalbert Bagration Felix Kieseritzky (January 1, 1806 – May 18, 1853) was a 19th century chess master, famous primarily for a game he lost against Adolf Anderssen, which was so brilliant it was named "The Immortal Game" . Kieseritzky was born in Dorpat (Tartu), Livonia into a Baltic German family. From 1825 to 1829 he studied at Dorpat University, and then worked as a mathematics teacher like Anderssen. From 1838 to 1839, Kieseritzky playe... more

Lionel Adalbert Bagration Felix Kieseritzky (January 1, 1806 – May 18, 1853) was a 19th century chess master, famous primarily for a game he lost against Adolf Anderssen, which was so brilliant it was named "The Immortal Game" . Kieseritzky was born in Dorpat (Tartu), Livonia into a Baltic German family. From 1825 to 1829 he studied at Dorpat University, and then worked as a mathematics teacher like Anderssen. From 1838 to 1839, Kieseritzky played a correspondence match against Carl Jaenisch - unfinished, because he had to leave for Paris. In Paris he became a chess professional, giving lessons or playing games for five francs an hour, and editing a chess magazine. He became one of the four leading French masters of the time, alongside Louis de la Bourdonnais, Pierre Charles Fournier de Saint-Amant and Boncourt, and for the few years before his death was among the top two players in the world along with Howard Staunton. His knowledge of the game was significant and he made... less