Adolf Kramer

Adolf Kramer (1871 – 10 January 1934) was a Silesian German chess master.^[1]

He played in DSB Congress.^[2] He tied for 10-12th at Munich 1900 (Hauptturnier A), took 8th at Breslau 1912 (Hauptturnier B), shared 2nd at Hamburg 1921 (elim.), tied for 4-6th at Bad Oeynhausen 1922 (elim.), and took 5th at Duisburg 1929 (Hauptturnier B).^[3]

Kramer also participated several times in Silesian Chess Congress. He shared 1st with Ertelt and beat him in play-off at Beuthen (Bytom) 1923, shared 1st with Bergmann and lost to him in play-off at Bad Salzbrunn (Szczawno-Zdrój) 1924, took 4th at Altheide Bad (Polanica-Zdrój) 1926 (Fritz Sämisch won), took 5th at Gleiwitz (Gliwice) 1927 (Ludwig Schmitt and Heinz Foerder won), and took 4th at Reichenbach (Dzierżoniów) 1928 (Gottlieb Machate won).^[4]

Adolf Kramer famously beat former World Chess Champion Capablanca at Tartu in 1914 in just 9 moves (Capablanca apparently had a cold during this game)^[5]

1. ^ "Chess Notes by Edward Winter". www.chesshistory.com. Retrieved 2016-04-07.
2. ^ "Deutschen Schachkongresse". www.endgame.nl. Archived from the original on 2011-12-04. Retrieved 2016-04-07.
3. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-07-04. Retrieved 2015-09-20.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) Name Index to Jeremy Gaige's Chess Tournament Crosstables, An Electronic Edition, Anders Thulin, Malmö, 2004-09-01
4. ^ Fred van der Vliet, Chess in former german, now polish territories Archived 2008-05-16 at the Wayback Machine at www.astercity.net
5. ^ MatoJelic (2015-10-06), Jose Raul Capablanca vs NN: Tartu 1914, retrieved 2016-04-07

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