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Adolf Csank

Number of games in database: 28
Years covered: 1868 to 1892
Overall record: +10 -8 =10 (53.6%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games.

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ADOLF CSANK
Austria

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Also known as Adolf Czank. He finished fifth at the Kolisch Memorial (1890), third in an 1891 Vienna tournament, second at Vienna 1892, and third at Vienna 1893.

Last updated: 2023-03-20 07:28:08

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Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. H Strauss vs A Csank 0-1191868Vienna Chess Club TournamentC38 King's Gambit Accepted
2. S Herzfeld vs A Csank  0-1331868Vienna SchachgesellschaftC01 French, Exchange
3. J Schwarz vs A Csank  ½-½341872Vienna Winter tC33 King's Gambit Accepted
4. A Csank vs Wittek  ½-½271882Vienna Meister-TurnierC77 Ruy Lopez
5. V Hruby vs A Csank  1-0401882Vienna Meister-TurnierA20 English
6. Englisch vs A Csank  ½-½351882Vienna Meister-TurnierC11 French
7. A Csank vs M Kann 1-0671884Wiener Schach-Gesselschaft Handicap TournamentB13 Caro-Kann, Exchange
8. A Csank vs F Schindler  0-1481885ViennaC29 Vienna Gambit
9. A Csank vs Alfred Pallavicini 0-1171886Casual gameC39 King's Gambit Accepted
10. A Csank vs J Schwarz 0-15818901st Kolisch Memorial, ViennaB40 Sicilian
11. von Popiel vs A Csank  0-14418901st Kolisch Memorial, ViennaC13 French
12. A Csank vs P Meitner 1-04418901st Kolisch Memorial, ViennaC77 Ruy Lopez
13. Englisch vs A Csank ½-½1818901st Kolisch Memorial, ViennaD50 Queen's Gambit Declined
14. A Csank vs J Bauer  1-08018901st Kolisch Memorial, ViennaC49 Four Knights
15. M Weiss vs A Csank 1-02418901st Kolisch Memorial, ViennaC82 Ruy Lopez, Open
16. A Csank vs J Holzwarth  ½-½2418901st Kolisch Memorial, ViennaC62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense
17. Albin vs A Csank ½-½8918901st Kolisch Memorial, ViennaC13 French
18. A Csank vs B Fleissig 0-15918901st Kolisch Memorial, ViennaC83 Ruy Lopez, Open
19. G Marco vs A Csank 0-14018901st Kolisch Memorial, ViennaD50 Queen's Gambit Declined
20. A Csank vs M Weiss ½-½5918901st Kolisch Memorial, ViennaC66 Ruy Lopez
21. J Holzwarth vs A Csank 0-111518901st Kolisch Memorial, ViennaC68 Ruy Lopez, Exchange
22. A Csank vs G Marco  ½-½6718901st Kolisch Memorial, ViennaC49 Four Knights
23. J Bauer vs A Csank  1-04718901st Kolisch Memorial, ViennaC46 Three Knights
24. A Csank vs Englisch ½-½2218901st Kolisch Memorial, ViennaB01 Scandinavian
25. B Fleissig vs A Csank 1-04418901st Kolisch Memorial, ViennaC60 Ruy Lopez
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Kibitzer's Corner
Aug-11-03
Premium Chessgames Member
  Honza Cervenka: Adolf Csank
Aug-11-03  sleepkid: ...this guy still owes me money...
Jun-16-07  sneaky pete: Adolf Julius Zinkl describes him as "a long-faced bachelor who seldom had a friendly glance for anyone ... one believed that Csank would jump at the throat of his opponent, usually when he was on the losing side".

He was 5th in the 1890 Kolisch Memorial tournament, 3rd in an 1891 Vienna tournament, 2nd in Vienna 1892 and 3rd in Vienna 1893, all local tournaments where Albin, Englisch and Marco were his main rivals. It doesn't show from the few games here, but he studied and played the Petrov and Caro-Kann defences, which as we all know is not very conductive to one's health and happiness.

Csank dissapeared from the locale of the Wiener Schachgesellschaft and the world in general around the turn of the century in what our German friends so nicely describe as a state of <geistiger Umnachtung>.

Apr-22-10
Premium Chessgames Member
  GrahamClayton: <sneaky pete>Csank dissapeared from the locale of the Wiener Schachgesellschaft and the world in general around the turn of the century.

<sneaky pete>
So Csank sank without a trace?

Dec-09-13  thomastonk: "Schachzeitung" 1868, p 357-8 published a letter of him, signed <Adolph Csánk>.
Apr-22-23  Marcelo Bruno: <sneaky pete> 'geistiger Umnachtung' means 'mental disorder' in German.
Apr-22-23
Premium Chessgames Member
  Korora: <sneaky pete> and <Marcelo Bruno> How does the rate of strudel in the noodle among chess masters compare to the rate among humanity at large? I know that Morphy lost his marbles, and that Fischer lost them even worse.
Apr-22-23
Premium Chessgames Member
  perfidious: <Korora>, long ago I read of a study on mental illness involving masters; the conclusion was that it was no more common than in the general population, but that instances of paranoia were.

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