Alexander Halprin (21 March 1868 in Saint Petersburg – 20 May 1921 in Vienna) was a Russian–Austrian chess master.
He took 6th at Vienna 1895/96 (Carl Schlechter and Max Weiss won), lost a match to Kalikst Morawski (+7 –2 =1) at Vienna 1896, tied for 3rd–4th at Vienna 1897/98 (Georg Marco won), took 16th at Vienna 1898 (Siegbert Tarrasch and Harry Pillsbury won), Halprin, Marco, and Hugo Fähndrich were the editors of Wiener Schachzeitung which published supplements containing tourney games and notes throughout the whole contest. He also took 6th at Vienna 1900 (Schlechter won), and took 13th at Munich 1900 (the 12th DSB Congress, Pillsbury, Schlechter and Géza Maróczy won).
References
- Welcome to the Chessmetrics site Archived April 14, 2006, at the Wayback Machine at www.chessmetrics.com
- Litmanowicz, Władysław and Giżycki, Jerzy (1986, 1987). Szachy od A do Z. Wydawnictwo Sport i Turystyka. Warszawa. ISBN 83-217-2481-7 (1. A-M), ISBN 83-217-2745-X (2. N-Z).
- Vienna 1882 and 1898 Archived 2008-12-16 at the Wayback Machine at www.endgame.nl
- Wien at xoomer.alice.it
- 1844-1945, D Archived 2008-01-17 at the Wayback Machine at www.ballo.de
- "Archived item" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-07-04. Retrieved 2015-09-20. Name Index to Jeremy Gaige's Chess Tournament Crosstables, An Electronic Edition, Anders Thulin, Malmö, 2004-09-01
External links
- Alexander Halprin player profile and games at Chessgames.com
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