Kolisch was born into a Jewish family in Pressburg (known today as Bratislava). Both in business and as a chess player he was eminently successful. In his early years he moved to Vienna, then spent a year in Italy. In 1859 he arrived in Paris and in 1860–62 mostly sojourned in London, where he edited the Chess Player's Chronicle with Adolf Zytogorski and Josef Kling.[1] In summer 1862 he accompanied the Russian Count Kushelev-Bezborodko to St. Petersburg, where he won a match against Ilya Shumov. Later he moved to Paris and in 1869 to Vienna. He became involved in banking and became a millionaire and chess patron, organizing and sponsoring important chess tournaments in the 1870s and 1880s. He founded the Wiener Börse-Syndikatskasse in 1869, and in 1873 established a commission house in Paris; and by prudent management he acquired considerable wealth. In 1881 he received the title of baron from Georg II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen.
As a chess player, Kolisch soon became known for his brilliant and aggressive style, but he was not a frequent participant in tournaments. In 1860 he won the first prize at the international tournament held at Cambridge, England. In 1861 he lost a match to Adolf Anderssen, the strongest player of the day, by a score of 5–4.[2] The same year, he drew a match with Louis Paulsen. In 1867 at the Paris tournament he secured first place, defeating both Szymon Winawer and Wilhelm Steinitz.
Kolisch was the founder and editor-in-chief of the Wiener Allgemeine Zeitung, to which, under the pseudonym "Ideka",[3] he contributed many feuilletons. The protagonist in the short story "The chessbaron" (A sakkbáró) by Ferenc Móra is based on him. He died of kidney failure in 1889.
ignatz, kolisch, baron, ignatz, kolisch, april, 1837, april, 1889, also, baron, ignaz, kolisch, german, báró, kolisch, ignác, hungarian, merchant, journalist, chess, master, with, jewish, roots, baron, ignatz, kolischcountryaustria, hungaryborn, 1837, april, 1. Baron Ignatz von Kolisch 6 April 1837 30 April 1889 also Baron Ignaz von Kolisch German or baro Kolisch Ignac Hungarian was a merchant journalist and chess master with Jewish roots Baron Ignatz von KolischCountryAustria HungaryBorn 1837 04 06 6 April 1837Pressburg Kingdom of Hungary Austrian Empire today Bratislava SlovakiaDied30 April 1889 1889 04 30 aged 52 Vienna Austro Hungarian Empire today Austria Kolisch was born into a Jewish family in Pressburg known today as Bratislava Both in business and as a chess player he was eminently successful In his early years he moved to Vienna then spent a year in Italy In 1859 he arrived in Paris and in 1860 62 mostly sojourned in London where he edited the Chess Player s Chronicle with Adolf Zytogorski and Josef Kling 1 In summer 1862 he accompanied the Russian Count Kushelev Bezborodko to St Petersburg where he won a match against Ilya Shumov Later he moved to Paris and in 1869 to Vienna He became involved in banking and became a millionaire and chess patron organizing and sponsoring important chess tournaments in the 1870s and 1880s He founded the Wiener Borse Syndikatskasse in 1869 and in 1873 established a commission house in Paris and by prudent management he acquired considerable wealth In 1881 he received the title of baron from Georg II Duke of Saxe Meiningen As a chess player Kolisch soon became known for his brilliant and aggressive style but he was not a frequent participant in tournaments In 1860 he won the first prize at the international tournament held at Cambridge England In 1861 he lost a match to Adolf Anderssen the strongest player of the day by a score of 5 4 2 The same year he drew a match with Louis Paulsen In 1867 at the Paris tournament he secured first place defeating both Szymon Winawer and Wilhelm Steinitz Kolisch was the founder and editor in chief of the Wiener Allgemeine Zeitung to which under the pseudonym Ideka 3 he contributed many feuilletons The protagonist in the short story The chessbaron A sakkbaro by Ferenc Mora is based on him He died of kidney failure in 1889 See also editList of Jewish chess playersReferences edit Harding Tim 2018 British Chess Literature to 1914 A Handbook for Historians McFarland p 209 ISBN 9781476668390 1861 Anderssen Kolisch London Match Chess Archaeology Accessed 01 December 2014 Szekely David Magyak irok alnevei a multban es jelenben 1 p 18 Budapest 1904 E T Blanchard Examples of Chess Master Play 1st series transl from the German of Jean Dufresne Index New Barnet 1893 Singer Isidore Porter A 1901 1906 Kolisch Baron Ignaz Von Jewish Encyclopedia vol 7 p 547 F Zavatarelli Ignaz Kolisch The Life and Chess Career McFarland 2015 External links editIgnatz Von Kolisch player profile and games at Chessgames com nbsp nbsp This biographical article relating to a Hungarian chess figure is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Ignatz Kolisch amp oldid 1193880228, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
