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Encyclopedia > Baron Tassilo von Heydebrand und der Lasa

Baron Tassilo von Heydebrand und der Lasa (1818-1899), generally known as von der Lasa, was a leading Prussian chess master.


He travelled widely, and collected about all known chess books at the time to his chess library.


External links

  • von der Lasa's games at muljadi.org (http://www.muljadi.org/vonderLasa.htm)







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The chess games of Baron Tassilo Heydebrand und der Lasa (1497 words)
Baron Tassilo von Heydebrand und der Lasa born in Germany 1818 was a diplomat, author, historian and player.
Lasa is a particularly difficult person to pin down chess-wise as it is.
Von der Lasa was a true diplomat of chess - his importance should not be underestimated.
Tassilo von Heydebrand und der Lasa Information (386 words)
Tassilo, Baron von Heydebrand und der Lasa (known in English as "Baron von der Lasa", October 17 1818, Berlin–July 27 1899, Storchnest near Lissa, then Germany) was an important German chessmaster, chess historian and theoretician of the nineteenth century, a member of the Berlin Chess Club and a founder of the Berlin Chess School.
Von der Lasa was born 17 October 1818 in Berlin.
Von der Lasa did not play in tournaments, being usually busy as an organizer, but played well in off-hand games against such leading masters as Howard Staunton and Adolf Anderssen.
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