About Carl Hamppe
Lived 1814 – 1876 (aged 61–62). Carl Hamppe was a Swiss chess player and diplomat.
Carl Hamppe (1814 in Switzerland – 17 May 1876, in Gersau, Canton of Schwyz) was a senior government official in Vienna as well as a Swiss-Austrian chess master and theoretician.
He played matches with Johann Löwenthal (4 : 5) in 1846, Ernst Falkbeer (16 : 15) in 1850, and Daniel Harrwitz (2 : 5) in 1852 and (½ : 3½) in 1860.
Hamppe twice won the Vienna championship (Wiener Schachgesellschaft) in 1859 and 1860, both times ahead of Wilhelm Steinitz.
His most famous game was the "Immortal Draw" (Carl Hamppe vs. Philipp Meitner, Vienna 1872).
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Who was Carl Hamppe?
Swiss-Austrian chess player
When was Carl Hamppe born?
Carl Hamppe was born in 1814 in Switzerland.
When did Carl Hamppe die?
Carl Hamppe died on 17 May 1876 in Gersau.
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Carl Hamppe was a chess player and diplomat.
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Carl Hamppe was Swiss.
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