About Eduard Jenay
Born 1812. Eduard Jenay was an Austrian chess player.
Eduard Jenay was an Austrian chess master.
Jenay was a Viennese liberal who played at Café bei Neuner in der Plankengassecafé, while conservatives and military officers would never enter it in the 1840s.
He lost matches to Adolf Anderssen (3.5 : 4.5) at London 1851, and Ignatz von Kolisch (1 : 7) at Vienna 1859, and drew with Wilhelm Steinitz (2 : 2) at Vienna 1860. He took second, behind Carl Hamppe and ahead of Steinitz, at Vienna (Wiener Schachgesellschaft) 1859.
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Who was Eduard Jenay?
Austrian chess player
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Eduard Jenay was born in 1812.
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Eduard Jenay was a chess player.
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Eduard Jenay was Austrian.
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