About Hermann Keidanski
Lived 1865 – 1938 (aged 72–73). Hermann Keidanski was a chess player.
Hermann Keidanski (later Keidanz and Kaidanz; November 4, 1865, – December 1938, Germany) was a German-Jewish chess master.
Keidanski was born in Großendorf, West Prussia (now Władysławowo, Poland), he came to Berlin where he participated in many chess tournaments in the 1890s. He tied for 8-9th at Cologne in 1898 (the 11th DSB Congress, Hauptturnier A, Ottokar Pavelka won), took 2nd, behind Julius Finn, at New York City in 1903, and tied for 5-6th at New York State Chess Association in 1907.
He lost a match to Carl August Walbrodt (1–5) in 1891, and won against Eugene Delmar (4–1) in 1902.
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Who was Hermann Keidanski?
Polish-German chess player (1865-1938)
When was Hermann Keidanski born?
Hermann Keidanski was born on 4 November 1865 in Pomeranian Voivodeship.
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Hermann Keidanski died in 1938 in Germany.
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Hermann Keidanski was a chess player.
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Hermann Keidanski's recorded nationality: German Reich.
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