About Oscar Gelbfuhs
Lived 1852 – 1877 (aged 24). Oscar Gelbfuhs was an Austrian chess player.
Oscar Gelbfuhs (9 November 1852 in Šternberk, Moravia – 27 September 1877 in Cieszyn, Austrian Silesia) was a chess master from Austria-Hungary.
He took 11th in the Vienna 1873 chess tournament (Wilhelm Steinitz and Joseph Henry Blackburne won). Gelbfuhs invented and proposed an auxiliary scoring method for tie breaking (Sonnenborn–Berger) there. A simpler version the "Neustadtl Score" later became widely used.
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Who was Oscar Gelbfuhs?
Moravian-Austrian chess player (1852-1877)
When was Oscar Gelbfuhs born?
Oscar Gelbfuhs was born on 9 November 1852 in Český Šternberk.
When did Oscar Gelbfuhs die?
Oscar Gelbfuhs died on 27 September 1877.
What was Oscar Gelbfuhs's occupation?
Oscar Gelbfuhs was a chess player.
What nationality was Oscar Gelbfuhs?
Oscar Gelbfuhs was Austrian.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Oscar Gelbfuhs. https://biography.guide/oscar-gelbfuhs/
MLA: "Oscar Gelbfuhs." Biography.guide, https://biography.guide/oscar-gelbfuhs/.
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