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Anton Kinzel

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Anton Kinzel
CountryAustria
Born(1922-01-09)9 January 1922
Horn, Austria
TitleFIDE Master (1983)

Anton Kinzel (born 9 January 1922) was an Austrian chess FIDE Master (FM) (1983), Austrian Chess Championship medalist (1958) and Clare Benedict Chess Cup winner (1961).

Biography

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In the 1950s and 1960s, Anton Kinzel was one of the leading Austrian chess players. In 1951, he shared third place with Ernst Grünfeld behind Moshe Czerniak and Erik Lundin in the Carl Schlechter Memorial Tournament.[1] In 1958, Anton Kinzel shared first place with Alexander Prameshuber in the Austrian Chess Championship but lost the additional match.

Anton Kinzel played for Austria in the Chess Olympiads:[2]

Anton Kinzel also participated in the Clare Benedict Chess Cup twelve times (1955, 1957, 1959, 1961-1965, 1967, 1969, 1974, 1977) and won one gold (1961) and four bronze (1955, 1957, 1959, 1964) medals in team competition and two gold (1961, 1964) medals in individual competition.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Schlechter mem 1951 - 365Chess.com Tournaments". www.365chess.com.
  2. ^ OlimpBase :: Men's Chess Olympiads :: Anton Kinzel
  3. ^ OlimpBase :: Clare Benedict Chess Cup :: Anton Kinzel
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