Age, Biography and Wiki
Birth Day | March 5, 1862 |
Birth Place | Russia |
Age | 157 YEARS OLD |
Died On | Feb 17, 1934 (age 71) |
Birth Sign | Pisces |
Net worth: $100K - $1M
About
One of the world's top chess players at the end of the 19th Century who wrote The Game of Chess, which was released in 1931.
Before Fame
He finished school in 1880 and began taking part in serious chess competition.
Trivia
The Tarrasch Defense, which is named after him, is a line of defense against the Queen's Gambit in which Black takes on an isolated queen's pawn:
Family Life
He lost a son in World War I and towards the end of his life he faced aggressive antisemitism as the Nazis took over Germany.
Associated With
Emanuel Lasker may have been his fiercest rival.