Alexander Fritz was a German chess master.

He tied for fifth/sixth with Wilfried Paulsen

Wilfried Paulsen

Wilfried Paulsen was a German chess master, an elder brother of Louis Paulsen.He tied for 3rd-5th at Düsseldorf 1862 ; took 2nd, behind Lange, at Düsseldorf 1863 ; won at Cologne 1867 ; shared 3rd at Aachen...

 at Frankfurt 1878 (the 12th WDSB-Congress, Louis Paulsen

Louis Paulsen

Louis Paulsen was a German chess player.In 1860s and 1870s, he was among the top five players in the world. He was a younger brother of Wilfried Paulsen....

 won), took 9th at Braunschweig 1880 (the 13th WDSB-Congress, L. Paulsen won), took 13th at Wiesbaden 1880 (Joseph Henry Blackburne

Joseph Henry Blackburne

Joseph Henry Blackburne , nicknamed "The Black Death", dominated British chess during the latter part of the 19th century. He learned the game at the relatively late age of 18 but quickly became a strong player and went on to develop a professional chess career that spanned over 50 years...

, Adolf Schwarz

Adolf Schwarz

Adolf Schwarz was an Austria-Hungarian chess master.He took 10th in the Vienna 1873 chess tournament . In 1878, he took 2nd, behind Louis Paulsen, in Frankfurt. In 1879, he took 3rd in Leipzig...

, and Berthold Englisch

Berthold Englisch

Berthold Englisch was a leading Austrian chess master.Englisch was born in Czech Silesia into a Jewish family. He earned his living as a stock-market agent....

 won).

He participated in the DSB Congress

DSB Congress

The Deutschen Schachbund had been founded in Leipzig on 18 July 1877. When the next meeting took place in the Schützenhaus on 15 July 1879, sixty-two clubs had become member of the chess federation. Hofrat Rudolf von Gottschall became Chairman and Hermann Zwanziger the General Secretary...

 five times and took 16th at Nuremberg 1883 (the third DSB-Congress, Szymon Winawer

Szymon Winawer

Szymon Abramowicz Winawer , born in Warsaw, Poland, was a leading chess player who won the German Chess Championship in 1883...

 won), took 20th place at Frankfurt 1887 (the fifth DSB-Congress, George Henry Mackenzie

George Henry Mackenzie

George Henry Mackenzie was a Scottish–American chess master....

 won), tied for 13-14th at Breslau 1889 (the sixth DSB-Congress, Siegbert Tarrasch

Siegbert Tarrasch

Siegbert Tarrasch was one of the strongest chess players and most influential chess teachers of the late 19th century and early 20th century....

 won), took 15th at Cologne 1898 (the 11th DSB-Congress, Amos Burn

Amos Burn

Amos Burn was an English chess player, one of the world's leading players at the end of the 19th century, and a chess writer....

 won), and took 16th at Düsseldorf 1908 (the 16th DSB-Congress, Frank James Marshall won).

He often put on blindfold exhibitions

Blindfold chess

Blindfold chess is a form of chess play wherein the players do not see the positions of the pieces or touch them. This forces players to maintain a mental model of the positions of the pieces...

. In one he scored eight wins, two draws

Draw (chess)

In chess, a draw is when a game ends in a tie. It is one of the possible outcomes of a game, along with a win for White and a win for Black . Usually, in tournaments a draw is worth a half point to each player, while a win is worth one point to the victor and none to the loser.For the most part,...

 and two losses including this game:
White - G. Deurer Black - Alexander Fritz 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.0-0 d6 5.c3 Bg4 6.Qb3 Bxf3 7.Bxf7+ Kf8 8.Bxg8 Rxg8 9.gxf3 Qc8 10.Kh1 g5!? 11.d3 g4! 12.f4 g3!! 13.fxg3 Qh3 14.Rf3 Rxg3!! 0-1

His name is attached to the Fritz Variation in the Two Knights Defense

Two Knights Defense

The Two Knights Defense is a chess opening that begins with the moves: in the late 16th century, this line of the Italian Game was extensively developed in the 19th century....

or Prussian Game (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5 5.exd5 Nd4).

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