Miksa Fleissig (born 10 November 1845, Csenger

Csenger

Csenger is a town in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg county, in the Northern Great Plain region of eastern Hungary.-Geography:It covers an area of and has a population of 5085 people ....

 – died ?) was a Hungarian

Hungary

Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...

-born Austrian

Austrians

Austrians are a nation and ethnic group, consisting of the population of the Republic of Austria and its historical predecessor states who share a common Austrian culture and Austrian descent....

 chess master.

Dr. Maximilian Fleissig tied for 7-8th in the Vienna 1873 chess tournament

Vienna 1873 chess tournament

The Vienna 1873 chess tournament was a side event of the world exhibition of 1873 .-Background:...

 (Wilhelm Steinitz

Wilhelm Steinitz

Wilhelm Steinitz was an Austrian and then American chess player and the first undisputed world chess champion from 1886 to 1894. From the 1870s onwards, commentators have debated whether Steinitz was effectively the champion earlier...

 and 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...

 won), played (scoring 5.5/12) at Vienna 1875 (Philipp Meitner

Philipp Meitner

Philipp Meitner was an Austrian lawyer and chess master. His most famous game was the "Immortal Draw" . He won at Vienna 1875, and won a match against Adolf Schwarz at Vienna 1878.Meitner played in two strong international tournaments in the Vienna 1873 and Vienna 1882...

 won), and tied for 4-7th at Vienna 1882 (Vincenz Hruby

Vincenz Hruby

Vincenz Hruby was a Czech chess master.He was born in Krivsoudov . Hruby worked as a teacher at a secondary school in Trieste, today's Italy. He died there as well.His best results were in 1880s and 1890s...

 won).

His name is attached to the Fleissig Gambit in the Sicilian

Sicilian Defence

The Sicilian Defence is a chess opening that begins with the moves:The Sicilian is the most popular and best-scoring response to White's first move 1.e4...

 (1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3).

Max (Miksa) Fleissig was the elder brother of Bernhard Fleissig

Bernhard Fleissig

Bernhard Fleissig was a Hungarian-born Austrian chess master.Bernhard Fleissig took 18th in the Vienna 1882 chess tournament , took 2nd, behind Vincenz Hruby, at Vienna 1882, and tied for 2nd-3rd with Johann Hermann Bauer but lost a play-off match to him at Vienna 1890 Bernhard (Bernát) Fleissig...

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