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Adolf Anderssen
German chess champion, after paul morphy (1858-1860), second unofficial world chess champion (1851-1858, 1860-1865, 1867-1871), chess publicist.
Born July 6th, 1818 in Wrocław.
Died March 13th, 1879 at 60 years old in Wrocław (myocardial infarction).
Occupations
chess composer, chess player, non-fiction writer
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When people don’t express themselves, they die one piece at a time. Laurie Halse Anderson