Ernst Franz Grünfeld (November 21, 1893 – April 3, 1962) was an Austrian chess player and writer, mainly on opening theory. He was among the inaugural...

year on November 18, 1922, Ernst Grünfeld defeated future world champion Alexander Alekhine in Vienna in 55 moves. Grünfeld usually employed a very classical...

professional basketball player Ernie Grunfeld (born 1955), American former professional basketball player Ernst Grünfeld (1893–1962), Austrian chess grandmaster...

also featured international participation were held at the Congress. Ernst Grünfeld of Austria and Mario Monticelli of Italy won the strongest individual...

been world class when at their peak: Ossip Bernstein, Oldřich Duras, Ernst Grünfeld, Boris Kostić, Grigory Levenfish, Géza Maróczy, Jacques Mieses, Viacheslav...

won the Super Bowl in 1972 Michael Grabner (born 1987), NHL player Ernst Grünfeld (1893–1962), chess grandmaster Hans Haas (1906–1973), Olympic champion...

including Hans Haberditz (c. 1901–57), Hans Müller (1896–1971), and GM Ernst Grünfeld. The Symmetrical Defense is an uncommon variation of the Queen's Gambit...

(Czechoslovakia) Max Euwe (Netherlands) Reuben Fine (USA) Salo Flohr (USSR) Ernst Grünfeld (Austria) Paul Keres (USSR) Boris Kostić (Yugoslavia) Alexander Kotov...

game, Moheschunder (Black) plays the Grünfeld Defence against Cochrane in 1855—some 38 years before Ernst Grünfeld was born. John Cochrane vs. Moheschunder...

Richard Réti, Savielly Tartakower, Gyula Breyer, Efim Bogoljubov, and Ernst Grünfeld, who all came from Central Europe. They felt that chess was becoming...

against Flohr and Akiba Rubinstein and draws with Alekhine, Kashdan, Ernst Grünfeld, Gideon Ståhlberg, and Efim Bogolyubov. At Folkestone 1933, he had his...

after the city, from its successful use by Akiba Rubinstein against Ernst Grünfeld during a tournament held in the city in 1924. In 1981, the World Chess...

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to prominence in the 1980s. Ernst Grünfeld debuted the Grünfeld Defense in 1922. Distinguished by the move 3...d5, Grünfeld intended it as an improvement...

the first instance of Gruenfeld Defence, more than 60 years before Ernst Grünfeld was to launch it against Alekhine at Vienna, 1922: John Cochrane vs...

In addition to Alekhine, another early exponent of the defence was Ernst Grünfeld. Alekhine's Defence was more popular in the past. For instance, Bobby...

Aron Nimzowitsch, Richard Réti, Savielly Tartakower, Gyula Breyer, and Ernst Grünfeld in the 1920s. The hypermodernists rejected the idea that occupation...

Tarrasch. 1923 Moravská Ostrava 1st 10½/13 +8−0=5 Ahead of Richard Réti, Ernst Grünfeld, Alexey Selezniev, Savielly Tartakower, Max Euwe and other strong players...

Bondarevsky (+1−0=0); Géza Maróczy (+1−0=0); William Winter (+4−0=0); Ernst Grünfeld (+1−0=0); Gideon Ståhlberg (+4−2=5); Andor Lilienthal (+1−0=0); László...

Gromer (France, 1908–1966) Adriaan de Groot (Netherlands, 1914–2006) Ernst Grünfeld (Austria, 1893–1962) Yehuda Gruenfeld (Poland, Israel, born 1956) James...

formations which have a somewhat artificial look). Ernst Grünfeld, Austrian chess player – Grünfeld Defence Vicente Guerrero, Mexican general – Guerrero...

 Richard Réti (Czechoslovakia) 11½/15 76.7% 4  Géza Maróczy (Hungary) 9/12 75% 5  Ernst Grünfeld (Austria) 9½/13 73.1% 6  Max Euwe (Netherlands) 10½/15 70%...

inaugural GM candidate members of the club were Salo Flohr (+0–7=3), Ernst Grünfeld (+0–0=2), Andor Lilienthal (+0–1=2), Géza Maróczy (+0–1=3), Miguel Najdorf...

1 ½ 1 1 10½ 2  Richard Réti (CSR) 0 * ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 9½ 3  Ernst Grünfeld (AUT) ½ ½ * 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 8½ 4  Alexey Selezniev (RUS) ½ ½ 0...

9-10th (the 11th Trebitsch Memorial, Ernst Grünfeld won) in 1927, took 11th (the 12th Trebitsch Memorial, Grünfeld and Sándor Takács won) and tied for...

used, until 1935, the German-language form of his name, Ernest (or Ernst) Grünfeld. In 1926, he tied for 1st–2nd in Körmend. In 1928, he won in Šumperk...

unofficial, Austrian Chess Championship), above Max Euwe, Gyula Breyer, Ernst Grünfeld and Savielly Tartakower 2nd at Hamburg 1921 equal 2nd with Tartakower...

Steiner won); tied for 12-14th at Budapest 1926 (1st FIDE Tournament, Ernst Grünfeld and Mario Monticelli won); tied for 2nd-4th at Budapest 1928 (HUN-ch...

Vienna; took 12th in 1932 (Albert Becker won), tied for 11–12th in 1933 (Ernst Grünfeld and Hans Müller won), tied for 6–7th in 1936 (Henryk Friedman won),...

won). In 1923 he tied for 2nd-3rd in Frankfurt (the 23rd DSB–Congress, Ernst Grünfeld won). In 1924, he won ahead of Albert Becker and Carl Carls, in Bremen...