Philipp Meitner (24 August 1839, Vienna – 9 December 1910, Vienna) was an Austrian lawyer and chess master. His most famous game was the "Immortal Draw" (Carl Hamppe vs Philipp Meitner, Vienna 1872). He won at Vienna 1875, and won a match against Adolf Schwarz (6½–3½) at Vienna 1878.

Meitner played in two strong international tournaments in the Vienna 1873 and Vienna 1882. He tied for 7–8th in the first tournament (Wilhelm Steinitz and Joseph Henry Blackburne won), and took 14th in the second one (Wilhelm Steinitz and Szymon Winawer won). He also tied for 8–9th at Vienna 1882 (Vincenz Hruby won), took 8th at Vienna 1895 (Georg Marco won), took 4th at Vienna 1908 (Richard Réti won), and tied for 6–7th at Vienna 1909/1910 (Trebitsch Memorial, Réti won).

Philipp Meitner

Meitner studied at the Vienna Polytecnic, and William Steinitz was a fellow student.

Philipp Meitner

Philipp Meitner was the father of Dr. Lise Meitner.

Philipp Meitner

See also

List of chess games

References

External links

Chess games of Philipp Meitner

1838 births

1910 deaths

Austrian chess players

Austrian Jews

Jewish chess players

TU Wien alumni

19th-century chess players

Game players from Vienna