Bernhard (Bernát) Fleissig (born 1853, Austrian Empire – died 7 March 1931, Vienna) was an Austrian chess master.

Fleissig took 18th in the Vienna 1882 chess tournament (Wilhelm Steinitz and Szymon Winawer won), took 2nd, behind Vincenz Hruby, at Vienna 1882, and tied for 2nd-3rd with Johann Hermann Bauer before losing a play-off match to him (0–2) at Vienna 1890 (Max Weiss won).

Bernhard Fleissig

The Fleissig Variation in the Scotch Game (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5 5.Be3 Qf6 6.c3 Nge7 7.Nc2) is named for him.

Bernhard Fleissig

Fleissig was the younger brother of Max Fleissig.

Bernhard Fleissig

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Chess games of Bernhard Fleissig

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Chess players from Austria-Hungary

Austrian chess players

Jewish chess players

Chess theoreticians

Hungarian Jews

Austrian Jews

1853 births

1931 deaths

Game players from Vienna