Andreas Dückstein

Austrian chess player (1927–2024)

Andreas Dückstein
Dückstein in 1960
Country	Austria
Born	(1927-08-02)2 August 1927 Budapest, Hungary
Died	28 August 2024(2024-08-28) (aged 97)
Title	International Master (1956) Grandmaster (2024)
Peak rating	2430 (January 1975)

Andreas Dückstein (2 August 1927 – 28 August 2024) was an Austrian chess master. He was awarded the title of International Master by FIDE in 1956. In his prime, Dückstein was regarded as a dangerous attacker, as a win against World Champion Mikhail Botvinnik demonstrated.

Biography

Born in Hungary, he left for Austria at the age of 22. Dückstein was thrice Austrian Champion (1954, 1956, 1977).^[1]

He tied for 11–13th at Zagreb 1955 (Vasily Smyslov won), took 14th at Wageningen 1957 (zonal, László Szabó won), took 5th at Hastings 1958/59 (Wolfgang Uhlmann won), shared 2nd at Berg en Dal (zonal, Friðrik Ólafsson won),^[2] tied for 4–6th at Vienna 1961 (Yuri Averbakh won),^[3] took 3rd at Amsterdam 1964 (IBM, Bent Larsen won),^[4] took 4th at Palma de Mallorca 1965.^[5]

He played for Austria in several Chess Olympiads:

In 1956, at second board in 12th Chess Olympiad in Moscow (+11 –2 =4);
In 1958, at first board in 13th Chess Olympiad in Munich (+6 –5 =8);
In 1962, at second board in 15th Chess Olympiad in Varna (+2 –6 =2);
In 1964, at first board in 16th Chess Olympiad in Tel Aviv (+8 –5 =3);
In 1968, at first board in 18th Chess Olympiad in Lugano (+5 –2 =5);
In 1970, at first board in 19th Chess Olympiad in Siegen (+4 –2 =6);
In 1974, at second board in 21st Chess Olympiad in Nice (+8 –0 =4);
In 1976, at second board in 22nd Chess Olympiad in Haifa (+5 –4 =1);
In 1988, at second reserve board in 28th Chess Olympiad in Thessaloniki (+2 –2 =3).

He won two individual gold medals, at Moscow 1956 and at Nice 1974,^[6] and was awarded the International Master (IM) title in 1956.

In February 2024, he was awarded by FIDE the title of Honorary Grandmaster.^[7] He was then the oldest living grandmaster. Dückstein died on 28 August 2024, at the age of 97.^[8]^[9] After his death, Iivo Nei became the oldest living grandmaster.^[10]

References

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^ La grande storia degli scacchi Archived 6 January 2008 at the Wayback Machine. Xoomer.alice.it (13 March 2013). Retrieved on 29 November 2013.
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^ "Iivo Nei and Andreas Dueckstein awarded Honorary Grandmaster title". www.fide.com. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
^ Doggers, Peter (4 September 2024). "Andreas Dueckstein (1927–2024)". Chess.com. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
^ Stichlberger, Martin (3 September 2024). "Austrian chess legend Andreas Dückstein dies (1927–2024)". Chessbase. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
^ https://www.chess.com/news/view/andreas-duckstein-1927-2024