Karl Schorn
Karl (Carl) Schorn (16 October 1803, Düsseldorf – 7 October 1850, Munich) was a German painter and chess master. • Illustration — Karl Schorn: Kartenspieler (1837). Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin He was a member of the Berlin Pleiades (the seven stars of German chess) in the first half of the 19th century.
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Karl Schorn
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- Born
- 1803.
- Died
- 1850.
- Nationality
- Kingdom of Prussia.
- Occupation
- painter, chess player and university teacher.
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Karl (Carl) Schorn (16 October 1803, Düsseldorf – 7 October 1850, Munich) was a German painter and chess master. • Illustration — Karl Schorn: Kartenspieler (1837). Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin He was a member of the Berlin Pleiades (the seven stars of German chess) in the first half of the 19th century.
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1803
Karl Schorn born at Düsseldorf.
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Karl Schorn died at Munich.
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- 1.Geburtsjahr laut Mario Ziegler: „Durch und durch ein Humorist im Schachspiel.“ Das Leben des Malers und Schachspielers Karl Schorn. In: KARL, 4/2014, S. 46–49, unter Bezugnahme auf die Taufurkunde der Kirche St. Lambertus im Stadtarchiv Düsseldorf. Daneben werden in der Sekundärliteratur auch 1802 oder 1803 als Geburtsjahr angeführt.
- 2.Friedrich Noack: Das Deutschtum in Rom seit dem Ausgang des Mittelalters. Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, Stuttgart 1927, Band 2, S. 536.
- 3.In München ist noch heute eine Straße nach ihm benannt, siehe
- 4.Vgl. Tassilo von Heydebrand und der Lasa: Berliner Schach-Erinnerungen (1859), S. 18
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