• Hungarian-Austrian chess Grandmaster and endgame theorist
• Played in the early 20th century and was a contemporary of World Champion Jose Raul Capablanca
• Developed the Hypermodern School of Chess, which emphasized control of the center of the board with pieces rather than pawns
• Wrote several books on chess, including Masters of the Chessboard and Modern Ideas in Chess
• Won the first ever international chess tournament at Karlovy Vary in 1923
• Won the Austrian Chess Championship in 1923 and 1924
• Died in 1929, aged only 40
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