Fritz Riemann


Fritz Riemann was a German chess master.
Born in Silesia, he was a chess pupil of Adolf Anderssen in Breslau. In 1876, he won a match against Arnold Schottländer there.
In 1879, he took 5th in Leipzig, and took 2nd in Wesselburen. In 1880, he took 2nd, behind Louis Paulsen, in Braunschweig, and drew a match with Emil Schallopp in Berlin. In 1881, he tied for 13-14th in Berlin. In 1883, he tied for 6-7th in Nuremberg. In 1885, he tied for 8-9th in Hamburg, and drew a match with Ernst Flechsig in Breslau. In 1888, he shared 1st with Curt von Bardeleben in Leipzig.
He wrote a book : Riemann, Fritz: Schach-Erinnerungen des jüngsten Anderssen-Schülers. Mit vielen Diagrammen im Text und einem Bildnis des Verfassers. de Gruyter, Berlin und Leipzig 1925.