Lionel Kieseritzky | |
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![]() Lionel Kieseritzky | |
Full name | Lionel Adalbert Bagration Felix Kieseritzky |
Country | Russian Empire France |
Born | Dorpat, Governorate of Livonia, Russian Empire | 1 January 1806
Died | 18 May 1853 Paris, France | (aged 47)
Lionel Adalbert Bagration Felix Kieseritzky (Russian: Лионель Адальберт Багратион Феликс Кизерицкий; 1 January 1806 [O.S. 20 December 1805] – 18 May [O.S. 6 May] 1853) was a Baltic German chess master and theoretician, known for his contributions to chess theory, as well for a game he lost against Adolf Anderssen, known as the "Immortal Game". Kieseritzky's name became associated with several openings and opening variations, such as the Kieseritzky Gambit, Kieseritzky Attack, and the Boden–Kieseritzky Gambit.