Anderssen

British  

/ ˈændəsən /

noun

1. Adolf (ˈaːdɔlf). 1818–79, German chess player: noted for the incisiveness of his combination play

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Example Sentences

There’s been some excellent revisionist history about the Anderssen match and about the roots of Morphy’s greatness more generally.

From Washington Times • Dec. 21, 2021

Anderssen, a professor of mathematics, traveled to Paris on his year-end break to play the match, including two lively encounters played on Dec. 25.

From Washington Times • Dec. 21, 2021

BARCELONA, Spain — When Gisle Anderssen and Bente Hoeseth, Norwegian newlyweds, were planning their honeymoon last December, by their own admission, they knew little about Catalan nationalism.

From New York Times • Oct. 6, 2017

From the garrulous, troubled Terri Hooley in sleeper hit Good Vibrations to murderous sheriff Dan Anderssen in Fortitude and Game of Thrones’ much-resurrected warrior Beric Dondarrion, Dormer specialises in tormented souls.

From The Guardian • Sep. 11, 2017

I name �100 for men whom I do not fear, but �250 for Anderssen, whom, as he beat me in 1851, I wish to play with.

From The Exploits and Triumphs, in Europe, of Paul Morphy, the Chess Champion by Edge, Frederick Milnes