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

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

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

Mr. Anderssen and Ms. Hoeseth had to cancel their initial trip to the Sagrada Família, as did Ms. Dick and Ms. Forbes.

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

In the month of January last, he drew my attention to one game in particular, between our hero and Anderssen, stating that he was satisfied "Labourdonnais would have lost it ten times over."

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