Alexander Halprin

{{Short description|Russian-Austrian chess player (1868–1921)}} '''Alexander Halprin''' (21 March 1868 in Saint Petersburg – 20 May 1921 in Vienna) was a Russian–Austrian chess master.

He took 6th at Vienna 1895/96 (Carl Schlechter and Max Weiss won),<ref>[http://www.chessmetrics.com Welcome to the Chessmetrics site] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060414132700/http://www.chessmetrics.com/ |date=April 14, 2006 }} at www.chessmetrics.com</ref> lost a match to Kalikst Morawski (+7 –2 =1) at Vienna 1896,<ref>Litmanowicz, Władysław and Giżycki, Jerzy (1986, 1987). ''Szachy od A do Z''. Wydawnictwo Sport i Turystyka. Warszawa. {{ISBN|83-217-2481-7}} (1. A-M), {{ISBN|83-217-2745-X}} (2. N-Z).</ref> tied for 3rd–4th at Vienna 1897/98 (Georg Marco won), took 16th at Vienna 1898 (Siegbert Tarrasch and Harry Pillsbury won),<ref>[http://www.endgame.nl/wien.htm Vienna 1882 and 1898] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081216145316/http://www.endgame.nl/wien.htm |date=2008-12-16 }} at www.endgame.nl</ref><ref>[http://xoomer.alice.it/cserica/scacchi/storiascacchi/tornei/1851-99/1898vienna.htm Wien] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080128193448/http://xoomer.alice.it/cserica/scacchi/storiascacchi/tornei/1851-99/1898vienna.htm |date=2008-01-28 }} at xoomer.alice.it</ref> Halprin, Marco, and Hugo Fähndrich were the editors of ''Wiener Schachzeitung'' which published supplements containing tourney games and notes throughout the whole contest.<ref>[http://www.ballo.de/1844-1945,_d.htm 1844-1945, D] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080117204312/http://www.ballo.de/1844-1945,_d.htm |date=2008-01-17 }} at www.ballo.de</ref> He also took 6th at Vienna 1900 (Schlechter won), and took 13th at Munich 1900 (the 12th DSB Congress, Pillsbury, Schlechter and Géza Maróczy won).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.anders.thulin.name/SUBJECTS/CHESS/CTCIndex.pdf |title=Archived item |accessdate=2015-09-20 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070704030849/http://www.anders.thulin.name/SUBJECTS/CHESS/CTCIndex.pdf |archivedate=2007-07-04 }} Name Index to Jeremy Gaige's ''Chess Tournament Crosstables'', An Electronic Edition, Anders Thulin, Malmö, 2004-09-01</ref>

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