Wilhelm Hanstein

{{short description|German chess player (1811–1850)}} {{Multiple issues|{{More citations needed|date=February 2024}} {{Expand German|date=May 2024|topic=bio}}}} '''Wilhelm Hanstein''' (3 August 1811 in Berlin – 14 October 1850 in Magdeburg) was a German chess player and writer.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Y6JJAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA78 |title=The British Chess Magazine |date=1886 |publisher=Trubner & Company |pages=78}}</ref> He was also a civil servant.<ref name=":0" /> thumb|Wilhelm Hanstein

Hanstein was one of the Berlin Pleiades.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VbwuCKeMzcUC&pg=PA149 |title=The Chess Player's Chronicle |date=1877 |volume=1 |pages=149}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Cullen |first=Tony |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=e9sMEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA25 |title=Chess Rivals of the 19th Century: With 300 Annotated Games |date=2020-12-21 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-1-4766-8072-9 |pages=25}}</ref> He helped found ''Berliner Schachzeitung'', later to become ''Deutsche Schachzeitung''. In 1842, he won a match against Carl Jaenisch (+4 −1 =1). In 1847, he won a match against Karl Mayet (+12 −5 =1).

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