- Carl Mayet
Carl (Karl) Mayet (
August 11 ,1810 , Berlin –May 18 ,1868 , Stettin, now Szczecin) was a German chess master.He was one of the most original of the
Berlin Pleiades (the seven stars of German chess). [ [http://www.logicalchess.com/info/trivia/b.html Chess Trivia ] ]In 1839, Mayet defeated
Jozsef Szen in a match with (+3-2=1). In 1845, he drew a match withAugustus Mongredien with (+3-3). In 1847, he defeated A. von der Goltz in a match (+14-9=1), but then lost a match withWilhelm Hanstein (+5-12=1). In 1848, he lost a match toDaniel Harrwitz (+2-5=2). In theLondon 1851 chess tournament , he was knocked out in round 1 when he lost toHugh Alexander Kennedy with two losses. In 1851, he lost a match toAdolf Anderssen in Berlin with 4 losses. In 1852, he lost a match toFrederic Deacon (2-5).In 1853, he took 3rd place in the first unofficial Berlin Championship, behind
Jean Dufresne andMax Lange . In 1853, he lost a match to Dufresne (+5-7). In 1855, he lost to Anderssen (+6-14=1). In 1856, he lost to T. Wiegelmann (2-4) in the 1856 Berlin Knockout Tournament. In 1859, he lost a match to Anderssen (+1-7). In 1865, he lost a match to Anderssen (+2-5=1). In 1866, he lost a match toGustav Neumann (-6=1). [ [http://members.shaw.ca/edo2/players/p55.html Edo Ratings, Mayet, C ] ]References
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