Gustav Neumann

Gustav Richard Ludwig Neumann (15 December 1838 – 16 February 1881) was a German chess master.

In matches he lost to Louis Paulsen (+3 –5 =3) at Leipzig 1864, and defeated Celso Golmayo Zúpide (+3 –0 =0), and Simon Winawer (+3 –0 =0) at Paris 1867.

In tournaments he was first at Berlin 1865 (+34 –0 =0; first perfect score), first at Elberfeld 1865, first at Dundee 1867 Scotland International, second place went to Steinitz.

After giving up chess completely due to a nervous disorder Gustav Neumann spent the last years of his life in the Provincial Sanatorium and Nursing Institution Allenberg in Druzhba, Pravdinsky District, Kaliningrad Oblast, where he died on 16 February 1881.

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