Siegbert Tarrasch

Siegbert Tarrasch
Tarrasch, c. 1900
CountryPrussiaGermany
Born(1862-03-05)5 March 1862
Breslau, Kingdom of Prussia
(now Wrocław, Poland)
Died17 February 1934(1934-02-17) (aged 71)
Munich, Germany

Siegbert Tarrasch (German pronunciation: [ˈziːɡbɐt ˈtaraʃ]; 5 March 1862 – 17 February 1934) was a German chess player, considered to have been among the strongest players and most influential theoreticians of the late 19th and early 20th century.