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Andreas Dückstein (born 2 August 1927, in Budapest) is an Austrian chess master. He was awarded the title of International Master by FIDE in 1956. In his prime, Dückstein was regarded as a dangerous attacker. as a win against World Champion Mikhail Botvinnik demonstrated.

Born in Hungary, he left for Austria at the age of 22. Dückstein was thrice Austrian Champion (1954, 1956, 1977).[1]

He tied for 11–13th at Zagreb 1955 (Vasily Smyslov won), took 14th at Wageningen 1957 (zonal, László Szabó won), took 5th at Hastings 1958/59 (Wolfgang Uhlmann won), shared 2nd at Berg en Dal (zonal, Friðrik Ólafsson won),[2] tied for 4–6th at Vienna 1961 (Yuri Averbakh won),[3] took 3rd at Amsterdam 1964 (IBM, Bent Larsen won),[4] took 4th at Palma de Mallorca 1965.[5]

He played for Austria in several Chess Olympiads:

• In 1956, at second board in 12th Chess Olympiad in Moscow (+11 –2 =4);
• In 1958, at first board in 13th Chess Olympiad in Munich (+6 –5 =8);
• In 1962, at second board in 15th Chess Olympiad in Varna (+2 –6 =2);
• In 1964, at first board in 16th Chess Olympiad in Tel Aviv (+8 –5 =3);
• In 1968, at first board in 18th Chess Olympiad in Lugano (+5 –2 =5);
• In 1970, at first board in 19th Chess Olympiad in Siegen (+4 –2 =6);
• In 1974, at second board in 21st Chess Olympiad in Nice (+8 –0 =4);
• In 1976, at second board in 22nd Chess Olympiad in Haifa (+5 –4 =1);
• In 1988, at second reserve board in 28th Chess Olympiad in Thessaloniki (+2 –2 =3).

He won two individual gold medals, at Moscow 1956 and at Nice 1974,[6] and was awarded the International Master (IM) title in 1956.

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Andreas Dückstein (* 2. August 1927 in Budapest) ist ein österreichischer Schachspieler.

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[ru] Дюкштейн, Андреас

Андреас Дюкштейн (Дюкштайн; нем. Andreas Dückstein; 2 августа 1927, Будапешт) — австрийский шахматист; международный мастер (1956).

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