Author: Lionel Adalbert Bagration Felix Kieseritzky
Alternate names: Лионель Адальберт Багратион Феликс Кизерицкий; Lionel Adalbert Bagratio Kieseritzky; Lionel, Kieseritzky; Lionel Kieseritzky
Born: 1 January 1806
Died: 18 May 1853
Bio: Lionel Adalbert Bagration Felix Kieseritzky was a Baltic German chess master and theoretician, known for his contributions to chess theory, as well for a game he lost against Adolf Anderssen, known as the "Immortal Game". Kieseritzky's name became associated with several openings and opening variations, such as the Kieseritzky Gambit, Kieseritzky Attack, and the Boden–Kieseritzky Gambit.