Wilhelm Hanstein

German chess player (1811–1850)

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Wilhelm Hanstein (3 August 1811 in Berlin – 14 October 1850 in Magdeburg) was a German chess player and writer.^[1] He was also a civil servant.^[1]

Wilhelm Hanstein

Hanstein was one of the Berlin Pleiades.^[2]^[3] He helped found Berliner Schachzeitung, later to become Deutsche Schachzeitung . In 1842, he won a match against Carl Jaenisch (+4 −1 =1). In 1847, he won a match against Karl Mayet (+12 −5 =1).