He wrote 44 volumes of chess events and yearbooks and he was the first person to issue a yearbook on chess. He authored several textbooks in chess history, including biographies of Steinitz, Anderssen, Pillsbury, and Charousek.
He was born in Kulmbach in Bavaria, where his father practiced law, After completing his education, Bachmann, at the age of 21, entered the employ of the Railways Administration. As he was promoted he was successively stationed in several German cities before finally settling in Ludwigshafen where he was director of the railway system. On January 1st, 1923, Bachmann retired from service and moved to Munich, where he remained.
Backmann learned chess at the age of 14 from a comrade. His ardor for the game was stimulated when he became acquainted with the German Schachzeitung magazine and the games of Adolf Anderssen, with whom he actullay kept up a correspondence. Anderssen encouraged historian admirer by occasional presents of chess books.
As a player, Bachmann won many first place prizes in club tournaments in the cities in which he was stationed, but he was unable to participate in more important tournaments because of his professional duties. Because of his official duties, Bachmann decided early on to concentrate his interest in chess to the fields of chess literature and historical research and began collecting a large chess library. As a chess author, Bachmann also wrote a successful beginner's book and he also published some endgame studies and chess problems around the turn of the century.
Besides being an honorary member of several German chess clubs, Bachmann was awarded a Medal of Honor, a distinction which the German Chess Federation bestowed for exceptionally meritorious services to chess.
Ludwig Bachmann–Dr. Siegbert Tarrasch½–½C25Simul, Nuremberg08.12.1887Stockfish 16
C25: Vienna Game: Steinitz Gambit 1.e4 e5 2.c3 c6 3.f4 exf4 4.d4
This is not for the faint of heart..just watch what happens to white's King.
That said, statistically (in my database) white has a win percentage of 57
percenmt while losing 29 percent (based on a scant 28 games). h4+ It's hard
to imagine black playing anything else! 5.e2 This is only move that does
not lose. 5.d2 xd4 6.f3 f2+ 7.e2 b4 8.e1 xe2+ 9.xe2 xc3+ 10.bxc3 xe2 11.xe2 Black has a decisive advantage. 5...d5 Black has also
played 5...b6 and 5...d6 5...h5+ This is the engine recommended move. 0-1
(41) Maes,W (2318)-Hammer,J (2095) Vlissingen 2004 continued 6.f3 g5 7.d5 Now with 7....Kd8 black would have had a small advantage. 6.exd5 6.f3 g4 7.xd5 Taking with the P would have kept things equal. Now white loses
quickly. 0-0-0 8.xf4 f6 9.g3 h6 10.xc7 xd5 11.exd5 e8+ 12.f2 xc7 13.dxc6 e3+ 14.g3 d6+ 15.xg4 h5+ 0-1 (15) Sarkar,J (2350)-Tanenbaum,Z
(2157) chess.com INT 2022 6...g4+ 7.f3 0-0-0 In spite of appearances if
white replies properly he will have no mire than a slight advantage.. 7...ce7 Results in equality after 8.xf4 0-0-0 9.g3 h5 10.g2 8.d3
While this gets out of he pin it should lose. 8.dxc6 is the
correct move. c5 9.cxb7+ b8 10.b5 f6 11.d3 h5 12.c3 Steinitz,
W-Zukertort,J London 1872 8...b4+ 8...f6 was even stronger. 9.d2 xf3 10.gxf3 xd4+ 11.e2 e5+ 12.d1 f6 13.xf4 xd5 14.xe5 xc3+ 15.e1 xe5 16.bxc3 xf3+ Black's advantage is decisive. 9.c4 9.d2
isn't any better. f6 10.a3 xf3 11.xf3 xd4+ 12.d3 xd3 13.cxd3 f6 14.f1 g5 and black is winning. 9...h5 10.h3 White's K is doomed, but
black's next move lets him off the hook. xd5 It's hard to believe, but
after this move white's K is quite safe. 10...f5 is another story. 11.e1 g6 12.a3 xd5 13.xd5 xd5 14.b3 b6+ 15.a2 xd4 16.d3 e6+ 17.b1 f6 White is helpless; all he can do is wait for the end. 11.hxg4 b6+ 12.b3 xh1 13.xf4 With black's Q out of play and his K-side pieces
unmoved his material advantage of only the exchange is meaningless. White's
chances are at least equal. d6 14.xd6 xd6 15.b5 It seems obvious that
white's only hope is to play for an attack, but 15.g5! was more promising. 15.g5 h5 15...e7 16.e4 h5 16...dd8 17.g3 Traps the Q. 17.xd6+ cxd6 and white has somewhat better chances. 16.e5 xg5 17.xf7 f4 18.f3 xd4 with equal chances. In Shootouts white scored +1 -1 =3. 15...d8 16.a4 a6 17.a5 d5 17...axb5 loses after 18.axb6 cxb6 19.a8+ c7 20.xd8 xd8 21.e5 h6 21...e7 22.f3 h6 23.xb7+ f6 24.f3+ e7 25.g5 22.f3 c8 23.g5 g8 24.c3+ d8 25.xf7+ 18.e5 This is as ggod a move
as white has. axb5 This lets white off the hook. 18...ge7 Black must
get his remaining pieces into play/. 19.a6 bxa6 Allowing the
a-file to be opened will prove fatal. 19...b6 20.a7 b7 21.a8+ 19...b8 This defensive move is also satisfactory. White is held up on the a-file
and has no really clear plan of attack, so the chances are even. 20.e2 ge7 21.xb5 b6 This is safe because c6 is defended. 22.c6+ a8 23.e1 23.xd8 is a fatal trap. xd8 White is a piece down. 23...d6 24.xe7 h4 25.xd5 xe1 26.c4 c8 with equal chances. 20.xa6 gf6
White now has a mate in 8. 20...c5 avoids mate, but still loses. 21.dxc5 h2 22.a8+ b7 23.xd8 xe5 24.xd5+ xd5+ 25.xd5 c6 26.e5 with a
won ending. 21.a1 21.a1 h3+ 22.c3 xc3+ 23.bxc3 c5 24.dxc5 c7 25.c6 b8 26.b6+ c8 27.a7 d7 28.b7# 21...c6 Allowing a
mate in 5 22.a8+ c7 23.a7+ 23.a7+ d6 24.xf7+ e6 25.e1+ e3 26.xe3+ e4 27.xe4+ f6 28.g5# 23...d6 24.xf7+ e6 25.xd8 xd8 26.xd8+ White has a win, but generously let Tarrasch off with a draw! d6 27.f7+ e6 28.d3 28.g5+ d6 29.d3 g6 30.f7+ e6 31.d8+ d6 32.c5+ d7 33.xc6 xg2 34.e5+ e6 35.c6+ e7 36.b7+ e6 37.f7+ d6 38.f8+ e6 39.xb5 g3+ 40.c3 Black can only delay mate but
giving away his remaining pieces. For ir... h5 41.f7+ d6 42.c4# 28...g6 29.d8+ d6 30.f7+ e6 31.d8+ d6 This is white's last chance to win. 32.f7+ 32.c5+ d7 33.xc6 e1 34.g5 e6 35.e5+ d8 36.gxf6 xf6+ 37.b4 etc. 32...e6 Draw ½–½
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