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Berthold Englisch (9 July 1851, Hotzenplotz – 19 October 1897, Welcome to the Chessmetrics site
Vienna
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) was a leading Austria
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n chess
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master.
Englisch was born in Austrian Silesia
Austrian Silesia, (historically also ''Oesterreichisch-Schlesien, Oesterreichisch Schlesien, österreichisch Schlesien''); cs, Rakouské Slezsko; pl, Śląsk Austriacki officially the Duchy of Upper and Lower Silesia, (historically ''Herzogth ...
(then Austria-Hungary) into a Jewish
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family. He earned his living as a stock-market agent.
He won the tournaments at Leipzig
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1879 (the 1st DSB Congress The ''Deutscher Schachbund'' (DSB) was founded in Leipzig on 18 July, 1877. When the next meeting took place in the Schützenhaus on 15 July 1879, sixty-two clubs had become member of the chess federation. Hofrat Rudolf von Gottschall became Chair ...
), at Wiesbaden
Wiesbaden () is a city in central western Germany and the capital of the state of Hesse. , it had 290,955 inhabitants, plus approximately 21,000 United States citizens (mostly associated with the United States Army). The Wiesbaden urban area ...
1880 (ex-equo with Blackburne and A. Schwarz, ahead of Schallopp, Mason, Bird
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, Winawer, etc.) and at Vienna
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1896 (''Quadrangular'').
He lost two matches against Vincenz Hruby
Vincenc Hrubý (9 September 1856 – 16 July 1917, Trieste) was a Czech chess master.
He was born in Krivsoudov ( Bohemia). Hrubý worked as a teacher at a secondary school (Realschule) in Trieste. He died there as well.
His best results were in ...
in 1882 and to Emanuel Lasker
Emanuel Lasker (; December 24, 1868 – January 11, 1941) was a German chess player, mathematician, and philosopher who was World Chess Champion for 27 years, from 1894 to 1921, the longest reign of any officially recognised World Chess Champ ...
in 1890, both scoring 1.5 : 3.5, and drew a match with Harry Nelson Pillsbury
Harry Nelson Pillsbury (December 5, 1872 – June 17, 1906) was an American chess player. At the age of 22, he won one of the strongest tournaments of the time (winning the Hastings 1895 chess tournament), but his illness and early death prevent ...
2.5 : 2.5 (+0 –0 =5) in 1896, all in Vienna.
References
*See also
*List of Jewish chess players
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