Berthold Englisch (9 July 1851 in Hotzenplotz – 19 October 1897 in

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) was a

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master from

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. Englisch was born in

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into a

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family. He earned his living as a stock-market agent. He won the tournaments at

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1879 (the 1st DSB Congress), at

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1880 (ex-equo with Blackburne and A. Schwarz, ahead of Schallopp, Mason,

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, Winawer, etc.) and at Vienna 1896 (''Quadrangular''). He lost two matches against Vincenz Hruby in 1882 and to

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in 1890, both scoring 1.5 : 3.5, and drew a match with

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2.5 : 2.5 (+0 –0 =5) in 1896, all in Vienna.Welcome to the Chessmetrics site

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