Emil Richter (14 January 1894 – 16 March 1971) was a Czech
chess
Chess is a board game for two players, called White and Black, each controlling an army of chess pieces in their color, with the objective to checkmate the opponent's king. It is sometimes called international chess or Western chess to dist ...
master who was born and died in Prague. He won the
Czech Chess Championship The Czech National Chess Championship is the chess competition held to determine the best chess player from the Czech Republic.
History
First national championships were held every second year, as the championships of Bohemia (within the Austro- ...
in 1948 and was awarded the
International Master
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title in 1951. Richter played in the unofficial
1936 Chess Olympiad.
References
Further reading
* ''
British Chess Magazine
''British Chess Magazine'' is the world's oldest chess journal in continuous publication. First published in January 1881, it has appeared at monthly intervals ever since. It is frequently known in the chess world as ''BCM''.
The founder and ...
'', 1971, p. 207
* ''
Deutsche Schachzeitung ''Deutsche Schachzeitung'' (English: "''German Chess Paper''") was the first German chess magazine.
Founded in 1846 by Ludwig Bledow under the title ''Schachzeitung der Berliner Schachgesellschaft'' and appearing monthly, it took the name ''Deutsch ...
'', 1971, p. 195
External links
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1894 births
1971 deaths
Czech chess players
Chess International Masters
Chess players from Prague
20th-century chess players