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Jan Kotrč (23 August 1862,
Bielitz Bielsko (, ) was until 1950 an independent town situated in Cieszyn Silesia, Poland. In 1951 it was joined with Biała Krakowska to form the new town of Bielsko-Biała. Bielsko constitutes the western part of that town. Bielsko was founded by ...
– 17 October 1943,
Vlachovo Březí Vlachovo Březí () is a town in Prachatice District in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,800 inhabitants. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected as an Cultural monument (Czech Republic)#Monument z ...
) was a Czech
chess Chess is a board game for two players. It is an abstract strategy game that involves Perfect information, no hidden information and no elements of game of chance, chance. It is played on a square chessboard, board consisting of 64 squares arran ...
master, chess publisher and chess problem composer. Born in Bielitz (then
Austrian Silesia Austrian Silesia, officially the Duchy of Upper and Lower Silesia, was an autonomous region of the Kingdom of Bohemia and the Habsburg monarchy (from 1804 the Austrian Empire, and from 1867 the Cisleithanian portion of Austria-Hungary). It is la ...
, now
Bielsko-Biała Bielsko-Biała (; ; , ; ) is a city in southern Poland, with a population of approximately 166,765 as of December 2022, making it the List of cities and towns in Poland#Largest cities and towns by population, 22nd largest city in Poland, and an a ...
in
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), he was an editor of chess magazines ''Šach-Mat'' (1884-1885), ''České listy šachové'' (1896-1900) in Prague, and ''Arbeiter Schachzeitung'' in the 1920s-1930s in Vienna. He shared 2nd with
Karel Traxler Karel Traxler (1866 – 1936) was a Czech chess master and composer of chess problems. He is best known for the hyper-aggressive variation named after him, the Traxler Variation in the Two Knights Defense. Traxler Variation The Traxler Va ...
, behind
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, at Prague 1891 (the 3rd Congress of the Bohemian Chess Association), tied for 4-6th at Dresden 1892 (the 7th
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 Ch ...
, ''Hauptturnier A'', Paul Lipke won). He won a match against
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(+3 –0 =2) at Prague 1893, and took 8th at Vienna 1899/1900 (Kolisch Memorial,
Géza Maróczy Géza Maróczy (; 3 March 1870 – 29 May 1951) was a Hungarian chess player, one of the leading players in the world in his time. He was one of the inaugural recipients of the Grandmaster (chess), International Grandmaster title from FIDE in 1 ...
won).


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* 1862 births 1943 deaths 19th-century Czech people 20th-century Czech people 19th-century chess players 20th-century chess players Czech chess players People from Austrian Silesia People from Bielsko Chess players from Austria-Hungary {{czechRepublic-chess-bio-stub