Julius Brach (9 January 1881,

Brno Brno ( , ; ) is a Statutory city (Czech Republic), city in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. Located at the confluence of the Svitava (river), Svitava and Svratka (river), Svratka rivers, Brno has about 403,000 inhabitants, making ...

– 4 July 1938,

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, Moravia) 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. In the beginning of his career, he won at Brno 1899, took 3rd at Osyky u Lomnice, took 2nd at Brno 1901, and took 3rd at Brno 1905. He tied for 5-6th at Nuremberg 1906 (the 15th

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'',

Savielly Tartakower Savielly Tartakower (also known as ''Xavier'' or ''Ksawery'' ''Tartakower'', less often ''Tartacover'' or ''Tartakover''; 21 February 1887 – 4 February 1956) was a Polish chess player. He was awarded the title of Grandmaster (chess), Internatio ...

won), and shared 2nd at Brno 1907 (the 2nd

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 Austr ...

František Treybal František Treybal (24 December 1882 – 5 October 1947 in Prague) was a Czech chess master. In 1907 he won the 2nd Czech Chess Championship in Brno. In 1907 he also won in Berlin, and tied for 5–6th in Prague (Oldřich Duras won). In 1908, he ...

won). He won at Brno 1908, tied for 8-9th at Prague 1908 (B tournament,

Karel Treybal Karel Treybal (2 February 1885 – 2 October 1941) was a prominent Czech chess player of the early twentieth century. Treybal was born in Kotopeky, a village to the southwest of Prague in central Bohemia. He trained as a lawyer and became chairma ...

won), took 2nd at Brno 1909, and took 6th at Prague 1909 (the 3rd CZE-ch,

Oldřich Duras Oldřich Duras (born Důras; 30 October 1882 – 5 January 1957) was a Czech chess master. He was among the leading chess masters of the early 20th century. Biography Duras was born on 30 October 1882 in Pchery, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary. He cam ...

won). In 1909, he played three matches in Brno; drew with

Karel Hromádka Karel Hromádka (23 April 1887 in Großweikersdorf, Austria – 16 July 1956) was a Czech chess player, two-time Czech champion, 1913 and 1921 (jointly). Hromádka played in the 1st unofficial Chess Olympiad, Paris 1924, and scored 6.5/8 ...

(3 : 3), beat A. Perna (4 : 0), and defeated M. Gargulak (2.5 : 0.5). He took 2nd at Brno 1911, tied for 5-7th at Breslau 1912 (the 18th DSB Congress, ''Hauptturnier B'',

Paul Krüger Paul Krüger (born 7 March 1950) is a German engineer and politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). He most notably served as Federal Minister for Education, Science, Research and Technology from 1993 to 1994 under Helmut Kohl. He ha ...

), won at Brno 1913, and won in the

Mannheim 1914 chess tournament The 19th DSB Congress (''19. Kongreß des Deutschen Schachbundes''), comprising several tournaments, began on 20 July 1914 in Mannheim. Germany declared war on Russia (on August 1) and on France (August 3), Britain joining in the next day. The cong ...

(the 19th DSB Congress, ''Hauptturnier B''). During

World War I World War I or the First World War (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918), also known as the Great War, was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War I, Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers. Fighting to ...

, he shared 3rd at Brünn (Brno) 1916, won at Brno 1917, and tied for 9-11th at Kaschau (Košice) 1918 (

Richard Réti Richard Réti (28 May 1889 – 6 June 1929) was an Austro-Hungarian and later Czechoslovak chess player, chess author and composer of endgame studies. He was one of the principal proponents of hypermodernism in chess. With the exception of N ...

won). After the war, he won at Brno 1920, tied for 8-9th at Brno 1921 (the 2nd

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, Hromádka won), took 3rd at Pistyan (Piešťany) 1922 (B tournament,

Endre Steiner Endre (Andreas) Steiner (27 June 1901 – 29 December 1944) was a Hungarian chess player, born in Budapest. Endre Steiner played for Hungary in five official and one unofficial Chess Olympiads. * In 1927, he played at first reserve board at 1st ...

won), tied for 9-11th at Znojmo 1927 (

Karel Opočenský Karel Opočenský (7 February 1892 – 16 November 1975) was a Czechoslovak chess master. Chess career Opočenský was four-time Czech Champion (1927, 1928, 1938, and 1944). In 1919, he took 2nd, behind František Schubert, in Prague (Czechoslov ...

won), and took 8th at Olomouc 1930 (

Karl Gilg Karl Gilg (20 January 1901, in Mankovice (Mankendorf), Austrian Silesia – 4 December 1981, in Kolbermoor, Bavaria) was a German chess International Master from Czechoslovakia. Biography Gilg played for Czechoslovakia in several Chess Olympiads. ...

won). Name Index to Jeremy Gaige's ''Chess Tournament Crosstables'', An Electronic Edition, Anders Thulin, Malmö, 2004-09-01

References

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