Karl Poschauko (born 1900, date of death unknown) was an Austrian

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. At the beginning of his career, he took 3rd at Vienna 1921 ( Albert Becker won), shared 4th and won at Linz 1924, and took 3rd at Budapest 1926. He played, with a score of 7.5/15, at Kraków 1938 (

Jaroslav Šajtar Jaroslav Šajtar (December 3, 1921 – February 4, 2003) was a Czech chess master and an honorary grandmaster, born in Ostrava. He won at Kraków 1938, thrice placed joined 4th at Choceň 1942, Prague 1943 (Alexander Alekhine won), Zlín 1943, ...

won), tied for 5-7th at Gablonz (Jablonec nad Nisou) 1938 (DSV,

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), shared 1st with

Herbert Heinicke Herbert Heinicke (14 March 1905, Porto Alegre, Brazil – 4 April 1988, Hamburg) was a German chess master. Biography He, like Carlos Otto Junge and Klaus Junge, left South America for Hamburg, Germany. In 1930, he took 2nd, behind Heinrich Wagn ...

at Graz 1941, and won in the

Austrian Chess Championship The Austrian Chess Championship is held by the Austrian Chess Federation (''Österreichischer Schachbund''). For its correspondence chess subdivision, see OESB-FS. Unofficial Championships : Official Championships * Erich Eliskases won two mat ...

at Steyr 1952. He represented Austria in

3rd unofficial Chess Olympiad The 3rd unofficial Chess Olympiad was held by German Chess Federation (''Grossdeutscher Schachbund'') as a counterpart of the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin with reference to 1924 and 1928 events. Many Jewish chess players took part in the event. Si ...

at Munich 1936, the first IFSB (''

Internationaler Fernschachbund The Internationaler Fernschachbund (IFSB) was an international correspondence chess organisation, founded in 1928 and dissolved in 1939. It was superseded in 1945 by the International Correspondence Chess Association (ICCA) and after a restructuri ...

'') Correspondence Chess Olympiad in 1937-1939 (won team silver medal), and the

10th Chess Olympiad The 10th Chess Olympiad (; ), organized by the Fédération Internationale des Échecs, FIDE and comprising an openAlthough commonly referred to as the ''men's division'', this section is open to both male and female players. team tournament, as w ...

at Helsinki 1952. He also played in two friendly matches: Austria vs. the Soviet Union in 1953, and Austria vs. Switzerland in 1955.OlimpBase :: Friendly matches
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References

External links

Chessgames.com :: Karl Poschauko
Austrian chess players 1900 births Year of death missing {{Austria-chess-bio-stub