Rudolf Pitschak (5 August 1902 – 23 September 1988) was a Czech-German

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 disti ...

master. Born in

Rumburk Rumburk (; german: Rumburg) is a town in Děčín District in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 11,000 inhabitants. It lies on the border with Germany. Administrative parts Rumburk is made up of town parts of Rumburk ...

(Rumburg), he once was the head of the Brünn (

Brno Brno ( , ; german: Brünn ) is a city in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. Located at the confluence of the Svitava and Svratka rivers, Brno has about 380,000 inhabitants, making it the second-largest city in the Czech Republic ...

) German Chess Club. He played in

Silesian Chess Congress The first Silesian Chess Congress was held in 1922. On 19 September 1877 the Breslau Chess Association (''Breslauer Schachverein'') was founded by Theodor von Scheve. In 1895 Görlitz and 1899 Liegnitz were meetings of mainly Silesian clubs. After ...

, where he tied for 3rd-4th at

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1927 ( Ludwig Schmitt won), took 3rd at Reichenbach 1928 (

Gottlieb Machate Gottlieb Machate (20 November 1904, in Breslau – 27 May 1974, in Stuttgart) was a German chess master. He participated several times in Silesian Chess Congresses. In 1926 roku he took 2nd, behind Fritz Sämisch (off contest), in Bad Altheide ( ...

won), and took 2nd, behind Heinz Foerder, at Breslau 1930. Pitschak won at

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1929, finished second to Flohr at Králičky 1929, tied for 3rd-4th at Bílina 1930 (Foerder won), took 7th at Mnichovo Hradiště 1930 (

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won), took 11th at Moravská Ostrava (Mährisch Ostrau) 1933 (

Ernst Grünfeld ---- Ernst Franz Grünfeld (November 21, 1893 – April 3, 1962) was an Austrian chess player and writer, mainly on opening theory. He was among the inaugural recipients of the grandmaster title in 1950. Life and career Grünfeld was bor ...

won), tied for fourth at

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(Lázně Libverda) 1934, the 13th DSV-ch, Salo Flohr won), tied for 7-8th at Konstantinsbad (Konstantinovy Lázně) 1935 (the 14th DSV-ch,

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), and tied for 2nd-3rd at Vienna 1943 (''Hietzing'', Lešnik won). After World War II, Pitschak played at

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in the 1957 (

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) where he drew a game with

Bobby Fischer Robert James Fischer (March 9, 1943January 17, 2008) was an American chess grandmaster and the eleventh World Chess Champion. A chess prodigy, he won his first of a record eight US Championships at the age of 14. In 1964, he won with an 11� ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Pitschak, Rudolf 1902 births 1988 deaths People from Rumburk Czechoslovak chess players American chess players Sudeten German people Czechoslovak emigrants to the United States