Vincenc Hrubý (9 September 1856 – 16 July 1917,
Trieste) was a
Czech chess master.
He was born in
Krivsoudov (
Bohemia
Bohemia ( ; cs, Čechy ; ; hsb, Čěska; szl, Czechy) is the westernmost and largest historical region of the Czech Republic. Bohemia can also refer to a wider area consisting of the historical Lands of the Bohemian Crown ruled by the Bohem ...
). Hrubý worked as a teacher at a secondary school (
Realschule) in
Trieste. He died there as well.
His best results were in 1880s and 1890s. In the International Chess Tournament at
Vienna 1882, won by
Wilhelm Steinitz and
Szymon Winawer, he finished 11th. He won, ahead of
Bernhard Fleissig, at the Vienna Chess Club tournament 1882, and tied for 10–11th at Nuremberg 1883 (the 3rd
DSB Congress, Winawer won).
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He won matches in Vienna against Berthold Englisch
Berthold Englisch (9 July 1851, Hotzenplotz – 19 October 1897, Vienna) was a leading Austrian chess master.
Englisch was born in Austrian Silesia (then Austria-Hungary) into a Jewish family. He earned his living as a stock-market agent.
He won ...
(3.5 : 1.5) in 1882, and Adolf Albin
Adolf Albin (14 September 1848 – 22 March 1920) was a Romanian chess player. He is best known for the countergambit that bears his name and for authoring the first chess book written in Romanian.
Life
He was born in Bucharest, Romania t ...
(5.5 : 3.5) in 1891.
References
External links
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Estimated rating of Vincenz Hruby
1856 births
1917 deaths
Czech chess players
Austrian chess players
19th-century chess players
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