Jan Kotrč
Jan Kotrč
Jan Kotrč (23 August 1862, Bielsko – 17 October 1943, Vlachovo Březí) was a Czech chess master, chess publisher and chess problem composer.
Born in Bielsko (then Austrian Silesia, now Poland), 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, behind Jan Kvicala, at Prague 1891 (the 3rd Congress of the Bohemian Chess Association),[1] tied for 4-6th at Dresden 1892 (the 7th DSB Congress, Hauptturnier A, Paul Lipke won).[2] He won a match against Josef Kvicala (+3 –0 =2) at Prague 1893,[3] and took 8th at Vienna 1899/1900 (Kolisch Memorial, Géza Maróczy won).
References
- ↑ http://www.anders.thulin.name/SUBJECTS/CHESS/CTCIndex.pdf Name Index to Jeremy Gaige's Chess Tournament Crosstables, An Electronic Edition, Anders Thulin, Malmö, 2004-09-01
- ↑ http://www.chesslady.com/index.php?oid=181&page=magazin&s=55
- ↑ http://members.shaw.ca/edo2/players/p1095.html
External links
- Jan Kotrč player profile and games at Chessgames.com
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