Jan Kotrč (23 August 1862, Bielitz – 17 October 1943, Vlachovo Březí) was a Czech chess master, chess publisher and chess problem composer.
Born in Bielitz (then Austrian Silesia, now Bielsko-Biała in 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).
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Jan Kotrč (23 August 1862, Bielitz – 17 October 1943, Vlachovo Březí) was a Czech chess master, chess publisher and chess problem composer.
Born in Bielitz (then Austrian Silesia, now Bielsko-Biała in 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).
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"Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from
the original (PDF) on 2007-07-04. Retrieved 2007-07-04.
{{ cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title ( link) Name Index to Jeremy Gaige's Chess Tournament Crosstables, An Electronic Edition, Anders Thulin, Malmö, 2004-09-01 -
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"Archived copy". Archived from
the original on 2011-07-08. Retrieved 2009-01-05.
{{ cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title ( link) - ^ "Shaw Communications".
- Jan Kotrc player profile and games at Chessgames.com
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