- Berthold Englisch
Berthold Englisch (
9 July 1851 , Hotzenplotz –19 October 1897 ,Vienna ) was a leadingAustria nchess master.Englisch was born in
Silesia into a Jewish family. He earned his living as a stock-market agent.He won the tournaments at
Leipzig 1879 (the 1stDSB Congress ) and atWiesbaden 1880 (ex-equo with Blackburne and A. Schwarz, ahead of Schallopp, Mason, Bird, Winawer, etc.). [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]He lost two matches against
Vincenz Hruby in 1882 and toEmanuel Lasker in 1890, both scoring 1.5 : 3.5, and drew a match withHarry Nelson Pillsbury 2.5 : 2.5 (+0 –0 =5) in 1896, all in Vienna. [ [http://www.chessmetrics.com Welcome to the Chessmetrics site ] ]References
*citation
last1=Singer | first1=Isidore | author1-link=Isidore Singer
last2=Porter | first2=A.
year=1901–1906 | title=Jewish Encyclopedia
contribution= [http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=378&letter=E Englisch, Berthold]
volume=5 | pages=174–5External links
*chessgames player|id=10414
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