- Károly Sterk
Károly Sterk (19 September 1881 – 10 December 1946) was a Hungarian chess master.
He tied for 2nd-4th at Budapest 1909 (
Zsigmond Barász won), played at Vienna 1909/10 (the 2ndTrebitsch Memorial ,Richard Réti won), tied for 3rd-5th at Budapest 1911 (the 3rd Hungarian Championship,Zoltán von Balla and Barász won), tied for 9-11th at Bad Pistyan 1912 (Akiba Rubinstein won), took 10th at Temesvár 1912 (HUN-ch,Gyula Breyer won), took 12th at Budapest 1913 (Rudolf Spielmann won), shared 2nd with Réti, behindLajos Asztalos , at Debrecen 1913 (HUN-ch), and tied for 2nd-3rd with Barász, behind Breyer, at Budapest 1917. He lost two matches toGéza Maróczy in 1907 and 1917, both (+1 –2 =3). [Litmanowicz, Władysław & Giżycki, Jerzy (1986, 1987). Szachy od A do Z. Wydawnictwo Sport i Turystyka Warszawa. ISBN 83-217-2481-7 (1. A-M), ISBN 83-217-2745-x (2. N-Z)]After
World War I , he mainly played in Budapest where took 10th in 1921 (Alexander Alekhine won), tied for 8-9th in 1922, took 3rd and 4th in 1924, shared 1st and took 5th in 1925, tied for 4-5th, took 6th, and won in 1926, tied for 7-8th and took 10th in 1928, tied for 6-7th in 1929, won and shared 1st in 1930, [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] took 2nd in 1931 (HUN-ch,Lajos Steiner won), tied for 12-13th in 1932 (HUN-ch, Maróczy won), and tied for 9-10th in 1934 (Erich Eliskases won). He also took 9th at Bardejov 1926 (Hermanis Matisons andSavielly Tartakower won), tied for 3rd-4th at London 1927, took 15th at Ujpest 1934 (Andor Lilienthal won), and tied for 11-16th at Tatatóváros 1935 (HUN-ch, László Szabó won). [http://www.rogerpaige.me.uk/index.htm]Sterk played for Hungary in unofficial and official
Chess Olympiads at Paris 1924, Budapest 1926, and Prague 1931. [ [http://www.olimpbase.org OlimpBase :: the encyclopaedia of team chess ] ]* [http://www.chessgames.com/player/karoly_sterk.html chessgames of Károly Sterk]
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