Viktor Tietz

Viktor Tietz (13 April 1859, Rumburk – 8 December 1937, Karlovy Vary) was a Czech–German chess player, chess life organizer and local politician.[1]

He took 7th at Breslau 1889 (the 6th DSB Congress, Hauptturnier A won by Emanuel Lasker), and won ahead of Dawid Janowski and Moritz Porges at Carlsbad 1902 (Triangular).[2]

He invented the tie-break system now called the Tietz system.[3] His name is attached to the chess club in Karlovy Vary.[4] He was a main organizer of four famous international tournaments: the Carlsbad 1907, the Carlsbad 1911, the Carlsbad 1923, and the Carlsbad 1929.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Karlovarský šachklub Tietz > Sekce > Historie našeho klubu > Die Schachgeschichte in Karlsbad". Tietz.cz. http://www.tietz.cz/tietz/index.php?modul=sections&akce=ukaz_clanek&clanekid=36. Retrieved 2011-12-10. 
  2. ^ "Name Index to Jeremy Gaige's Chess Tournament Crosstables" (PDF). http://www.anders.thulin.name/SUBJECTS/CHESS/CTCIndex.pdf. Retrieved 2011-12-10. 
  3. ^ "Chess Glossary". Chess-poster.com. 1976-10-09. http://www.chess-poster.com/english/glossary.htm. Retrieved 2011-12-10. 
  4. ^ Karlovarský šachklub Tietz Sekce Historie našeho klubu Šachové Karlovy Vary (Czech)
  5. ^ "Alekhine on Carlsbad, 1929 by Edward Winter". Chesshistory.com. http://www.chesshistory.com/winter/extra/carlsbad.html. Retrieved 2011-12-10. 

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