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Jan Kvíčala

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Jan Kvíčala (1868 – 11 February 1939) was a Czech chess master.

He lived and played chess tournaments and matches in Prague. He won in 1891 (the 3rd Congress of the Bohemian Chess Association), lost a match to Oldřich Duras (4 : 5) in 1902,[1] took 2nd behind Duras in 1906, took 18th in the Prague 1908 chess tournament (Duras and Carl Schlechter won),[2][3] beat Karel Hromádka (3 : 1) in 1909,[4] and took 2nd, behind Duras, in 1910.[5]

Jan Kvíčala won against Wilhelm Cohn (1.5 : 0.5) in a friendly match Berlin vs. Prague in 1913.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Edo Ratings, Kvicala, Jan". edochess.ca.
  2. ^ "Praga (Cecoslovacchia) Torneo Internazionale, 1908". Archived from the original on 2011-06-05. Retrieved 2009-01-26.
  3. ^ "Pražská šachová společnost" [Prague Chess Society]. praguechess.cz.
  4. ^ "The chess games of Jan Kvicala". chessgames.com.
  5. ^ "Name Index to Jeremy Gaige's CHESS TOURNAMENT CROSSTABLES" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-07-04. Retrieved 2007-07-04. Name Index to Jeremy Gaige's Chess Tournament Crosstables, An Electronic Edition, Anders Thulin, Malmö, 2004-09-01
  6. ^ "Jan Kvicala chess games". 365chess.com.