Berthold Englisch

Berthold Englisch (9 July 1851 in Hotzenplotz – 19 October 1897 in Vienna) was a chess master from Austria-Hungary.

Englisch was born in Austrian Silesia, Austrian Empire into a Jewish family. He earned his living as a stock-market agent.

He won the tournaments at Leipzig 1879 (the 1st DSB Congress), at Wiesbaden 1880 (ex-equo with Blackburne and A. Schwarz, ahead of Schallopp, Mason, Bird, Winawer, etc.) and at Vienna 1896 (Quadrangular).^[1]

He lost two matches against Vincenz Hruby in 1882 and to Emanuel Lasker in 1890, both scoring 1.5 : 3.5, and drew a match with Harry Nelson Pillsbury 2.5 : 2.5 (+0 –0 =5) in 1896, all in Vienna.^[2]

Berthold Englisch, was an Austrian chess master.

References

1. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-07-04. Retrieved 2011-12-05. Name Index to Jeremy Gaige's Chess Tournament Crosstables, An Electronic Edition, Anders Thulin, Malmö, 2004-09-01
2. Welcome to the Chessmetrics site Archived April 14, 2006, at the Wayback Machine

• Singer, Isidore; Porter, A. (1901–1906), "Englisch, Berthold", Jewish Encyclopedia, vol. 5, pp. 174–5

See also

• List of Jewish chess players

External links

• Berthold Englisch player profile and games at Chessgames.com