Georg Schories (9 January 1874, Berlin – 2 December 1934, Berlin) was a German chess

Chess

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 master.

Born in Berlin, he travelled first to Paris, then England, where for many years he, as George Shories, made his home. During World War I

World War I

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, Georg Schories suffered internment,
then returned to Germany.

He won at Canterbury 1903, and drew a match with Paul Saladin Leonhardt (2 : 2) at London 1904. Schories earned his master title in Barmen 1905 (B tournament), where he tied for first and defeated Savielly Tartakower

Savielly Tartakower

Ksawery Tartakower was a leading Polish and French chess Grandmaster. He was also a leading chess journalist of the 1920s and 30s...

 in their play-off match (2.5 : 1.5). He tied for 9-10th at Scheveningen 1905 (Frank James Marshall won). He won the amateur competition ahead of Hector William Shoosmith in the Ostend 1907 chess tournament

Ostend 1907 chess tournament

The tournament was divided into two sections: the Championship Tournament and the Masters' Tournament. The first section was for players who had previously won an international tournament. The Championship Tournament took place in the Casino of Ostend from 16 May to 14 June 1907...

 (B tournament), then played less successfully in the General Masters' tournament.

He won at Tunbridge Wells 1908, shared 1st with Victor Wahltuch

Victor Wahltuch

Victor Lionel Wahltuch was an English chess master.He shared 1st with George Shories at Blackpool 1907, won at Blackpool 1908, tied for 3rd-4th at Blackpool 1910 , and tied for 9-10th at Richmond 1912 .After World War I, he tied for 5-6th at Hastings 1919 Victor Lionel Wahltuch (24 May 1875,...

 at Blackpool

Blackpool

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 1907, shared 1st with Frederick Yates

Frederick Yates

Frederick Dewhurst Yates was an English chess master who won the British Chess Championship on six occasions...

 at Blackpool 1910, but lost the play-off match (0 : 4), took 2nd behind Yates at Bromley 1910, tied for 3rd-5th at Oxford 1910, and won at Glasgow 1911. Towards the end of 1912, he and John O'Hanlon

John O'Hanlon

John O'Hanlon was an Irish chess master.He won nine times Irish Chess Championship, first title in 1913 and the last in 1940...

 played a series of 19 friendly games (+11 –7 =1) while Shories was on a visit to the north of Ireland

Ireland

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. In May 1914, he won at Belfast with 10½ out of 11.
He won at Chester 1914.

After the war, he tied for 5-7th at Hamburg 1921 (the 21st DSB Congress

DSB Congress

The Deutschen Schachbund had been founded in Leipzig on 18 July 1877. When the next meeting took place in the Schützenhaus on 15 July 1879, sixty-two clubs had become member of the chess federation. Hofrat Rudolf von Gottschall became Chairman and Hermann Zwanziger the General Secretary...

, Ehrhardt Post

Ehrhardt Post

Alfred M. Ehrhardt Post was a German chess master and functionary.-Biography:At the beginning of his career, he won and tied for 3-6th at Hanover 1902 . He tied for 7-8th at Coburg 1904 and 12-13th at Barmen 1905...

 won), tied for 3rd-4th at Kiel

Kiel

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 1922, took 3rd at Wiesbaden

Wiesbaden

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 1925 (Quadrangular, Max Euwe

Max Euwe

Machgielis Euwe was a Dutch chess Grandmaster, mathematician, and author. He was the fifth player to become World Chess Champion . Euwe also served as President of FIDE, the World Chess Federation, from 1970 to 1978.- Early years :Euwe was born in Watergraafsmeer, near Amsterdam...

 won), and took 2nd, behind Berthold Koch

Berthold Koch

Berthold Koch was a German chess master and journalist.Born in Berlin, he won four times the Berlin Championship in 1927, 1933 , 1946, and 1951...

, at Berlin 1929. His last tournament was at Bad Pyrmont

Bad Pyrmont

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 1933 (the 1st German Championship

German Chess Championship

The German Chess Championship has been played since 1861, and determines the national champion.Prior to 1880 three different federations organized chess activities in Germany: the Westdeutscher Schachbund , the Norddeutscher Schachbund and the Mitteldeutscher Schachbund . Each one organized its...

, Efim Bogoljubow

Efim Bogoljubow

Efim Dmitriyevich Bogolyubov was a Russo-German chess grandmaster who won numerous events and played two matches with Alexander Alekhine for the world championship.-Early career:...

won) in which he was the oldest participating master, and took 15th place.