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

Chess

Chess is a two-player board game played on a chessboard, a square-checkered board with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. It is one of the world's most popular games, played by millions of people worldwide at home, in clubs, online, by correspondence, and in tournaments.Each player...

 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 Důras

Oldrich Duras

Oldřich Duras was a leading Czech chess master of the early 20th century...

 (4 : 5) in 1902, took 2nd behind Duras in 1906, took 18th in the Prague 1908 chess tournament

Prague 1908 chess tournament

The first International Prague Chess Tournament was held in honour of the sixtieth anniversary of Franz Joseph I of Austria's elevation as monarch to the Austria-Hungary Empire. Twenty great masters played in the pavilion of the Chamber of Commerce and Trade in Prague, from May 17 to June 13,...

 (Duras and Carl Schlechter

Carl Schlechter

Carl Schlechter was a leading Austrian chess master and theoretician at the turn of the 20th century. He is best known for drawing a World Chess Championship match with Emanuel Lasker.-Early life:...

 won), beat Karel Hromádka

Karel Hromádka

Karel Hromádka was a Czech chess player, two-time Czech champion, 1913 and 1921 ....

 (3 : 1) in 1909, and took 2nd, behind Duras, in 1910.

Dr. Jan Kvíčala won against Wilhelm Cohn

Wilhelm Cohn

Wilhelm Cohn was a German chess master.He participated in some strong tournaments. In 1897, he tied for 13-14th in Berlin . In 1898, he tied for 2nd-4th in Cologne . In 1899, he tied for 10-11th in London...

(1.5 : 0.5) in a friendly match Berlin vs. Prague in 1913.