Vincenz Hruby
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Vincenz Hruby (born 9 September 1856 – died 16 July 1917, Trieste
) was a Czech
chess
master.
He was born in Krivsoudov
(Bohemia
). Hruby worked as a teacher at a secondary school (Realschule
) in Trieste
, today's Italy
. He died there as well.
His best results were in 1880s and 1890s. In the International Chess Tournament at Vienna
1882, won by Wilhelm Steinitz
and Szymon Winawer
, he finished 11th. He won, ahead of Bernhard Fleissig
, at the Vienna Chess Club tournament 1882, and tied for 10-11th at Nuremberg 1883 (the 3rd DSB Congress
, Winawer won).
He won matches in Vienna against Berthold Englisch
(3.5 : 1.5) in 1882, and Adolf Albin
(5.5 : 3.5) in 1891.
Trieste
Trieste is a city and seaport in northeastern Italy. It is situated towards the end of a narrow strip of land lying between the Adriatic Sea and Italy's border with Slovenia, which lies almost immediately south and east of the city...
) was a Czech
Czech people
Czechs, or Czech people are a western Slavic people of Central Europe, living predominantly in the Czech Republic. Small populations of Czechs also live in Slovakia, Austria, the United States, the United Kingdom, Chile, Argentina, Canada, Germany, Russia and other countries...
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 was born in Krivsoudov
Křivsoudov
Křivsoudov is a municipality and village in Benešov District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. -References:*This article was initially translated from the Czech Wikipedia....
(Bohemia
Bohemia
Bohemia is a historical region in central Europe, occupying the western two-thirds of the traditional Czech Lands. It is located in the contemporary Czech Republic with its capital in Prague...
). Hruby worked as a teacher at a secondary school (Realschule
Realschule
The Realschule is a type of secondary school in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and Liechtenstein. It has also existed in Croatia , Denmark , Sweden , Hungary and in the Russian Empire .-History:The Realschule was an outgrowth of the rationalism and empiricism of the seventeenth and...
) in Trieste
Trieste
Trieste is a city and seaport in northeastern Italy. It is situated towards the end of a narrow strip of land lying between the Adriatic Sea and Italy's border with Slovenia, which lies almost immediately south and east of the city...
, today's Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
. He died there as well.
His best results were in 1880s and 1890s. In the International Chess Tournament at Vienna
Vienna
Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...
1882, won by Wilhelm Steinitz
Wilhelm Steinitz
Wilhelm Steinitz was an Austrian and then American chess player and the first undisputed world chess champion from 1886 to 1894. From the 1870s onwards, commentators have debated whether Steinitz was effectively the champion earlier...
and Szymon Winawer
Szymon Winawer
Szymon Abramowicz Winawer , born in Warsaw, Poland, was a leading chess player who won the German Chess Championship in 1883...
, he finished 11th. He won, ahead of Bernhard Fleissig
Bernhard Fleissig
Bernhard Fleissig was a Hungarian-born Austrian chess master.Bernhard Fleissig took 18th in the Vienna 1882 chess tournament , took 2nd, behind Vincenz Hruby, at Vienna 1882, and tied for 2nd-3rd with Johann Hermann Bauer but lost a play-off match to him at Vienna 1890 Bernhard (Bernát) Fleissig...
, at the Vienna Chess Club tournament 1882, and tied for 10-11th at Nuremberg 1883 (the 3rd 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...
, Winawer won).
He won matches in Vienna against Berthold Englisch
Berthold Englisch
Berthold Englisch was a leading Austrian chess master.Englisch was born in Czech Silesia into a Jewish family. He earned his living as a stock-market agent....
(3.5 : 1.5) in 1882, and Adolf Albin
Adolf Albin
right|thumb|Adolf AlbinAdolf Albin was a Romanian chess player, especially known for the countergambit that bears his name, and for the first chess book written in Romanian.- Life :...
(5.5 : 3.5) in 1891.