Lev Taussig
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Lev Taussig was a Czech chess
master.
He took 2nd, behind Oldřich Důras
, at Prague 1905 (the 1st UJCS Kongress, Czech Chess Championship
), tied for 6-8th at Nuremberg 1906 (the 15th DSB Congress
, Kongreß des Deutschen Schachbundes, Hauptturnier A, won by Savielly Tartakower
), won at Prague 1906, took 5th at Brno 1907 (the 2nd CZE-ch, František Treybal
won), took 2nd behind Duras at Prague 1907, and took 4th in the Prague 1908 chess tournament
(the Main Tournament, Karel Treybal
won).
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 took 2nd, behind Oldřich Důras
Oldrich Duras
Oldřich Duras was a leading Czech chess master of the early 20th century...
, at Prague 1905 (the 1st UJCS Kongress, Czech Chess Championship
Czech Chess Championship
The Czech National Chess Championship is the chess competition, which determines the best Czech Republic chess player.-History:First national championships were held before founding of independent Czechoslovakia as the championships of Bohemia every second year between 1905 and 1913...
), tied for 6-8th at Nuremberg 1906 (the 15th 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...
, Kongreß des Deutschen Schachbundes, Hauptturnier A, won by 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...
), won at Prague 1906, took 5th at Brno 1907 (the 2nd CZE-ch, František Treybal
František Treybal
František Treybal was a Czech chess master.In 1907 he won the 2nd Czech Chess Championship in Brno. In 1907 he also won in Berlin, and tied for 5-6th in Prague . In 1908, he took 20th in Prague . In 1909, he took 4th in Prague...
won), took 2nd behind Duras at Prague 1907, and took 4th 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,...
(the Main Tournament, Karel Treybal
Karel Treybal
Karel Treybal was a prominent Czech chess player of the early twentieth century.Treybal was born in Kotopeky, a village to the southwest of Prague in central Bohemia. He trained as a lawyer and became chairman of the district court in Velvary, a small town on the opposite side of Prague...
won).