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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).

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.

See also

• List of Jewish chess players

References

1. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-07-04. Retrieved 2011-12-05.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) 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

External links

• Berthold Englisch player profile and games at Chessgames.com

• 1851 births
• 1897 deaths
• Austrian Jews
• People from Bruntál District
• Chess players from Austria-Hungary
• Jewish chess players
• People from Austrian Silesia
• 19th-century chess players