Jan Kvicala

Jan (Hansi) Kvicala (Kvíčala) (1868 – 11 February 1939) was a Czech chess 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 (4 : 5) in 1902,[1] took 2nd behind Duras in 1906, took 18th in the Prague 1908 chess tournament (Duras and Carl Schlechter won),[2][3] beat Karel Hromádka (3 : 1) in 1909,[4] and took 2nd, behind Duras, in 1910.[5]

Dr. Jan Kvíčala won against Wilhelm Cohn (1.5 : 0.5) in a friendly match Berlin vs. Prague in 1913.[6]

References
  1. http://www.edochess.ca/players/p1094.html
  2. http://xoomer.alice.it/cserica/scacchi/storiascacchi/tornei/1900-49/1908praga.htm
  3. http://www.praguechess.cz/en/index.php?orderby=1573
  4. http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=28910
  5. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-07-04. Retrieved 2007-07-04.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
  6. http://www.365chess.com/players/Jan_Kvicala


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