Viktor Tietz (13 April 1859 in Rumburg (Czech: Rumburk, northwest Bohemia, Austrian Empire – 8 December 1937 in Karlsbad (Czech: Karlovy Vary), Bohemia, Czechoslovakia) was an ethnic-German Austrian and Czechoslovak chess player, chess life organizer and local politician.[1]
He took 7th at Breslau 1889 (the 6th DSB Congress, Hauptturnier A won by Emanuel Lasker), and won ahead of Dawid Janowski and Moritz Porges at Carlsbad 1902 (Triangular).[2]
He invented the tie-break system now called the Tietz system.[3] His name is attached to the chess club in Karlovy Vary.[4] He was a main organizer of four famous international tournaments: the Carlsbad 1907, the Carlsbad 1911, the Carlsbad 1923, and the Carlsbad 1929.[5]
- ^ "Karlovarský šachklub Tietz > Sekce > Historie našeho klubu > Die Schachgeschichte in Karlsbad". Tietz.cz. Retrieved 2011-12-10.
- ^ "Name Index to Jeremy Gaige's Chess Tournament Crosstables" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 4, 2007. Retrieved 2011-12-10.
- ^ "Chess Glossary". Chess-poster.com. 1976-10-09. Retrieved 2011-12-10.
- ^ Karlovarský šachklub Tietz Sekce Historie našeho klubu Šachové Karlovy Vary (in Czech)
- ^ "Alekhine on Carlsbad, 1929 by Edward Winter". Chesshistory.com. Retrieved 2011-12-10.