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Rudolf Pitschak
  
Number of games in database: 34
Years covered: 1927 to 1957
Overall record: +10 -17 =7 (39.7%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games.

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RUDOLF PITSCHAK
(born Aug-05-1902, died Sep-23-1988, 86 years old) Czech Republic (federation/nationality United States of America)

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Rudolf Pitschak was born in Rumburk*.

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 page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 34  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. A van Nuess vs R Pitschak 1-0581927MagdeburgB05 Alekhine's Defense, Modern
2. R Pitschak vs J Rejfir  0-1561929VeniceA28 English
3. R Pitschak vs S Rosselli del Turco  1-0221929VeniceA22 English
4. Flohr vs R Pitschak 0-1171930BilinA46 Queen's Pawn Game
5. R Pitschak vs Foltys  0-1591933Moravska OstravaA22 English
6. Petrov vs R Pitschak  1-0301933Moravska OstravaB02 Alekhine's Defense
7. R Pitschak vs E Zinner  0-1491933Moravska OstravaE10 Queen's Pawn Game
8. E Canal vs R Pitschak  ½-½601933Moravska OstravaB03 Alekhine's Defense
9. R Pitschak vs J Rejfir  0-1371933Moravska OstravaD31 Queen's Gambit Declined
10. Eliskases vs R Pitschak  1-0391933Moravska OstravaA51 Budapest Gambit
11. R Pitschak vs Gruenfeld  0-1321933Moravska OstravaD33 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch
12. F Herzog vs R Pitschak  1-0681933Moravska OstravaE10 Queen's Pawn Game
13. R Pitschak vs Pirc  1-0531933Moravska OstravaA16 English
14. L Steiner vs R Pitschak  ½-½501933Moravska OstravaE44 Nimzo-Indian, Fischer Variation, 5.Ne2
15. R Pitschak vs Gilg  ½-½301933Moravska OstravaA36 English
16. Saemisch vs R Pitschak  0-1591934Bad LiebwerdaE21 Nimzo-Indian, Three Knights
17. W Henneberger vs R Pitschak 0-1451934Bad LiebwerdaB03 Alekhine's Defense
18. Eliskases vs R Pitschak  ½-½231934Bad LiebwerdaD26 Queen's Gambit Accepted
19. R Pitschak vs F Herzog  ½-½211934Bad LiebwerdaB13 Caro-Kann, Exchange
20. A Becker vs R Pitschak  ½-½601934Bad LiebwerdaE22 Nimzo-Indian, Spielmann Variation
21. R Pitschak vs E Zinner  1-0601934Bad LiebwerdaD10 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
22. Gilg vs R Pitschak  1-0341934Bad LiebwerdaD43 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
23. R Pitschak vs S Boros  0-1601934Bad LiebwerdaA22 English
24. R Pitschak vs Flohr 0-1191934Bad LiebwerdaA22 English
25. R Pitschak vs Gilg  0-1381935DSV in der CSR-ch14A22 English
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Kibitzer's Corner
Nov-21-04  vonKrolock: <Pitschak Rudolf - 1°Venezia 1929, 4°-6°Liebwerda 1934> A name to be retained
Nov-23-04  vonKrolock: A few more : <"In occasione del 6° Congresso della FIDE, tenutosi a Venezia tra il 26 e il 29 di settembre, venne organizzato nella città lagunare un torneo internazionale. Tra i cinque stranieri invitati, il campione ufficiale della Germania Ahues e i due ex-campioni italiani Marotti e Rosselli del Turco. Vincitore è il giovane cecoslovacco Pitschak.">

And the complete table of the Tournament as a tribute to this player:

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
1 Pitschak * ½ ½ 1 0 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 8.5
2 Ahues ½ * ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 8.0
3 Hellmann ½ ½ * 0 1 ½ 0 1 1 1 1 1 7.5
4 Naegeli 0 1 1 * 1 0 1 ½ 0 1 1 1 7.5
5 Rejfir 1 ½ 0 0 * 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 7.5
6 Rosselli 0 0 ½ 1 0 * 1 1 1 0 1 1 6.5
7 Romi 0 ½ 1 0 0 0 * 1 0 1 1 1 5.5
8 Szabados ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 * ½ 1 1 1 5.0
9 Patay 0 0 0 1 ½ 0 1 ½ * 1 ½ ½ 5.0
10 Norcia 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 * 1 ½ 2.5
11 Marotti 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 * 1 1.5
12 Pontini 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 * 1.0

Jun-06-07  syracrophy: <<(born Aug-05-1902) Czech Republic>>

But when did he died?

Jun-06-07  vonKrolock: He died?!
Jun-07-07  vonKrolock: Something starting to evolve in Gypsy chessforum from page 9
Jun-09-07  whiteshark: Two more tournaments, where he participated>

Bad Altheide (Polanica Zdrój) 1926
Reichenbach (Dzierżoniów) 1928

<<Z chwilą powstania Schlesischer Schachverband na terenie Dolnego i Górnego Śląska rozgrywane są śląskie kongresy szachowe. Niewiele wiemy o tych turniejach. W 1923 w Bytomiu wygrywa A. Kramer po dogrywce z Erteltem (Katowice). Kolejny kongres w 1924 roku odbywa się w Bad Salzbrunn (Szczawno Zdrój). Wspólne zwycięstwo odnoszą A. Kramer i W. Bergmann; ten drugi zwycięża play - off. W 1926 roku kongres w Bad Altheide (Polanica Zdrój) kończy się zwycięstwem Saemischa przed Machate, Bergmanem i Kramerem; ponieważ Saemisch uczestniczy w turnieju jako "gość honorowy", tym samym tytuł mistrzowski przypada Machate. W kolejnym roku gospodarzami kongresu są Gliwice. Wspólne zwycięstwo odnoszą L. Schmitt i M. Foerder. Championem zostaje Schmitt ze względu na lepszą punktację dodatkową. Kolejne dwa miejsca wspólnie dzielą <<R. Pitschak>> i G. Machate. Dalsze miejsca zajmują Kramer, A.Babel i Sikorski (nic nie wiemy o tym jedynym w przedwojennym Wrocławiu szachiście o jakże polskim nazwisku, a w szczególności, ile polskości było w jego korzeniach rodzinnych). W 1928 roku kongres odbywa się w Reichenbach (Dzierżoniów). Zwycięża w nim G. Machate przed H. Foerderem, <<R. Pitschakiem>>, A. Kramerem. Dalsze miejsca zajmują O. Ruster, Sikorski i Vogel >>

Source+_( http://www.astercity.net/~vistula/f... )

Jun-09-07  whiteshark: Treybal,F - Pitschak,R [A11]

Zápas Praha-Brno (2), 08.12.1930

1.Jf3 d5 2.b3 g6 3.Sb2 Jf6 4.g3 Sg7 5.Sg2 0–0 6.c4 c6 7.0–0 Jbd7 8.cxd5 Jxd5 9.Sxg7 Kxg7 10.Jc3 J7f6 11.Dc2 Dd6 12.Db2 Kg8 13.Vad1 (Další tahy - 13. černý až 17. černý moje rekonstrukce, ve výstřižku chybějí - pozn. JK) 13...Sg4 14.Jxd5 cxd5 15.Vc1 Vfd8 16.Vc2 Je8 17.De5 Sf5 18.Dxd6 Vxd6 19.d3 f6 20.Jd4 Sd7 21.Vc5 e6 22.Vfc1 Kf8 23.h4 Ke7 24.Sh3 Va6 25.V5c2 Vb6 26.Vb2 a5 27.a3 e5 28.Sxd7 Kxd7 29.Jf3 Vc6 30.Vxc6 bxc6 31.Kf1 c5 32.Ke1 Vb8 33.Kd2 Jc7 34.e4 a4 35.Kc2 Jb5 36.bxa4 Jxa3+ 37.Kc1 Va8 38.exd5 Vxa4 39.Vb6 e4 40.dxe4 Vxe4 41.Vxf6 Ke7 42.Va6 Jb5 43.Kd2 c4 44.h5! gxh5 45.Vh6 c3+ 46.Kd3 Va4 47.Vxh7+ Kd6 48.Vh6+ Kc5 49.Vxh5 Jd6 50.Jg5! Vg4 51.Je6+ Kb4 52.Vh4 Vxh4 53.gxh4 Jf5 54.h5 c2 55.Kxc2 Kc4 56.h6 Jxh6 57.d6 (a černý vzdal. - Bílým ve výborném posičním stylu sehraná partie! Národní listy 14.12.1930) 1–0

http://209.85.135.104/search?q=cach...

Jun-09-07  whiteshark: [Event "Bratislava - Brno mt, 1931"]
[Site "?"]
[White "Pitschak, R"]
[Black "Ramharter, J "]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A25"]
[Annotator "A. Pokorný - Lidové noviny 14.6.1931"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 Be7 4.Bg2 Nc6 5.e3 O-O 6.Nge2 d6 7.O-O Re8 8.d4 exd4 9.Nxd4 ♙o 8.exd4 Sf5 by èerný pomìrnì snadno vyrovnal 9...Bd7 10.b3 Bg4 (♘yní, kdy bílý se rozhodl vyvinout støelce na b2, chce èerný vyvolat slabinu e3 11.Nxc6 bxc6 12.Qd4 Qd7 13.Bb2 Bh3 14.Rad1 Bxg2 15.Kxg2 Qf5 Vhodnìjší bylo snad hned Sf8, ale èerný má zajímavý plán 16.f3 Bf8 17.e4 Qg6 ♙ostavení èerné dámy se zdá nyní ještì horší 18.Ne2 Nh5 $1 19.Kh1 Qg5 ♙øipravuje f5. Snad to však mohl hrát hned, nebo po 20. exf5 Dxf5 21. g4 Df7 22. Vde1 Jf6 23. Jg3 nelze mluvit o pøevaze bílého 20.Qd2 Qe7 21.Nd4 Qd7 22.Qg5 Zde však není jasné, proè se bílému nelíbí ráznìjší Jf5 22...Qh3 $1 ♙ìkná obì pìšce, jenže od bílého je velmi ukvapené, že ji pøijímá. Mohl si dovolit i 23. Jf5 Ve6! 24. g4 Jf6 25. Jg3, ale ještì lépe snad bylo prosté 23. Je2 23.Nxc6 f5 $1 24.Rf2 ♖adìji Vfe1, nikoliv však 24. Vde1 pro fxe4 25. fxe4 Vxe4 atd. 24...fxe4 25.fxe4 Rxe4 Ovšem, nebo 26. Dd5+ ♔h8 27. Dxe4 nelze pro Jxg3+ 26.Rdf1 Re6 ♘yní ovšem už hrozilo Dd5+ 27.Rg1 ♘echává krále v jeho kleci. Lépe bylo 27. ♔g1, protože Vg6 by byla hrubá chyba pro 28. Vxf8+. ♗ílý však nesmí hráti 27. Jd8 pro Se7 27...Rae8 28.Qd5 Kh8 29.Bd4 $4 ♘edopatøení - asi v èasové tísni. ♙o 29. Dg2 mìl by bílý stále dobré vyhlídky. 29...Nxg3+ $1 30.Rxg3 Re1+ 31.Rf1 Rxf1+ 32.Bg1 Ree1 $1 33.Qg5 Qe6 34.Qd5 Qe3 A bílý se vzdal, protože na 35. Dg2 neztratí jen dámu, ale dostane ve 4 tazích mat. 0-1

http://www.ultim8games.com/enews/in...

Jun-09-07  whiteshark: Another Miniature

(227) Eliskases,E - Pitschak,R [A51]
Ostrava, 1933

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ne4 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.Nbd2 Nc5 6.g3 Qe7 7.Bg2 g5 8.0-0 g4 9.Nh4 Nxe5 10.b4 Na6 11.a3 d6 12.Qc2 Ng6 13.Bb2 Rg8 14.Nf5 Qg5 15.Ne4 Bxf5 16.Nxg5 Bxc2 17.Bxb7 1-0

http://www.geocities.com/siliconval...

Jun-09-07  whiteshark: To find all Tournaments

download or open

Name Index to Jeremy Gaige’s
CHESS TOURNAMENT CROSSTABLES

http://www.anders.thulin.name/SUBJE...

Jun-09-07  vonKrolock: <whiteshark> Excellent research, thanks! Still more Pitschak's games also in NICbase and in chessbase - a selection can be proposed to chessgames.com, of course
Jun-09-07  whiteshark: Thanks, <vonKrolock>. There is such a big gap 1934-1943(one game)-1957- ?

and lived in various citizenships as

- Austrian/Hungary
- Czech
- German
- USA

Aug-05-08  artyom2008: happy birthday dude
Aug-05-08  talisman: rudolph must be living right. he's what, 106?
Aug-06-08  vonKrolock: have a look at User: Gypsy page 9 - not yet a place and date, though
Jul-26-11
Premium Chessgames Member
  Phony Benoni: The <Chess Life> crosstable for the 1953 US Open in Milwaukee gives Pitschak's city as Cleveland, so he must have immigrated before that time. Information available through a search at this link:

http://ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com/c...

shows his last known address was in the Cleveland area.

Oct-16-13  Karpova: He was the editor of the (almost daily appearing) famous chess column in the <Brünner Tagesbote> (Brünn = Brno).

Source: Page 82 of Dr. S G Tartakower, "Neue Schachsterne", Vienna, 1935

Aug-05-16  TheFocus: Happy birthday, Rudolph Pitschak.
Aug-05-19  bamaexpert: Can't believe they don't have Pitschak's draw with Fischer at the 1957 US Open in the database. By that time Fischer was pretty strong. Perhaps someone could upload or post it here :)
Aug-05-19  bamaexpert: Oops, sorry...there it was all along. Nevermind!!
Aug-05-19  cunctatorg: He was certainly of IM caliber.

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