Viktor Tietz

 ( 1859 Births ) 

Viktor Tietz (13 April 1859 in Rumburg (, northwest Bohemia, Austrian Empire – 8 December 1937 in Karlsbad (), Bohemia, Czechoslovakia) was an ethnic-German Austrian and Czechoslovak chess player, chess life organizer and local politician.

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).

He invented the tie-break system now called the Tietz system. His name is attached to the chess club in Karlovy Vary. Karlovarský šachklub Tietz Sekce Historie našeho klubu Šachové Karlovy Vary He was a main organizer of four famous international tournaments: the Carlsbad 1907, the Carlsbad 1911, the Carlsbad 1923, and the Carlsbad 1929.

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External links

• Viktor Tietz - legenda karlovarské šachové hry

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