Jan Schulz (May 1899 – May 1953) was a Czech chess master. He took 2nd, behind

Karel Opočenský Karel Opočenský (7 February 1892 – 16 November 1975) was a Czechoslovak chess master. Chess career Opočenský was four-time Czech Champion (1927, 1928, 1938, and 1944). In 1919, he took 2nd, behind František Schubert, in Prague ( Czechoslo ...

, at Belun 1916; won at Prague 1920, tied for 6-8th at Prague 1921 (

Karel Hromádka Karel Hromádka (23 April 1887 in Großweikersdorf, Austria – 16 July 1956) was a Czech chess player, two-time Czech champion, 1913 and 1921 (jointly). Hromádka played in the 1st unofficial Chess Olympiad, Paris 1924, and scored 6.5/ ...

and

František Treybal František Treybal (24 December 1882 – 5 October 1947 in Prague) was a Czech chess master. In 1907 he won the 2nd Czech Chess Championship in Brno. In 1907 he also won in Berlin, and tied for 5–6th in Prague (Oldřich Duras won). In 1908, ...

won), tied for 5-7th at Brno 1921 (Hromádka,

Karel Treybal Karel Treybal (2 February 1885 – 2 October 1941) was a prominent Czech chess player of the early twentieth century. Treybal was born in Kotopeky, a village to the southwest of Prague in central Bohemia. He trained as a lawyer and became chairm ...

and

Ladislav Prokeš Ladislav Prokeš (7 June 1884 – 9 January 1966) was a Czech chess master and one of the most prolific composers of endgame studies in chess. He was born and died in Prague. Prokeš was joint Czechoslovak Chess Championship, Czech Champion in 19 ...

won), and won at Prague 1924 (1st Kautsky Memorial). Schulz played for Czechoslovakia in 1st unofficial Chess Olympiad at Paris 1924, and won team gold medal there. He also played in the

2nd Chess Olympiad The 2nd Chess Olympiad ( nl, De 2e Schaakolympiade), organized by the Fédération Internationale des Échecs (FIDE) and comprising an open and women's tournament, as well as several events designed to promote the game of chess, took place between ...

at The Hague 1928. He tied for 3rd-5th at Bratislava 1925 (

Richard Réti Richard Selig Réti (28 May 1889 – 6 June 1929) was an Austro-Hungarian, later Czechoslovakian, chess player, chess author, and composer of endgame studies. He was one of the principal proponents of hypermodernism in chess. With the exc ...

won), took 6th at Bardejov 1926 ( Hermanis Matisons and

Savielly Tartakower Savielly Tartakower (also known as ''Xavier'' or ''Ksawery'' ''Tartakower'', less often ''Tartacover'' or ''Tartakover''; 21 February 1887 – 4 February 1956) was a Polish and French chess player. He was awarded the title of International Grandm ...

won), took 5th at Trencianske Teplice (

Karl Gilg Karl Gilg (20 January 1901, in Mankovice (Mankendorf), Austrian Silesia – 4 December 1981, in Kolbermoor, Bavaria) was a German chess International Master from Czechoslovakia. Biography Gilg played for Czechoslovakia in several Chess Olympiads. ...

and

Boris Kostić Borislav Kostić (24 February 1887 – 3 November 1963) was a Yugoslav chess grandmaster and a popularizer of the game. Life and chess Borislav Kostic was born in Vršac, Kingdom of Hungary, at the time part of Austria-Hungary. His father Di ...

won), shared 1st with

Karel Skalička Karel Skalička (Spanish: Carlos Skalicka) (1 November 1896, in Prague – 30 December 1979, in Buenos Aires) was a Czech– Argentine chess master. In 1924, he won a team gold medal for Czechoslovakia (Hromádka, Schulz, Vaněk, Skalička) in the ...

and Prokop at Prague 1926 (3rd Kautsky Memorial), tied for 5-8th at Prague 1927 (Hromádka won), took 2nd, behind Opočensky, at Brno 1929, and tied for 5-6th at Mnichovo Hradiště (

Efim Bogoljubow Efim Bogoljubow ( or ), also known as Ewfim Dimitrijewitsch Bogoljubow, ( (); also Romanized ''Bogoljubov'', ''Bogolyubov''; uk, Юхим Дмитрович Боголюбов, Yukhym Dmytrovych Boholiubov; April 14, 1889 – June 18, 1952) ...

won).

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