Josef Emil Krejcik (22 January 1885, Vienna - 4 January 1957) was an Austrian chess master, problemist, journalist and author. Born in Vienna, he participated in many local tournaments before, during and after World War I. He took 6th in 1908 (

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 5th in 1909/10 (the 2nd

Trebitsch Memorial Leopold Trebitsch Memorial Tournament was a chess competition organized by the family of Austrian silk manufacturer Leopold Trebitsch. Twenty tournaments were played in Vienna between 1907 and 1938.Carl Schlechter and Rudolf Spielmann won), took 6th in 1914/15 (the 6th Trebitsch Memorial, Schlechter won), tied for 2nd-3rd, behind

Józef Dominik Józef Dominik (10 March 1894, Dobczyce - 10 September 1920, Krasne) was a Polish chess master. Born in Dobczyce (western Galicia), he was educated in Crakow (Kraków, then Austria-Hungary). In his short chess career, he took 3rd at Crakow 1913 ...

, in 1915 (''Quadrangular''), won ahead of Schenkein in 1915, took 8th in 1921 (

Friedrich Sämisch Friedrich Sämisch (20 September 1896 – 16 August 1975) was a German chess player and chess theorist. He was among the inaugural recipients of the title International Grandmaster from FIDE in 1950. Background Sämisch was a bookbinder b ...

won), shared 1st with

Hans Kmoch Johann "Hans" Joseph Kmoch (July 25, 1894, Vienna – February 13, 1973, New York City) was an Austrian-Dutch-American chess International Master (1950), International Arbiter (1951), and a chess journalist and author, for which he is best known. ...

in 1921, and tied for 10-12th in 1929/30 (the 13th Trebitsch Memorial, Kmoch and Spielmann won). In 1930, he drew a game with

Pál Réthy Pál Réthy (28 January 1905, Deva – 27 December 1962, Budapest) was a Hungarian chess master. Born in Deva, Transylvania (then Austria-Hungary, now Romania), he lived in Hungary after World War I. He took 7th at Vienna 1926 (Rudolf Spielmann w ...

in a friendly match Budapest vs. Vienna. Dr. Josef Krejcik published in Vienna's leading chess magazine, the '' Wiener Schachzeitung'', and ran a chess column in the ''Neues Wiener Tagblatt''. He was an author of famous chess books: ''13 Kinder Caissens'' (Vienna 1924), ''Artige und unartige Kinder der Schachmuse'' (Leipzig, 1925), and ''Mein Abschied vom Schach'' (Berlin, 1955). He was known for his humorous witty remarks. His name is attached to the Krejcik Gambit in the

Dutch Defence The Dutch Defence is a chess opening characterised by the moves: :1. d4 f5 Black's 1...f5 stakes a claim to the e4-square and envisions an attack in the middlegame on White's ; however, it also weakens Black's kingside to an extent (especia ...

(1. d4 f5 2. g4).

Notable games

Though not a strong positional player, Dr. Krejcik succeeded at times to defeat some of the strongest players of his time, often with brilliant miniatures. * Josef Krejcik - Milan Vidmar, Vienna 1906
Vienna game C29
' (21 moves) * Josef Krejcik -

Hugo Süchting Hugo Süchting (Suechting) (8 October 1874 – 27 December 1916) was a German chess player. He won at Kiel 1893 (the 8th DSB Congress, ''Hauptturnier'') took 13th at Leipzig 1894 (the 9th DSB-Congress, Siegbert Tarrasch won), shared 2nd with ...

, Wenen 1908
Sicilian defence, Morphy gambit B21
' (10 moves) * Josef Krejcik -

, Vienna 1922
Queen's Gambit D06
' (10 moves) The following game is known as « The Immortal of Dr. Krejcik »: * Johann Berger - Josef Krejcik,

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1911 Albin Countergambit -

 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 d4 4. e4 Bc5 5. f4 f6 6. exf6 Nxf6 7. Bd3 Nc6 
 8. a3 a5 9. Nf3 0-0 10. 0-0 Re8 11. e5 Ng4 12. Re1 Bf5! (the start of a powerful attack) 
 13. Bxf5 d3+ 14. Kf1 Qh4!! (the first of two offers of the Queen) 15. Qd2 Qxh2! 
 16. Bxd3 Qh1+ 17. Ke2 Qxg2  18. Kd1 Qxf3 19. Be2 Qb3+ 20. Qc2 Nf2+ 21. Kd2 Be3 mate.

References

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