Karel Hromádka (23 April 1887 in

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, Austria – 16 July 1956) was a

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player, two-time Czech champion, 1913 and 1921 (jointly). Hromádka played in the

1st unofficial Chess Olympiad The 1st Team Chess Tournament was held together with the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris, 12–20 July 1924, at the Hotel Majestic. Fifty-four players representing 18 countries were split into nine preliminary groups of six. The winner of each round ...

, Paris 1924, and scored 6.5/8 for first place in the Consolation Cup. In Qualification Group 1 he finished in third place. Hromádka played in the 1st Chess Olympiad, London 1927, and scored +4 =3 -5.OlimpBase :: 1st Chess Olympiad, London 1927, Czechoslovakia
/ref> Notably, he also had a plus score against

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(+2 -0 =0). The name Hromádka Indian Defense is sometimes given to the

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1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c5 3.d5 d6 4.c4 e5, otherwise known as the Czech Benoni or the Old Benoni.

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* 1887 births 1956 deaths 20th-century Czech people Czech chess players Chess Olympiad competitors Chess theoreticians Czech expatriates in Austria People from Tulln District {{CzechRepublic-chess-bio-stub