Viktor Tietz, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Viktor Tietz

Czech chess player

Date of Birth: 13-Apr-1859

Place of Birth: Rumburk, Ústí nad Labem Region, Czech Republic

Date of Death: 08-Dec-1937

Profession: chess player

Nationality: Austria

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Viktor Tietz (13 April, 1859, Rumburg (Czech: Rumburk, northwest Bohemia, Austrian Monarchy – 8 December, 1937, Karlsbad (Czech: Karlovy Vary), 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.
He was a main organizer of four famous international tournaments: the Carlsbad 1907, the Carlsbad 1911, the Carlsbad 1923, and the Carlsbad 1929.