# Julius Brach

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{{short description|Czech chess player}}
'''Julius Brach''' (9 January 1881, [Brno](/source/Brno) – 4 July 1938, [Vyškov](/source/Vy%C5%A1kov), Moravia) was a Czech [chess](/source/chess) master.

== Career ==
In the beginning of his career, he won at Brno 1899, took third at Osyky u Lomnice, placed second at Brno 1901, and third at Brno 1905. He tied for fifth at Nuremberg 1906 (the 15th [DSB Congress](/source/DSB_Congress), ''Hauptturnier A'', [Savielly Tartakower](/source/Savielly_Tartakower) won), and shared second at Brno 1907 (the second [Czech Chess Championship](/source/Czech_Chess_Championship)).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chess.cz/www/souteze/mcr-muzi/_2007/historie.html |title=ŠSČR » Historie MČR mužů |accessdate=2008-11-11 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081003061743/http://www.chess.cz/www/souteze/mcr-muzi/_2007/historie.html |archivedate=2008-10-03 }}</ref>

He won at Brno 1908, tied for eighth at Prague 1908 (B tournament), took second at Brno 1909, and took sixth at Prague 1909 (the third CZE-ch, [Oldřich Duras](/source/Old%C5%99ich_Duras) won). In 1909, he played three matches in Brno; drew with [Karel Hromádka](/source/Karel_Hrom%C3%A1dka) (3 : 3), beat A. Perna (4 : 0), and defeated M. Gargulak (2.5 : 0.5).<ref>http://www.chessmetrics.com  {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060414132700/http://www.chessmetrics.com/ |date=2006-04-14 }}</ref> He took second at Brno 1911, tied for fifth at Breslau 1912 (the 18th DSB Congress, ''Hauptturnier B'', [Paul Krüger](/source/Paul_Kr%C3%BCger_(chess_player))), won at Brno 1913, and won in the [Mannheim 1914 chess tournament](/source/Mannheim_1914_chess_tournament) (the 19th DSB Congress, ''Hauptturnier B'').

During [World War I](/source/World_War_I), he shared third at Brünn (Brno) 1916, won at Brno 1917, and tied for ninth at Kaschau (Košice) 1918. After the war, he won at Brno 1920, tied for 8-9th at Brno 1921 (the second [Czechoslovak Chess Championship](/source/Czechoslovak_Chess_Championship)), took third at Pistyan (Piešťany) 1922 (B tournament), tied for ninth at Znojmo 1927, and took eighth at Olomouc 1930.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.anders.thulin.name/SUBJECTS/CHESS/CTCIndex.pdf |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2016-06-23 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070704030849/http://www.anders.thulin.name/SUBJECTS/CHESS/CTCIndex.pdf |archivedate=2007-07-04 }} Name Index to Jeremy Gaige's ''Chess Tournament Crosstables'', An Electronic Edition, Anders Thulin, Malmö, 2004-09-01</ref>

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