{{short description|Czech-German chess player}} '''Rudolf Pitschak''' (5 August 1902 – 23 September 1988) was a Czech-German chess master.
Born in Rumburk (Rumburg), he once was the head of the Brünn (Brno) German Chess Club. He played in Silesian Chess Congress, where he tied for 3rd-4th at Gleiwitz 1927 (Ludwig Schmitt won), took 3rd at Reichenbach 1928 (Gottlieb Machate won), and took 2nd, behind Heinz Foerder, at Breslau 1930.<ref>[http://www.astercity.net/~vistula/fredvandervliet.htm Chess In Former German, Now Polish Territories - Fred Van Der Vliet<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080516195332/http://www.astercity.net/~vistula/fredvandervliet.htm |date=2008-05-16 }}</ref>
Pitschak won at Venice 1929,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://xoomer.alice.it/cserica/scacchi/storiascacchi/tornei/1900-49/1929venezia.htm |title=venezia<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=2008-04-20 |archive-date=2007-01-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070112151056/http://xoomer.alice.it/cserica/scacchi/storiascacchi/tornei/1900-49/1929venezia.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> finished second to Flohr at Králičky 1929, tied for 3rd-4th at Bílina 1930 (Foerder won), took 7th at Mnichovo Hradiště 1930 (Efim Bogoljubow won),<ref>[http://www.anders.thulin.name/SUBJECTS/CHESS/CTCIndex.pdf Name Index to Jeremy Gaige's ''Chess Tournament Crosstables'', An Electronic Edition, Anders Thulin, Malmö, 2004-09-01]</ref> took 11th at Moravská Ostrava (Mährisch Ostrau) 1933 (Ernst Grünfeld won),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.365chess.com/tournaments/Moravska_Ostrava_1933/28227 |title=Moravska Ostrava 1933 - 365Chess.com Tournaments |publisher=365chess.com |date= |accessdate=2022-10-09}}</ref> tied for fourth at Bad Liebwerda (Lázně Libverda) 1934, the 13th DSV-ch, Salo Flohr won),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.365chess.com/tournaments/Bad_Liebenwerda_1934/28303 |title=Bad Liebenwerda 1934 - 365Chess.com Tournaments |publisher=365chess.com |date=1934-08-05 |accessdate=2022-10-09}}</ref> tied for 7-8th at Konstantinsbad (Konstantinovy Lázně) 1935 (the 14th DSV-ch, Karl Gilg won),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.365chess.com/tournaments/DSV_in_der_CSR-ch14_1935/28372 |title=DSV in der CSR-ch14 1935 - 365Chess.com Tournaments |publisher=365chess.com |date= |accessdate=2022-10-09}}</ref> and tied for 2nd-3rd at Vienna 1943 (''Hietzing'', Lešnik won).<ref>[http://members.chello.at/snoopy99/hietzing75/geschichte/geschichte2.htm 75 Jahre Schachklub Hietzing Wien 1921-1996<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
After World War II, Pitschak played at Cleveland in the 1957 (U.S. Open Chess Championship) where he drew a game with Bobby Fischer.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.365chess.com/view_game.php?g=2536758|title = View Game}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
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