Berthold Englisch (9 July 1851 inHotzenplotz – 19 October 1897 inVienna) was achess master fromAustria-Hungary.

Englisch was born inAustrian Silesia,Austrian Empire into aJewish family. He earned his living as a stock-market agent.

He won the tournaments atLeipzig 1879 (the 1stDSB Congress), atWiesbaden 1880 (ex-equo withBlackburne andA. Schwarz, ahead ofSchallopp,Mason,Bird,Winawer, etc.) and at Vienna 1896 (Quadrangular).^[1]

He lost two matches againstVincenz Hruby in 1882 and toEmanuel Lasker in 1890, both scoring 1.5 : 3.5, and drew a match withHarry Nelson Pillsbury 2.5 : 2.5 (+0 –0 =5) in 1896, all in Vienna.^[2]

• List of Jewish chess players

• Singer, Isidore; Porter, A. (1901–1906),"Englisch, Berthold",Jewish Encyclopedia, vol. 5, pp. 174–5

• Berthold Englisch player profile and games atChessgames.com

• 1851 births
• 1897 deaths
• 19th-century Austrian Jews
• People from Bruntál District
• Chess players from Austria-Hungary
• Jewish chess players
• People from Austrian Silesia
• 19th-century Austrian chess players
• Jewish Austrian sportspeople

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