Viktor Tietz

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Viktor Tietz (13 April 1859 in Rumburg ({{langx|cs|Rumburk}}, northwest Bohemia, Austrian Empire – 8 December 1937 in Karlsbad ({{langx|cs|Karlovy Vary}}), Bohemia, Czechoslovakia) was an ethnic-German Austrian and Czechoslovak chess player, chess life organizer and local politician.{{cite web|url=http://www.tietz.cz/tietz/index.php?modul=sections&akce=ukaz_clanek&clanekid=36|title=Karlovarský šachklub Tietz > Sekce > Historie našeho klubu > Die Schachgeschichte in Karlsbad|publisher=Tietz.cz|access-date=2011-12-10}}

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).{{cite web|url=http://www.anders.thulin.name/SUBJECTS/CHESS/CTCIndex.pdf |title=Name Index to Jeremy Gaige's Chess Tournament Crosstables |access-date=2011-12-10 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070704030849/http://www.anders.thulin.name/SUBJECTS/CHESS/CTCIndex.pdf |archive-date=July 4, 2007 }}

He invented the tie-break system now called the Tietz system.{{cite web|url=http://www.chess-poster.com/english/glossary.htm|title=Chess Glossary|publisher=Chess-poster.com|date=1976-10-09|access-date=2011-12-10}} His name is attached to the chess club in Karlovy Vary.[http://www.tietz.cz/tietz/index.php?modul=sections&akce=ukaz_clanek&clanekid=39 Karlovarský šachklub Tietz Sekce Historie našeho klubu Šachové Karlovy Vary] {{in lang|cs}} He was a main organizer of four famous international tournaments: the Carlsbad 1907, the Carlsbad 1911, the Carlsbad 1923, and the Carlsbad 1929.{{cite web|url=http://www.chesshistory.com/winter/extra/carlsbad.html|title=Alekhine on Carlsbad, 1929 by Edward Winter|publisher=Chesshistory.com|access-date=2011-12-10}}