Julius Brach

Julius Brach (9 January 1881, Brno – 4 July 1938, Vyškov, Moravia) was a Czech 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, Hauptturnier A, Savielly Tartakower won), and shared second at Brno 1907 (the second Czech Chess Championship).

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 won). In 1909, he played three matches in Brno; drew with Karel Hromádka (3 : 3), beat A. Perna (4 : 0), and defeated M. Gargulak (2.5 : 0.5). He took second at Brno 1911, tied for fifth at Breslau 1912 (the 18th DSB Congress, Hauptturnier B, Paul Krüger), won at Brno 1913, and won in the Mannheim 1914 chess tournament (the 19th DSB Congress, Hauptturnier B).

During 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), took third at Pistyan (Piešťany) 1922 (B tournament), tied for ninth at Znojmo 1927, and took eighth at Olomouc 1930.