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Erich Eliskases
Erich Gottlieb Eliskases was a leading chess player, a Grandmaster, of the 1930s and 1940s who represented Austria, Germany and Argentina in international competition.
Born in Innsbruck, Austria, he learned chess at the age of 12 and quickly showed a startling aptitude for the game, winning the Schlechter chess club championship in his first year at the club, aged just 14. At 15, he was the Tyrolean Champion and at 16, joint winner of the Austrian Championship.
His college education in Innsbruck and Vienna centred on business studies. It was chess, though, that captured his imagination and he had exceptional ...
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