Rudolf Charousek

Rudolf Charousek (Hungarian: Rezső Charousek, born September 19, 1873 in Prague, † April 18, 1900 in Budapest) was a Hungarian chess master.

As a high school student to Charousek turned to the game of chess. This attracted him so much under his spell that he broke off a 1893 recorded Studied law in order to live henceforth as a professional chess player. He became friends with the Hungarian chess master Maroczy, with whom he played many free games.

He was so poor that he copied large parts of the Bilguer because he could not afford the book. He was hungry a lot and ill early tuberculosis.

He first participated in 1893 at the first remote tournament, which was held in Hungary. Together with Maroczy he shared the first place. After the first local successes in Budapest followed by invitations to international tournaments. A stir Charousek provided with a victory over the reigning world champion Emanuel Lasker in chess tournament of Nuremberg in 1896, he finished in 12th out of 19 competitors. In the autumn of the same year he reached the playoff for the top spot, which he lost to Mikhail Chigorin in which organized by the Pest chess club tournament for the thousandth anniversary of Hungary. In 1897, the Berlin Chess Club organized on the occasion of the 70th anniversary jubilee tournament. This Charousek won and received a prize of 2,000 marks. In 1898 he finished second in Cologne the 2nd to 4th place, after all, he still won a tournament in Budapest with four chess masters before Maroczy.

Because of these successes Charousek was considered as a candidate for a challenge Lasker to it but did not come: Charousek died at age 26 of tuberculosis.

His best historical Elo rating was 2734th This he reached in March 1900. From May 1899 to April 1900 he was ranked 6 in the world rankings.

Charousek was considered a master of the King Bishop Gambit, which he used against Lasker in the aforementioned success.

The writer Gustav Meyrink has Charousek after his death a literary monument in the novel The Golem: one of the three main characters of the novel is the medical student and chess player Innocent Charousek.

• Chess players
• Chess Players ( Austria - Hungary)
• Chess Players ( Hungary)
• Hungarian
• Born 1873
• Died 1900
• Man