Rudolph (Rudolf) Pokorny (1880 in Tišnov, Moravia – ?) was an Austro-Mexican chess player.

Born in Tischnowitz (now Tišnov), he moved to America (Mexico and the United States). He was a manager of the hair-dressing parlors of Rudolph Pokorny & Co.[1]

He took 6th at New York 1920 (Oscar Chajes won), and took 11th at New York 1920 (Dawid Janowski and R.T. Black won).[2]

References

  1. ↑ Winter, Edward. "The Capablanca-Pokorny Fiasco". Retrieved 6 April 2021.
  2. ↑ http://www.anders.thulin.name/SUBJECTS/CHESS/CTCIndex.pdf Name Index to Jeremy Gaige's Chess Tournament Crosstables, An Electronic Edition, Anders Thulin, Malmö, 2004-09-01


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