Dr. Josef Emil Krejcik Chess player, chess composer, study composer and author
Dr. Josef Emil Krejcik ( * Thursday, January 22, 1885, Vienna - † January 4, 1957 on a Friday) was an Austrian chess master, chess composer, study composer, journalist and author of chess books.
He was born in Vienna and took part in many local tournaments before, during and after the First World War. He took 6th place in 1908 (Richard Réti won), 5th place in 1909/10 (2nd Trebitsch Memorial, Réti won), 8th place in 1910 (Carl Schlechter and Rudolf Spielmann won), 6th place in 1914/15 (6th Trebitsch Memorial, Richard Réti won), 3rd place in 1910 (Carl Schlechter and Rudolf Spielmann won), and 6th place in 1914/15 (6th Trebitsch Memorial, Richard Réti won). Trebitsch-Memorial, Schlechter won), 2nd place behind Józef Dominik, 1915 (Viereck), won in 1915 ahead of Schenkein, took 8th place in 1921 (Friedrich Sämisch won), shared 1st place with Hans Kmoch in 1921 and took 10th-12th place in 1929/30 (13th Trebitsch-Memorial, Kmoch and Spielmann won). In 1930 he and Pál Réthy played to a draw in a friendly match between Budapest and Vienna.
Dr. Josef Krejcik published in Vienna's leading chess magazine, the Wiener Schachzeitung, and ran a chess column in the Neues Wiener Tagblatt. He was the author of famous chess books: 13 Kinder Caissens (Vienna, 1924), Artige und unartige Kinder der Schachmuse (Leipzig, 1925), and Mein Abschied vom Schach (Berlin, 1955). He was known for his humorous remarks.
His name is associated with the Krejcik Gambit in the Dutch Defense (1. d4 f5 2. g4).