Career
He lived and played chess tournaments and matches in Prague.
He lived and played chess tournaments and matches in Prague.
He won in 1891 (the 3rd Congress of the Bohemian Chess Association), lost a match to Oldřich Důras (4: 5) in 1902, took 2nd behind Duras in 1906, took 18th in the Prague 1908 chess tournament (Duras and Carl Schlechter won), beat Karel Hromádka (3: 1) in 1909, and took 2nd, behind Duras, in 1910. Doctor January Kvíčala won against Wilhelm Cohn (15: 05) in a friendly match Berlin versus Prague in 1913.