Career
In 1930, he drew a game with Pál Réthy in a friendly match Budapest versus Vienna. Doctor Josef Krejcik published in Vienna"s leading chess magazine, the Wiener Schachzeitung, and ran a chess column in the Neues Wiener Tagblatt. He was an 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 witty remarks.
His name is attached to the Krejcik Gambit in the Dutch Defence (1 d4 f5 2 g4). Though not a strong positional player, Doctor Kreicik succeeded at times to defeat some of the strongest players of his time, often with brilliant miniatures.
Josef Krejcik - Milan Vidmar, Vienna 1906 Vienna game C29 (21 moves)
Josef Krejcik - Hugo Süchting, Wenen 1908 Sicilian defence, Morphy gambit B21 (10 moves)
Josef Krejcik - Richard Réti, Vienna 1922 Queen"s Gambit D06 (10 moves)
The following game is known as « The Immortal of Doctor Krejcik »:
Johann Berger - Josef Krejcik, Carlsbad 1911
Albin Countergambit - 1. d4 d5 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 d4 4. e4 Bc5 5. f4 f6 6. exf6 Nxf6 7. Bd3 Nc6
8. a3 a5 9. Nf3 0-0 10.
0-0 Re8 11. e5 Ng4 12.
Re1 Bf5! (the start of a powerful attack)
13. Bxf5 d3+ 14. Kf1 Qh4!! (the first of two offers of the Queen) 15. Qd2 Qxh2! 16. Bxd3 Qh1+ 17.
Ke2 Qxg2 18.
Kd1 Qxf3 19. Be2 Qb3+ 20. Qc2 Nf2+ 21. Kd2 Be3 mate.