Heral, Joseph

Josef Heral ( German: Josef Heral , 1847 , Vienna - March 11, 1877 , ibid.) - Austrian chess player , master.

Joseph Heral
Josef Heral
Country	Austrian Empire / Austria-Hungary
Date of Birth	1847 ( 1847 )
Place of Birth	Vein
Date of death	March 11, 1877 ( 1877-03-11 )
Place of death	Vein

Member of a major chess tournament in Vienna (1873) . Heral shared the 9th-11th places with 12 participants. Circular chess players played micromatch from three games with each other. When a match is won, the winner received 1 point, with a tie in the match, both opponents received half a point, and for a loss in the match - 0 points. When winning the first two games in a row, the match ended ahead of schedule in favor of the winner (2: 0), and the third game was not played. Kerala scored 3 points: he finished 6 matches in a draw ^[1] and lost 5 (party result - 12 out of 31).

He played mainly in the Weghuber cafe. His constant opponent was another participant in the Vienna tournament of 1873, O. Gelbfus . ^{[2] [3]}

By profession a lawyer. ^[four]

It is also known that Heral was engaged in a chess composition. In one of the obituaries, he is called "a talented representative of the Austrian school of problemists" ^[5]

There are different interpretations in determining the dates of Heral's life. J. Gage points out that Heral died on September 27, 1877 ^[6] , however this is the date of the death of O. Gelbfus. ^{[7] The} obituary of Heral is placed in No. 3 of the magazine " Deutsche Schachzeitung ". ^{[2] [8]} This article provides data from the „Niederösterreichischer Schachchronik“. ^[9]

There is a photo of Heral in E. Winter's book "Edward Winter's Chess Notes" (CN 3478). ^[2]