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May 01, 1899 Vienna, Austria Died on 02 Apr 1974 (aged 74)
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About Josef Lokvenc
- Josef Lokvenc (1 May 1899, Vienna – 2 April 1974, Sankt Pölten) was an Austrian chess master. In 1925, he was awarded the Chess Master title in Braunau.
- In 1926, he took 3rd in Vienna.
- In 1936, he tied for 6-7th in Vienna (19th Trebitsch-Turnier; Henryk Friedman won).
- In 1938, he tied for 6-7th in Bad Harzburg (Vasja Pirc won).
- In June 1939, he tied for 2nd-4th in Bad Elster (Erich Eliskases won).
- In July 1939, he took 2nd, behind Eliskases, in Bad Oeynhausen (6th German Championship).
- In November 1940, he took 4th in Kraków/Krynica/Warsaw (1st General Government chess tournament).
- In April 1943, he tied for 6-9th in Prague.
- The event was won by Alexander Alekhine ahead of Paul Keres.
- In August 1943, he won in Vienna (10th GER-ch).
- In December 1943, he won in Krynica (the 4th GG-ch).After World War II, Lokvenc tied for 2nd-3rd in Vienna in 1947.
- In 1951, he tied for 7-8th in Marienbad (zt).
- In 1951/52, he tied for 2nd-4th in Vienna.
- He shared 1st in 1951 and won in 1953 the Austrian Championship.
- In 1954, he tied for 9-10th in Munich (zt). Lokvenc played for Austria in nine Chess Olympiads: 1927, 1928, 1930, 1952, 1954, 1956, 1958, 1960, and 1962.He was awarded the International Master (IM) title in 1951.
