Károly Sterk

Who was Károly Sterk?

Károly Sterk was a Hungarian chess master.

He tied for 2nd-4th at Budapest 1909, played at Vienna 1909/10, tied for 3rd-5th at Budapest 1911, tied for 9-11th at Bad Pistyan 1912, took 10th at Temesvár 1912, took 12th at Budapest 1913, shared 2nd with Réti, behind Lajos Asztalos, at Debrecen 1913, and tied for 2nd-3rd with Barász, behind Breyer, at Budapest 1917. He lost two matches to Géza Maróczy in 1907 and 1917, both.

After World War I, he mainly played in Budapest where took 10th in 1921, tied for 8-9th in 1922, took 3rd and 4th in 1924, shared 1st and took 5th in 1925, tied for 4-5th, took 6th, and won in 1926, tied for 7-8th and took 10th in 1928, tied for 6-7th in 1929, won and shared 1st in 1930, took 2nd in 1931, tied for 12-13th in 1932, and tied for 9-10th in 1934.

He also took 9th at Bardejov 1926, tied for 3rd-4th at London 1927, took 15th at Ujpest 1934, and tied for 11-16th at Tatatóváros 1935.