Max Walter

Who was Max Walter?

Max Walter was a Slovak chess master.

Born in Pressburg, then Austria–Hungary, he began his chess career in Czechoslovakia, after World War I.

Max Walter won Czechoslovak Chess Championship at Pardubice 1923. In other tournaments, he took 2nd, behind Endre Steiner, at Piešťany 1922, took 14th at Ostrava 1923, tied for 6-7th at Györ 1924, tied for 6-7th at Bratislava 1925, and shared 2nd, behind Réti, at Kolin 1925.

He won, ahead of Balázs Sárközy, at Budapest 1926, tied for 10-11th at Bardejov 1926, tied for 7-9th at Trenčianske Teplice 1926, shared 1st, but took 2nd place at České Budějovice 1927, took 4th at Znojmo 1927, tied for 7-8th at Trenčianske Teplice 1928, took 10th at Brno 1928, tied for 4-5th at Liptovský Svätý Ján 1930, took 3rd at Prague 1931, tied for 10-11th at Sliač 1932, and took 8th at Teplice 1937.