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Max Walter -LRB- born 1899 -- died 1945 -RRB- was a Slovak chess master .. chess. chess. Born in Pressburg -LRB- Pozsony , Bratislava -RRB- , then Austria -- Hungary , he began his chess career in Czechoslovakia , after World War I.. chess. chess. Bratislava. Bratislava. World War I. World War I. Max Walter won Czechoslovak Chess Championship at Pardubice 1923 .. Czechoslovak Chess Championship. Czechoslovak Chess Championship. In other tournaments , he took 2nd , behind Endre Steiner , at Piestany -LRB- Pistyan -RRB- 1922 ,. Endre Steiner. Endre Steiner. took 14th at Ostrava -LRB- Mahrisch-Ostrau -RRB- 1923 -LRB- Emanuel Lasker won -RRB- ,. Emanuel Lasker. Emanuel Lasker. tied for 6-7th at Gyor 1924 -LRB- Hungarian Championship , Geza Nagy won -RRB- ,. Hungarian Championship. Hungarian Chess Championship. Geza Nagy. Geza Nagy. tied for 6-7th at Bratislava 1925 -LRB- Richard Reti won -RRB- ,. Bratislava. Bratislava. Richard Reti. Richard Reti. and shared 2nd , behind Reti , at Kolin 1925 -LRB- Quadrangular -RRB- .. He won , ahead of Balazs Sarkozy , at Budapest 1926 ,. Balazs Sarkozy. Balazs Sarkozy. tied for 10-11th at Bardejov -LRB- Bartfeld -RRB- 1926 -LRB- Hermanis Matisons and Savielly Tartakower won -RRB- ,. Hermanis Matisons. Hermanis Matisons. Savielly Tartakower. Savielly Tartakower. tied for 7-9th at Trencianske Teplice -LRB- Trentschin-Teplitz -RRB- 1926 -LRB- Boris Kostic and Karl Gilg won -RRB- ,. Boris Kostic. Boris Kostic. Karl Gilg. Karl Gilg. shared 1st , but took 2nd place at Ceske Budejovice 1927 -LRB- CSR-ch , Karel Opocensky won -RRB- ,. Karel Opocensky. Karel Opocensky. took 4th at Znojmo 1927 -LRB- Opocensky won -RRB- ,. tied for 7-8th at Trencianske Teplice 1928 -LRB- Kostic won -RRB- ,. took 10th at Brno 1928 -LRB- Fritz Samisch and Reti won -RRB- ,. Fritz Samisch. Fritz Samisch. tied for 4-5th at Liptovsky Svaty Jan 1930 ,. took 3rd at Prague 1931 -LRB- CSR-ch , Leo Zobel won -RRB- ,. Leo Zobel. Leo Zobel. tied for 10-11th at Sliac -LRB- Bad Sliac -RRB- 1932 -LRB- Salo Flohr and Milan Vidmar won -RRB- ,. Salo Flohr. Salo Flohr. Milan Vidmar. Milan Vidmar. and took 8th at Teplice -LRB- Teplitz-Schonau -RRB- 1937 -LRB- Gilg won -RRB- .