Arthur Dunkelblum (23 April 1906 – 27 January 1979) was a
Polish
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-born
Belgian chess master.
Arthur Dunkelblum was born in Cracow (
Kraków-
Podgórze),
Austria-Hungary. He played for Belgium in eleven
Chess Olympiads: 1928, 1933, 1937, 1950, 1954, 1956, 1958, 1960, 1962, 1966, and 1968 (one of the biggest gap between first and last appearance at the Olympiads).
In 1922, he took 3rd in Antwerp (BEL-ch,
Edgar Colle
Edgard Colle (18 May 1897 – 19 April 1932) was a Belgian chess master. He scored excellent results in major international tournaments, including first at Amsterdam 1926, ahead of Savielly Tartakower and future world champion Max Euwe; firs ...
won). In 1925, he took 3rd in
Brussels (BEL-ch, qualif.). In 1926,he tied for 5-7th in Spa. In 1930, he tied for 2nd-3rd in Brussels (
George Koltanowski won). In 1933, he took 3rd in Brussels (BEL-ch). In 1934, he took 3rd in Liège (BEL-ch,
Victor Soultanbeieff
Victor Ivanovich Soultanbéieff (also spelled Sultanbajew, Sultanbaev, Sultanbeev, Sultanbejeff, Sultanbaieff, etc.; 11 November 1895 – 9 February 1972) was a Belgian chess master.
Life
Born in Yekaterinoslav (Ukraine, then Russian Empire), So ...
won). In 1937, he took 9th in Ostend. In 1937, he took 3rd in Brussels (BEL-ch).
After
World War II, he tied for 5-6th in Baarn C (
Baruch Harold Wood
Baruch Harold Wood (13 July 1909 – 4 April 1989) was an English chess player, editor and author. He was born in Ecclesall, Sheffield, England.
Playing career
Between 1938 and 1957, Wood won the championship of Warwickshire eight time ...
won) in 1947. Dunkelblum won the
Belgium Championship at
Bruges 1949. He tied for 2nd-3rd, behind
Robert Lemaire, in Ghent (BEL-ch) in 1950. His best tournament result was at
Gijon, Spain, in 1950 where he finished 2nd-3rd, behind
Nicolas Rossolimo.
In 1957, he tied for 10-11th in
Dublin (zt,
Luděk Pachman
Luděk Pachman (German: Ludek Pachmann, May 11, 1924 – March 6, 2003) was a Czechoslovak-German chess grandmaster, chess writer, and political activist. In 1972, after being imprisoned and tortured almost to death by the Communist regime in ...
won).
Dunkelblum was awarded the
International Master
FIDE titles are awarded by the international chess governing body FIDE (''Fédération Internationale des Échecs'') for outstanding performance. The highest such title is Grandmaster (GM). Titles generally require a combination of Elo rating and ...
title in 1957.
See also
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List of Jewish chess players
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References
External links
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1906 births
1979 deaths
Chess International Masters
Chess Olympiad competitors
Jewish chess players
Belgian chess players
Polish chess players
Jews from Galicia (Eastern Europe)
Belgian Jews
Belgian people of Polish-Jewish descent
Polish emigrants to Belgium
Sportspeople from Kraków
20th-century chess players