David Enoch (1901–1949) was an Israeli chess player.

Biography

David Enoch was born in Oświęcim in 1901. He emigrated to Berlin after the First World War. He tied for 6-7th at Berlin 1927 (

Alfred Brinckmann Alfred Brinckmann (3 January 1891 – 30 May 1967) was a German chess International Master, author and functionary from Kiel. The chess player He participated eight times in the German Chess Championship in the period 1921-1949. His greatest s ...

won), and took 10th at Berlin 1929 (

Berthold Koch Berthold Koch (22 February 1899 – 2 May 1988) was a German chess master and journalist. Early life Koch was born in Berlin on 22 February 1899. Chess career Koch won four times the Berlin Championship in 1927, 1933 (joint), 1946, and 1951. ...

won). Enoch immigrated from Germany to

British Mandate Palestine Mandatory Palestine ( ar, فلسطين الانتدابية '; he, פָּלֶשְׂתִּינָה (א״י) ', where "E.Y." indicates ''’Eretz Yiśrā’ēl'', the Land of Israel) was a geopolitical entity established between 1920 and 1948 i ...

in 1933.

Chess career

He took 2nd, behind

Abram Blass Moshe Aba Blass (born 1896, Łomża, Poland - 1971, Tel-Aviv, Israel) was a Polish-Israeli chess master. Born in Łomża (then Russian Empire), he moved to the US, staying from 1911 to 1924. After returning to Poland, he lived in Warsaw. In 1924/2 ...

, at Tel Aviv 1935 (the 2nd

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). He played for Palestine on second board in the

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at Warsaw 1935 (+6 –6 =5). He won against Creevey (

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), Henri Grob ( SUI),

Bjørn Nielsen Bjørn (Björn, Bjorn) Nielsen (4 October 1907 – 21 May 1949) was a Danish chess master. He played for Denmark in Chess Olympiads: * In 1933, at fourth board in 5th Olympiad in Folkestone (+4 –2 =7); * In 1935, at second board in 6th Oly ...

(

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), Rasmusson ( FIN),

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( ENG), and

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( CSR). He drew with

Stefano Rosselli del Turco Stefano Rosselli del Turco, Marquis, (27 July 1877 – 18 August 1947) was an Italian chess player, writer and publisher. He was five times Italian champion and represented Italy in the Chess Olympiad seven times. He was a member of the famous Ros ...

(

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), Mieczysław Najdorf ( POL),

Aleksandras Machtas Aleksandras Ziselis Machtas (also Alexander-Zisel Macht, Sasha Maht; 6 October 1892 – 14 January 1973) was a Lithuanian chess master. Machtas, a member of the Lithuanian Sports Club Makabi, won 7 chess championships in the first independe ...

( LTU), Frank Marshall (

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), and Andor Lilienthal (

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). He lost to

Louis Betbeder Matibet Louis Betbeder Matibet (29 August 1901 – 5 May 1986) was a French chess master born in Orléans. He took 2nd place in the French Chess Championships of 1928 and 1946. Betbeder represented France seven times in Chess Olympiads (1927, 1928, ...

(

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), Milan Vidmar ( YUG), Rudolf Spielmann ( AUT), Gunnar Friedemann ( EST),

Miklós Bródy Miklós (Nicolae) Bródy (30 March 1877, in Nagykároly, Kingdom of Hungary, Austria-Hungary, now Carei, Romania – 17 December 1949, in Cluj-Napoca, Romania) was a Hungarian–Romanian chess master. In 1897, he tied for 4-5th in Berlin (I ...

(

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), and Gösta Stoltz (

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).OlimpBase :: 6th Chess Olympiad, Warsaw 1935, information
/ref> A game he lost at Berlin 1927 against Aron Nimzowitsch is included in Nimzowitsch's ''My Praxis''.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Enoch, David Jewish chess players German chess players Israeli chess players Jewish emigrants from Nazi Germany to Mandatory Palestine 20th-century Polish Jews Chess Olympiad competitors People from Oświęcim 1901 births 1949 deaths 20th-century chess players

Biography

Chess career

See also

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