Endre (Andreas) Steiner (27 June 1901 – 29 December 1944) was a Hungarian

chess Chess is a board game for two players, called White and Black, each controlling an army of chess pieces in their color, with the objective to checkmate the opponent's king. It is sometimes called international chess or Western chess to dist ...

player, born in

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. Endre Steiner played for Hungary in five official and one unofficial

Chess Olympiad The Chess Olympiad is a biennial chess tournament in which teams representing nations of the world compete. FIDE organises the tournament and selects the host nation. Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, FIDE held an Online Chess Olympiad in 2020 an ...

s. * In 1927, he played at first reserve board at 1st Chess Olympiad in

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(+6 –2 =5). * In 1928, he played at second board at

2nd Chess Olympiad The 2nd Chess Olympiad ( nl, De 2e Schaakolympiade), organized by the Fédération Internationale des Échecs (FIDE) and comprising an open and women's tournament, as well as several events designed to promote the game of chess, took place between ...

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(+10 –3 =3). * In 1930, he played at first reserve board at

3rd Chess Olympiad The 3rd Chess Olympiad (german: Die 3. Schacholympiade), organized by the FIDE and comprising an open and women's tournament, as well as several events designed to promote the game of chess, took place between July 13 and July 27, 1930, in Hamburg ...

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(+7 –2 =5). * In 1931, he played at first board at

4th Chess Olympiad The 4th Chess Olympiad ( cz, 4. Šachová olympiáda), organized by the Fédération Internationale des Échecs (FIDE) and comprising an openAlthough commonly referred to as the ''men's division'', this section is open to both male and female playe ...

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(+5 –7 =3). * In 1936, he played at third board at the unofficial Olympiad in

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(+11 –6 =1). * In 1937, he played at third board at

7th Chess Olympiad The 7th Chess Olympiad ( sv, Den 7:e Schackolympiad), organized by the FIDE and comprising an open and (unofficial) women's tournament, as well as several events designed to promote the game of chess, took place between July 31 and August 14, 1937, ...

in Stockholm (+12 –1 =5). He thrice won the team gold medal (1927, 1928 and 1936), twice won a team silver medal (1930 and 1937), and once won an individual silver medal (1937).Steiner, Endre
team chess record at olimpbase.org He died in a Nazi

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near Budapest on 29 December 1944. Endre was the elder brother of Lajos Steiner.

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* 1901 births 1944 deaths Hungarian Jews Hungarian chess players Chess Olympiad competitors Jewish chess players 20th-century chess players Hungarian people who died in Nazi concentration camps Hungarian civilians killed in World War II Hungarian Jews who died in the Holocaust {{Hungary-chess-bio-stub

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