Karol Piltz (1903–1939) was a Polish

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master. He played for Poland in the

1st unofficial Chess Olympiad The 1st Team Chess Tournament was held together with the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris, 12–20 July 1924, at the Hotel Majestic. Fifty-four players representing 18 countries were split into nine preliminary groups of six. The winner of each round ...

at Paris 1924, tied for 3rd-7th in the 1st

Polish Chess Championship Individual Polish Chess Championship is the most important Polish chess tournament, aiming at selecting the best chess players in Poland. Based on the results of the tournament (mainly), the Polish Chess Federation selects the national and subsequ ...

at Warsaw 1926 (

Dawid Przepiórka Dawid Przepiórka (22 December 1880 – presumed April 1940) was a prominent Polish chess player of the early twentieth century. Biography Dawid Przepiórka was born 22 December 1880 in Warsaw, Poland (then part of the Russian Empire), to a ...

won), and tied for 17-18th at Jurata 1937 (4th POL-ch,

Savielly Tartakower Savielly Tartakower (also known as ''Xavier'' or ''Ksawery'' ''Tartakower'', less often ''Tartacover'' or ''Tartakover''; 21 February 1887 – 4 February 1956) was a Polish and French chess player. He was awarded the title of International Grand ...

won). Piltz, along with other members of the Warsaw team (

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 ...

Rafał Feinmesser Rafał Feinmesser (1895 – ?) was a Polish chess master. He was killed in the Holocaust in Warszawa. He played several times in the Warsaw championships. He tied for 5-6th in 1926 (Abram Blass and Paulino Frydman, Paulin Frydman won), tied for ...

, Paulin Frydman,

Stanisław Kohn Stanisław Kohn (1895–1940) was a Polish chess master. Kohn played for Poland in 1st unofficial Chess Olympiad at Paris 1924. In 1925, he won the Warsaw Championship. In 1926, he tied for 3rd-7th, behind Dawid Przepiórka and Paulin Frydman i ...

Leon Kremer Leon Kremer (1901–1941) was a Polish chess master. He played several times in the Warsaw championships, and won in 1929. He also took 6th in 1925 (Stanisław Kohn won), took 4th in 1926 (Abram Blass and Paulin Frydman won), shared 1st with Kohn ...

Henryk Pogorieły Henryk Pogorieły (1908 in Warsaw – 1943 in Warsaw) was a Polish chess master. He took 4th in the Warsaw Championship in 1928. Pogorieły, along with other members of the Warsaw team (Abram Blass, Rafał Feinmesser, Paulin Frydman, Stanisław ...

) won a gold medal in the 1st Polish Team Championship at Królewska Huta 1929.Jubileusz 80 -lecia Śląskiego Związku Szachowego
He died during the Siege of Warsaw in September 1939 during

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