Moshe Hirschbein (var. Hirszbein, Hirszbain, Hirszbajn) (1894 – 1940) was a Polish chess master. Born into a Jewish family, he lived in Łódź, playing in many local tournaments. In 1912, he took 7th (

Efim Bogoljubow Efim Bogoljubow ( or ), also known as Ewfim Dimitrijewitsch Bogoljubow, ( (); also Romanized ''Bogoljubov'', ''Bogolyubov''; uk, Юхим Дмитрович Боголюбов, Yukhym Dmytrovych Boholiubov; April 14, 1889 – June 18, 1952) ...

won), twice took 4th (''Quadrangular'') in 1913 and 1916/17 (both won by

Gersz Salwe Gersz Salwe (12 December 1862, Warsaw – 15 December 1920, Łódź), also written Salve, pl, Henryk Jerzy Salwe, italic=no, was a Polish chess master. Biography Salwe was born into a Jewish family in Warsaw (then Russian Empire). He was Szlama ...

, and won a match against

Samuel Factor Samuel ("S. D.") Factor (Faktor) (22 September 1883,His birth year is sometimes given as 1892. According to the Szachowa Vistula article about Factor, his obituary in the 1949 New York Times gave his age as 65, which would support the 1883 bir ...

(+4 –2 =4) in 1917. After World War I, he won (''Quadrangular'') in 1920/21, took 3rd in 1925, and tied for 14-15th in the 2nd Polish Chess Championship, Akiba Rubinstein won) in 1927.Litmanowicz, Władysław & Giżycki, Jerzy (1986, 1987). ''Szachy od A do Z''. Wydawnictwo Sport i Turystyka Warszawa. (1. A-M), (2. N-Z). He died during World War II in the Lodz Ghetto.

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