Alzenau
Alzenau (; until 31 December 2006 officially ''Alzenau i.UFr.'') is a town in the north of the Aschaffenburg (district), Aschaffenburg district in the ''Regierungsbezirk'' of Lower Franconia (''Unterfranken'') in Bavaria, Germany. Until 1 July 1972 ...
, 27 December 1905 –
La Plata
La Plata () is the capital city of Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. According to the , it has a population of 654,324 and its metropolitan area, the Greater La Plata, has 787,294 inhabitants. It is located 9 kilometers (6 miles) inland from th ...
, 14 September 1977) was a
German
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–
Argentine
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chess
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master.
Biography
In June 1935, Michel tied for 3rd-4th in Saarbrücken (Koch won). In July 1935, he tied for 2nd-4th in Aachen (3rd German Championship). The event was won by
Kurt Richter
Kurt Paul Otto Joseph Richter (24 November 1900 – 29 December 1969) was a German chess International Master and chess writer.
Chess achievements
In 1922, Richter for the first time won the Berlin City Chess Championship. In 1928, he tie ...
. In September 1935, he took 9th in Bad Saarow (
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). In June 1936, he tied for 5th-6th in Swinemünde (
Erich Eliskases
Erich Gottlieb Eliskases (15 February 1913 – 2 February 1997) was a chess player who represented Austria, Germany and Argentina in international competition. In the late 1930s he was considered a potential contender for the World Championship. ...
won). In August 1936, he played for Germany at second reserve board (+8 –1 =3) in
3rd unofficial Chess Olympiad The 3rd unofficial Chess Olympiad was held by German Chess Federation (''Grossdeutscher Schachbund'') as a counterpart of the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin with reference to 1924 and 1928 events. Many Jewish chess players took part in the event. Si ...
in Munich. He won team bronze medal and individual silver medal.
In October 1936, he tied for 3rd-5th in Vienna (19th Trebitsch). The event was won by
Henryk Friedman
Henryk Friedman (Friedmann) (1903–1942) was a Polish chess master.
He lived in Lviv (Lwów, Lemberg). In 1926–1934, Friedman won seven times in succession the Championship of Lviv but 1930, when he took 2nd place behind Stepan Popel. Friedman ...
. In June 1937, he took 3rd, after Bogoljubow and
Ludwig Rellstab
Heinrich Friedrich Ludwig Rellstab (13 April 179927 November 1860) was a German poet and music critic. He was born and died in Berlin. He was the son of the music publisher and composer Johann Carl Friedrich Rellstab. An able pianist, he publi ...
, in Bad Elster. In June–July 1937, he tied for 4-6th in Bad Saarow (Richter and Kuppe won). In July–August 1937, he took 4th in Bad Oeynhausen (4th GER-ch). The event was won by
Georg Kieninger
Georg Kieninger (5 June 1902, in Munich – 25 January 1975, in Düsseldorf) was a German chess player and International Master (IM).
A cigar smoker, Kieninger was nicknamed "Eiserner Schorsch" (roughly translated as "Iron Georgie") because of h ...
. In March 1938, he took 3rd in Berlin ( Albert Becker and Rellstab won). In May–June 1938, he took 8th in Bad Elster (Bogoljubow won). In July–August 1938, he tied for 2nd-3rd with Kieninger, behind Eliskases, in Bad Oeynhausen (5th GER-ch). In June 1939, he tied for 2nd-4th in Bad Elster (Eliskases won). In July 1939, he took 14th in Bad Oeynhausen (6th GER-ch). The event was won by Eliskases.
In August–September 1939, he was a member of the German team at the
8th Chess Olympiad
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in Buenos Aires. He played at second board (+3 –0 =11), and won team gold medal. When World War II was broke out, Michel along with all German players (Eliskases,
Reinhardt) and many other participants of the Olympiad decided to stay permanently in Argentina.
In 1941, he took 4th, after
Gideon Ståhlberg
Anders Gideon Tom Ståhlberg (26 January 1908 – 26 May 1967) was a Swedish chess player. He was among the inaugural recipients of the title International Grandmaster from FIDE in 1950.
He won the Swedish Chess Championship of 1927, became Nor ...
,
Miguel Najdorf
Miguel Najdorf (born Mojsze Mendel Najdorf) (15 April 1910 – 4 July 1997) was a Polish–Argentinian chess grandmaster. Originally from Poland, he was in Argentina when World War II began in 1939, and he stayed and settled there. He was a ...
and
Paulino Frydman
Paulino (Paulin) Frydman (26 May 1905 in Warsaw, Poland – 2 February 1982 in Buenos Aires, Argentina) was a Polish chess master.
Career
In 1922, Paulin Frydman took 2nd place, behind Kazimierz Makarczyk in Warsaw. In 1923, he tied for 2nd- ...
, in Buenos Aires (Bodas de Plata), took 4th, behind Najdorf,
Moshe Czerniak
Moshe Czerniak (born Moizes Czerniak, also knowns as Miguel Czerniak; he, משה צ'רניאק; 3 February 1910 – 31 August 1984) was a Polish-Israeli chess player. He was awarded the title of International Master (IM) by FIDE in 1952.
Biog ...
and
Hermann Pilnik
Hermann Pilnik (8 January 1914, Stuttgart, Germany – 12 November 1981, Caracas, Venezuela) was a German Argentine chess Grandmaster.
Career
In 1929, he won the championship of Stuttgart. Pilnik emigrated from Germany to Argentina in 1930. He ...
, in Buenos Aires, and tied for 10-12th in the
Mar del Plata 1941 chess tournament The fourth Mar del Plata chess tournament was held in the city of Mar del Plata, Argentina, in March 1941. The first three Mar del Plata international tournaments (1928, 1934, 1936) were regarded as the third, fourth, and sixth South American Ches ...
(Ståhlberg won). In 1942, he took 5th in Mar del Plata (Najdorf won). In 1943, he took 3rd in Mar del Plata (Najdorf won). In 1944, he tied for 1st-2nd with
José María Cristiá
José María Cristiá (October 6, 1907 in Barcelona – March 8, 1984 in Rosario) was an Argentine chess
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in Buenos Aires (La Regence). In 1944, he tied for 3rd-4th, behind Pilnik and Najdorf, in Mar del Plata. In 1945, he took 4th in Buenos Aires (Círculo de Ajedrez; Najdorf won). In 1945, he took 4th in Mar del Plata (Najdorf won).
After the war, Pablo Michel played in Argentina and occasionally in the early 1950s in Austria. In 1946, he took 3rd, behind Najdorf and Ståhlberg, in Mar del Plata. In 1947, he tied for 12-13th in Mar del Plata (Najdorf won). In 1948, he tied for 10-12th in Mar del Plata (Eliskases won). In 1948, he finished 3rd-4th with
Albéric O'Kelly de Galway
Albéric Joseph Rodolphe Marie Robert Ghislain O'Kelly de Galway (17 May 1911, in Anderlecht – 3 October 1980, in Brussels) was a Belgian chess Grandmaster (1956), an International Correspondence Chess Grandmaster (1962), and the third ICCF W ...
, after Najdorf and Ståhlberg, in Buenos Aires (La Plata). In 1949, he won, ahead of
Moshe Czerniak
Moshe Czerniak (born Moizes Czerniak, also knowns as Miguel Czerniak; he, משה צ'רניאק; 3 February 1910 – 31 August 1984) was a Polish-Israeli chess player. He was awarded the title of International Master (IM) by FIDE in 1952.
Biog ...
and
Arturo Pomar
Arturo Pomar Salamanca (1 September 1931 – 26 May 2016) was a Spanish chess player. He was the first Spanish player to be awarded the title of grandmaster (GM), and was a seven-time national champion.. ajedrez.pastranec.netLeontxo Garcỉ''Muere ...
, in Rosario. In 1949, he tied for 6-9th in Mar del Plata (
Héctor Rossetto
Héctor Decio Rossetto (8 September 1922 in Bahía Blanca, Argentina – 23 January 2009 in Buenos Aires) was an Argentinian chess player.
He earned the title of International Master in 1950 and the Grandmaster title in 1960.
He was a five-ti ...
won). In 1950, he tied for 9-11th in Mar del Plata (
Svetozar Gligorić
Svetozar Gligorić (Serbian Cyrillic: Светозар Глигорић, 2 February 1923 – 14 August 2012) was a Serbian and Yugoslav chess grandmaster and musician. He won the championship of Yugoslavia a record twelve times, and is consider ...
won). In December 1950, he tied for 3rd-4th in Vienna (
Enrico Paoli
Enrico Paoli (January 13, 1908 – December 15, 2005) was an Italian International chess master.
He was born in Trieste, Italy, and learned chess when he was nine years old. He was the winner of international tournaments in Vienna (1951) and Imp ...
won). In July 1951, he tied for 5-7th in Vienna (4th Schlechter Memorial). The event was won by Czerniak. In 1952, he took 5th in Mar del Plata (
Julio Bolbochán
Julio Bolbochán (Buenos Aires, 20 March 1920 – Caracas, 28 June 1996) was the Argentine chess champion in 1946 and 1948.
He learned the game from his older brother, Jacobo Bolbochán, later an International Master.
He represented Argentina ...
and Rossetto won).
He was awarded the
International Master
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