Baldur Hönlinger (Hoenlinger) (7 July 1905 – 12 March 1990) was an

Austria Austria, formally the Republic of Austria, is a landlocked country in Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine Federal states of Austria, states, of which the capital Vienna is the List of largest cities in Aust ...

n chess master who participated in tournaments and competitions from the 1920s to the 1950s. A native of

Vienna Vienna ( ; ; ) is the capital city, capital, List of largest cities in Austria, most populous city, and one of Federal states of Austria, nine federal states of Austria. It is Austria's primate city, with just over two million inhabitants. ...

, Baldur Hönlinger played at first board (+8 -3 =4) for Austria in

2nd Chess Olympiad The 2nd Chess Olympiad (), 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 July 21 and August 6, 192 ...

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1928. He won at Vienna 1928, lost a match to

Rudolf Spielmann Rudolf Spielmann (5 May 1883 – 20 August 1942) was a Jewish-Austrian chess master of the romantic school, and chess writer. Career Spielmann was born in 1883, second child of Moritz and Cecilia Spielmann, and had a younger brother Edgar, an ...

in 1929, took 11th at

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(Rohitsch-Sauerbrunn) 1929 (

Akiba Rubinstein Akiba Kiwelowicz Rubinstein (1 December 1880 – 14 March 1961) was a Polish chess player. He is considered to have been one of the greatest players never to have become World Chess Champion. Rubinstein was granted the title International Grandma ...

won), shared 1st with

Gedeon Barcza Gedeon Barcza (August 21, 1911 – February 27, 1986) was a Hungarian chess Grandmaster (chess), grandmaster. He was eight-time Hungarian Chess Championship, chess champion of Hungary. Chess career In 1940, Barcza took third place, behind Max E ...

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1930, tied for 3rd-4th at

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1930 (

Isaac Kashdan Isaac Kashdan (November 19, 1905, in New York City – February 20, 1985, in Los Angeles) was an American chess grandmaster and chess writer. He was twice U.S. Open champion (1938, 1947). He played five times for the United States in chess Oly ...

won), took 2nd, behind Albert Becker, at Vienna 1931 ( Trebitsch Memorial), shared 2nd, behind

Karl Gilg Karl Gilg (20 January 1901, in Mankovice (Mankendorf), Austrian Silesia – 4 December 1981, in Kolbermoor, Bavaria) was a German chess International Master from Czechoslovakia. Biography Gilg played for Czechoslovakia in several Chess Olympiads. ...

, at Konstantinsbad 1935, won at Vienna 1936, took 8th at Vienna 1936 (Trebitsch Memorial, Henryk Friedman won), and won at Paris (''L'Echiquier'') 1938.Results of the Argentine championship, 1938
After

World War II World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...

, Hönlinger lived in

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. He tied for 9-10th at Weidenau 1947 (

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 hi ...

won), lost a match to

Wolfgang Unzicker Wolfgang Unzicker (26 June 1925 – 20 April 2006) was one of the strongest German chess Grandmasters from 1945 to about 1970. He decided against making chess his profession, choosing law instead. Unzicker was at times the world's strongest ama ...

(2:4) in 1948, shared 14th at

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1949 (

Efim Bogoljubow Efim Bogoljubow, also known as Efim Dimitrijewitsch Bogoljubow (April 14, 1889 – June 18, 1952), was a Russian-born German Grandmaster (chess), chess grandmaster. Early career Bogoljubow learned how to play chess at 15 years old, and dev ...

won), and tied for 11th-12th at Vienna 1951 ( Schlechter Memorial,

Moshe Czerniak Moshe Czerniak (born Moizes Czerniak, also knowns as Miguel Czerniak; ; 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. Biography In 1930 Moshe Czern ...

won). Baldur Hönlinger died in

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at the age of 84.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Honlinger, Baldur Chess Olympiad competitors Chess players from Vienna 1905 births 1990 deaths 20th-century Austrian chess players 20th-century Austrian sportsmen Austrian chess players