Otto Rüster (Ruester, Ruster) (1895–??) was a German
chess
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master.
He represented Germany in
2nd unofficial Chess Olympiad at Budapest 1926. He played several times in
Silesian Chess Congress, and won at Breslau 1925 (the 4th SCC). After
World War II
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, he lived in East Germany, and played at Jena 1953 (the 4th
GDR-ch).
Before and after the war, he participated in many
correspondence chess
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tournaments.
References
1895 births
German chess players
People from the Province of Silesia
Year of death missing
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