Ludwig Engels
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Ludwig Engels was a German–Brazilian chess
master.
In June 1933, he tied for 1st-2nd with Koch in Swinemünde. In June 1933, tied for 8-9th in Bad Aachen (Efim Bogoljubow
won). In 1934, he tied for 1st-2nd with Boeck in Bad Salzuflen Ostern. In May-June 1934, he tied for 12-14th in Bad Aachen (2nd GER-ch
). The event was won by Carl Carls
. In April 1935, he tied for 1st-2nd with Ludwig Rellstab
in Cologne. In August 1935, he tied for 2nd-3rd in Bad Nauheim (Efim Bogoljubow
won). In June 1936, he took 2nd after Alexander Alekhine
in Dresden.
In August 1936, he played for Germany at third board (+9 –5 =3) in unofficial Olympiad in Munich. He won team bronze medal there.
In November 1936, he won in Barmen. In July 1937, he took 2nd, behind Herrmann, in Bochum. In July-August 1937, he tied for 9-10th in Bad Oeynhausen (4th GER-ch). The event was won by Georg Kieninger
. In October 1937, he tied for 2nd-4th, after Reinhardt, in Magdeburg. In 1937, he tied for 4-6th in Bad Saarow (Kurt Richter
and Kuppe won). In May 1938, he won in Barmen. In May-June 1938, he tied for 2nd-3rd, behind Bogoljubow, in Bad Elster. In June 1938, he lost a match to Kieninger (5 : 7). In July-August 1938, he took 4th in Bad Oeynhausen (5th GER-ch). The event was won by Erich Eliskases
. In September 1938, he took 3rd, behind Eliskases and Kieninger, in Krefeld. In 1938/39, he took 6th in Karlsruhe (Anton Kohler
and Bogoljubow won). In April 1939, he tied for 1st-2nd with Kieninger in Krefeld. In May 1939, he tied for 3 rd-6 th in Stuttgart (Europa Turnier; Bogoljubow won). In June 1939, he took 4th in Vienna (Eliskases won). In July 1939, he tied for 6-9th in Bad Oeynhausen (5th GER-ch; Eliskases won).
In August-September 1939, Engels played for Germany in the 8th Chess Olympiad
in Buenos Aires. He won two gold medals, both team and individual (at third board: +12 –0 =4). When World War II
was broke out, Engels along with all other members of the German team (Eliskases
, Michel, Becker, Reinhardt
) and many other participants of that Olympiad (Stahlberg, Najdorf, Frydman, Czerniak, Winz, Rauch, Kleinstein, Raud, Feigins, Luckis, Pelikan, Skalička, Sulik, Gromer, Seitz, de Ronde, Sonja Graf, Paulette Schwartzmann, etc.) had decided to stay permanently in Argentina. He tied for 4-5th in the Mar del Plata 1941 chess tournament
(Gideon Ståhlberg
won). In 1941, he tied for 3rd-4th with Hector Rossetto
, after Eliskases and Marcos Luckis
in Montevideo. In July 1941, he tied for 3rd-4th in São Pedro de Piracicaba (Eliskases and Guimard won).
After the war, Engels lived in São Paulo, Brazil. In 1947, he took 3rd, behind Eliskases and Miguel Najdorf
, in São Paulo. In July 1947, he took 2nd, after Eliskases, in Recife. In May 1948, he tied for 4-5th in Porto Alegre (Eliskases and Rossetto won). In June 1948, he took 4th in São Paulo (Albéric O'Kelly de Galway
won). He then confined most of his chess activity to coaching and training at the São Paulo Chess Club (Clube de Xadrez São Paulo).
In April 1952, he took 6th in Rio de Janeiro (Rossetto won). In April-May 1953, he took 3rd in Rio de Janeiro (Svetozar Gligorić
won). In August 1957, he tied for 5-6th in Rio de Janeiro (zt). The event was won by Oscar Panno
. In September 1957, he tied for 6-7 th in São Paulo (Raúl Sanguineti won). In November-December 1960, he tied for 6-8th in São Paulo (zt). The event was won by Julio Bolbochán
. In October 1963, he tied for 3rd-4th in São Paulo (CXSP; Samuel Schweber
won). In January 1966, he took 8th in São Paulo (CXSP). The event was won by Henrique Mecking
.
Chess
Chess is a two-player board game played on a chessboard, a square-checkered board with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. It is one of the world's most popular games, played by millions of people worldwide at home, in clubs, online, by correspondence, and in tournaments.Each player...
master.
Biography
In 1928, Engels tied for 1st-2nd with van Nüss in Düsseldorf. In 1929, he took 4th in Cologne. In 1929, he won in Duisburg. In 1929, he tied for 1st-3rd in Duisburg. In 1930, he tied for 1st-2nd with Weissgerber in Frankfurt. In 1930, Engels lost a match to Ludwig Roedl (+2 –5 =1) in Nürnberg. In 1931, he tied for 11-12th in Swinemünde (27th DSB Kongress).In June 1933, he tied for 1st-2nd with Koch in Swinemünde. In June 1933, tied for 8-9th in Bad Aachen (Efim Bogoljubow
Efim Bogoljubow
Efim Dmitriyevich Bogolyubov was a Russo-German chess grandmaster who won numerous events and played two matches with Alexander Alekhine for the world championship.-Early career:...
won). In 1934, he tied for 1st-2nd with Boeck in Bad Salzuflen Ostern. In May-June 1934, he tied for 12-14th in Bad Aachen (2nd GER-ch
German Chess Championship
The German Chess Championship has been played since 1861, and determines the national champion.Prior to 1880 three different federations organized chess activities in Germany: the Westdeutscher Schachbund , the Norddeutscher Schachbund and the Mitteldeutscher Schachbund . Each one organized its...
). The event was won by Carl Carls
Carl Carls
Carl Carls was a German chess master.In 1922, he took 2nd, behind Erhardt Post, in Bad Oeynhausen...
. In April 1935, he tied for 1st-2nd with Ludwig Rellstab
Ludwig Rellstab (chess player)
Ludwig Rellstab was a German chess master.He was German Champion, winning at Bad Oeynhausen 1942. He took 8th in the European Championship at Munich 1942 . In 1943, he took 6th in Salzburg...
in Cologne. In August 1935, he tied for 2nd-3rd in Bad Nauheim (Efim Bogoljubow
Efim Bogoljubow
Efim Dmitriyevich Bogolyubov was a Russo-German chess grandmaster who won numerous events and played two matches with Alexander Alekhine for the world championship.-Early career:...
won). In June 1936, he took 2nd after Alexander Alekhine
Alexander Alekhine
Alexander Alexandrovich Alekhine was the fourth World Chess Champion. He is often considered one of the greatest chess players ever.By the age of twenty-two, he was already among the strongest chess players in the world. During the 1920s, he won most of the tournaments in which he played...
in Dresden.
In August 1936, he played for Germany at third board (+9 –5 =3) in unofficial Olympiad in Munich. He won team bronze medal there.
In November 1936, he won in Barmen. In July 1937, he took 2nd, behind Herrmann, in Bochum. In July-August 1937, he tied for 9-10th in Bad Oeynhausen (4th GER-ch). The event was won by Georg Kieninger
Georg Kieninger
Georg Kieninger was a German chess player and International Master .An avid cigar smoker, Kieninger was nicknamed "Eisernen Schorsch" because of his fighting style. He won the German Chess Championship in 1937, 1940, and 1947...
. In October 1937, he tied for 2nd-4th, after Reinhardt, in Magdeburg. In 1937, he tied for 4-6th in Bad Saarow (Kurt Richter
Kurt Richter
Kurt Paul Otto Joseph Richter was a German chess International Master and chess writer.- Chess achievements :...
and Kuppe won). In May 1938, he won in Barmen. In May-June 1938, he tied for 2nd-3rd, behind Bogoljubow, in Bad Elster. In June 1938, he lost a match to Kieninger (5 : 7). In July-August 1938, he took 4th in Bad Oeynhausen (5th GER-ch). The event was won by Erich Eliskases
Erich Eliskases
Erich Gottlieb Eliskases was a chess Grandmaster of the 1930s and 1940s, who represented Austria, Germany and Argentina in international competition....
. In September 1938, he took 3rd, behind Eliskases and Kieninger, in Krefeld. In 1938/39, he took 6th in Karlsruhe (Anton Kohler
Anton Kohler
Anton Kohler , a German chess player from Munich.In 1937, he shared 3rd in Stadtprozelten / Main, and took 12th in Bad Oeynhausen . In 1938, he won in Heilbronn, and tied for 8-9th in Bad Oeynhausen . In 1938/39, he tied for 1st-3rd in Karlsruhe...
and Bogoljubow won). In April 1939, he tied for 1st-2nd with Kieninger in Krefeld. In May 1939, he tied for 3 rd-6 th in Stuttgart (Europa Turnier; Bogoljubow won). In June 1939, he took 4th in Vienna (Eliskases won). In July 1939, he tied for 6-9th in Bad Oeynhausen (5th GER-ch; Eliskases won).
In August-September 1939, Engels played for Germany in the 8th Chess Olympiad
8th Chess Olympiad
The 8th Chess Olympiad, organised by the Fédération Internationale des Échecs , comprised an 'open' tournament, as well as a Women's World Championship contest...
in Buenos Aires. He won two gold medals, both team and individual (at third board: +12 –0 =4). When World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
was broke out, Engels along with all other members of the German team (Eliskases
Erich Eliskases
Erich Gottlieb Eliskases was a chess Grandmaster of the 1930s and 1940s, who represented Austria, Germany and Argentina in international competition....
, Michel, Becker, Reinhardt
Heinrich Reinhardt
Heinrich Reinhardt a German–Argentine chess master.In 1932, he tied for 3rd-5th in Hamburg–Altona . In 1935, he won a match against Herbert Taube in Hamburg . In 1937, he tied for 3rd-4th in Berlin...
) and many other participants of that Olympiad (Stahlberg, Najdorf, Frydman, Czerniak, Winz, Rauch, Kleinstein, Raud, Feigins, Luckis, Pelikan, Skalička, Sulik, Gromer, Seitz, de Ronde, Sonja Graf, Paulette Schwartzmann, etc.) had decided to stay permanently in Argentina. He tied for 4-5th in the Mar del Plata 1941 chess tournament
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 were regarded as the third, fourth, and sixth South American Chess Championship , respectively...
(Gideon Ståhlberg
Gideon Ståhlberg
Anders Gideon Tom Ståhlberg was a Swedish chess grandmaster.He won the Swedish Chess Championship of 1927, became Nordic champion in 1929, and held it until 1939....
won). In 1941, he tied for 3rd-4th with Hector Rossetto
Héctor Rossetto
Héctor Decio Rossetto was one of the best chess players in Argentine history.He earned the title of International Master in 1950 and the Grandmaster title in 1960....
, after Eliskases and Marcos Luckis
Markas Luckis
Markas Luckis was a Lithuanian–Argentine chess master.-Biography:Luckis was born in Lithuania. He twice won the Kaunas City Chess Championship in 1927 and 1928...
in Montevideo. In July 1941, he tied for 3rd-4th in São Pedro de Piracicaba (Eliskases and Guimard won).
After the war, Engels lived in São Paulo, Brazil. In 1947, he took 3rd, behind Eliskases and Miguel Najdorf
Miguel Najdorf
Miguel Najdorf was a Polish-born Argentine chess grandmaster of Jewish origin, famous for his Najdorf Variation....
, in São Paulo. In July 1947, he took 2nd, after Eliskases, in Recife. In May 1948, he tied for 4-5th in Porto Alegre (Eliskases and Rossetto won). In June 1948, he took 4th in São Paulo (Albéric O'Kelly de Galway
Albéric O'Kelly de Galway
Albéric O'Kelly de Galway was a Belgian chess Grandmaster , and an International Correspondence Chess Grandmaster , most famous for being the third ICCF World Champion in correspondence chess between 1959 and 1962. He was also a chess writer...
won). He then confined most of his chess activity to coaching and training at the São Paulo Chess Club (Clube de Xadrez São Paulo).
In April 1952, he took 6th in Rio de Janeiro (Rossetto won). In April-May 1953, he took 3rd in Rio de Janeiro (Svetozar Gligorić
Svetozar Gligoric
Svetozar Gligorić is a Serbian chess grandmaster. He won the championship of Yugoslavia a record twelve times, and is considered the best player ever from Serbia...
won). In August 1957, he tied for 5-6th in Rio de Janeiro (zt). The event was won by Oscar Panno
Oscar Panno
Oscar R. Panno is an Argentine chess Grandmaster.Panno won the World Junior Chess Championship in 1953, and also won the championship of Argentina the same year....
. In September 1957, he tied for 6-7 th in São Paulo (Raúl Sanguineti won). In November-December 1960, he tied for 6-8th in São Paulo (zt). The event was won by Julio Bolbochán
Julio Bolbochan
Julio Bolbochán was the Argentine chess champion in 1946 and 1948.Born in Buenos Aires, he represented Argentina in seven Chess Olympiads from 1950 to 1970....
. In October 1963, he tied for 3rd-4th in São Paulo (CXSP; Samuel Schweber
Samuel Schweber
Samuel Schweber is an Argentine chess player.Schweber played in several Argentine chess championships. He was 7-8th in 1956 , 4-6th in 1960 , 2nd in 1963 , 3rd in 1965 , 5-8th in 1967 , 2nd in 1968 , 3rd-4th in 1969 , 3rd-4th in 1980 Samuel Schweber (born 16 July 1936) is an Argentine chess...
won). In January 1966, he took 8th in São Paulo (CXSP). The event was won by Henrique Mecking
Henrique Mecking
Henrique Mecking was a leading Brazilian chess Grandmaster in the 1970s. He was a very strong player at an early age , drawing comparisons to Bobby Fischer, although he did not achieve the International Grandmaster title until 1971...
.