Viktor (Víctor) Winz (31 August 1906 – date of death unknown) was a Palestine/Israeli–Argentine chess master. [1] [2]
Born in Germany, he began his chess career in Berlin. [3] He emigrated to Palestine (then under the British Mandate) in the early 1930s.
Winz played for the Palestine team in two Chess Olympiads; at fourth board (+2 -9 =2) in the 6th Olympiad at Warsaw 1935, and at third board (+4 -6 =5) in the 8th Olympiad at Buenos Aires 1939. [4]
In September 1939, when World War II broke out, Winz, along with many other participants of the 8th Chess Olympiad, decided to stay permanently in Argentina. [5]
In 1941, he took 7th in Buenos Aires ( Miguel Najdorf won, followed by Moshe Czerniak, Hermann Pilnik, Paul Michel, etc.). In 1941, he took 17th in Mar del Plata ( Gideon Ståhlberg won, followed by Najdorf, Erich Eliskases, Ludwig Engels, Paulino Frydman, Czerniak, Movsas Feigins, Carlos Guimard, etc.). [6]
His last recorded tournament was the 1957 Berlin championship, where he finished 7= behind Rudolf Teschner. [7]
References
- ^ Sánchez, Christian. "Passengers of the Piriápolis - Buenos Aires 1939". www.ara.org.ar-gb. Retrieved 2018-09-20.
- ^ Visa with photo 1954
- ^ Berliner Schachverband :: Die bekanntesten Persönlichkeiten der Berliner Schachgeschichte
- ^ Bartelski, Wojciech. "OlimpBase :: the encyclopaedia of team chess". www.olimpbase.org. Retrieved 2018-09-20.
- ^ "List of players who remained in Argentina in 1939 (notes in Spanish)". Archived from the original on 2009-10-18. Retrieved 2004-02-09.
- ^ "1941". Rogerpaige.me.uk. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 24 October 2010.
- ^ Gino Di Felice (19 April 2010). Chess Results 1956-1060. McFarland. p. 108. ISBN 9780786455577.
External links
- Victor Winz player profile and games at Chessgames.com
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