- Herman Pilnik
Herman Pilnik (
8 January 1914 ,Stuttgart ,Germany –12 November 1981 ,Caracas ,Venezuela ) was an Argentine (German origin)chess Grandmaster.In 1929, he won the championship of
Stuttgart . Pilnik emigrated from Germany toArgentina in 1930. He won the Argentine Championships in 1942, 1945 and 1958. Pilnik began his international career in 1942, when he tied for 10-11th in New York, and tied for 2nd-3rd in Mar del Plata. In 1944, he tied for 1st withMiguel Najdorf in Mar del Plata. In July/August 1945, he took 3rd at the Hollywood Pan-American Tournament inLos Angeles . The event was won bySamuel Reshevsky . [http://www.rogerpaige.me.uk/index.htm] In 1951, he won in Beverwijk. In 1951/52, he won inVienna . In 1952, he won inBelgrade . In 1954, he won in Stuttgart.He played for Argentina in five
Chess Olympiad s. In 1950, he won individual gold medal playing at first reserve board (+6 −1 =3) and team silver medal at the 9th Olympiad in Dubrovnik. In 1952, he won team silver medal playing at fourth board (+6 −1 =7) at the 10th Olympiad inHelsinki . In 1954, he won team silver medal playing at fourth board (+3 −2 =2) at the 11th Olympiad in Amsterdam. In 1956, he played at fourth board (+7 −3 =3) at the 12th Olympiad inMoscow . In 1958, he won team bronze medal playing at first board (+5 −2 =8) at the 13th Olympiad inMunich . [ [http://www.olimpbase.org OlimpBase :: the encyclopaedia of team chess ] ]He was awarded the
International Master (IM) title in 1950 and the Grandmaster (GM) title in 1952. He took 10th at theCandidates Tournament at Amsterdam 1956. He traveled a lot and finally settled in Venezuela where he taught chess at the Caracas Military Academy. He passed away in Caracas in 1981.References
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