Abram Blass

Abram Blass (born 1900 - died ?), a Polish chess master.

He lived in Warsaw. In 1925, Blass tied for 3rd-5th in Warsaw (Stanisław Kohn won). In 1926, he tied for 1st with Paulin Frydman in Warsaw. In 1926, he tied for 8-9th with Mieczysław Chwojnik at the 1st Polish Championship in Warsaw. The event was won by Dawid Przepiórka. In 1926/27, he took 5th in Warsaw (Kohn and Leon Kremer won). In 1927, he took 8th at the 2nd POL-ch in Łódź. The event was won by Akiba Rubinstein. In 1928, he won, ahead of Frydman and Kazimierz Makarczyk, in Warsaw.

Blass played for Poland at reserve board (+4 –3 =5) in the 2nd Chess Olympiad at The Hague 1928. He won team bronze medal there. [ [http://www.olimpbase.org/1928/1928id01.html OlimpBase :: 2nd Chess Olympiad, The Hague 1928, individual results ] ] He along with other members of the Warsaw team (Rafał Feinmesser, Paulin Frydman, Stanisław Kohn, Leon Kremer, Karol Piltz, Henryk Pogorieły), won gold medal in the 1st Polish Team Championship at Królewska Huta (Königshütte) 1929; took 2nd, behind Kremer, at Warsaw 1929; and took 8th at Warsaw 1930 (P. Frydman won). [Name Index to Jeremy Gaige's Chess Tournament Crosstables, An Electronic Edition, Anders Thulin, Malmö, 2004-09-01]

Abram Blass emigrated to Palestine in early 1930s. [Litmanowicz, Władysław & Giżycki, Jerzy (1986, 1987). Szachy od A do Z. Wydawnictwo Sport i Turystyka Warszawa. ISBN 83-217-2481-7 (1. A-M), ISBN 83-217-2745-x (2. N-Z)]

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