- Gersz Rotlewi
Gersz (Georg, George, Gersh) Rotlewi (Rotlevi, Rotlevy) (1889 – 1920) was a Polish chess master.
Biography
In 1906, Rotlewi tied for 5-6th in
Łódź (Akiba Rubinstein won). In 1907, he took 3rd, behind Rubinstein andDawid Daniuszewski , in Łódź (Quadrangular), and took 6th in Łódź (5th RUS-ch; the event was won by Rubinstein) and 2nd, behind Heilmann, inOstend (main class I section). In 1908, he took 4th inPrague (the main, not the master tournament) –Karel Treybal won.In 1909, he tied for 1st with Daniuszewski in Łódź, and took 2nd, behind
Alexander Alekhine , inSaint Petersburg (the All-Russian Amateur tournament).Rotlewi played two matches against
Gersz Salwe , losing in 1909 (+5 –8 =5) and winning in 1910 (+3 –1 =6).In 1910, he tied for 1st with Rubinstein in
Warsaw , and won an amateur section inHamburg (Hauptturnier, not the master event), which earned him the Master Title, and the right {and invitation} to compete atCarlsbad , 1911. [ [http://72.14.209.104/search?q=cache:zoyZ33vTIl8J:www.geocities.com/lifemasteraj/best_games.html+Rotlewi+chess&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=6&gl=us Best All-Time Games ] at 72.14.209.104]In 1911, he tied for 2nd-4th in
Cologne (Moishe Lowtzky won), took 4th in Carlsbad (Richard Teichmann won), and took 2nd in Munich (Semyon Alapin won).After this a
nervous disorder forced him to give up serious chess.He died in 1920 at the age of 31.
Notable chess games
* [http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1296385 Grigory Helbach vs Gersz Rotlewi, Sankt Petersburg 1909, All Russian Amateur, Scandinavian Defense, Mieses Variation, B01, 0-1]
* [http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1000730 Gersz Salwe vs Gersz Rotlewi, Carlsbad 1911, French Defense, Rubinstein Variation, Blackburne Defense, C10, 0-1]
* [http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1000669 Gersz Rotlewi vs Frank James Marshall, Carlsbad 1911, Queen's Gambit Declined, Cambridge Springs Variation, D52, 1-0]Links
* [http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=10262 Chessgames]
* [http://www.chesshistory.com/winter/extra/jews.html "Chess and Jews," 2003]Notes
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