- Abraham Baratz
Abraham Baratz (
14 September 1895 ,Bessarabia – 1975,Paris ) was aRomania n–Frenchchess master.In 1924, Baratz took 2nd, behind
Eugene Znosko-Borovsky , in Paris. In 1925, he tied for 1st withVitaly Halberstadt in the 1stParis City Chess Championship . In 1925, he took 3rd in Paris (Victor Kahn and Bertrand won). In January 1926, he won ahead ofDawid Janowski in Hyères. In 1926, he took 2nd, behindLeon Schwartzmann , in Paris (2nd Championship). In 1926, he took 5th in Scarborough (el.). In 1926, he won ahead ofMax Romih in Paris. In March 1927, he took 4th in Hyères. In 1927, he won in the 3rd Paris Championship. In 1927/28, he tied for 1st-2nd withGeorge Koltanowski in Hastings ("Major"). In 1928, he won in the 4th Paris Championship, followed byJosef Cukierman , Schwartzmann, etc. In 1929, he tied for 2nd-4th, behindSavielly Tartakower in Paris. In 1930, he tied for 1st-2nd with Wechsler in Bucharest. In 1930, he took 2nd, behind Taubmann, in Bucharest ("Quadrangular"). In 1930/31, he took 6th in Hastings ("Major";Salo Flohr won).Baratz played twice for Romania in the
Chess Olympiads ; at first board (+6 –4 =5) at Hamburg 1930, and at third board (+7 –3 =7) at Prague 1931. Then he emigrated to France.In 1931, he tied for 2nd-3rd with
Stefano Rosselli del Turco , behindBrian Reilly , in Nice. In 1933, he tied for 3rd-4th withAndor Lilienthal in Paris (Alexander Alekhine won). In 1938, he took 3rd in Paris ("L'Echiquier";Baldur Hoenlinger won). In 1939, he took 4th in Paris (15th Championship;Nicolas Rossolimo won).External links
* [http://www.chessworld.net/chessclubs/statistics_pgn_rating_chart.asp?username=Baratz,Abraham Statistics at ChessWorld.net]
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