- Carl Ahues
Infobox chess player
playername = Carl Ahues
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birthname = Carl Oscar Ahues
country = GER
datebirth = Birth date|1883|12|26
placebirth =Bremen
datedeath = Death date|1968|12|31
placedeath =Hamburg
title =International Master (1950)
worldchampion =
womensworldchampion =
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peakrating =Carl Oscar Ahues (
26 December 1883 , Bremen –31 December 1968 , Hamburg) was a German chessInternational Master .He was German Champion in 1929 winning the 26th DSB Congress in
Duisburg . In 1930, he took 6th inSan Remo (Alexander Alekhine won), tied for 4-5th in Scarborough (Edgar Colle won), and tied for 3-5th in Liege (Savielly Tartakower won). In 1931, he tied for 2nd-4th inBerlin (Herman Steiner won), and tied for 4-6th inSwinemünde (27th DSB Congress;Efim Bogoljubow andLudwig Roedl won).Ahues represented Germany thrice in
Chess Olympiads .
* In 1930, at first board in3rd Chess Olympiad inHamburg (+4 –3 =7), team bronze;
* In 1931, at second board in 4th Olympiad inPrague (+3 –2 =8);
* In 1936, at second board in 3rd unofficial Olympiad inMunich (+4 –1 =12), team bronze.In 1933, he took 10th in
Bad Pyrmont (1st GER-ch; Bogoljubow won). In 1934, he took 3rd inBad Niendorf (Gideon Stahlberg won). In 1935, he took 4th in Bad Aachen (3rd GER-ch;Kurt Richter won). In 1935, he won in Hamburg. In 1935, he tied for 5-6th inBad Nauheim (Bogoljubow won). In 1936, he took 3rd, behindAlexander Alekhine andPaul Keres , in Bad Nauheim. In 1939, he took 4th inBad Harzburg (Erich Eliskases won).In 1940, he tied for 6-9th in Bad Oeynhausen (7th GER-ch;
Georg Kieninger won). In 1940, he tied for 5-8th inKrakow /Bad Krynica /Warsaw (1st GG-ch;Anton Kohler and Bogoljubow won). In 1941, he tied for 9-11th in Trentschin-Teplitz (Jan Foltys won). In 1942, he took 10th inMunich (EUR-ch, "Wertungsturnier" – Qualification Tournament;Gösta Danielsson won). [Gillam, Anthony J.:Munich 1942, European Chess Championship. The Chess Player,Nottingham . ISBN 1-901034-46-1] In 1942, he won in Berlin (BSG). In 1944, he tied for 2nd-3rd, behind Elsas, inLuxemburg .After
World War II , he lived inWest Germany . In 1946, he won inBad Harzburg . In 1947, he tied for 2nd-3rd, behindLudwig Rellstab , inStuttgart . In 1953, he tied for 7-9th inLeipzig (GER-ch;Wolfgang Unzicker won).Awarded the IM title in 1950.
References
External links
* [http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=10671 Carl Ahues at ChessGames.com]
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