- Paulette Schwartzmann
Paulette Schwartzmann (born 1910) was a Latvian–French–Argentine
chess player.Born in Riga, she emigrated to France. She won seven times
French Chess Championship (1927, 1928, 1929, 1931, 1933, 1935, and 1938), although she was awarded the title only thrice. She became French citizen in 1933. [ [http://heritageechecsfra.free.fr/femPalmares.htm Champ Feminin ] ]She played twice in
Women's World Chess Championship . In 1933, she took 6th atFolkestone (4th WW-ch;Vera Menchik won). In 1939, she tied for 9-10th atBuenos Aires (7th WW-ch; Vera Menchik–Stevenson won). [ [http://xoomer.alice.it/cserica/scacchi/storiascacchi/campioni/femminile.htm femminile ] ]In September 1939, when
World War II broke out, Schwartzmann, along with many other participants of the 8thChess Olympiad (Najdorf, Stahlberg, Frydman, Eliskases, Michel, Engels, Becker, Reinhardt, Pelikan, Skalička, Luckis, Feigins, Raud, Czerniak, Rauch, Winz, Gromer, Sulik, Seitz, de Ronde, Kleinstein, Sonja Graf, etc.) had decided to stay permanently in Argentina. She was Argentine Women's Champion in 1948/1953. [http://ar.geocities.com/carloseadrake/AJEDREZ/Asilados_1939.htm]References
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