- Heinrich Wolf
Heinrich Wolf (20 October 1875 – December 1943) was an Austrian chess master.
Biography
In 1899, he tied for 5-7th in Vienna (
Géza Maróczy won). In 1900 he tied for 7-10th in Munich (12th DSB–Congress, Maroczy,Carl Schlechter andHarry Pillsbury won). In 1902, he tied for 5-7th in Monte Carlo (Maroczy won), tied for 5-6th in Hanover (13th DSB–Congress,Dawid Janowski won), and won, jointly with Janowski, in Vienna (Pentagonal). Wolf drew a match withOssip Bernstein (+1 –1 =6).In 1903, he took 7th in Monte Carlo (
Siegbert Tarrasch won). In 1904 he tied for 8-9th in Coburg (14th DSB–Congress,Curt von Bardeleben , Schlechter andRudolf Swiderski won), and tied for 4-5th in Vienna (Schlechter won). In 1905 he took 10th in Ostend (Maroczy won), tied for 7-10th in Barmen (Janowski and Maroczy won), and took 2nd, behind Schlechter, in Vienna. In 1906, he tied for 6-7th in Nuremberg (15th DSB–Congress,Frank Marshall won). In 1907, he tied for 9-11th in Vienna (Jacques Mieses won), and took 10th in Carlsbad (Akiba Rubinstein won). In 1908, he tied for 9-12th in Düsseldorf (16th DSB–Congress, Marshall won).In 1908,
Emanuel Lasker engagedSimon Alapin andHeinrich Wolf as seconds (first introduction of seconds in world championship play) for the WCC match against Tarrasch in Düsseldorf and Munich. AfterWorld War I , he tied for 6-7th at Piešťany (Pistyan) 1922 (Efim Bogoljubow won), tied for 8-10th at Teplice-Šanov (Teplitz-Schönau) 1922 (Richard Réti andRudolf Spielmann won), and took 3rd at Vienna 1922 (Rubinstein won), took 14th at Carlsbad 1923 (Alexander Alekhine , Bogoljubov and Maroczy won), and tied for 12-13th atOstrava 1923 (Emanuel Lasker won). [ [http://www.anders.thulin.name/SUBJECTS/CHESS/CTCIndex.pdf Name Index to Jeremy Gaige's Chess Tournament Crosstables ] ]Wolf was a victim of the Nazis. [ [http://sbchess.sinfree.net/MonteCarlo1902_players.html The 1902 International Chess Tournament of Monte Carlo - the players ] ]
* [http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=10594 Chess games of Heinrich Wolf [References
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