- Baldur Hönlinger
Baldur Hönlinger (Hoenlinger) (
7 July 1905 —12 March 1990 ) was anAustria n chess master who participated in tournaments and competitions from the 1920s to the 1950s.A native of
Vienna , Baldur Hönlinger played at first board (+8 -3 =4) for Austria in2nd Chess Olympiad atThe Hague 1928. [ [http://www.olimpbase.org OlimpBase, the encyclopaedia of team chess] ]He won at Vienna 1928, lost a match to
Rudolf Spielmann in 1929, took 11th atRogaška Slatina (Rohitsch-Sauerbrunn) 1929 (Akiba Rubinstein won), [ [http://xoomer.alice.it/cserica/scacchi/storiascacchi/tornei/1900-49/1929rogarska.htm Results of the competition in Rogarska Slatina, 1929] ] shared 1st withGedeon Barcza at Szolnok 1930, tied for 3rd-4th at Györ 1930 (Isaac Kashdan won), took 2nd, behind Albert Becker, at Vienna 1931 (Trebitsch Memorial ), [ [http://www.chessmetrics.com Welcome to the Chessmetrics site ] ] shared 2nd, behindKarl Gilg , at Konstantinsbad 1935, [ [http://www.rogerpaige.me.uk/tables6.htm GER-ch 3rd Aachen 1935 ] ] won at Vienna 1936, took 8th at Vienna 1936 (Trebitsch Memorial,Henryk Friedman won), [ [http://www.rogerpaige.me.uk/tables7.htm All-Union YM 1936 ] ] and won at Paris ("L'Echiquier") 1938. [ [http://www.rogerpaige.me.uk/tables9.htm Results of the Argentine championship, 1938] ]After
World War II , Hönlinger lived inWest Germany . He tied for 9-10th at Weidenau 1947 (Georg Kieninger won), lost a match toWolfgang Unzicker (2:4) in 1948, shared 14th atBad Pyrmont 1949 (Efim Bogoljubow won), and tied for 11th-12th at Vienna 1951 (Schlechter Memorial ,Moshe Czerniak won).Baldur Hönlinger died in
Wuppertal at the age of 84.References
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