- Arnold Aurbach
Arnold Aurbach (ca. 1888,
Warsaw –31 December 1952 , ?) was a Polish–Frenchchess master.At the beginning of the 20th century, he left Warsaw for Paris. He won a match against
Adolphe Silbert (3 : 1) at Paris (La Régence) 1907; [ [http://heritageechecsfra.free.fr/aurbach.htm Aurbach ] ] won, ahead of Weinstein, at Paris 1909; took 12th at Abbazia 1912 (Rudolf Spielmann won); drew a mini match withJosé Raúl Capablanca (1 : 1) in 1913, and lost a match to him (0 : 2) in 1914, both in Paris. [ [http://www.thechesslibrary.com/files/ShortMatchesOf20thCentury.htm Short Matches of the 20th Century ] ]In 1917, he won, ahead of Silbert, in Paris. After
World War I , he lost a mini match toAlexander Alekhine (0.5 : 1.5) at Paris 1922; and took 2nd, behind Alekhine, at Berne 1925 ("Quadrangular"). [http://www.anders.thulin.name/SUBJECTS/CHESS/CTCIndex.pdf Name Index to Jeremy Gaige's "Chess Tournament Crosstables", An Electronic Edition, Anders Thulin, Malmö, 2004-09-01]References
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