Izaak Appel

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Izaak Appel
StatusMissing for 82 years, 10 months and 4 days
OccupationChess master

Izaak (Isaak) Appel (1905–1941) was a Polish chess master.

Biography

In 1926, he took 12th place in the

Królewska Huta (Königshütte) 1929, and 2nd place at Katowice
1934). The Łódź team won two silver medals.

In 1932, he won matches against P. Frydman and O. Karlin. In 1935, he tied for 8th place in Łódź, which Tartakower won. In 1935, he won in Łódź. In 1935, he tied for 10th place in the Warsaw (3rd POL-ch) competition. The event was won by Savielly Tartakower. In 1937, he tied for 4th place with Endre Steiner and Vasja Pirc, behind Tartakower, Ståhlberg, and Najdorf in the Jurata (4th POL-ch) competition. In 1938, he tied for 8th place in the Łódź competition, which Pirc won.[1]

In 1933 and 1935, he took 2nd in the pre-Olympic tournaments. Appel represented Poland in two Chess Olympiads. He played at fourth board (+4 -2 = 4) at Folkestone 1933. He played at fourth board (+7 -3 =4) at Stockholm 1937, where he won team bronze medal.[2]

Just prior to World War II, Appel lived in

Kiev, Soviet Union (12th UKR-ch) competition. The event was won by Isaac Boleslavsky. After 22 June 1941, Appel disappeared.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Rogerpaige.me.uk -". Rogerpaige.me.uk. Retrieved 2022-07-20.
  2. ^ OlimpBase :: the encyclopaedia of team chess
  3. ^ "Chess During World War II « ChessManiac". Retrieved 2022-07-20.

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