Jakub Heilpern

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Jakub Heilpern (3 February 1850 – 28 November 1910) was a chess master from the Russian Empire.[1]

Born into a Jewish family near Warsaw, he was educated in a high school gymnasium in Warsaw, studied in

Warsaw-Vienna Railway
.

He tied for 5-6th in the 2nd Warsaw City Chess Championship (Józef Żabiński won). Heilpern won a match against Jean Taubenhaus (5.5 : 3.5) at Warsaw 1887.[2]

Since 1902, he was a chief editor of Przegląd Techniczny (Technical Review) in Warsaw.[3] He died in a health resort at Gardone Riviera in Italy.

References

  1. ^ Bolesław Chwaściński, Jakub Heilpern, Słownik biograficzny techników polskich, zeszyt 3, Federacja Stowarzyszeń Naukowo-Technicznych, Warszawa 1993
  2. ^ Czas budowania (1900-05) Archived 2008-05-30 at the Wayback Machine at www.przeglad-techniczny.pl