Meir Rauch

Meir Rauch (born 15 October 1909, dead 1 August 1983) chess master, born in Zolynia, Poland.[1]

In August–September 1939, he played for the Palestinian team in the 8th Chess Olympiad on the first reserve board (won 4, lost 2 and drew 7) in Buenos Aires.[2] When World War II broke out, Rauch, along with many other participants of that Olympiad, decided to stay permanently in Argentina.[3] He emigrated to Israel in 1945.[4]

Around 1960 Rauch was still a member of the Réti chess club in Tel Aviv. He held the Israeli record for a blindfold simultaneous game (8 players).[5]

References

  1. ↑ Gaige, Jeremy (1987). Chess Personalia, A Biobibliography. McFarland. p. 348. ISBN 0-7864-2353-6.
  2. ↑ OlimpBase :: 8th Chess Olympiad, Buenos Aires 1939, information
  3. ↑ "List of players who remained in Argentina in 1939 (notes in Spanish)". Archived from the original on 2009-10-21.
  4. ↑ Brief biography of Meir Rauch (Spanish)
  5. ↑ Jewish Chess History

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