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Was an Austrian Chess Master Who Competed in Top European Tournaments from the 1890S to the Early 1930S Siegfried Reginald Wolf Siegfried Reginald Wolf (19 December 1867—5 January 1951) was an Austrian chess master who competed in top European tournaments from the 1890s to the early 1930s. A native of Prague (until 1918, the capital of the Austro-Hungarian province of Bohemia), Siegfried Reginald Wolf played all of his tournaments in Vienna. He took 8th (Jacques Schwarz won) in 1893; took 10th (Georg Marco won) in 1897; took 2nd, behind Julius Perlis, in 1901; took 6th (Carl Schlechter in 1912; tied for 9-10th (Savielly Tartakower won) in 1923; took 4th (Albert Becker won) in 1924; shared 1st (with Becker) in the 1925 Austrian Championship; took 6th (Rudolf Spielmann won) in 1926; tied for 7-8th (Karl Gilg and Heinrich Wagner won) in 1926; tied for 5-7th (Ernst Grünfeld won) in 1927; took 4th (Hans Müller (chess player) and Becker won) in 1927; tied for 13-14th (Richard Réti won) in 1928, and tied for 12-13th (Hans Kmoch and Spielmann won) in 1929.[1] Wolf represented Austria in the following Chess Olympiads: In 1927 at fourth board in the 1st Chess Olympiad in London (+2 –2 =7); In 1928 at fourth board in the 2nd Chess Olympiad in The Hague (+3 –3 =6); In 1930 at first reserve board in the 3rd Chess Olympiad in Hamburg (+4 –2 =3).[2] Siegfried Reginald Wolf's career as a chess master ended at the start of the 1930s when he was in his mid-sixties. FollowingHitler's 1933 rise to power in Germany and the subsequent annexation of Austria in 1938, he was able to immigrate to theBritish mandate of Palestine (which became Israel in 1948) and died in the port city of Haifa two weeks after his 83rd birthday. Siegfried Reginald Wolf Birthdate: December 19, 1867 Birthplace: Prague, Czech Republic Death: Died January 5, 1951 in Haifa, Israel Place of Haifa, Israel Burial: Immediate Son of Josef Wolf and Julie Wolf Family: Husband of Ida Wolf Father of Alfred Emil Wolf; Franz Karl Wolf; Irma Wolfand Elfriede Julie Wolf Brother of Anna Banhegyi; Camilla Frank - Hirschand Irma Wolf References 1. Jump up^ Name index to Jeremy Gaige's Chess Tournament Crosstables 2. Jump up^ Wolf, Siegfried Reginald team chess record at olimpbase.org External links Siegfried Reginald Wolf player profile and games at Chessgames.com Siegfried Reginald Wolf was born in Prague which was then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. He was (unofficial) Austrian champion in 1925 (=Albert Becker) and passed away in Haifa, Israel in 1951. Impressive triumph at the 1912/13 Vienna amateur tournament for Siegfried Reginald Wolf: 1. S. R. Wolf 11.0 2. Ad. Albin 9.5 3. O. Strobl 8.5 4-5. E. Gruenfeld 7.5 4-5. J. Schenkein 7.5 6-7. A. Seidl 7.0 6-7. J. Weiß 7.0 8. M. Kirschen 6.0 9. Prof. H. Soyka** 4.5 10. S. Steiner 4.0 11. A. Pink 2.5 12. A. Weil 2.0 13. C. Steininger* 1.0 S. R. Wolf scored +10 =2 -0 (draws against Gruenfeld and Strobl). Chessmetrics Player Profile: Siegfried Wolf Born: 1867-Dec Died: 1951-Jan Best World Rank: #64 (on the January 1900 rating list) 2487 on the August 1930 rating list, #69 in world, age Highest Rating: 62y8m Best Individual Performance: 2537 in Vienna (Trebitsch Memorial), 1927, scoring 5/9 (56%) vs 2506-rated opposition Ratings Biographical data Name: Wolf, Siegfried Reginald Year Rank Edo Dev. Game Born: 19 Dec. 1867 s Died: 5 Jan. 1951 1894 223 2210 (67) 13 1895 210 2214 (69) 0 1896 204 2219 (69) 0 References 1897 196 2223 (65) 0 Books 1898 201 2228 (58) 10 Di Felice, Chess Results, 1901-1920, page 320 1899 203 2223 (59) 10 Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 468 1900 198 2229 (65) 0 Thulin, Name index to CTC, page 300 1901 194 2234 (68) 0 Web Sericano, C. [Maestri di scacchi dal 1900 al 1944] 1902 193 2239 (67) 0 1903 185 2244 (64) 9 1904 191 2250 (71) 0 1905 191 2256 (74) 0 1906 181 2262 (76) 0 1907 181 2268 (76) 0 1908 167 2273 (74) 0 1909 162 2279 (69) 0 1910 151 2285 (62) 0 1911 144 2291 (51) 28 1912 137 2285 (52) 10 1913 103 2303 (57) 12 1914 74 2284 (66) 12 Rating table notes Tournament data Vienna 1894 New Vienna Chess Club Winter Tourney 6.5 / 13 Vienna 1898 (2) Vienna Chess Club Tournament 3 / 10 Vienna 1899 (2) Vienna Tournament 6.5 / 10 Vienna 1903 (2) Vienna Club Amateur Tourney 6 / 11 Vienna 1911 (1) 3rd Trebitsch Memorial Tournament 3.5 / 13 Berliner Schachgesellschaft - Wiener Schachklub telephone Berlin and Vienna 1911 match Wolf, S.R. - Moll, K. 0.5 - 0.5 Vienna 1911 (2) Vienna Tournament 13.5 / 14 Vienna 1912 4th Trebitsch Memorial Tournament 2 / 10 Vienna 1913 (3) Vienna Club Amateur Tournament 11 / 12 Vienna 1914 (2) Vienna Tournament 9 / 12 .
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