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Wilhelm Orbach
1894–1944
- Nationality
- German Reich
- Occupation
- chess player
Wilhelm Orbach (1894, Offenbach am Main â 1944, Auschwitz) was a German chess master.
Incarceration history
Facilities
- Zigeunerlager AuschwitzDates unknown
- Zigeunerlager AuschwitzDates unknown
Biography
Wilhelm Orbach (1894, Offenbach am Main â 1944, Auschwitz) was a German chess master. He was murdered in the Holocaust. He took 3rd at Oeynhausen 1922 (22nd DSBâCongress, B tourn); took 4th at Frankfurt 1923 (23rd DSBâCongress, B tourn); tied for 3rd-4th at Breslau 1925 (24th DSBâCongress, B tourn); won at Frankfurt am Main 1925 (City championship); took 2nd at Ems 1926 (Quadrangular). Orbach won at Hyères 1927; took 4th at Homburg 1927 (Efim Bogoljubow won); tied for 4-5th at Giessen 1928 (Richard Réti won); took 11th at Duisburg 1929 (26th DSBâCongress, Carl Ahues won); took 12th at Frankfurt 1930 (Aron Nimzowitsch won); took 6th at Paris (L'Echiquier) 1938 (Baldur Hoenlinger won). He was murdered in the Auschwitz concentration camp.
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