Arnold Aurbach
Polish-French chess player
Intro | Polish-French chess player | |
Places | Poland | |
was | Chess player | |
Work field | Sports | |
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Birth | 1888, Warsaw, Poland | |
Death | 31 December 1952 (aged 65 years) |
Arnold Aurbach (ca. 1888, Warsaw – 31 December 1952, ?) was a Polish–French chess master.
At the beginning of the 20th century, he left Warsaw for Paris. He won a match against Adolphe Silbert (3 : 1) at Paris (La Régence) 1907; won, ahead of Weinstein, at Paris 1909; took 12th at Abbazia 1912 (Rudolf Spielmann won); drew a mini match with José Raúl Capablanca (1 : 1) in 1913, and lost a match to him (0 : 2) in 1914, both in Paris.
In 1917, he won, ahead of Silbert, in Paris. After World War I, he lost a mini match to Alexander Alekhine (0.5 : 1.5) at Paris 1922; and took 2nd, behind Alekhine, at Berne 1925 (Quadrangular).