Abram Blass was a Polish-Israeli chess

Chess

Chess is a two-player board game played on a chessboard, a square-checkered board with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. It is one of the world's most popular games, played by millions of people worldwide at home, in clubs, online, by correspondence, and in tournaments.Each player...

 master.

Born in Łomża (then Russian Empire), he moved to the USA, staying from 1911 to 1924. After returning to Poland, he lived in Warsaw

Warsaw

Warsaw is the capital and largest city of Poland. It is located on the Vistula River, roughly from the Baltic Sea and from the Carpathian Mountains. Its population in 2010 was estimated at 1,716,855 residents with a greater metropolitan area of 2,631,902 residents, making Warsaw the 10th most...

. In 1924/25, Blass tied for 3rd-5th in Warsaw (Stanisław Kohn won). In 1926, he tied for 1st with Paulin Frydman

Paulino Frydman

Paulino Frydman was a Polish chess master.-Biography:...

 in Warsaw. In 1926, he tied for 8-9th with Mieczysław Chwojnik

Menachem Oren

Mieczysław Chwojnik, later known as Dr. Menachem Oren – 1 December 1962, Tel Aviv, Israel) was a Polish-born Israeli chess master and mathematician....

 at the 1st Polish Chess Championship

Polish Chess Championship

Individual Polish Chess Championship is the most important Polish chess tournament, aiming at selecting the best chess players in Poland. Based on the results of the tournament , the Polish Chess Federation selects the national and subsequently the olympiad team.The first men's championship took...

 in Warsaw. The event was won by Dawid Przepiórka

Dawid Przepiórka

Dawid Przepiórka was a prominent Polish chess player of the early twentieth century.Dawid Przepiórka was born 22 December 1880 in Warsaw, Poland , to a family of wealthy landowners and entrepreneurs of Jewish extraction...

. In 1926/27, he took 5th in Warsaw (Kohn and Leon Kremer

Leon Kremer

Leon Kremer was a Polish chess master.He played several times in the Warsaw championships, and won in 1929. He also took 6th in 1925 , took 4th in 1926 , shared 1st with Kohn in 1927, tied for 6-8th in 1928 , and took 3rd in 1930 .He twice represented Warsaw in the Polish team championships at...

 won). In 1927, he took 8th at the 2nd POL-ch in Łódź. The event was won by Akiba Rubinstein

Akiba Rubinstein

Akiba Kiwelowicz Rubinstein was a famous Polish chess Grandmaster at the beginning of the 20th century. He was scheduled to play a match with Emanuel Lasker for the world championship in 1914, but it was cancelled because of the outbreak of World War I...

. In 1928, he won, ahead of Frydman and Kazimierz Makarczyk

Kazimierz Makarczyk

Kazimierz Makarczyk was a Polish chess master.In 1922, he took 3rd in Warsaw . In 1926, he finished 10th in the 1st Polish chess championship played in Warsaw. The event was won by Dawid Przepiórka. In 1927, he took 3rd, behind Akiba Rubinstein and Savielly Tartakower, in Łódź...

, in Warsaw.

Blass played for Poland on the reserve board (+4 –3 =5) in the 2nd Chess Olympiad

2nd Chess Olympiad

The 2nd Chess Olympiad, organized by the Fédération Internationale des Échecs and comprising an open and women's tournament, as well as several events designed to promote the game of chess, took place between July 21 and August 6, 1928 in The Hague, Netherlands.The final results were as...

 at The Hague

The Hague

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 1928. He won team bronze medal there. He, along with other members of the Warsaw team (Rafał Feinmesser, Frydman, Stanisław Kohn, Leon Kremer, Karol Piltz

Karol Piltz

Karol Piltz was a Polish chess master.He played for Poland in 1st unofficial Chess Olympiad at Paris 1924, tied for 3rd-7th in the 1st Polish Chess Championship at Warsaw 1926 , and tied for 17-18th at Jurata 1937 .Piltz, along with other members of the Warsaw team Karol Piltz (1903-1939) was a...

 and Henryk Pogorieły), won the gold medal in the 1st Polish Team Championship at Królewska Huta (Königshütte) 1929; took 2nd, behind Kremer, at Warsaw 1929 and took 8th at Warsaw 1930 (P. Frydman won).

In 1935, he immigrated

Aliyah

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 to Palestine

Palestine

Palestine is a conventional name, among others, used to describe the geographic region between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River, and various adjoining lands....

 where he won the chess competition at the 2nd Maccabiah Games

1935 Maccabiah Games

The 1935 Maccabiah Games was the second Maccabiah held. These games were held despite official opposition by the British Mandatory government. A total of 28 countries were represented by 1,350 athletes. Delegations from Italy, Belgium, Holland, Turkey, France and South Africa arrived for the first...

 and the Palestine Championship

Israeli Chess Championship

The Israeli Chess Championship is a chess event held every year in Israel.-History:From 1951-1971, the men's and women's championships were held every two years, eventually becoming an annual event...

). The next year, he took 2nd in the Tel Aviv City-ch and tied for 2nd-3rd, behind Moshe Czerniak

Moshe Czerniak

-Biography:In 1930 Moshe Czerniak took ninth at Warsaw in an event won by Paulino Frydman. In 1934 Czerniak emigrated from Poland to Palestine . In April 1935, he tied for 7th–8th in Tel Aviv . He was Palestinian Champion in 1936 and 1938. In April 1939, he played in the First Lasker Chess Club...

, in Tel Aviv (Palestine-ch).

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