Heinrich Reinhardt (29 March 1903, Stettin, German Empire

German Empire

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 – 14 June 1990, Argentina) a German–Argentine chess master

Chess master

A chess master is a chess player of such skill that he/she can usually beat chess experts, who themselves typically prevail against most amateurs. Among chess players, the term is often abbreviated to master, the meaning being clear from context....

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In 1932, he tied for 3rd-5th in Hamburg–Altona (Herbert Heinicke

Herbert Heinicke

Herbert Heinicke was a German chess master.-Biography:He, like Carlos Otto Junge and Klaus Junge, left South America for Hamburg, Germany....

 won). In 1935, he won a match against Herbert Taube in Hamburg (5 : 1). In 1937, he tied for 3rd-4th in Berlin (Friedrich Sämisch

Friedrich Sämisch

Friedrich Sämisch was a German chess grandmaster .-Main results:* 2nd at Berlin 1920...

 won). In 1937, he tied for 2nd-3rd in Bremen (Efim Bogoljubow

Efim Bogoljubow

Efim Dmitriyevich Bogolyubov was a Russo-German chess grandmaster who won numerous events and played two matches with Alexander Alekhine for the world championship.-Early career:...

 won). In 1937, he won in Hamburg. In 1937, he won in Magdeburg. In 1938, he won in Hamburg–Bergedorf. In 1938, he took 11th in Bad Oeynhausen (5th German Championship

German Chess Championship

The German Chess Championship has been played since 1861, and determines the national champion.Prior to 1880 three different federations organized chess activities in Germany: the Westdeutscher Schachbund , the Norddeutscher Schachbund and the Mitteldeutscher Schachbund . Each one organized its...

; Erich Eliskases

Erich Eliskases

Erich Gottlieb Eliskases was a chess Grandmaster of the 1930s and 1940s, who represented Austria, Germany and Argentina in international competition....

 won).

Heinrich Reinhardt played for Germany at first reserve board (+5 –4 =3) in the 8th Chess Olympiad at Buenos Aires 1939. He won team gold medal. When World War II

World War II

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 was broke out, Reinhardt along with all German players (Erich Eliskases

Erich Eliskases

Erich Gottlieb Eliskases was a chess Grandmaster of the 1930s and 1940s, who represented Austria, Germany and Argentina in international competition....

, Paul Michel, Ludwig Engels

Ludwig Engels

Ludwig Engels was a German–Brazilian chess master.-Biography:In 1928, Engels tied for 1st-2nd with van Nüss in Düsseldorf. In 1929, he took 4th in Cologne. In 1929, he won in Duisburg. In 1929, he tied for 1st-3rd in Duisburg. In 1930, he tied for 1st-2nd with Weissgerber in Frankfurt...

, Albert Becker) and many other participants of the Olympiad (Ståhlberg, Najdorf, Frydman, Czerniak, Winz, Rauch, Kleinstein, Raud, Feigins, Luckis, Pelikan, Skalička, Sulik, Seitz, de Ronde, Gromer, Sonja Graf, Paulette Schwartzmann, etc.) had decided to stay permanently in Argentina.

In 1945, Enrique Reinhardt tied for 2nd-5th with Carlos Skalicka

Karel Skalicka

Karel Skalička was a Czech–Argentine chess master.In 1924, he won a team gold medal for Czechoslovakia in the 1st unofficial Chess Olympiad in Paris. He took 3rd in group eliminations , and tied for 21-31st in the major tournament...

, René Letelier

René Letelier

René Letelier Martner was a Chilean chess player with the title of International Master.-Biography:...

 and 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 Quilmes (Gideon Ståhlberg

Gideon Ståhlberg

Anders Gideon Tom Ståhlberg was a Swedish chess grandmaster.He won the Swedish Chess Championship of 1927, became Nordic champion in 1929, and held it until 1939....

 won). In 1946, he took 10th in Mar del Plata (Miguel Najdorf

Miguel Najdorf

Miguel Najdorf was a Polish-born Argentine chess grandmaster of Jewish origin, famous for his Najdorf Variation....

 won). In 1950, he took 3rd in Buenos Aires (Argentine Championship

Argentine Chess Championship

The first Argentine Chess Championship was held in 1921. The Champion's title was granted after victorious or drawn match between previous champion and challenger, a winner of Torneo Mayor...

; Carlos Maderna

Carlos Maderna

Carlos Hugo Maderna was an Argentine chess master.He was twice Argentine Champion; in 1940 he won a match for the title against Luis Piazzini , then lost a match to Carlos Guimard in 1941, and won the title after play-off with Jacobo Bolbochán and Heinrich Reinhardt in 1950/51.In 1928, he tied...

 won).

In 1951, he took 13th in Mar del Plata (zt; Eliskases and Julio Bolbochán

Julio Bolbochan

Julio Bolbochán was the Argentine chess champion in 1946 and 1948.Born in Buenos Aires, he represented Argentina in seven Chess Olympiads from 1950 to 1970....

 won). In 1952, he tied for 7-8th in Mar del Plata (Bolbochán and Hector Rossetto

Héctor Rossetto

Héctor Decio Rossetto was one of the best chess players in Argentine history.He earned the title of International Master in 1950 and the Grandmaster title in 1960....

 won). In 1955, he took 17th in Buenos Aires (Borislav Ivkov

Borislav Ivkov

Borislav Ivkov is a Serbian chess Grandmaster. He was the first ever World Junior Champion in 1951. He won the Yugoslav Championship in 1958 , 1963 and 1972. He was a World championship candidate in 1965, and played in four more Interzonal tournaments, in 1967, 1970, 1973, and 1979...

 won). In 1956, he tied for 13-14th in Buenos Aires (ARG-ch; Raúl Sanguineti won).In 1958, he tied for 9-10th in Mar del Plata (Bent Larsen

Bent Larsen

Jørgen Bent Larsen was a Danish chess Grandmaster and author. Larsen was known for his imaginative and unorthodox style of play and he was the first western player to pose a serious challenge to the Soviet Union's dominance of chess...

won). In 1960, he tied for 4-6th in Buenos Aires (ARG-ch; Najdorf won). In 1960, he took 6th in São Paulo (zt; Bolbochán won). In 1961, he took 9th in Mar del Plata (Najdorf won).

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