Rudolf Palme was an Austrian chess master.

He took 14th at Vienna 1933 (the 16th Trebitsch Memorial, Ernst Grünfeld

Ernst Grünfeld

----Ernst Franz Grünfeld , an Austrian grandmaster and writer specializing in opening theory, was for a brief period after the First World War one of the strongest chess players in the world....

 and Hans Müller won), and represented Austria in 3rd unofficial Chess Olympiad

3rd unofficial Chess Olympiad

The 3rd unofficial Chess Olympiad was held by German Chess Federation as a counterpart of the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin with reference to 1924 and 1928 events....

 at Munich 1936 (+7 –5 =4, on 7th board).

In 1937, he came to Berlin

Berlin

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, and lived for ten years there. He won the Berlin Championship

Berlin City Chess Championship

The Berlin Chess Championship is an annual chess tournament in Germany. The first unofficial Berlin Chess Championship was held in 1853, and Jean Dufresne won a match against Max Lange.Since 1904, official Berlin championships have taken place...

 1940; won I group in the Berlin-ch and lost a match for the title to Ludwig Rellstab

Ludwig Rellstab (chess player)

Ludwig Rellstab was a German chess master.He was German Champion, winning at Bad Oeynhausen 1942. He took 8th in the European Championship at Munich 1942 . In 1943, he took 6th in Salzburg...

 in 1941; tied for 5-7th at Bad Oeynhausen 1941 (the 8th 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...

, Paul Felix Schmidt

Paul Felix Schmidt

Paul Felix Schmidt was an Estonian chess International Master, chess writer, and chemist.- Biography :In June 1935, he won, ahead of Paul Keres, at Tallinn. In May 1936, he drew a match against Keres at Pärnu. In 1936, he won the 8th Estonian Championship at Tallinn. In December 1936, he placed...

 and Klaus Junge

Klaus Junge

Klaus Junge was one of the youngest German chess masters.-Biography:...

 won). tied for 2nd-3rd, behind Junge, at Bad Elster 1941; and tied for 2nd-4th at Vienna 1944 (Orienter won).

After World War II

World War II

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, he took 2nd, behind Wolfgang Unzicker

Wolfgang Unzicker

Wolfgang Unzicker was one of the strongest German chess Grandmasters from 1945 to about 1970.He decided against making chess his profession, choosing law instead....

, at Augsburg 1946. Then, he settled in Reutte in Tirol, Austria, in 1947. He tied for 13-15th at Bad Gastein 1948 (Erik Lundin

Erik Lundin

Erik Lundin a Swedish chess master.In 1928, he won in Oslo, took 5th in Helsingborg, tied for 2nd-3rd in Stockholm . In 1929, he took 2nd in Göteborg , and took 3rd in Västerås...

 won), won the Austrian Championship

Austrian Chess Championship

The Austrian Chess Championship is held by the Austrian Chess Federation .For its Correspondence chess subdivision, see ICCF Austria.-Unofficial Championships:-Official Championships:...

at Melk 1950, and tied for 2nd-4th in the AUT-ch 1975.

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