Rudolf Palme (chess player)
Rudolf Palme (born March 6, 1910 in Vienna , † January 1, 2005 in Innsbruck ) was an Austrian chess master and physicist .
chess
At the age of nineteen, Palme joined the German Chess Association in Vienna , where he met well-known chess masters such as Rudolf Spielmann , Ernst Grünfeld , Albert Becker , Hans Müller and Josef Lokvenc and benefited from these encounters for his skill level. Four years later he was admitted to the well-known annual Trebitsch memorial tournament . In 1936 Palme was nominated for the unofficial Chess Olympiad in Munich , where he scored 9 points from 16 games for the Austrian team on board 7. A year later, Palme moved to Berlin. In 1940 he won the city championship of Berlin a . a. before Friedrich Sämisch , Berthold Koch and Rudolf Teschner . In 1941 he finished second. In 1941 he took part in the Greater German Championship in Bad Oeynhausen and reached 5th to 7th place. In 1942 he won the Stuttgart championship and in 1945 that of Augsburg .
Between 1942 and 1945 Palme was a soldier in World War II . After the end of the war, he finished second behind Wolfgang Unzicker at the Munich City Championship in 1946 . The next year he returned to Austria. Five times - in 1947, 1949, 1955, 1967 and 1980 - he took part in the championship of Tyrol here and won every time. In 1950 he became Austrian national champion in Melk .
For professional reasons he retired from tournament chess from 1955 to 1962. In 1975 he finished second in the Austrian championship.
The World Chess Federation FIDE awarded him the title of International Master . His best historical rating was 2531 in August 1942.
job
Palme studied physics at the Vienna University of Technology . After graduating in 1933, he received a doctorate in technical physics. From 1937 he worked in Berlin. In 1947 he moved to Reutte in Tyrol for professional reasons . From 1955 to 1962 he worked in Frankfurt am Main .
Palme lived in Reutte until his death.
literature
- Alfred Diel : A modest master from Vienna, in: Schach-Report , No. 5, 1995, pp. 65–66.
Web links
- Rudolf Palme at the Berlin Chess Association ( Memento from February 12, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
- Berlin championship 1940 (winner) ( Memento from June 6, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
- Berlin Championship 1941 (2nd place) ( Memento from June 6, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
- Rating at Chessmetrics
- Biography and pictures in the club history of his Berlin club
swell
- Dr. Rudolf Palme 80 years old in Europa-Rochade 4/1990, p. 10.
- R. Palme: On the development of the Palme Gambit. In: Kaissiber 1/5 1996.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Rudolf Palme's results at unofficial Chess Olympiads on olimpbase.org (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Palme, Rudolf |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian chess master and physicist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 6, 1910 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 1, 2005 |
| Place of death | innsbruck |