Simon Rubinstein
Simon Rubinstein (circa 1910–1942) was an Austrian chess player. Not to be confused with the Polish chess player Akiba Rubinstein . Simon Rubinstein took part in the Leopold Trebitsch Memorial tournaments in Vienna several times : In 1932 he was 12th ( Albert Becker won), 11th and 12th. in 1933 ( Ernst Grünfeld and Hans Müller won), shared 6./7. 1936 ( Henryk Friedman won) and came second behind Lajos Steiner in 1937/38. At the first city championship in Vienna in 1936 he finished second behind Esra Glass , when he played for SC Hakoah Vienna . Rubinstein died in a concentration camp in 1942 . According to ChessMetrics, its highest historical rating was 2540 in March 1937.
Web links
- Replayable chess games by Simon Rubinstein on chessgames.com (English)
- Chessmetrics Player Profile: Simon Rubinstein
Individual evidence
- ^ Trebitsch tournaments
- ↑ http://anno.onb.ac.at/cgi-content/anno-plus?aid=sze&date=1936&page=211&size=45
- ↑ Michael Ehn , Ernst Strouhal : Luftmenschen: the chess players of Vienna: Materials and topographies for an urban fringe figure 1700-1938. Special number, Vienna 1998, ISBN 9783854491415 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Rubinstein, Simon |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian chess player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1910 |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1942 |