Gersz Rotlewi
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Gersz (Georg, George, Gersh) Rotlewi (Rotlevi, Rotlevy) (1889 – 1920) was a Polish chess master.
[edit] Biography
In 1906, Rotlewi tied for 5-6th in Łódź (Akiba Rubinstein won). In 1907, he took 3rd, behind Rubinstein and Dawid Daniuszewski, in Łódź (Quadrangular), and took 6th in Łódź (5th RUS-ch; the event was won by Rubinstein) and 2nd, behind Heilmann, in Ostend (main class I section). In 1908, he took 4th in Prague (the main, not the master tournament) – Karel Treybal won.
In 1909, he tied for 1st with Daniuszewski in Łódź, and took 2nd, behind Alexander Alekhine, in Saint Petersburg (the All-Russian Amateur tournament).
Rotlewi played two matches against Gersz Salwe, losing in 1909 (+5 –8 =5) and winning in 1910 (+3 –1 =6).
In 1910, he tied for 1st with Rubinstein in Warsaw, and won an amateur section in Hamburg (Hauptturnier, not the master event), which earned him the Master Title, and the right {and invitation} to compete at Carlsbad, 1911.[1]
In 1911, he tied for 2nd-4th in Cologne (Moishe Lowtzky won), took 4th in Carlsbad (Richard Teichmann won), and took 2nd in Munich (Semyon Alapin won).
After this a nervous disorder forced him to give up serious chess.
He died in 1920 at the age of 31.
[edit] Notable chess games
- Grigory Helbach vs Gersz Rotlewi, Sankt Petersburg 1909, All Russian Amateur, Scandinavian Defense, Mieses Variation, B01, 0-1
- Gersz Salwe vs Gersz Rotlewi, Carlsbad 1911, French Defense, Rubinstein Variation, Blackburne Defense, C10, 0-1
- Gersz Rotlewi vs Frank James Marshall, Carlsbad 1911, Queen's Gambit Declined, Cambridge Springs Variation, D52, 1-0
