Menachem Oren
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| Menachem Oren | ||
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| Full name | Mieczysław Chwojnik | |
| Country |  Poland  Israel |
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| Born | 1901 Poland |
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| Died | 1962 (aged 61) Tel Aviv Israel |
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Mieczysław Chwojnik, later known as Dr. Menachem Oren (Hebrew: מנחם ארן; 1901, Poland – December 1962, Tel Aviv, Israel) was a Polish-born Israeli chess master and mathematician.
Chwojnik was the strongest Cracovian chess player in 1920s; thrice winner of the Cracow championships (1919, 1925, 1926). He won the Nowy Dziennik tournament in Cracow in 1926.[1]
He played in two Polish championships. In 1926, he tied for 8-9th in Warsaw (1st POL-ch). The event was won by Dawid Przepiórka. In 1927, he tied for 5-7th in Łódź (2nd POL-ch). The event was won by Akiba Rubinstein.[2]
In 1928, he represented Poland at fourth board at the 2nd Chess Olympiad in The Hague (+4 –3 =4). There, he won team bronze medal.
During World War II, Chwojnik moved to Palestine, where he had changed name to Menachem Oren. In 1951, he won the Israeli championship.
He played thrice for Israel in Chess Olympiads: at second board (+6 –4 =3) at Helsinki 1952, third board (+7 –2 =3) at Amsterdam 1954, and fourth board (+2 –2 =4) at Moscow 1956.[3]
[edit] References
- ^ Litmanowicz, Władysław & Giżycki, Jerzy, Szachy od A do Z, Wydawnictwo Sport i Turystyka Warszawa, 1986, 1987, ISBN 83-217-2481-7 (1. A-M), ISBN 83-217-2745-x (2. N-Z)
- ^ Szachowe Mistrzostwa Polski - Polish Chess Championships
- ^ OlimpBase :: the encyclopaedia of team chess
