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Ernst Grünfeld

He was 1st= in Vienna (1920) with Savielly Tartakower; 1st in Margate (1923); 1st in Meran (1924); 1st in Budapest (1926) with Mario Monticelli; 1st in Vienna (1927) and he shared first spot in the Vienna tournaments of 1928 and 1933 (Trebitsch Memorial)—the former with Sándor Takács and the latter with Hans Müller; and finally he was 1st in the tournament at Ostrava of 1933.

Grünfeld

Ernst Grünfeld (1893-1962), Austrian chess player and author, specializing in opening theory, who, for a brief period, was one of the strongest chess players in the world.



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