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Aron Zabłudowski
Aron Zabłudowski (1909 – August 1941) was a Polish chess master. He was a co-organizer of the Białystok Chess Club in September 1924, and became a secretary of the club in 1937. He won the Białystok City Championship in 1926 and drew a simultaneous game with Alexander Alekhine the same year. In further editions of the Białystok Championship, he shared first with Izaak Małamed in 1928, took 4th in 1933, tied for 2nd–4th in 1934, and won again in 1938. He also successfully represented Białystok in the North-Eastern Region of the Polish championships in 1934 and 1938. During World War II, he stayed in Białystok over the period 1939–1941, while under Soviet occupation. At the beginning of the Soviet-German War he, a Jew, was murdered with other Jews in a burning synagogue in Białystok by an ''Einsatzgruppe'' in August 1941. References 1909 births 1941 deaths Jewish chess players Chess players from Białystok 20th-century Polish chess players 20th-century Polish s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chess
Chess is a board game for two players, called White and Black, each controlling an army of chess pieces in their color, with the objective to checkmate the opponent's king. It is sometimes called international chess or Western chess to distinguish it from related games, such as xiangqi (Chinese chess) and shogi (Japanese chess). The recorded history of chess goes back at least to the emergence of a similar game, chaturanga, in seventh-century India. The rules of chess as we know them today emerged in Europe at the end of the 15th century, with standardization and universal acceptance by the end of the 19th century. Today, chess is one of the world's most popular games, played by millions of people worldwide. Chess is an abstract strategy game that involves no hidden information and no use of dice or cards. It is played on a chessboard with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. At the start, each player controls sixteen pieces: one king, one queen, two rooks, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
