Carl Carls (September 16, 1880,

Varel Varel () is a town in the district of Friesland, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated near the Jade River and the Jade Bight, approximately south of Wilhelmshaven and north of Oldenburg. With a population of 23,984 (2020) it is the bigge ...

– September 11, 1958,

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) was a German

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master. In 1922, he took 2nd, behind

Erhardt Post Alfred M. Ehrhardt Post (23 September 1881 in Cottbus – 1 August 1947 in Berlin) was a German chess master and functionary. Biography At the beginning of his career, he won and tied for 3-6th at Hanover 1902 (13th DSB–Congress, B tourn). ...

, in

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(22nd DSB–Congress). He won the 2nd German Championships at Bad Aachen 1934. He took 7th at The Hague 1928 (Amateur World Championship,

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won). Carls represented Germany in

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s: *

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at London 1927 (+7 –3 =5); *

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at Hamburg 1930 (=6 –1 =7); *

3rd unofficial Chess Olympiad The 3rd unofficial Chess Olympiad was held by German Chess Federation (''Grossdeutscher Schachbund'') as a counterpart of the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin with reference to 1924 and 1928 events. Many Jewish chess players took part in the event. Si ...

at Munich 1936 (+5 –2 =10). He won two team bronze medals (1930 and 1936).OlimpBase :: the encyclopaedia of team chess
/ref> During World War II, he tied for 10-12th at

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– Warsaw 1941 (2nd GG-ch,

Alexander Alekhine Alexander Aleksandrovich Alekhine, ''Aleksándr Aleksándrovich Alékhin''; (March 24, 1946) was a Russian and French chess player and the fourth World Chess Champion, a title he held for two reigns. By the age of 22, Alekhine was already a ...

and

Paul Felix Schmidt Paul Felix Schmidt ( – 11 August 1984) was an Estonian and German chess player, writer and chemist. Biography In June 1935, Schmidt won, ahead of Paul Keres, at Tallinn. In May 1936, he drew a match against Keres (+3 –3 =1) at Pärnu. ...

won). Carls won, ahead of

Klaus Junge Klaus Junge (1 January 1924 – 17 April 1945) was one of the youngest Chilean-German chess masters. In several tournaments during the 1940s he held his own among the world's leading players. An officer in the Wehrmacht, he died during the Ba ...

, at

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1942. He resigned after 8 games at

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1943 (Alekhine won). Carls was awarded the

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title in 1951. Variation of the Caro-Kann defense (1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5) is named after him.

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* 1880 births 1958 deaths People from Varel Sportspeople from Lower Saxony German chess players Chess International Masters Chess Olympiad competitors {{Germany-chess-bio-stub