Carl Oscar Ahues (26 December 1883, Bremen – 31 December 1968, Hamburg) was a

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Chess career

He was Berlin champion in 1910 and shared 3rd place at the strong Berlin tournament of 1926 (

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won). He was German Champion in 1929 winning the 26th DSB Congress in

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. In 1930, he took 6th in San Remo (

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won), tied for 4–5th in

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( Edgar Colle won), and tied for 3–5th in

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won). In 1931, he tied for 2nd-4th in Berlin (

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won), and tied for 4–6th in Swinemünde (27th DSB Congress;

and Ludwig Roedl won). Ahues represented Germany thrice in

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. * In 1930, at first board in 3rd Chess Olympiad in

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(+4 –3 =7), team bronze; * In 1931, at second board in

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(+3 –2 =8); * In 1936, at second board in

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(+4 –1 =12), team bronze. In 1933, he took 10th in

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(1st GER-ch; Bogoljubow won). In 1934, he took 3rd in Bad Niendorf (

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won). In 1935, he took 4th in Bad Aachen (3rd GER-ch;

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won). In 1935, he won in Hamburg. In 1935, he tied for 5–6th in

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(Bogoljubow won). In 1936, he took 3rd, behind

and

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, in Bad Nauheim. In 1939, he took 4th in

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( Erich Eliskases won). In 1940, he tied for 6–9th in Bad Oeynhausen (7th GER-ch; Georg Kieninger won). In 1940, he tied for 5–8th in

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/ Bad Krynica/

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(1st GG-ch; Anton Kohler and Bogoljubow won). In 1941, he tied for 9–11th in Trentschin-Teplitz ( Jan Foltys won). In 1942, he took 10th in

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. In 1942, he won in Berlin (BSG). In 1944, he tied for 2nd-3rd, behind Elsas, in

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. In 1946, he won in

. In 1947, he tied for 2nd-3rd, behind Ludwig Rellstab, in

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. In 1953, he tied for 7–9th in

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(GER-ch;

Wolfgang Unzicker Wolfgang Unzicker (26 June 1925 – 20 April 2006) was one of the strongest German chess Grandmasters from 1945 to about 1970. He decided against making chess his profession, choosing law instead. Unzicker was at times the world's strongest ama ...

won). Awarded the IM title in 1950.

Personal life

After World War II, Ahues lived in

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. His son, Herbert Ahues, was a famous

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References

External links

Carl Ahues at ChessGames.com
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