Joseph (Józef, Iosif) Cukierman (Zukermann) ( Gródek,

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, 28 March 1899 –

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, 18 November 1940) was a Polish-born French

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master.

Biography

Cukierman was won the second Moscow City Championship (1920/21). In early 1920s, Cukierman lived in

Białystok Białystok is the largest city in northeastern Poland and the capital of the Podlaskie Voivodeship. It is the List of cities and towns in Poland, tenth-largest city in Poland, second in terms of population density, and thirteenth in area. Biał ...

, where he won a chess club championship in 1926. Then he emigrated to

. In 1928, he tied for 2nd-3rd with Leon Schwartzmann, behind Abraham Baratz, in the 4th Paris City Championship. In 1929, he tied for 5-6th in Paris (

Savielly Tartakower Savielly Tartakower (also known as ''Xavier'' or ''Ksawery'' ''Tartakower'', less often ''Tartacover'' or ''Tartakover''; 21 February 1887 – 4 February 1956) was a Polish chess player. He was awarded the title of Grandmaster (chess), Internatio ...

won). In 1930, he won, ahead of Tartakower, in the 6th Paris Championship. In 1931, he won in Paris. In 1933, he took 6th in Paris (

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won). In 1938, Cukierman took 3rd, behind

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and

Nicolas Rossolimo Nicolas Rossolimo (; February 28, 1910 – July 24, 1975) was a Russian-born chess player. After acquiring Greek citizenship in 1929, he was able to emigrate that year to France, and was many times chess champion of Paris. In 1952 he emigrated t ...

, in Paris. In 1939, he tied for 5-6th in Paris (Rossolimo won). According to

, during

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, he allegedly committed suicide in 1941.Alekhine interview
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Notable chess games

Teodor Regedziński vs Józef Cukierman, Warsaw 1926, Slav Defence, D12, 0-1

Josef Cukierman vs Georges Koltanowski, Paris 1929, Philidor Defense, Exchange Variation, C41, 1-0

Josef Cukierman vs Savielly Tartakower, Paris 1930, Indian Game, Capablanca Variation, A47, 1-0

References

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