Marcel Engelmann (born 1895, date of death unknown) was a Belgian

chess Chess is a board game for two players. It is an abstract strategy game that involves Perfect information, no hidden information and no elements of game of chance, chance. It is played on a square chessboard, board consisting of 64 squares arran ...

master. He won at

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1929 and took 3rd at

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1929 (

Edgard Colle Edgard Colle (18 May 1897 – 19 April 1932) was a Belgian chess master. He scored excellent results in major international tournaments, including first at Amsterdam 1926, ahead of Savielly Tartakower and future world champion Max Euwe; fi ...

won), both quadrangular tournaments. He took 2nd, behind Georges Koltanowski, at Verviers 1930 (

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), and tied for 4-6th at

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1934 (BEL-ch, Victor Soultanbeieff won). Engelmann played for Belgium on third board in the

5th Chess Olympiad The 5th Chess Olympiad, organized by the FIDE and comprising an openAlthough commonly referred to as the ''men's division'', this section is open to both male and female players. and (unofficial) women's tournament, as well as several events desig ...

at Folkestone 1933.

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* 1895 births Jewish chess players Belgian chess players Belgian Jews Year of death missing {{Belgium-chess-bio-stub