Simon Rotenstein (born – died ?) was a German

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 disti ...

master. At the beginning of his career, he shared 2nd with

Wilhelm Cohn Wilhelm Cohn ( he, וילהלם קוהן, February 6, 1859, Berlin – August 17, 1913, Charlottenburg) was a German chess master. He participated in some strong tournaments. In 1897, he tied for 13-14th in Berlin (Rudolf Charousek won). In 1898 ...

, behind

Carl Ahues Carl Oscar Ahues (26 December 1883, Bremen – 31 December 1968, Hamburg) was a German chess International Master. Chess career He was Berlin champion in 1910 and shared 3rd place at the strong Berlin tournament of 1926 (Efim Bogoljubow won ...

, in Berlin championships in 1911, and won in ''Winterturnier des SK Springer'' the same year. He played in two friendly matches Berlin vs. Prague in 1913 and 1914. After

World War I World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...

, he won in ''Blitzturnier der Berliner Schachgesellschaft'' and won in ''Winterturniers des Berliner Schachvereins'' in 1919, tied for 5-6th in Berlin-ch in 1919, shared 3rd at Berlin 1920 ( DSB Congress, ''II. Hauptturnier''), took 3rd, behind Alexey Selezniev and

Friedrich Sämisch Friedrich Sämisch (20 September 1896 – 16 August 1975) was a German chess player and chess theorist. He was among the inaugural recipients of the title International Grandmaster from FIDE in 1950. Background Sämisch was a bookbinder b ...

, at Berlin 1920, took 4th in Berlin-ch in 1921 (

Willi Schlage Willi Schlage (24 December 1888 – 5 May 1940 in Berlin) was a German chess master and trainer. Active as a player during the inter-war years of the Weimar Republic and later as a trainer during the rise of the Third Reich, Schlage is remembered ...

won), tied for 7-8th at Bad Oeynhausen 1922 ( German Chess Championship, ''Hauptturnier''), took 2nd, behind Otto Wegemund, in ''Winterturnier des Berliner Schachvereins'' in 1923, and played in a match Berlin vs. Prague/Brno in 1923. He took 10th at Berlin (''Café König'') 1928 (

Efim Bogoljubow Efim Bogoljubow ( or ), also known as Ewfim Dimitrijewitsch Bogoljubow, ( (); also Romanized ''Bogoljubov'', ''Bogolyubov''; uk, Юхим Дмитрович Боголюбов, Yukhym Dmytrovych Boholiubov; April 14, 1889 – June 18, 1952) ...

won), and tied for 5-8th in Berlin-ch in 1929. His best achievement was the first place (jointly with

Ludwig Rellstab Heinrich Friedrich Ludwig Rellstab (13 April 179927 November 1860) was a German poet and music critic. He was born and died in Berlin. He was the son of the music publisher and composer Johann Carl Friedrich Rellstab. An able pianist, he publi ...

and

Kurt Richter Kurt Paul Otto Joseph Richter (24 November 1900 – 29 December 1969) was a German chess International Master and chess writer. Chess achievements In 1922, Richter for the first time won the Berlin City Chess Championship. In 1928, he tie ...

) in the

Berlin City Chess Championship The Berlin Chess Championship is an annual chess tournament in Germany. The first unofficial Berlin Chess Championship was held in 1853, and Jean Dufresne won a match against Max Lange. Since 1904, official Berlin championships have taken place. The ...

in 1930. Then he tied for 7-8th at Frankfurt 1930 (''Hauptturnier''), tied for 11-12th at Berlin 1932, and played in a telephone match Berlin vs. Hamburg in December 1932. During the Nazi period in Germany, he won jointly with

Sammi Fajarowicz Sammi Fajarowicz (5 June 1908 in Möckern/Leipzig – 4 July 1940 in Leipzig) was a German chess master. Fajarowicz was born into a Jewish family with Ukrainian roots. He played several times in Leipzig championships; took 3rd in 1928, 2nd in 1929 ...

and Jankel Mundsztuk in ''Jüdische Meisterschaft Deutschlands'' at Leipzig 1935.Chess: Hitler and Nazi Germany
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