Marcel Engelmann Explained

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

He won at Maastricht 1929 and took 3rd at Ghent 1929 (Edgard Colle won), both quadrangular tournaments.[1] He took 2nd, behind Georges Koltanowski, at Verviers 1930 (Belgian Chess Championship),[2] and tied for 4-6th at Liège 1934 (BEL-ch, Victor Soultanbeieff won).[3]

Engelmann played for Belgium on third board in the 5th Chess Olympiad at Folkestone 1933.[4] Today there is a website about him.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Archived copy . 2007-07-04 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070704030849/http://www.anders.thulin.name/SUBJECTS/CHESS/CTCIndex.pdf . 4 July 2007 . Name Index to Jeremy Gaige's Chess Tournament Crosstables, An Electronic Edition, Anders Thulin, Malmö, 2004-09-01
  2. Web site: Archived copy . 17 January 2009 . 25 January 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200125221830/http://xoomer.alice.it/cserica/scacchi/storiascacchi/tornei/1900-49/1930verviers.htm . dead .
  3. Web site: GER-ch 2nd Aachen 1934 . 2010-12-15 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20101215163822/http://www.rogerpaige.me.uk/tables5.htm . 15 December 2010 .
  4. Web site: OlimpBase :: 5th Chess Olympiad, Folkestone 1933, individual results.
  5. Web site: Home . marcelengelmann.com.