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Events in chess in 1940

[edit] Chess events in brief

17 January 1940 - Dawid Przepiórka, Stanisław Kohn, Moishe Lowtzky, Achilles Frydman, Abkin, Młynek, Zahorski and many others were arrested at the Kwieciński Chess Café in Warsaw, and imprisoned at Daniłowiczowska Str. (they had played a prison tournament won by Lowtzky there). Later (February – March 1940) most of them (all Jewish) were killed in a mass execution by the Nazis in Palmiry, General Government.^[1]
September 1940 - National Chess Centre burnt down in London after an air raid (World War II).^[2]

Paul Keres won against Max Euwe (7.5 : 6.5) in The Netherlands (various places) in 1939/40.^[3]
Carlos Maderna defeated Luis Piazzini (8 : 6), Buenos Aires, Argentina (the 18th ARG-ch).
Walter Cruz beat Octavio Trompowsky (5.5 : 1.5), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Georg Kieninger defeated Wilhelm Ernst (6 : 4), Cologne, Germany.
Mikhail Botvinnik beat Viacheslav Ragozin (8.5 : 3.5), Leningrad, Russia.^[4]
Grigory Levenfish won against Vladimir Alatortsev (8.5 : 5.5), Russia.^[5]

8 February – Boris Kogan, Russian/American IM
15 May – Carlos Bielicki, Argentine IM, 1959 World Junior Champion
2 June – István Csom in Satoraljaujhely, Hungarian GM
7 June – Liudmila Belavenets in Moscow, Russian ICCGM and Women's World Correspondence Champion 1984–1992
2 August – Adrian Hollis in Bristol, English ICCGM
8 August – Dragutin Sahovic in Kraljevo, Yugoslavian/Serbian GM
24 September – Renato Naranja, Filipino IM
26 September – Vladimir Savon in Chernihiv, Soviet/Ukrainian GM, USSR Champion in 1971
7 October – Liu Wenzhe, Chinese IM and trainer
10 November – Miodrag Todorcevic in Belgrade, Serbian/French GM and coach
19 December – Jusefs Petkevich, Latvian GM
Andrew Kalotay, Hungarian-born Canadian/American chess player

ca. March - Dawid Przepiórka killed in a mass execution by the Nazis in Palmiry.
ca. March - Achilles Frydman killed in a mass execution in Palmiry.
ca. March - Stanisław Kohn killed in a mass execution in Palmiry.
ca. March - Moishe Lowtzky killed in a mass execution in Palmiry.
5 May - Willi Schlage died in Berlin, Germany.
4 July - Sammi Fajarowicz died in the Jewish Hospital in Leipzig (Leipziger Israelische Krankenhaus) of tuberculosis. Fajarowicz Gambit.
18 July – Davide Marotti, winner of the first Italian Championship
11 September - Peter Fyfe died in Glasgow, Scotland. Fyfe Gambit.
30 November - Wilhelm Hilse died in Germany.
December - Walter John died in Berlin, Germany.
December - František Schubert died in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia.
Moshe Hirschbein, Polish master, died by the Nazis.
Max Walter, Slovak master, died by the Nazis.
Arthur Kaufmann, Austrian master, died by the Nazis.