Gersz Salwe

Hersz ( Henryk ) Salwe ( born December 12, 1862 in Warsaw, † November 5, 1920 in Łódź ) was a Polish chess master.

Salwe, a wealthy industrialist, learned chess as a 20 -year-old in Warsaw cafés. At first he remained casual gamers, but he developed since moving to Lodz, the Polish Manchester, in 1894, great enthusiasm for the game and was in his 40s as a leading Polish champion. In the first time in 1897 aligned Championship of Łódź was Salwe Second, in 1898 winner. During this time, Salwe was also active as an organizer of chess tournaments and was instrumental in the founding of the chess society in Łódź in 1903. Two years earlier, also Akiba Rubinstein found its way to Lodz, where he found a play partner and sponsor in Salwe. 1903, the two played a match 7-7 ( 5 = 4-5) draw 1904 was subject Salwe Rubinstein just with 5-6 ( 3 = 4-4). Overall, the two leading Polish player 1903-1913 played against each other over 80 games ( 13 = 32-36 from Salwes view). 1905 Salwe celebrated the culmination of his chess career when he won the All- Russian Championship of Tsarist Russia in Saint Petersburg. Mikhail Chigorin, who retired from the tournament after four rounds, called out Salwe 1906 in Łódź for a competition at the Russian Championships. Salwe defeated the two -time Vice World Champion honorably with 7-8 ( 5 = 4-6). Salwe participated until 1912 at various international tournaments, including: 1908 Second in Dusseldorf, 8th - 9th in St. Petersburg in 1909, 7th - 9th. Prague in 1908, fifth in Vilnius 1909 Salwe played matches against various figures of his time: In 1905, he defeated Jacques Lousy in Łódź 2-1 ( 2 = 0-1), 1910, he defeated Oldrich Duras in Łódź 1-3 ( 0 = 2-2 ), 1912, he lost against Efim Bogolyubov 4-6 ( 3 = 2-5), also in Łódź. Between 1913 and 1914 he was, together with M. Krysek in the Łódź Ershte Jiddishe Shakh newspaper in Yiddish out.

Salwes best historical Elo rating was 2644th This he reached 1910. At the time he was ranked 13 in the world rankings.