Moshe Czerniak

Moshe Czerniak (Hebrew משה צ'רניאק; born February 3, 1910 in Warsaw, † August 31, 1984 in Tel Aviv) was an Israeli chess master of Polish origin.

Life

Czerniak emigrated to Palestine in 1934, where he was in 1936 and 1938 national champion in chess. He represented the Palestinian League of Nations - mandated territory in the Chess Olympiads in 1935 in Warsaw and in 1939 in Buenos Aires, as broke out during the tournament, the Second World War. Czerniak was then to 1950 in Argentina, where he took part in numerous international tournaments. Among his most significant achievements of this period include: 1st place in Quilmes in 1941, 2nd place in Buenos Aires in 1941, second in Rosario in 1943, winner in Buenos Aires in 1944 and 1948 In 1950, he moved to the newly established State of Israel, whose top players he. has for many years. In 1955, he won the championship of Israel, 1952, 1954, 1956, 1958, 1960, 1962, 1966, 1968 and 1974 he represented Israel at Chess Olympiads. 1952 FIDE awarded him the title of International Master. 1951 Czerniak won in Vienna and Reggio Emilia. 1958 in Beverwijk and 1963 in Polanica ( the Rubinstein Memorial behind Nikola Padewski ), he came in second.

Work

Czerniak wrote several chess books: five in Spanish, two in English and two in Hebrew. Among his most famous include La defensa francesa [ The French Defense], Buenos Aires in 1943, and a lot selection of Mikhail Botvinnik. Partidas Selectas de Botvinnik [Selected games of Botvinnik ], Buenos Aires 1946 Czerniak edited several Argentine chess newspapers, most recently from 1956 to 1959 the Israeli chess magazine 64 Squares. Over 30 years he edited the chess column of the prestigious Israeli newspaper Haaretz. He died in 1984 in Tel Aviv.