Wilhelm Ernst (chess player)

First won Ernst local successes in West Germany: In 1934 he was first Westphalia champion 1935, he finished in the zone tournament in Cologne third place behind Rellstab and Engels, which he qualified for the tournament for the championship of Germany in Aachen in the same year, where he teamed up with occupied Ahues and Michel second place behind Kurt Richter. In 1936 he was nominated for the unofficial Chess Olympiad in Munich. Here he won with a score of 9.5 out of 14 ( 8, -3, = 3). He then won the tournament in Angsleah 1937. 1938 he was in the zone tournament Heilbronn fifth.

By profession was serious city inspector in Gelsenkirchen.