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⚫ '''Dawid Przepiórka''' (], ], ]–]?) was a prominent ] ] player of the early ].
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⚫ '''Dawid Przepiórka''' (22 December 1880 – presumed April 1940) was a ] ] player of the early twentieth century, who won the first Polish championship.


==Biography==
Przepiórka was first ] in ]. His most notable tournament result was from ] in 1926 - 1st prize (+4, =1) ahead of ] and ]. Further he took 2nd place to ] in the second and last World's Amateur Championship in ] and played in two Olympiads ] and ].
Dawid Przepiórka was born 22 December 1880 in ], Poland (then part of the ]), to a family of wealthy landowners and entrepreneurs of Jewish extraction. His grandfather, Izrael Przepiórka, built a large house at the crossing of Warsaw's ] and ] Streets, in the very heart of the city. Both the tenement house and the ] restaurant located there (one of the most popular restaurants in Warsaw between the wars) provided him with steady income.


However, Przepiórka was more interested in mathematics and chess than doing business. He learned to play chess at the age of seven, on his own, as no one in his family knew the game. Declared a prodigy by the age of nine, soon afterward he managed to beat a well-known chess master ].<ref name="Weenink">{{cite book | author =Henri Weenink | author-link =Henri Weenink | title =David Przepiórka, a Master of Strategy. A collection of his chess problems and end games thematically arranged and discussed by H. Weenink | year =1932 | pages =13 | location =Amsterdam}}</ref>
During the ] occupation of ] he was present at a forbidden meeting. Matthew Martin arrested everyone there and the Jews, including Przepiórka, were subsequently killed.
⚫ == External links ==
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Shortly before ], he left his family company for good and started traveling abroad, devoting himself to chess. Abroad he took part in numerous chess tournaments, winning many of them. His international chess career started in 1926. That year he became the first ] winning in ].<ref> {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141020171910/http://polbase.w.interia.pl/warszawa26c.htm|date=2014-10-20}} at polbase.w.interia.pl {{in lang|pl}}</ref> The same year he also won a notable tournament in ] (+4 –0 =1) ahead of ] and ]. He placed second (behind ]) in the second and last ] in 1928.
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Two years later he was part of the Polish team at the ] in ], where he won the gold medal in a team with ], ], ] and ]. The following year, the team won the silver medal at the ] in ], being beaten by the ] by one point.
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His successes abroad made him popular among the Polish chess community, and he became the deputy chairman of the ] in the 1930s. Przepiórka took the major responsibility as a chairman of Organizing Committee for ] at Warsaw 1935.<ref> at www.olimpbase.org</ref>

During the 1939 ], his apartment was destroyed and he moved to share an apartment with fellow chess player and his closest collaborator, ]. A Gestapo raid on the apartment in January 1940, during an informal meeting of Warsaw chess players, led to the arrest of all present. The non-Jewish participants were released a week later, Przepiórka and the other Jewish players (including ] and ] and Przepiórka's son-in-law Jakub Rabinowicz) were subsequently ]. The exact date of his death is unknown; it is presumed to be April 1940.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Goldstein|first=Alexander|year=1984|title=David Przepiórka|url=http://www.arves.org/arves/images/PDF/EG_PDF/eg77.pdf|journal=]|volume=77|issue=5|pages=314–317}}</ref><ref name="Hoffman">{{cite book|last=Hoffman|first=Paul|title=King's Gambit: A Son, a Father, and the World's Most Dangerous Game|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CvJoV52X-TUC&q=%22David+Przepiorka%22&pg=PA388|year=2007|publisher=]|page=388|isbn=9781401300975}}</ref>

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==References==
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Polish chess player
Dawid Przepiórka
Przepiórka in the 1930s
Full nameDawid Przepiórka
Country Poland
Born22 December 1880
Warsaw, Poland
DiedApril 1940(1940-04-00) (aged 59)
Palmiry, Poland

Dawid Przepiórka (22 December 1880 – presumed April 1940) was a Jewish-Polish chess player of the early twentieth century, who won the first Polish championship.

Biography

Dawid Przepiórka was born 22 December 1880 in Warsaw, Poland (then part of the Russian Empire), to a family of wealthy landowners and entrepreneurs of Jewish extraction. His grandfather, Izrael Przepiórka, built a large house at the crossing of Warsaw's Aleje Jerozolimskie and Nowy Świat Streets, in the very heart of the city. Both the tenement house and the Gastronomia restaurant located there (one of the most popular restaurants in Warsaw between the wars) provided him with steady income.

However, Przepiórka was more interested in mathematics and chess than doing business. He learned to play chess at the age of seven, on his own, as no one in his family knew the game. Declared a prodigy by the age of nine, soon afterward he managed to beat a well-known chess master Jan Taubenhaus.

Shortly before World War I, he left his family company for good and started traveling abroad, devoting himself to chess. Abroad he took part in numerous chess tournaments, winning many of them. His international chess career started in 1926. That year he became the first Polish Champion winning in Warsaw. The same year he also won a notable tournament in Munich (+4 –0 =1) ahead of Rudolf Spielmann and Efim Bogoljubov. He placed second (behind Max Euwe) in the second and last World's Amateur Championship in 1928.

Two years later he was part of the Polish team at the 3rd Chess Olympiad in Hamburg, where he won the gold medal in a team with Akiba Rubinstein, Savielly Tartakower, Kazimierz Makarczyk and Paulin Frydman. The following year, the team won the silver medal at the 4th Chess Olympiad in Prague, being beaten by the United States by one point.

His successes abroad made him popular among the Polish chess community, and he became the deputy chairman of the Polish Chess Federation in the 1930s. Przepiórka took the major responsibility as a chairman of Organizing Committee for 6th Chess Olympiad at Warsaw 1935.

During the 1939 invasion of Poland, his apartment was destroyed and he moved to share an apartment with fellow chess player and his closest collaborator, Marian Wróbel. A Gestapo raid on the apartment in January 1940, during an informal meeting of Warsaw chess players, led to the arrest of all present. The non-Jewish participants were released a week later, Przepiórka and the other Jewish players (including Stanisław Kohn and Moishe Lowtzky and Przepiórka's son-in-law Jakub Rabinowicz) were subsequently executed by the Germans in Palmiry. The exact date of his death is unknown; it is presumed to be April 1940.

See also

References

  1. Henri Weenink (1932). David Przepiórka, a Master of Strategy. A collection of his chess problems and end games thematically arranged and discussed by H. Weenink. Amsterdam. p. 13.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  2. I Szachowe Mistrzostwa Polski Warszawa 1926 Archived 2014-10-20 at the Wayback Machine at polbase.w.interia.pl (in Polish)
  3. Dawid Przepiórka team chess record at www.olimpbase.org
  4. Goldstein, Alexander (1984). "David Przepiórka" (PDF). EG. 77 (5): 314–317.
  5. Hoffman, Paul (2007). King's Gambit: A Son, a Father, and the World's Most Dangerous Game. Hyperion Books. p. 388. ISBN 9781401300975.

External links

 Poland squad 3rd Chess Olympiad Hamburg 1930 (champions)
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