Wilhelm Ernst (25 August 1905, in Gelsenkirchen – 23 July 1952, in Gelsenkirchen) was a German chess master.
He was a winner at Weidenau 1937. He played several times in German Chess Championship; took second, behind Kurt Richter, at Aachen 1935, took 11th at Bad Oeynhausen 1937 ( Georg Kieninger won), took 16th at Bad Oeynhausen 1939 ( Erich Eliskases won), tied for 8–11th at Bad Oeynhausen 1941 ( Paul Felix Schmidt and Klaus Junge won), tied for 13-14th at Weidenau 1947 (Kieninger won), tied for 12-14th at Essen 1948 ( Wolfgang Unzicker won), [1] and shared 11th at Düsseldorf 1951 ( Rudolf Teschner won).
Ernst represented Germany in 3rd unofficial Chess Olympiad at Munich 1936, where he won team bronze medal and individual silver medal on first reserve board. [2] In 1940, he lost a match to Kieninger (4 : 6) in Cologne. [3]
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Wilhelm Ernst (25 August 1905, in Gelsenkirchen – 23 July 1952, in Gelsenkirchen) was a German chess master.
He was a winner at Weidenau 1937. He played several times in German Chess Championship; took second, behind Kurt Richter, at Aachen 1935, took 11th at Bad Oeynhausen 1937 ( Georg Kieninger won), took 16th at Bad Oeynhausen 1939 ( Erich Eliskases won), tied for 8–11th at Bad Oeynhausen 1941 ( Paul Felix Schmidt and Klaus Junge won), tied for 13-14th at Weidenau 1947 (Kieninger won), tied for 12-14th at Essen 1948 ( Wolfgang Unzicker won), [1] and shared 11th at Düsseldorf 1951 ( Rudolf Teschner won).
Ernst represented Germany in 3rd unofficial Chess Olympiad at Munich 1936, where he won team bronze medal and individual silver medal on first reserve board. [2] In 1940, he lost a match to Kieninger (4 : 6) in Cologne. [3]
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