Rudolf Spielmann (1883-1942) Rudolf Spielman was born on May 5, 1883 in Vienna, Austria. Rudolf Spielmann was a Viennese professional chess player who lived in Germany for most of his life. As a Jew, he fled Germany and moved to Sweden in 1939. During World War I, he served in the Austrian army. In 1935 he wrote "The Art of Sacrifice." He died in Stockholm, Sweden on August 20, 1942. His Elo historical rating is 2560. tournaments: Coburg 1904 Barmen B 1905 Scheveningen 1905 Ostende 1906 Nuremberg 1906 Berlin 1907 Karlsbad 1907 Ostende 1907 Prague 1908 St. Petersburg 1909 3rd Munich 1909 Hamburg 1910 Regensburg 1910 Vienna 1910 Carlsbad 1911 Abbazia 1912 1st San Sebastian 1912 2nd (+8=8-3) Bad Pistyan 1912 Baden-Baden 1912 Breslau 1912 Stockholm 1912 Vienna 1913 Baden-Baden 1914 Mannheim 1914 Stockholm 1919 1st (+6=3-3) Berlin 1919 Berlin 1920 Gothenburg 1920 Bad Pistyan 1922 2nd (+11=7-0) Teplitz-Schoenau 1922 1st (+6=6-1) Vienna 1922 Copenhagen 1923 Carlsbad 1923 Maehrisch-Ostrau 1923 Scheveningen 1923 Merano 1924 Baden-Baden 1925 Marienbad 1925 Moscow 1925 Berlin 1926 Semmering 1926 1st (+10=6-1) New York 1927 Bad Kissingen 1928 Budapest 1928 Dortmund 1928 Berlin 1928 3rd (+3=7-2) Carlsbad 1929 2nd (+11=7-3) San Remo 1930 Bled 1931 Amsterdam 1932 Vienna 1933 Maribor 1934 Sitges 1934 Sopron 1934 Moscow 1935 Warsaw (ol) 1935 Zandvoort 1936 Semmering 1937 Margate 1938 Nordwijk-aan-Zee 1938 Vasteras 1940 Kalmar 1941 Matches: Leonhardt 1906 (+6=5-4) Nimzovich 1908 (+4=1-1) Mieses 1910 (+5=2-1) Reti 1910 (+4=1-0) Tartakower 1910 (+3=2-1) Reti 1921 (+3=3-0) Tartakower 1921 (+3=1-2) Stahlberg 1930 (+3=1-1) Stoltz 1930 (+3=1-2) Pirc 1931 (+3=6-1) Stoltz 1932 (+4=1-1) Bogoljubov 1932 (+4=2-3) Euwe 1935 (+4=4-2)