Alexander Davidovich Flamberg born in Warsaw, spent his early years in England, where he learned to play chess. After return to Warsaw, he became one of the strongest Polish chess players. In 1900, he took 2nd, behind Salomon Langleben, in Warsaw. He won the Warsaw championships in 1901 and 1902. Flamberg played his first strong tournament in Łódź in 1906, where he took 3rd, behind Akiba Rubinstein and Mikhail Chigorin. In 1910, he won the Warsaw championship ahead of Rubinstein, but lost a match to him. In 1910, he took 3rd, behind Gersz Rotlewi and Rubinstein, in Warsaw. In 1911, he tied for 2nd-3rd with Gersz Salwe, behind Rubinstein, in Warsaw. In 1911, Flamberg took 2nd, behind Stepan Levitsky, in St Petersburg. In 1912, he tied for 6-7th with Sergey von Freymann in Abbazia. The event was won by Rudolf Spielmann. In 1912, he took 2nd, behind Rubinstein, in Warsaw. In 1912, he took 2nd, behind Efim Bogoljubow, in Łódź. In 1912, he took 5th in Vilnius. The event was won by Rubinstein. In 1913, Flamberg won in Warsaw ahead of Oldřich Duras and Moishe Lowtzky. In 1913, he drew a match with Duras and won a match against Bogoljubow, both in Warsaw. In 1913/14, he took 3rd, behind Alexander Alekhine and Aron Nimzowitsch, in Sankt Petersburg. In 1914, Flamberg won in Krakow. In July/August 1914, he took 17th in Mannheim. After the declaration of war against Russia, eleven "Russian" players from the interrupted Mannheim tournament were interned by Germany. In September 1914, four of them were freed and allowed, through Switzerland, to return home. The Russian internees played eight tournaments, the first in Baden Baden and all the others in Triberg. The tournaments were mostly won by Bogoljubow. The winners were also: Flamberg in 1914, and Ilya Rabinovich in 1916 and 1917. Flamberg was allowed to return to Warsaw in 1916. In 1916, he tied for 4-5th. In 1917, he tied for 3rd-4th. In 1919/20, he took 2nd, behind Zdzislaw Belsitzmann, but ahead of Rubinstein. In 1923, he won, ahead of Paulin Frydman, in Warsaw. In 1924, he tied for 1st with Lowtzky in Warsaw. In 1926, Flamberg died relatively young in his native Warsaw.
