Heinrich Wolf
Heinrich Wolf was an Austrian journalist and chess master.Biography
In 1897, he tied for 5-7th in Berlin. In 1900 he tied for 7-10th in Munich. In 1902, he tied for 5-7th in the Monte Carlo chess tournament, tied for 5-6th in Hannover, and won, jointly with Janowski, in Vienna. Wolf drew a match with Ossip Bernstein.
In 1903, he took 7th in Monte Carlo. In 1904 he tied for 8-9th in Coburg, and tied for 4-5th in Vienna. In 1905 he took 10th in Ostend, tied for 7-10th in Barmen, and took 2nd, behind Schlechter, in Vienna. In 1906, he tied for 6-7th in Nuremberg. In 1907, he tied for 9-11th in Vienna, and took 10th in the Carlsbad 1907 chess tournament. In 1908, he tied for 9-12th in Düsseldorf.
In 1908, Emanuel Lasker engaged Simon Alapin and Wolf as seconds for the WCC match against Tarrasch, held in Düsseldorf and Munich.
After World War I, he tied for 6-7th at Piešťany 1922, tied for 8-10th at Teplice-Šanov 1922, and took 3rd at Vienna 1922, took 14th in the Carlsbad 1923 chess tournament, and tied for 12-13th at Maehrisch-Ostrau Ostrava 1923.
In December 1941 Wolf was deported to the Riga ghetto where he was murdered.
