Karl Wilhelm Rosenkrantz
Karl Wilhelm Rosenkrantz was a Russian and Soviet chess master.
Rosenkrantz was born in Libava, then in the Courland Governorate of the Russian Empire. He shared 1st with Robert Behting, followed by Kārlis Bētiņš, etc., at Riga 1899 and lost a play-off game to him, took 6th at Berlin 1899/1900, tied for 8-9th at Munich 1900, took 11th at Moscow 1901, shared 1st with K. Behting, Wilhelm von Stamm and W. Sohn at Dorpat 1901, and won at Riga 1907.
Before World War I, he played in many tournaments in St. Petersburg. He tied for 2nd-3rd and 9-11th in 1904, took 2nd, 3rd and 4th in 1905, tied for 8-10th in 1905/06, shared 1st with Sergey von Freymann in 1908, tied for 7-8th in 1909, and took 14th in 1911.
Rosenkrantz lived in Moscow following the First World War and Russian Revolution and participated in several Moscow tournaments. He took 5th in 1921, took 5th in 1924, took 14th in 1925, tied for 8-9th in 1926, and shared 6th in 1928.
