Ludwig Engels was a German–Brazilian chess master.
Biography
In 1928, Engels tied for 1st-2nd with van Nüss in Düsseldorf. In 1929, he took 4th in Cologne. In 1929, he won in Duisburg. In 1929, he tied for 1st-3rd in Duisburg. In 1930, he tied for 1st-2nd with Weissgerber in Frankfurt. In 1930, Engels lost a match to Ludwig Roedl in Nürnberg. In 1931, he tied for 11-12th in Swinemünde. In June 1933, he tied for 1st-2nd with Koch in Swinemünde. In June 1933, tied for 8th-9th in Bad Aachen. In 1934, he tied for 1st-2nd with Boeck in Bad Salzuflen Ostern. In May–June 1934, he tied for 12th-14th in Bad Aachen. The event was won by Carl Carls. In April 1935, he tied for 1st-2nd with Ludwig Rellstab in Cologne. In August 1935, he tied for 2nd-3rd in Bad Nauheim. In June 1936, he took 2nd after Alexander Alekhine in Dresden. In August 1936, he played for Germany at third board in unofficial Olympiad in Munich. He won team bronze medal there. In November 1936, he won in Barmen. In July 1937, he took 2nd, behind Herrmann, in Bochum. In July–August 1937, he tied for 9th-10th in Bad Oeynhausen. The event was won by Georg Kieninger. In October 1937, he tied for 2nd-4th, after Reinhardt, in Magdeburg. In 1937, he tied for 4th-6th in Bad Saarow. In May 1938, he won in Barmen. In May–June 1938, he tied for 2nd-3rd, behind Bogoljubow, in Bad Elster. In June 1938, he lost a match to Kieninger. In July–August 1938, he took 4th in Bad Oeynhausen. The event was won by Erich Eliskases. In September 1938, he took 3rd, behind Eliskases and Kieninger, in Krefeld. In 1938/39, he took 6th in Karlsruhe. In April 1939, he tied for 1st-2nd with Kieninger in Krefeld. In May 1939, he tied for 3rd-6th in Stuttgart. In June 1939, he took 4th in Vienna. In July 1939, he tied for 6th-9th in Bad Oeynhausen. In August–September 1939, Engels played for Germany in the 8th Chess Olympiad in Buenos Aires. He won two gold medals, both team and individual. When World War II broke out, Engels along with all other members of the German team and many other participants of that Olympiad decided to stay permanently in Argentina. He tied for 4th-5th in the Mar del Plata 1941 chess tournament. In 1941, he tied for 3rd-4th with Hector Rossetto, after Eliskases and Marcos Luckis in Montevideo. In July 1941, he tied for 3rd-4th in Águas de São Pedro. After the war, Engels lived in São Paulo, Brazil. In 1947, he took 3rd, behind Eliskases and Miguel Najdorf, in São Paulo. In July 1947, he took 2nd, after Eliskases, in Recife. In May 1948, he tied for 4th-5th in Porto Alegre. In June 1948, he took 4th in São Paulo. He then confined most of his chess activity to coaching and training at the São Paulo Chess Club. In April 1952, he took 6th in Rio de Janeiro. In April–May 1953, he took 3rd in Rio de Janeiro. In August 1957, he tied for 5th-6th in Rio de Janeiro. The event was won by Oscar Panno. In September 1957, he tied for 6th-7th in São Paulo. In November–December 1960, he tied for 6th-8th in São Paulo. The event was won by Julio Bolbochán. In October 1963, he tied for 3rd-4th in São Paulo. In January 1966, he took 8th in São Paulo. The event was won by Henrique Mecking.
