Max Blümich


Reinhold Max Blümich was a German chess master and editor.
At the beginning of his chess career, he played in Leipzig where tied for 4-6th in 1909, took 8th in 1910, took 3rd in 1911, shared 1st in 1912, and took 5th in 1913.
After World War I, he won or shared 1st at Mittwerda 1922, Frankfurt 1923, Leipzig 1923, Magdeburg 1924, Chemnitz 1925, Leipzig 1928, Bautzen 1929, and Leipzig 1930. He also took 11th at Breslau 1925, took 9th at Dresden 1926, tied for 10-11th at Vienna 1926, took 10th at Duisburg 1929, shared 3rd at Zwickau 1930, tied for 4-6th at Bad Liebenwerda 1934, tied for 14-15th at Bad Aachen 1935, and took 7th at Bad Elster 1937.
R. Max Bluemich represented Germany in matches against The Netherlands at Berlin 1922 and Austria at Vienna 1926. He also played for Germany in the 2nd Chess Olympiad at The Hague 1928 with a result of +5 –4 =4.
During World War II, he tied for 5-8th at Kraków / Krynica / Warsaw 1940, took 7th at Bad Elster 1941, and tied for 7-9th at Kraków / Warsaw 1941.
In 1925–1942, he was an editor of the first German chess magazine Deutsche Schachzeitung. He was the author of an infamous 1941 edition of the Kleine Lehrbuch des Schachspiels, by Jean Dufresne and Jacques Mieses, opportunistically changed, omitting and modifying the references to chess personalities with Jewish background.