Moishe Lowtzky


Moishe Lowtzky was a Ukrainian–Polish chess master.

Biography

He was born into a Jewish family in Ukraine. In 1903, Lowtzky tied for 6-7th with Eugene Znosko-Borovsky in Kiev. The event was won by Mikhail Chigorin. In 1903, he took 4th in Dresden. In 1904, he tied for 2nd-3rd in Coburg. In 1910, he tied for 1st with Thoenes in Hamburg. In 1910, he took 3rd in Hamburg. In 1910, he tied for 1st-3rd with Leonhardt and Mörig in Leipzig. In 1911, he won in Cologne. In 1911, he took 2nd, behind Hans Fahrni, in San Remo. In 1911, he took 2nd in Leipzig. In 1912, he took 5th in Abbazia. In 1912, he took 16th in Breslau. The event was won by Oldřich Duras and Akiba Rubinstein. In 1912, he took 12th in Pistyan. The event was won by Rubinstein. In 1913, he took 3rd in Warsaw. In 1913/14, he took 4th in Sankt Petersburg. The event was won by Alexander Alekhine and Aron Nimzowitsch.
During World War I, Lowtzky moved to Warsaw. In 1916, he shared 1st with Rubinstein but lost a playoff match to him. In 1917, he took 2nd, behind Rubinstein. In 1919, he took 8th. In 1924, he tied for 1st with Flamberg. In 1925, he tied for 3rd-5th. In 1926, he took 3rd. In 1926, he tied for 3rd-7th in Warsaw. The event was won by Dawid Przepiórka. In 1926/27, he took 3rd. In 1927, he tied for 11-12th in Łódź. The event was won by Rubinstein. In 1928, he took 5th in Warsaw. In 1929, he tied for 3rd-4th in Warsaw. In 1930, he took 4th in Warsaw. In 1937, he tied for 11-12th in Jurata. The event was won by Savielly Tartakower.
In 1940, Moishe Lowtzky was arrested in Warsaw, and died in a Nazi concentration camp.

Notable chess games