Paul Mross
Paul Mross was a Polish–German chess master.Biography
Born in Bismarckhütte, Upper Silesia, he won the Silesian Chess Championship in 1929, and played for Silesia at second board in the 1st Polish Team Championship at Królewska Huta 1929. In early 1930s, he moved to Berlin. In 1935, he tied for 3rd-4th in Swinemünde. He played in Berlin championships; tied for 7-8th in 1936, and tied for 4-6th in 1938. In Spring 1939, he took 2nd, behind Franz Mölbitz, at Café Victoria in Berlin-Kreuzberg.
During World War II, he tied for 5-8th in the 1st General Government chess tournament at Kraków–Krynica–Warsaw 1940, took 12th at Munich 1941, tied for 10-12th in the 2nd GG-ch at Warsaw–Kraków 1941, and won in the Kraków Championship in 1941.
After the war, he lived in Berlin-Spandau, where he played in several tournaments. He took 7th in 1949, tied for 3rd-5th in 1950, took 6th in 1952, took 4th in 1953, tied for 3rd-4th in 1954, and tied for 12-13th in 1957.
Mross took 7th at Hoechst 1955.
He moved to Erlangen in the 1960s.*
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