Adolf Seitz


Jakob Adolf Seitz was a German–Argentine chess master and journalist.

Career

In 1920, he tied for 2-4th in Canterbury, took 10th in Berlin, and tied for 4-5th in Kulmbach. In 1921, he tied for 8-9th in Hamburg. In 1922, he tied for 2nd-3rd in London. In 1922/23 he tied for 6-9th in Portsmouth/Southsea. In 1923, he tied for 6-7th in Triest. In 1923/24 he tied for 5-6th in Hastings. In 1924, he took 13th in Győr. 1924/25 he took 3rd in Hastings. In 1925, he tied for 6-10th in Debrecen. In 1925, he took 3rd in Bologna. In 1925/26 he tied for 3-4th in Hastings.
In 1926, he tied for 6-7th in Milan, and tied for 3-4th in Scarborough. In 1927, he took 2nd, behind Stefano Rosselli del Turco, in Naples, and tied for 3-4th in London. In 1928, he tied for 3-4th in Cheltenham, tied for 4-5th in Dortmund, and tied for 1st-2nd with George Koltanowski in Tenby. In 1929, he took 10th in Paris, tied for 4-7th in Duisburg, and tied for 1st-2nd with Vajda in Ramsgate. In 1930, he tied for 3-4th in Scarborough, and took 7th in Nice.
In 1931, he tied for 5-8th in Nice. In 1933, he tied for 11-12th in Bad Pyrmont. In 1934, he tied for 3-6th in . In 1935, he took 2nd, behind Samuel Reshevsky, in Great Yarmouth. In 1935, he took 7th in Helsinki. In 1938, he took 16th in Łódź.
In September 1939, when World War II was broke out, Seitz along with all German players and many other participants of the 8th Olympiad in Buenos Aires had decided to stay permanently in Argentina.
In 1955 he returned to Europe.