Gersz Rotlewi
Gersz Rotlewi was a Polish chess master.Biography
In 1906, Rotlewi tied for 5-6th in Łódź. In 1907, he took 3rd, behind Rubinstein and Dawid Daniuszewski, in Lodz, took 2nd, behind Heilmann, in Ostend, and took 6th in Lodz. He took 4th in the Prague 1908 chess tournament, tied for 1st with Daniuszewski at Lodz 1909, and took 2nd, behind Alexander Alekhine, at Saint Petersburg 1909.
Rotlewi played two matches against Gersz Salwe, losing in 1909 and winning in 1910.
In 1910, he tied for 1st with Rubinstein in Warsaw, and won in the Hamburg 1910 chess tournament, which earned him the Master Title, and the right to compete at the Carlsbad 1911 chess tournament. In 1911, he took 4th in Carlsbad, tied for 2nd-4th in Cologne, and took 2nd in Munich.
After this a nervous disorder forced him to give up serious chess. He died in 1920 at the age of 31.*
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