Wilhelm Ernst
Wilhelm Ernst was a German chess master.Biography
He was a winner at Weidenau 1937. He played several times in German Chess Championship; took second, behind Kurt Richter, at Aachen 1935, took 11th at Bad Oeynhausen 1937, took 16th at Bad Oeynhausen 1939, tied for 8–11th at Bad Oeynhausen 1941, tied for 13-14th at Weidenau 1947, tied for 12-14th at Essen 1948, and shared 11th at Düsseldorf 1951.
Ernst represented Germany in 3rd unofficial Chess Olympiad at Munich 1936, where he won team bronze medal and individual silver medal on first reserve board. In 1940, he lost a match to Kieninger in Cologne.
