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Paula Kalmar-Wolf

Who

Paula Kalmar-Wolf · Sports

What

Austro-Hungarian women's chess champion of the early 20th century; Jewish. Inducted into the World Chess Hall of Fame.

When

1880, Zagreb (then Austria-Hungary) — 1931, Vienna, Austria

Where

Austria-Hungary; Austria

Biography

Paula Kalmar-Wolf is recognized among Jewish contributors to Sports — Austro-Hungarian women's chess champion of the early 20th century; Jewish. Inducted into the World Chess Hall of Fame.

How & why

Austrian chess master who, though she learned the game only in her thirties, became one of the strongest women players of the 1920s and early 1930s. She was three times a Women's World Championship challenger, placing third at London 1927 and second at Hamburg 1930 and Prague 1931, both times behind Vera Menchik. This Jewish player was inducted into the World Chess Hall of Fame in 2017.

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Source: Tablet Magazine; Wikipedia — Paula Wolf-Kalmar

Contributions & Sources

Austro-Hungarian women's chess champion of the early 20th century; Jewish. Inducted into the World Chess Hall of Fame.

1880

Source: Tablet Magazine; Wikipedia — Paula Wolf-Kalmar