Sammi Fajarowicz

Chess Player

1908 – 1940

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Who was Sammi Fajarowicz?

Sammi Fajarowicz was a German chess master.

Born into a Jewish family with Ukrainian roots. He played several times in Leipzig championships; took 3rd in 1928, took 2nd in 1929, shared 1st with Max Blümich, but lost to him a play-off match in 1930, and twice won in 1931 and 1933. He also took 5th at Bautzen 1929, tied for 12-13th at Zwickau 1930, and took 5th at Frankfurt.

Fajarowicz took 4th at Great Yarmouth 1935. In Nazi Germany, he could play only in Jüdische Meisterschaft Deutschlands. He won twice those tournaments - at Leipzig 1935 and Frankfurt am Main 1937.

He had tried to escape from Germany but without success. Finally, he died in a Jewish Hospital in Leipzig because of tuberculosis.

His name is attached to the Fajarowicz Gambit in the Budapest Gambit.

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Born
Jun 5, 1908
Leipzig
Died
Jul 4, 1940
Leipzig

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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