Rudolf Keller

Rudolf Keller (16 June 1917 – 28 November 1993) was a German chess master.

Born in Dresden, he was the brother of Edith Keller-Herrmann. In 1935–1938, he won Dresden and Saxony championships.^[1] He took 4th at Berlin 1938, shared 1st with Ludwig Rellstab and Paul Michel at Bad Warmbrunn 1939, played in a match Germany vs. Hungary in Karlsbad in April 1939,^[2] tied for 6–7th at Vienna 1939, shared 6th at Bad Oeynhausen 1939 (the 6th German Chess Championship, Erich Eliskases won), tied for 6–9th at Bad Oeynhausen 1940 (the 7th GER-ch, Georg Kieninger won), took 2nd, behind Klaus Junge, at Dresden 1942, tied for 9–10th at Choceň 1942 (Miroslav Katětov won), and tied for 4–5th at Warsaw/Lublin/Kraków 1942 (the 3rd General Government chess tournament won by Alexander Alekhine).^[3]

After World War II, he won the Saxony championships in 1949, and played in a GDR vs. CSR match in 1957. He was awarded the International Master title in 1950.

References[]

^ mySchach.de :: Rudolf Keller
^ OlimpBase :: Friendly matches
^ Roger Paige Chess Site :: 1942 Archived 2007-08-07 at the Wayback Machine

External links[]

Rudolf Keller at Chessgames.com

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[1] ySchach.de :: Rudolf Keller

[2] OlimpBase :: Friendly matches

[3] Roger Paige Chess Site :: 1942 Archived 2007-08-07 at the Wayback Machine

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