Szpiro, Abram




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1928  892  2128 (60) 12
1929  799  2152 (59) 0
1930  735  2176 (53) 12
1931  666  2202 (54) 0
1932  554  2228 (48) 11
1933  410  2267 (45) 13
1934  319  2299 (40) 21
1935  269  2320 (35) 30
1936  324  2297 (36) 24
1937  278  2319 (35) 41
1938  322  2299 (50) 0
1939  380  2278 (56) 11

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Szpiro, Abram  
Born: 1912
Died: 16 Feb. 1943
 
Notes:
Gaige has 'Szpiro' at Łódź 1930; Di Felice has 'Szapiro, Marek', but he was born in 1917 and would have been no more than 13 years old at the time of that tournament. More likely, it was Abram Szpiro (or Abraham Szpiro), who played for Łódź in the Polish Team Championship of 1934. Gaige gives date of birth as 1910 and date of death as 'c1941'; Jahr gives date of birth as 1912, and date of death as 16-02-1943. Shakhmatnaya Evreiskaya Entsiklopedia gives date of birth as 10-01-1912. Olimpbase gives his first name as 'Abraham'.
 
References
Books
   Berdichevsky, Shakhmatnaya Evreiskaya Entsiklopedia, page 298
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1931-1935, page 405
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1936-1940, page 375
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 417
   Gaige, Chess Tournament Crosstables IV, page 897
Web
   Jahr, Przemysław.  [Abram Szpiro]

Tournament data

Lodz 1928 (2)     Lodz Championship     3.5  /  12
Lodz 1930     Lodz Championship     6  /  12
Lodz 1932     Lodz Championship     5.5  /  11
Lodz 1933 (2)     Lodz Championship     10  /  13
Katowice 1934     2nd Polish Team Championship     6.5  /  7
Lodz 1934     Lodz Championship     8  /  14
Lodz 1935 (1)     Warsaw - Lodz Match    
  Szpiro, A. - Mlynek, H.     0 - 1    
Lodz 1935 (2)     Pre-Olympiad Tournament     8.5  /  13
Warsaw 1935 (1)     3rd Polish Championship     9  /  16
Lodz 1936     ŁTZGSz Championship     3  /  13
Czestochowa 1936     Polish Championship Semi-Final     11.5  /  13
Lodz 1937 (1)     Lodz Tournament     0  /  7
Lodz 1937 (2)     Lodz Championship     9  /  13
Jurata 1937     4th Polish Championship     12.5  /  21
Lodz 1939     Lodz Championship     6  /  11


Player information updated: 11 Jan. 2026