{{Short description|Polish-born Belgian chess player}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}} thumb|Arthur Dunkelblum, Beverwijk 1964 '''Arthur Dunkelblum''' (23 April 1906 – 27 January 1979) was a Polish-born Belgian chess master.
Arthur Dunkelblum was born in Podgórze (currently part of Kraków), Austria-Hungary. He played for Belgium in eleven Chess Olympiads: 1928, 1933, 1937, 1950, 1954, 1956, 1958, 1960, 1962, 1966, and 1968 (one of the biggest gap between first and last appearance at the Olympiads).<ref>[http://www.olimpbase.org/players/l5f3hhti.html OlimpBase Men's Chess Olympiads Arthur Dunkelblum]</ref>
In 1922, he took 3rd in Antwerp (BEL-ch, Edgar Colle won). In 1925, he took 3rd in Brussels (BEL-ch, qualify.). In 1926, he tied for 5-7th in Spa. In 1930, he tied for 2nd-3rd in Brussels (George Koltanowski won). In 1933, he took 3rd in Brussels (BEL-ch). In 1934, he took 3rd in Liège (BEL-ch, Victor Soultanbeieff won). In 1937, he took 9th in Ostend. In 1937, he took 3rd in Brussels (BEL-ch).
After World War II, he tied for 5-6th in Baarn C (Baruch Harold Wood won) in 1947. Dunkelblum won the Belgium Championship at Bruges 1949. He tied for 2nd-3rd, behind Robert Lemaire, in Ghent (BEL-ch) in 1950. His best tournament result was at Gijón, Spain, in 1950 where he finished 2nd-3rd, behind Nicolas Rossolimo.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Mendez|first=Pedro|url=https://mcfarlandbooks.com/product/the-gijon-international-chess-tournaments-1944-1965/|title=The Gijon International Chess Tournaments|last2=Mendez|first2=Luis|publisher=McFarland|year=2019|isbn=978-1-4766-7659-3|pages=117}}</ref> In 1957, he tied for 10-11th in Dublin (zt, Luděk Pachman won).
Dunkelblum was awarded the International Master title in 1957.
==See also== * List of Jewish chess players
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{chessgames player|id=23944}}
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