{{Short description|Polish-German chess player}} {{Infobox person | name = Paul Mross | birth_date = January 23, 1910 | birth_place = Chorzów, Province of Silesia, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire | death_date = {{Death date and age|1991|01|17|1910|01|23}} | occupation = chess master }}
'''Paul Mross (Paweł Mróz)''' (23 January 1910, in Bismarckhütte (now Chorzów) – 17 January 1991, in Düsseldorf) was a Polish–German chess master.<ref>[http://www.chessbase.de/nachrichten.asp?newsid=3273 Schach Nachrichten<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
==Biography== Born in Bismarckhütte (now Chorzów), Upper Silesia, he won the Silesian Chess Championship in 1929,<ref>[http://www.szs.org.pl/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=317&Itemid=199 Śląski Związek Szachowy w Katowicach<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> and played for Silesia at second board in the 1st Polish Team Championship at Królewska Huta (Königshütte) 1929 (the Warsaw team won).<ref>[http://www.astercity.net/~vistula/jubileuszszz.htm Jubileusz 80 -lecia Śląskiego Związku Szachowego<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928222106/http://www.astercity.net/~vistula/jubileuszszz.htm |date=2011-09-28 }}</ref> In early 1930s, he moved to Berlin. In 1935, he tied for 3rd-4th in Swinemünde. He played in Berlin championships; tied for 7-8th in 1936, and tied for 4-6th in 1938 (both won by Kurt Richter). In Spring 1939, he took 2nd, behind Franz Mölbitz, at ''Café Victoria'' in Berlin-Kreuzberg.<ref>[http://www.schachclubkreuzberg.de/chronos.htm chronos<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
During World War II, he tied for 5-8th in the 1st General Government chess tournament at Kraków–Krynica–Warsaw 1940 (Efim Bogoljubow and Anton Kohler won),<ref>[http://www.rogerpaige.me.uk/tables11.htm Bad Elster 1940<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927215743/http://www.rogerpaige.me.uk/tables11.htm |date=2007-09-27 }}</ref> took 12th at Munich 1941 (''Europaturnier'' Munich 1941 chess tournament, Gösta Stoltz won),<ref>[http://www.chesshistory.com/winter/winter14.html Chess Notes by Edward Winter<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> tied for 10-12th in the 2nd GG-ch at Warsaw–Kraków 1941 (Alexander Alekhine and Paul Felix Schmidt won),<ref>[http://www.rogerpaige.me.uk/tables12.htm 1941<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927215810/http://www.rogerpaige.me.uk/tables12.htm |date=2007-09-27 }}</ref> and won in the Kraków Championship in 1941.<ref>[http://www.astercity.net/~vistula/mroz_mross2.htm Mróz czy Mross?<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080516201828/http://www.astercity.net/~vistula/mroz_mross2.htm |date=2008-05-16 }}</ref>
After the war, he lived in Berlin-Spandau, where he played in several tournaments. He took 7th in 1949 (Gerhard Pfeiffer won), tied for 3rd-5th in 1950 (Max Euwe won), took 6th in 1952 (Rudolf Teschner won),<ref>[http://www.berlinerschachverband.de/archiv/events/bsv/bem/1900.html Berliner Schachverband :: Sieger Berliner Einzelmeisterschaft<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080402021550/http://www.berlinerschachverband.de/archiv/events/bsv/bem/1900.html |date=2008-04-02 }}</ref> took 4th in 1953, tied for 3rd-4th in 1954, and tied for 12-13th in 1957.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20080402021902/http://www.berlinerschachverband.de/archiv/events/bsv/bem/west.html Berliner Schachverband :: Sieger Berliner Einzelmeisterschaft<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
Mross took 7th at Hoechst 1955 (FRG-ch, Klaus Darga won).<ref>[http://www.thechesslibrary.com/files/1955HoechstamMain.htm 1955HoechstamMain<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
He moved to Erlangen in the 1960s.<ref>[http://www.chessgames.com Chess Games Database<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
==Notable chess games== *[http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1273013 Peter Leepin vs Paul Mross, Munich 1941, ''Europaturnier'', English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense, Queen's Knight Variation, A16, 0-1] *[http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1013456 Paul Mross vs Alexander Alekhine, Munich 1941, ''Europaturnier'', Ruy Lopez: Steinitz Defense Deferred, C79, 1/2-1/2] *[http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1273098 Paul Mross vs Carl Carls, Krakow-Warsaw 1941, GG-ch, Sicilian Defense: Dragon, B73, 1-0]
==External links== *{{chessgames player|id=13633}}
== References == {{Reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Mross, Paul}} Category:German people of Polish descent Category:People from the Province of Silesia Category:1910 births Category:1991 deaths Category:People from Chorzów Category:Sportspeople from Silesian Voivodeship Category:20th-century Polish chess players Category:20th-century German chess players