Victor Winz

'''Viktor (Víctor) Winz''' ({{Langx|he|ויקטור ווינץ}}; 31 August 1906 – date of death unknown) was a Palestine/Israeli–Argentine chess master.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ara.org.ar/chs/ajedrez/perlas/piriapolise.html|title=Passengers of the Piriápolis - Buenos Aires 1939|last=Sánchez|first=Christian|website=www.ara.org.ar-gb|access-date=2018-09-20}}</ref><ref>[https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1-12840-25665-95?cc=1932363 Visa with photo 1954]</ref>

Born in Germany, he began his chess career in Berlin.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.berlinerschachverband.de/archiv/chronik/spieler/ |title=Berliner Schachverband :: Die bekanntesten Persönlichkeiten der Berliner Schachgeschichte |access-date=2008-05-04 |archive-date=2012-07-22 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120722200219/http://www.berlinerschachverband.de/archiv/chronik/spieler/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> He emigrated to Mandatory Palestine in the early 1930s.

Winz played for the Palestine team in two Chess Olympiads; at fourth board (+2 -9 =2) in the 6th Olympiad at Warsaw 1935, and at third board (+4 -6 =5) in the 8th Olympiad at Buenos Aires 1939.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.olimpbase.org/|title=OlimpBase :: the encyclopaedia of team chess|last=Bartelski|first=Wojciech|website=www.olimpbase.org|access-date=2018-09-20}}</ref>

In September 1939, when World War II broke out, Winz, along with many other participants of the 8th Chess Olympiad, decided to stay permanently in Argentina.<ref>{{cite web|title=List of players who remained in Argentina in 1939 (notes in '''Spanish''')|url=http://ar.geocities.com/carloseadrake/AJEDREZ/Asilados_1939.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091018211031/http://ar.geocities.com/carloseadrake/AJEDREZ/Asilados_1939.htm|archive-date=2009-10-18|url-status=dead|access-date=2004-02-09}}</ref>

In 1941, he took 7th in Buenos Aires (Miguel Najdorf won, followed by Moshe Czerniak, Hermann Pilnik, Paul Michel, etc.). In 1941, he took 17th in Mar del Plata (Gideon Ståhlberg won, followed by Najdorf, Erich Eliskases, Ludwig Engels, Paulino Frydman, Czerniak, Movsas Feigins, Carlos Guimard, etc.).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rogerpaige.me.uk/tables12.htm|title=1941|publisher=Rogerpaige.me.uk|access-date=24 October 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927215810/http://www.rogerpaige.me.uk/tables12.htm|archive-date=27 September 2007|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

His last recorded tournament was the 1957 Berlin championship, where he finished 7= behind Rudolf Teschner.<ref>{{cite book|title=Chess Results 1956-1060|author=Gino Di Felice|date=19 April 2010|page=108|publisher=McFarland |isbn=9780786455577|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=urSHHDciyzAC&q=Winz}}</ref>

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