Dawid Przepiorka

Dawid Przepiórka (1880-1940) was born in 1880 in Warsaw, Poland, to a wealthy family. Despite family’s possibilities, he preferred to pursue his dreams to study mathematics and chess. He started to play chess at seven. In 1930 he was part of the Polish team at the 3rd Chess Olympiad in Hamburg, where he won the gold medal in a team with Akiba Rubinstein, Savielly Tartakower.

diagram of Dawid Przepiorka vs Erich Eliskases chess puzzle

Dawid Przepiorka vs Erich Eliskases

The game between Dawid Przepiorka, representing Poland and Erich Eliskases, an Austrian born chess player took place in Hamburg, Germany, 1930.