Tomasz Lissowski
Archival and Historical Review, Vol. II, 2015, pp. 75 - 93
https://doi.org/10.4467/2391-890XPAH.15.005.14879The article presents the career of a chess player, Henryk Kahane. Henryk (Hersz Tsalel) Kahane was born in Tomaszów Rawski (Tomaszów Mazowiecki) in 1906 and learned to play chess in his home town. Later, in the years 1927–1931, he studied chemistry at the Brno Polytechnic. Representing the Jewish club of Maccabi Brno Kahane became a chess master of ÚJČŠ (i.e. the Main Society of Czecho-Slovakian Chess Players) in 19129 in Brno. In 1931 he was a chess master of Brno. After he had returned to Poland, Kahane became a member of the Chess Enthusiasts Association in Łódź. He took part in the Łódź Chess Competition (4th place in 1932, 3rd place in 1934). He was also a member of the Łódź team in the Polish Chess Competition in 1934. In 1935, he emigrated to Romania, and later, in 1940, to Palestine (through Bulgaria and Turkey). In Israel, Kahane lived in Ramat Gan (Tel Aviv District) where he set up a chemical factory. He was the director of the company. Whether he played chess in Israel remains unknown. It is also unknown when he died.