Iosif Mendelssohn

Who is Iosif Mendelssohn?

Iosif Mendelssohn was a Romanian chess master.

At the beginning of his career, he took 7th at Debrecen 1913 and tied for 4-5th at Kaschau 1918, both in B tournaments.

After World War I, Mendelssohn played in many tournaments in Bucharest. He took 5th in 1924, took 3rd and shared 1st with Herland in 1925, tied for 4-6th in Romanian Chess Championship and tied for 7-8th in 1927, took 5th and took 3rd in 1928, shared 1st with Wechsler and tied for 3rd-4th in 1929, took 5th, took 2nd, took 3rd, and finally won in 1930.

He also took 4th at Jassy 1929, and took 6th at Cernăuţi 1930.

Mendelssohn played for Romania in 2nd unofficial Chess Olympiad at Budapest 1926, and won team bronze medal there.