Arnold Aurbach

Who was Arnold Aurbach?

Arnold Aurbach was a Polish–French chess master.

At the beginning of the 20th century, he left Warsaw for Paris. He won a match against Adolphe Silbert at Paris 1907; won, ahead of Weinstein, at Paris 1909; took 12th at Abbazia 1912; drew a mini match with José Raúl Capablanca in 1913, and lost a match to him in 1914, both in Paris.

In 1917, he won, ahead of Silbert, in Paris. After World War I, he lost a mini match to Alexander Alekhine at Paris 1922; and took 2nd, behind Alekhine, at Berne 1925.