Henryk Friedman

Who was Henryk Friedman?

Henryk Friedman was a Polish chess master.

He lived in Lviv. In 1926–1934, Friedman won seven times in succession the Championship of Lviv but 1930, when he took 2nd place behind Stepan Popel. Friedman played in four Polish championships. In 1926, he took 14th in Warsaw. The event was won by Dawid Przepiórka. In 1927, he took 13th in Łódź. The event was won by Akiba Rubinstein. In 1935, he tied for 2nd-4th with Mieczysław Najdorf and Paulin Frydman, behind Ksawery Tartakower in Warsaw. In 1936, he won in Vienna. In 1937, he took 12th in Jurata. The event was won by Tartakower.

Henryk Friedman played for Poland at fourth board in the 6th Chess Olympiad at Warsaw 1935. He won team bronze medal there. He also played at fifth board in unofficial Olympiad at Munich 1936, where he won two silver medals.

Henryk Friedman died probably in a German Nazi camp.