Karol Piltz, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Karol Piltz

Polish chess player

Date of Birth: 07-Feb-1903

Place of Birth: Warsaw, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland

Date of Death: 01-Jan-1939

Profession: chess player

Nationality: Poland

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Karol Piltz (1903–1939) was a Polish chess master. He played for Poland in 1st unofficial Chess Olympiad at Paris 1924, tied for 3rd-7th in the 1st Polish Chess Championship at Warsaw 1926 (Dawid Przepiórka won), and tied for 17-18th at Jurata 1937 (4th POL-ch, Savielly Tartakower won).Piltz, along with other members of the Warsaw team (Abram Blass, Rafal Feinmesser, Paulin Frydman, Stanislaw Kohn, Leon Kremer, Henryk Pogoriely) won a gold medal in the 1st Polish Team Championship at Królewska Huta 1929.He died during the siege of Warsaw in September 1939.