Wilhelm Cohn, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Wilhelm Cohn

German chess player

Date of Birth: 06-Feb-1859

Place of Birth: Berlin

Date of Death: 17-Aug-1913

Profession: chess player

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Wilhelm Cohn (Hebrew: ?????? ?????, February 6, 1859, Berlin – August 17, 1913, Charlottenburg) was a German chess master. He participated in some strong tournaments.
In 1897, he tied for 13-14th in Berlin (Rudolf Charousek won).
In 1898, he tied for 2nd-4th in Cologne (11th DSB Kongress; Amos Burn won).
In 1899, he tied for 10-11th in London (Emanuel Lasker won).
In 1900, he took 6th in Munich (12th DSB Kongress; Géza Maróczy, Harry Pillsbury and Carl Schlechter won).
In 1902, he took 13th in Hanover (13th DSB Kongress; Dawid Janowski won). He won several B tournaments at Berlin 1893, Leipzig 1894, Hastings 1895, Eisenach 1896, Berlin 1908, and took 3rd at Barmen 1905.
He tied for 2nd-3rd, behind Carl Ahues, at Berlin 1911.In matches, he lost both to Carl Walbrodt in 1894, and Erhardt Post in 1910.