Henry Pogorieły

Henryk Pogorieły (born 1908 in Warsaw, died 1943 in Warsaw), Polish chess player, representative at the unofficial chess Olympics in Munich (1936).

In Warsaw he attended the school and after graduation he worked in the civil service. Since the 1920s he was a member of the Warsaw Society of Chess Supporters. He gradually increased his chess skills so that in the winter of 1927-1919 he won the Warsaw tournament for the 2nd category. This success gave him a promotion to the final tournament of the Warsaw championship, where in the group of 10 participants ranked in 4th place with a score of 5.5 points. He defeated. a well-known Warsaw chef, who was over a quarter of a century older than Moses Lowe.

In December 1928 he drew a party with Aleksander Alechin in the framework of the latter in Warsaw. In the spring of 1929 he was appointed to the Warsaw team for the first Polish team championship and in the Royal Trophy he contributed significantly to the triumph of his team, winning all the games played.

In the first half of the 1930s, Pogorie was not involved in tournaments, focused on professional work. Back to chess was mobilized by the Olympic Games, which was hosted in Warsaw in 1935. In 1936 he was placed in the 3rd place of the highly-fortified Warsaw Chess Club, where he was appointed to the Polish team for the unofficial chess Olympics in Munich. There, in the 10-man squad, he was next to Mieczysław Najdorf, Henry Friedman (Leonard Kremer) and Leon Kremer, the leading figure of the team. On the seventh chess he won 10 games, drew 7, lost 3; He played well in the first eight rounds, after which his balance was seven wins and one draw. Eventually, Poland came in second place, only for Hungary and before the hosts.

For the outbreak of World War II Pogorieły continued to play tournaments, although without much success. He was At the split of the VI-VII in the Warsaw Chess Club in 1939 (12 participants), he also went to an international individual tournament in Margate, England, where he competed in the V-VIII tournament. In October 1939, he was to play in a major Warsaw tournament with such rivals as Mieczysław Najdorf, Dawid Przepiorek, Moses Łowcki, Paulin Frydman, Stanislaw Kohn and Karol Piltz. However, the outbreak of the war was a hindrance to the event.

During the occupation Pogorieły stayed with his family in the Warsaw Ghetto. He played in underground chess cafes. From February to April 1942 he participated in the German Chess Tournament in the ghetto with the permission of the German authorities. Not to be missed and beaten decisively in 14 games, scoring 13 points (two draws).

In the spring of 1943 he was sent to Pawiak, where after several days he was assassinated.

Also, the wife of a German chessman was killed. Bibliography

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