Heinrich Wolf

Heinrich Wolf (20 October 1875 – December 1943) was an Austrian journalist and chess master of Jewish origin.

In 1900 he tied for 7-10th in Munich (the 12th DSB Congress, Maroczy, Carl Schlechter and Harry Pillsbury won).

In 1904 he tied for 8-9th in Coburg (14th DSB–Congress, Curt von Bardeleben, Schlechter and Rudolf Swiderski won), and tied for 4-5th in Vienna (Schlechter won).

In 1908, Emanuel Lasker engaged Simon Alapin and Wolf as seconds (first introduction of seconds in world championship play) for the WCC match against Tarrasch, held in Düsseldorf and Munich.

[1][2] In December 1941 Wolf was deported to the Riga ghetto where he was murdered.