Meir Rauch

Meir Rauch (15 October 1909 – 1 August 1983) was a Polish-born Israeli chess master.

[1] In August–September 1939, he played for the Palestinian team in the 8th Chess Olympiad on the first reserve board (won 4, lost 2 and drew 7) in Buenos Aires.

[2] When World War II broke out, Rauch, along with many other participants of that Olympiad, decided to stay permanently in Argentina.

[4] Around 1960 Rauch was still a member of the Réti chess club in Tel Aviv.

He held the Israeli record for a blindfold simultaneous game (8 players).