Klaus Junge
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About
One of the youngest German chess masters of all time who won the Chilean Chess Championship in 1922.
Before Fame
He was born in Chile to a German chess champion father.
Trivia
He was known for playing his matches in a Nazi uniform and would later die as a lieutenant, refusing to surrender, in combat against Allied troops on April 17, 1945 in the battle of Welle on the Lüneburg Heath.
Family Life
He had four brothers, all of whom played chess.
Associated With
He was a chess prodigy much like modern chess star Magnus Carlsen.
