Klaus Junge

Chess Player

Birthday January 1, 1924

Birth Sign Capricorn

Birthplace Concepcion, Chile

DEATH DATE Apr 17, 1945 (21)

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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.