Klaus Junge

Chess Player
BIRTHDAY
January 1,1924
Birthplace
Concepcion,Chile
Age
Apr 17,1945,age 21
Birth Sign
Capricorn
BIRTHDAY
January 1,1924 (age Apr 17,1945,age 21)
Birthplace
Concepcion,Chile

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.