Walther von Holzhausen
German chess player
Died when: 59 years 72 days (710 months)Star Sign: Gemini
Walther von Holzhausen (29 May 1876, Opava – 9 August 1935, Magdeburg) was a German chess master and problemist.Born in Troppau (Opava), then Austrian Silesia, as the son of an Austrian officer (although his family lived in Frankfurt am Main), he graduated from states military academies at Graz (Austria) and Hanau (Germany).
During World War I, he fought on the Eastern Front, where he was captured by Russians.He was captured as a prisoner of war and was sent to Khabarovsk in Russian Far East.
In winter 1917/18 he escaped from the camp.
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