Emmanuel Sapira

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Emmanuel Sapira (1900-1943) was a Belgian chess master. Born in Romania, he moved to Belgium. He shared 2nd, behind George Koltanowski, at Ghent 1923 (Belgian Championship), took 2nd at Brussels 1923 (Koltanowski won), finished 1st at Antwerp 1924 (Quadrangular), took 10th at Brussels 1924 (Edgard Colle won), took 2nd at Brussels 1925 (Colle won), took 3rd at Spa 1926 (Fritz Sämisch and George Alan Thomas won), tied for 5-9th at Antwerp 1927 (Koltanowski won), and twice tied for 5-7th at Hastings 1927/28 and Hastings 1928/29, both Major A.