Background
Arthur Dunkelblum was born in Cracow (Krakow-Podgórze), Austria-Hungary.
Arthur Dunkelblum was born in Cracow (Krakow-Podgórze), Austria-Hungary.
He played for Belgium in eleven Chess Olympiads: 1928, 1933, 1937, 1950, 1954, 1956, 1958, 1960, 1962, 1966, and 1968 (one of the biggest gap between first and last appearance at the Olympiads). In 1925, he took 3rd in Brussels (BEL-ch, qualif). In 1926,he tied for 5-7th in Spa.
In 1933, he took 3rd in Brussels (BEL-ch).
In 1937, he took 9th in Ostend. In 1937, he took 3rd in Brussels (BEL-ch).
He tied for 2nd-3rd, behind Robert Lemaire, in Ghent (BEL-ch) in 1950. His best tournament result was at Gijon, Spain, in 1950 where he finished 2nd-3rd, behind Nicolas Rossolimo.
Dunkelblum was awarded the International Master title in 1957.
In 1922, he took 3rd in Antwerp (BEL-ch, Edgar Colle won). In 1930, he tied for 2nd-3rd in Brussels (George Koltanowski won). In 1934, he took 3rd in Liège (BEL-ch, Victor Soultanbeieff won). After World World War II, he tied for 5-6th in Baarn C (Baruch Harold Wood won) in 1947. Dunkelblum won the Belgium Championship at Bruges 1949. In 1957, he tied for 10-11th in Dublin (zt, Luděk Pachman won).
