Career
In the 1920s, Emanuel Rubinstein from Cracow was a collaborator of the Wiener Schachzeitung. He played for Cracow (+3 =1 –1) in the 1st Polish Team Chess Championship at Królewska Huta 1929, and in matches Cracow (Krakow) versus Silesia (Śląsk) in 1932, 1937, and 1939.
In 1939, when World World War II broke out, he left Cracow for Lvov.
In January/February 1941, he shared 4th with Schächter, behind Edward Gerstenfeld, Izaak Appel, and Henryk Friedman, in the Lvov City championship.