Career
At the beginning of his chess career, he played in Leipzig where tied for 4-6th in 1909, took 8th in 1910, took 3rd in 1911, shared 1st in 1912, and took 5th in 1913. R. Max Bluemich represented Germany in matches against The Netherlands at Berlin 1922 and Austria at Vienna 1926. He also played for Germany in the 2nd Chess Olympiad at The Hague 1928 with a result of +5 –4 =4.
In 1925–1942, he was an editor of the first German chess magazine Deutsche Schachzeitung.
He was the author of an infamous 1941 edition of the Kleine Lehrbuch des Schachspiels, by Jean Dufresne and Jacques Mieses, opportunistically changed, omitting and modifying the references to chess personalities with Jewish background.