Career
He started playing on a tailoring table using firewood instead of a Netto. In 1936, when he was playing Alojzy Ehrlich, a Pole, at the World Championship in Prague, one of their exchanges lasted for two hours and fifteen minutes. He coached both local teams in Cluj and the Romanian national teams, many of his disciples (Angelica Rozeanu, Maria Alexandru, Șerban Doboși, Radu Negulescu, Dorin Giurgiuca, etc) winning 16 world gold medals and 32 European titles (including youth competitions).
He was the subject of a documentary movie by Steven Spielberg about the life of the Jews during World World War World War II He was an avid stamp collector.