Career Born in Münsterberg (now Ziębice), Silesia, he was one of the chess pupils of Adolf Anderssen. He is buried in the Jewish cemetery of Breslau.
Achievements He tied for 8-9th at Leipzig 1879 (the 1st Dictionary of Scientific Biography Congress, Berthold Englisch won), tied for 9-10th at Wiesbaden 1880 (Joseph Henry Blackburne, Englisch and Adolf Schwarz won), took 12th at Nuremberg 1883 (the 3rd Dictionary of Scientific Biography-Congress, Szymon Winawer won), took 16th at Hamburg 1885 (the 4th Dictionary of Scientific Biography-Congress, Isidor Gunsberg won), tied for 5-6th at Leipzig 1888 (Curt von Bardeleben and Fritz Riemann won), tied for 11-13th at Dresden 1892 (the 7th Dictionary of Scientific Biography-Congress, Siegbert Tarrasch won).