Lodz 1938 (20 March-3 April) Game Collection: Lodz 1938 International tournament. <Petrovs finished 3rd>, with G. Stahlberg, E. Eliskases, and E. Gerstenfeld, behind V. Pirc and S. Tartakower. Fride, p.20; Di Felice, "Chess Results 1936-1940" p.187

Winners of Polish Chess Championsip:

Wikipedia article: Polish Chess Championship

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Tournament Participants

Invited, but did not accept invitation:

Keres (schedule too busy)
Paul Keres

Flohr (did not meet his conditions)
Salomon Flohr

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As of February 1938:

Castaldi
Vincenzo Castaldi

Eliskases
Erich Eliskases

Foltys
Jan Foltys

Pirc
Vasja Pirc

Petrov
Vladimir Petrov

L. Steiner
Lajos Steiner

Stahlberg
Gideon Stahlberg

G. Thomas
George Thomas

Tartakower
Savielly Tartakower

D. Przepiorka
bad player ID

P. Frydman
Paulino Frydman

M. Najdorf
Miguel Najdorf

Appel
Isaak Appel

Kolski
Jakub Kolski

Regedzinski
Teodor Regedzinski

Gerstenfeld
Eduard Gerstenfeld

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Final list:

Out: Castaldi, Thomas, Przepiorka

In:

Menchik
Vera Menchik

Sulik
Franciszek Sulik

Seitz
Jakob Adolf Seitz

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Szachista 1938 February. Henryk Friedman, editor

"Chess life in Lodz" p.30

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Rok 1937 min