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Erwin Knopfler
02 December 1908, Miskolc, Hungary - Death registered May 1993, Bristol, England
A reference to Knopfler's chess activity in Miskolc, albeit with his name misspelled, was the result of the 1932 individual championship: 1-2. K. Bán, and E. Nagy 6½; 3. Fischer 6; 4. Lehótzky 5;
5-6. Czeisler and Knöpfer [sic] 4...(Magyar Sakktörténet, Volume 4, 1922-1944, page 152)
In 1936 he participated in an invitational tournament at the Wiener Schachverein in the Cafe Jägerhof in Vienna.
Wiener Schachzeitung 1936, p. 130.
- member of Glasgow Chess Club, and the Glasgow Jewish Institute CC.
- played in the Scottish Championships of 1952, 1953 and 1954, the last being his best result when he scored 7½/11, finishing one point behind the winner P.B, Anderson.
- Competed in the Glasgow International Tournament 1953
- member of the Jewish CC that won the 1st Division of the Glasgow Chess League in season 1952/53.
- on the Glasgow CC team that won the Richardson Cup in 1954 and 1955.
Members of the Glasgow Jewish Institute CC.
The photo may have been taken to celebrate the club winning the 1st Division of the Glasgow League in 1953. Mr Knopfler is on the far right, next to him is Frank Slotopolsky, then Stanley Mann. The figure on the left has yet to be identified.
Mr Knopfler, an architect, married Louisa Mary Laidler in Newcastle in 1944. He was the father of Ruth (1947, Newcastle), Mark (1949, Glasgow) and David Knopfler (1952, Glasgow). The Scottish Chess Association Yearbook for 1953-54 gives the address 30 Wheatfield Road, Westerton. The 1957 Electoral Register showed the home address as 137 Morse Road, Scotstounhill, Glasgow. Later, the family moved to Newcastle.
Mark and David would later form the band 'Dire Straits'. See Douglas Bryson's article on Mr Knopfler for further information.
Thanks to Steve Mannion (snr) for confirming the presence of Frank Slotopolsky.
Thanks also to Harvey Kaplan of the Scottish Jewish Archives Centre in Glasgow and Sharon Mail, Scottish Correspondent, Jewish Telegraph Group of Newspapers. Sharon wrote an article for the Jewish Telegraph (Friday October 19, 2012) which featured this photograph, requesting assistance with identification from readers. Mrs Helen Mann responded, identifying her late husband Stanley Mann.
E. Knopfler - T. Harvey [A05]
Scottish Championship 1953, Edinburgh
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 d6 3.Bg2 e5 4.d3 Nc6 5.Nbd2 g6 6.c3 Bg7 7.Qc2 Be6 8.0–0 Qd7 9.Ng5 Bg4 10.f3 h6 11.Nxf7 Qxf7 12.fxg4 Qd7 13.Qb3 0–0–0 14.Ne4 Rdf8 15.Nxf6 Bxf6 16.Be3 a6 17.Bd5 Nd8 18.Qc4 c6 19.Bb6 Kb8 20.Qa4 Rh7 21.Be4 Rg7 22.Be3 d5 23.Bg2 g5 24.Rf5 d4 25.cxd4 exd4 26.Bd2 Rgf7 27.Raf1 Qe7 28.Be4 Ne6 29.Bb4 c5 30.Ba3 Qd6 31.b4 b5 32.bxc5 Qxc5 33.Qxa6 1–0E. Knopfler - I.C. Kirkwood[B24]
Scottish Championship 1953, Edinburgh
1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nge2 e6 6.d3 Nge7 7.0–0 0–0 8.Nf4 d6 9.Nce2 b5 10.c3 Rb8 11.Qc2 Bb7 12.Be3 e5 13.Nh3 Qd7 14.Ng5 Kh8 15.Rad1 f6 16.Nf3 Qc7 17.Qd2 Rfd8 18.Ne1 a5 19.f4 f5 20.Qc2 Bc8 21.Nf3 b4 22.Ng5 Rf8 23.fxe5 Nxe5 24.Nf4 Rf6 25.cxb4 axb4 26.Bc1 h6 27.d4 hxg5 28.Nd5 Nxd5 29.dxe5 dxe5 30.Rxd5 Rc6 31.exf5 Bxf5 32.Qd1 Re6 33.Bxg5 Qa7 34.Be3 Qxa2 35.Rd8+ Rxd8 36.Qxd8+ Kh7 37.Bd5 Qxb2 38.Qh4+ Kg8 39.Rxf5 Qa1+ 40.Rf1 Qa6 41.Qe7 1–0E. Knopfler - W.A. Fairhurst [A08]
Glasgow International Tournament (1), 1953
1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c5 3.Bg2 Nf6 4.d3 Nc6 5.Nbd2 g6 6.c3 Bg7 7.Qc2 0–0 8.0–0 e5 9.e4 b6 10.Re1 Bb7 11.Nh4 Re8 12.a3 Qd7 13.Bf1 a6 14.Ndf3 Rac8 15.Ng5 Rcd8 16.b4 cxb4 17.axb4 d4 18.Bh3 Qc7 19.f4 Nxb4 20.Qb1 Qxc3 21.Bd2 Qxd2 22.Ngf3 Qxd3 23.Qxb4 exf4 24.Bf1 Qc3 25.Qxb6 Bxe4 26.Rac1 Qa3 27.Ne5 fxg3 28.Qc7 gxh2+ 29.Kxh2 Qe7 30.Nxf7 Qxf7 31.Bc4 Bd5 32.Rxe8+ Rxe8 0–1Sources:
Mark Knopfler
http://victoriana.reblog.hu/deptford-es-greenwichAlan McGowan
Historian, Chess Scotland