Klaus Junge | |
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Full name | Klaus Junge |
Country | Germany |
Born | Concepción, Chile | 1 January 1924
Died | 17 April 1945 Welle, Germany | (aged 21)
Klaus Junge (1 January 1924 – 17 April 1945) was one of the youngest Chilean-German chess masters. In several tournaments during the 1940s he held his own among the world's leading players. An officer in the Wehrmacht, he died during the Battle of Welle shortly before the end of World War II.