border with Belgium and sent to Westerbork transit camp. He was sent to a concentration camp in Gräditz, Silesia in November 1943, where he died sometime between December 1943 and 31 March 1944 (probably March). His wife and young daughter, whose hiding place was betrayed, were sent to Auschwitz in September 1944, where they were gassed on October 12, 1944. Notable chess games Salo Landau vs Akiba Rubinstein, Rotterdam 1931, Queen’s Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, D66, 1-0 Salo Landau vs Efim Bogoljubow, Zandvoort 1936, Queen’s Gambit Declined, Cambridge Springs Variation, D52, 1-0 Salo Landau vs Eero Böök, Kemeri 1937, Queen's Pawn Game, D05, 1-0 The best game prize ! Max Euwe vs Salo Landau, Hastings 1938/39, Grünfeld Defense, Russian Variation, D96, 0-1 Hans Kmoch vs Salo Landau, Groningen 1941, Queen's Gambit Declined, Slav, Exchange Variation, D14, 0-1 See also Chess References External links 1903 births 1943 deaths Jews from Galicia (Eastern Europe) Dutch chess players Jewish chess players Jewish Dutch sportspeople Chess Olympiad competitors People condemned by Nazi courts Dutch civilians killed in World War II People from Bochnia Sportspeople from Rotterdam Dutch people who died in Nazi concentration camps Sportspeople from Lesser Poland Voivodeship 20th-century chess players