The Volkswagen SP2 is a sports car that was developed by Volkswagen do Brasil and built from July 1972 until December 1975. It is based on the chassis of the Brazilian market Volkswagen Type 3. "SP" is said to be an initialism of São Paulo, where the car was built, or of "Sports Prototype". In its issue of 20 June 1973, German technology magazine Hobby called the SP2 the "most beautiful Volkswagen in the world."

History
Beginning in August 1952, as part of efforts to spur development of an indigenous automobile industry, Brazil began enacting a series of progressively more restrictive laws that effectively closed their market to imports. The domestic manufacturers were usually divisions of larger multinational firms, and offered little in the way of sportscars, leaving local independent carmakers to fill the gap.

Brazilian sportscars before the SP2
 From 1962 to 1966, the local division of Willys-Overland Motors produced a version of the Alpine A108 called the Willys Interlagos.
 In 1963, Italian immigrant Genaro "Rino" Malzoni unveiled his DKW GT Malzoni. In 1964, Malzoni became one of the founders of Sociedade de Automóveis Lumimari Ltda, dedicated to building increasingly refined versions of his namesake car. In 1966, the company changed its name to Puma Veículos e Motores Ltda, and unveiled their debut model, the Puma GT. While the earliest Puma GTs were powered by three cylinder, two-stroke DKW engines, Malzoni redesigned the car to use Volkswagen components when DKW announced their withdrawal from the Brazilian market. Puma went on to become Brazil's most well-known sportscar builder.
 From 1964 to 1966, Brazilian truck builder Brasinca built the 4200 GT, with an all-steel body and power from an inline six-cylinder Chevrolet engine.
 In 1966, Fábrica Nacional de Motores (FNM) released the FNM Onça, a two-door coupé based on the mechanicals of the Alfa Romeo 2000 sedan designed and built by Malzoni and his company Lumimari. The car had a GRP body styled by designer Anísio Campos that resembled the 1964½–1966 Ford Mustang. Few were built.
 In 1968 the Adamo first appeared on a motorshow stand. Various models were built over the course of several years, with production tapering off until finally ending in 1990.
 Also in 1968 the Volkswagen-based Lorena GT was launched. Offered as a kit or assembled, only 9 bodies were completed.

The sportiest cars in Volkswagen do Brasil's lineup in the late 1960s and early 1970s were the aging, soon-to-be-retired, Volkswagen Karmann Ghia Type 14, and its Brazilian-market stable-mate, the Karmann Ghia TC.

Rudolf Leiding
Rudolf Wilhelm Karl Leiding started his career with Volkswagen (VW) as a production engineer in Wolfsburg in 1945. He was later made manager of the VW plant in northern Hesse. From 1965 until 1968 he was managing director of the Auto Union plant in Ingolstadt. On 1 March 1968, Leiding took over management of Volkswagen do Brasil in São Bernardo do Campo.

"Projeto X"
It is said that Leiding became convinced that Volkswagen needed to develop a car like the SP2 when a director of the company building the Puma suggested that VW, lacking a new sportscar, feature a Puma on their stand at the 1969 Brazilian motor show.

In 1970, Leiding launched "Projeto X" (Project X), with the goal of developing a sportscar able to liven up Volkswagen's staid image in Brazil.

Leiding himself produced some of the earliest sketches of what became the SP2. Wanting the car to appeal to female buyers, he sought out his wife Helga's input on the design. Some consider Helga to have been the seventh member of the SP2's development team.

Designers Márcio Lima Piancastelli, José Vicente Novita Martins, and Jorge Yamashita Oba were assigned to the project. Dr. Paulo Iványi was the first lead engineer on the car, later replaced by Wilhelm Schmiemann.

The first prototype was handcrafted by Giuseppe Accasto, who had originally been sent to Brazil from Italy by Carrozzeria Fissore to handle projects for DKW-Vemag.

The resulting model study was the first Volkswagen with the "shark face" nose style, also called the "Leiding face", that appeared later on models like the German 412 and Brazilian Brasília.

The study was presented at the Feira da Indústria Alemã (German industrial fair) in São Paulo, Aréa do Parvilhão da Bienal do Parque do Ibirapuera on 24 March 1971.

Leiding returned to Germany to become head of Volkswagen's worldwide operations before the SP2 went into production.

Assembly
Two different companies and three facilities were involved in the development and production of the SP2, including:

 Volkswagen do Brasil, Factory 2 in São Paulo.
 Design, engineering, and development of the VW SP.
 Production-related vehicle testing on the local test track.
 Volkswagen do Brasil, Anchieta factory in São Bernardo do Campo
 Production of all sheet metal parts.
 Production of chassis, engines, transmissions, and axles on a dedicated production line.
 Painting of the body shells welded at Karmann-Ghia for quality reasons.
 Final inspection and delivery of the sports coupés for sale by Karmann-Ghia do Brasil.
 Karmann-Ghia do Brasil in São Bernardo do Campo.
 Hand-assembly of the bodyshells from sheet metal supplied by Volkswagen on a production line shared with the Karmann Ghia TC.
 Mounting the bodies painted at Volkswagen on the floor assemblies completed at Volkswagen, and completion of the vehicles.

Sales and production
Volkswagen's numeric designation for the SP2 is Type 149.

The first SP2 chassis made had serial number BL-000101, and was manufactured on 23 June 1972.

Both the SP1 and SP2 were officially launched on 26 June 1972. The SP2 cost 29,700 Brazilian cruzeiros, almost as much two Beetles, called the Fusca in Brazil.

Due to the car's modest engine output, a contemporary joke says that "SP" actually stood for "Sem Potência," Portuguese for "without power". Specifically, the SP2 lagged in comparison to its main domestic competitor, the Puma, which, although using a similar engine, was much lighter due to its GRP body.

Volkswagen do Brasil made plans to export the SP2 to the United States, but these fell through, in part due to the car's headlamps being too low to meet US safety standards.

Despite being praised by critics for its looks, sales of the SP2 were slow. The last SP2 chassis made had serial number BL-010307, and was manufactured on 16 December 1975.

In total, 10,205 cars were built. 681 were exported, 155 of which went to Nigeria. A limited number were also exported to other countries in Latin America, the Caribbean, and the Middle East. The price of a well-preserved example today is considerably higher than other VW models of its age. The car is now a sought-after collector's item.

Features

Body and chassis
The production SP2 is based on the chassis of the Brazilian VW Type 3 Variant. This is a steel backbone chassis with attached floor pans. The SP2's bodywork is also steel.

The overall shape is that of a long-nosed, two door hatchback coupé. It was the lowest car built in Brazil to that date. The SP has two trunks; a  space under the front hood, and a  compartment in the rear, accessible via a large hatch.

The body includes a "collision belt" that consists of the front and rear bumpers and bands of collision-resistant material down each side capped with rubber. The original design of the SP2 included energy-absorbing bumpers mounted on spring-steel "claws", a feature that was not implemented on the production cars.

The headlamps in the SP2 are quartz-halogen units.

Powertrain

Powering the SP2 is a "BL" code four-cylinder Volkswagen air-cooled engine displacing 1.7 L. This version of VW's boxer four is called the "suitcase" or "pancake" engine, and has its cooling fan on the end of the crankshaft, reducing engine height. It makes 65 (DIN) hp and gives the SP2 a top speed of . The SP2 takes 17.4 seconds to accelerate to .

The transaxle is a fully synchronized four-speed manual with reverse. It has the same gear ratios as the Brazilian Type 3, but a higher final drive ratio (lower numerically) to compensate for its smaller  diameter wheels.

Running gear
The suspension fitted to the early Brazilian Type 3 chassis underpinning the SP2 differed in some significant ways from its German counterpart, and has been said to more closely resemble that of VW's EA97 concept car.

The SP2's front suspension comprises upper and lower trailing arms and stabilizer bar, but in a departure from the German Type 3, the SP2's Brazilian Variant system retains the laminated transverse torsion leaf system of the Fusca, instead of the tubular torsion bars used on the German Type 3. The rear suspension is a swing axle system with transverse torsion bars, trailing arms, and a "Z bar" transverse auxiliary spring, rather than the independent rear suspension (IRS) and semi-trailing arms found on the German Type 3.

Brakes are discs in front, and drums in back. The braking system uses a dual-circuit hydraulic system.

Interior trim

The SP2's instrumentation includes a large tachometer and a speedometer with odometer directly ahead of the driver. To the right are a fuel gauge, oil temperature gauge, ammeter and a clock.

The interior of the SP2 features a center console, map lights for driver and passenger, and 3-point non-retracting seatbelts, the first Brazilian car to include that safety feature. The seats feature adjustable headrests and backrests, and both seats and door panels could be ordered upholstered in leather. The floor behind the seats is carpeted, and includes hold-down straps for luggage.

SP1
Alongside the SP2, a less powerful, more sparsely equipped version was offered, named the SP1. Fitted with a 1.6 L "BV" code boxer engine producing , it has a top speed of . The SP1 was discontinued in July 1974 after only 84 units were built.

The interior of the SP1 is more spartan than that of the SP2, with simpler seats, no leather option, and without the center console, reading lights, passenger handle, or oil temperature gauge and clock offered in the SP2.

The SP1 also makes do with sealed beam headlamps rather than the quartz-halogen units on the SP2.

Technical data

Legacy
It has been suggested that the SP2 influenced the design of the Philippine DMG-VW Toro.

The SP2 is also generally believed to have been the conceptual predecessor of Volkswagen's EA425 project, which was eventually launched as the Porsche 924.

A 1973 example repainted by Volkswagen do Brasil from Astral Blue metallic to Lotus White is part of the collection of the Volkswagen AutoMuseum Foundation in Wolfsburg, and may be seen in the AutoMuseum Volkswagen.

The fortieth anniversary of the launch of the SP2 was held on December 10 and 11, 2011, in Barra Bonita. Its fiftieth anniversary was held on 26 June 2022 at the Haras Tuiuti race track in São Paulo.

Proposed successors

Volkswagen SP3
Volkswagen do Brasil did two design studies of possible SP2 successors.

One of VW's SP3 prototypes kept the same chassis and general mechanical layout of the SP2, but replaced the air-cooled engine with a rear-mounted Passat TS engine. This water-cooled 1.6 L in-line four-cylinder engine, with a compression ratio of 7.5:1 and dual carburetors, developed 85 SAE horsepower. Testing of this SP3 progressed to the point that Volkswagen planned to unveil it at the Motor Show in November 1976, but the plan was cancelled before it was shown.

VW's other concept was for a car that followed the outward appearance of the SP2 closely, but was to be built on a front-wheel drive (FWD) Volkswagen unibody platform and use a water-cooled engine. Volkswagen designer Luiz Alberto Veiga designed a new car based on the Golf platform. It progressed to the stage where quarter scale models were produced, but did not go further due to disappointing sales of the similar Scirocco in Europe.

Dacon SP3

The task of creating a successor to the SP2 was taken up by vehicle manufacturer Dacon S.A. in São Paulo. Dacon based its SP3 on the floor pan of the SP2, and borrowed VW's idea of using a water-cooled inline engine. Externally, the Dacon SP3 differed from the SP2 by having smooth sides without the red, wraparound side trim and black rubber protection, and by its 6J×13 rims from the VW Passat. The SP2's characteristic air intakes gave way to discrete slots on the rear side windows, and a wide black grille sat above the front bumper. The 1.8 L engine produced 100 SAE hp and remained in the rear; along with the car's air conditioning compressor, while a new radiator was mounted in the front. The interior featured leather-trimmed Porsche seats (Dacon was also a Porsche dealer until imports were banned). The transmission, suspension and brakes were the same as the SP2, but parts were adapted and reinforced to handle the new engine's greater power. The prototype reached a top speed of  and was manufactured at Karmann-Ghia do Brasil. When production of the VW SP2 ended in February 1976, this also cut off the supply of chassis for Dacon's SP3 conversions. Converting a VW SP2 to a Dacon SP3 cost 20% more than a brand-new Puma GTE, and the high price severely limited demand.

Rosa concept
In 2008, designer Marcelo Rosa presented a design concept for a revived SP2 that could have been based on the contemporary Scirocco.

FEI College/FAAP College concept
In the late 2010s, a group of mechanical engineering students at Fundação Educacional Inaciana (Educational Foundation of Ignatius, or FEI College) decided to base their major project on a re-imagined SP2. The students' professor of vehicular dynamics and suspension, Ricardo Bock, was also teaching a course on automobile design at Fundação Armando Alvares Penteado (Armando Alvares Penteado Foundation, or FAAP College), and he decided to bring the two groups together on the project. The result was a design with a tubular steel chassis, unequal-length A-arm suspension at all four corners, and a mid-mounted 2.0 L turbocharged Volkswagen EA113 TFSI engine producing  at 6400 rpm and  of torque at 3500 rpm.

Ropond concept
In October 2020, Brazilian designer Diogo Ropond produced a plan for another SP2 successor. This low-slung concept was conceptually based on the Volkswagen ID. series battery electric vehicle platform.

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Nikolai van der Heyde (23 January 1936 – 6 August 2020) was a Dutch movie director and screenwriter. He directed seven movies between 1966 and 1987. He was born in Leeuwarden, Netherlands.

His 1968 movie To Grab the Ring was entered into the 18th Berlin International Film Festival. Five years later, his movie Love Comes Quietly was entered into the 23rd Berlin International Film Festival.

Heyde died on 6 August 2020 in Laren, Netherlands at the age of 84.

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Acer smileyi is an extinct maple species in the family Sapindaceae described from a series of isolated fossil leaves and samaras.  The species is known from the late Oligocene to middle Miocene sediments exposed in the states of Alaska, Idaho, Nevada, and Oregon, USA.  It is one of several extinct species placed in the living section Parviflora.

History and classification
The eight leaf specimens used to describe Acer smileyi were recovered from six different sites.  The oldest group of specimens was recovered from the late Oligocene age Kukak Bay flora exposed on the Katmai National Park and Preserve along the Shelikof Strait in Alaska.  Another paratype leaf was recovered from outcrops of the Langhian age Capps Glacier flora northwest of Kukak Bay in Kenai Peninsula County.  A younger paratype of Middle Miocene age was recovered from the Trout Creek Formation in Harney County of southeastern Oregon.  The southernmost occurrence of the species is at 49 camp in northwestern Washoe County, Nevada where the Burdigalian Upper Cedarville Formation is exposed.  The youngest and easternmost of the known occurrences is near Clarkia, Idaho, where sediments of the Langhian age Lake Clarkia is exposed. One additional Langhian paratype is known from the Moose Mountain Flora, formerly known as the Cascadia flora exposed near the former town of Cascadia in western Oregon.  In addition to the leaf specimens a series of paratype specimens were described for the associated samaras recovered at the Clarkia site and the '49 camp site.

The type specimens for Acer smileyi are placed into three different repositories.  The holotype leaf, three of the paratype leaves and all five of the paratype samaras are currently preserved in the paleobotanical collections housed at the University of California Museum of Paleontology, in Berkeley, California.  Two other paratype leaves are housed in the National Museum of Natural History, Washington, a part of the Smithsonian, while the last paratype leaf is part of the University of Michigan Museum of Paleontology collections in Ann Arbor, Michigan.  The specimens were studied by paleobotanists Jack A. Wolfe of the United States Geological Survey, Denver office and Toshimasa Tanai of Hokkaido University.  Wolfe and Tanai published their 1987 type description for A. smileyi in the Journal of the Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University.  The etymology of the chosen specific name smileyi is in recognition of Charles J. Smiley for his extensive efforts studying the Clarkia sites and their flora.

Description
Leaves of Acer smileyi are simple in structure, with perfectly actinodromous vein structure and are generally orbiculate to suborbiculate in shape.  The leaves are five-lobed with the basal two lobes small while the upper lateral lobes are almost as long as the median lobe and all lobes being triangular in outline.  The leaves have five primary veins and range from  long by  wide in overall dimensions.  A. smileyi has small teeth while the lobes have a distinct and complex bracing of veins formed by the joining of two external secondary veins.  The combination of morphological features is not found in any modern species besides A. nipponicum and so A. smileyi, along with the extinct A. browni, is placed into the section Parviflora.  The samaras of A. smileyi have a notably inflated nutlet and acutely diverging veins which rarely reconnect (anastomise).  The overall shape of the nutlet is circular to elliptic with the average length of the samara up to  and a wing width of .  The paired samaras of the species have a 25° to 30° attachment angle and the distal region of the nutlet and wing forming distinct u-shaped shallow sulcus.  A. smileyi is similar to A. browni but the two can be distinguished from each other by the size of the basal lobes which are larger in A. smileyi.  The more attenuated teeth of A. smileyi are very similar in morphology to A. nipponicum indicating the two to be closer in relation to each other than to A. browi.

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The Truth About Women is a 1957 British comedy film directed by Muriel Box and starring Laurence Harvey, Julie Harris, Mai Zetterling and Diane Cilento.

Plot
When his son-in-law comes to him with a woeful tale of an unhappy relationship and a belief that all women are impossible to love, elderly Sir Humphrey Tavistock calmly puts him straight.

Tavistock regales him with decades-old anecdotes of found lovers and lost love. We meet in flashback the free-thinking Ambrosine Viney, an independent woman ahead of her time, and the sophisticated Louise Tiere, a diplomat's wife. There are others as well, including one whom Tavistock adores and marries, only to lose her forever during childbirth.

Cast
 Laurence Harvey as Sir Humphrey Tavistock
 Julie Harris as Helen Cooper
 Diane Cilento as Ambrosine Viney
 Mai Zetterling as Julie
 Eva Gabor as Louise
 Michael Denison as Rollo
 Derek Farr as Anthony
 Elina Labourdette as Comtesse
 Roland Culver as Charles Tavistock
 Wilfrid Hyde-White as Sir George Tavistock
 Marius Goring as Otto Kerstein
 Robert Rietti as the Sultan
 Catherine Boyle (Katie Boyle) as Diana
 Ambrosine Phillpotts as Lady Tavistock
 Jocelyn Lane as Saida (billed as Jackie Lane)
 Lisa Gastoni as Mary Maguire
 Hal Osmond as Baker

Critical reception
TV Guide: "the direction is simply too serious for what should have been a much lighter comedy, so the film falls far short of its intentions". The New York Times: "an erratic but basically good-natured color pacing written, directed and produced by Muriel and Sydney Box. With Laurence Harvey heading a large, impressive cast...Visually, the picture is luscious. The five episodes that carry the well-born hero from young manhood to the fireside spread out over beautifully tinted, lavish period and modern settings. The small army of ladies engulfing the poor bloke have been dressed to kill by an expert, Cecil Beaton. Smoothly, deviously and knowingly the picture slides along as if a good joke were tucked up one of the Beaton sleeves...As an uncomplicated young painter who marries him and eventually dies in childbirth, our own American Miss Harris is splendid, far and away the best and least glittering thing in the picture. Her meeting with Mr. Harvey, in a stranded elevator, is a gem of a scene. The last section, as Mr. Harvey almost attains happiness with a wise, unselfish nurse, movingly played by Miss Zetterling, slides appropriately into a bittersweet but lighthearted fade-out.
Of the large cast, such people as Michael Denison, Derek Farr, Marius Goring, Roland Culver and Wilfred Hyde-White bolster the opulent tapestry with effective bits. As for why it should take an intelligent, red-blooded Englishman more than fifty years to discover the "truth," as Mr. Harvey finally states it, we thought they learned that at Eton."

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The Catholic Library Association is an international membership organization, providing its members professional development through educational and networking experiences, publications, scholarships, and other services. The Catholic Library Association coordinates the exchange of ideas, provides a source of inspirational support and guidance in ethical issues related to librarianship, and offers fellowship for those who seek, serve, preserve, and share the word in all its forms. The Catholic Library Association has previously hosted biannual conventions and conferences for the honoring of award recipients and presentations by speakers.

History

The Catholic Library Association began in 1921, as a section of the National Catholic Educational Association. Rev. Paul J. Foik, CSC, of University of Notre Dame, was chair. It became an independent organization in 1929. Francis E. Fitzgerald was the first president (1929-1931).

The Association celebrated its Golden anniversary at its Cincinnati conference in 1971. The Centennial was marked in 2021 with an article in Catholic Library World which highlighted milestones such as Catholic Book Week, collaborative efforts with the Catholic Research Resources Alliance, and conference speakers.

The Catholic Library Association is an affiliate of the American Library Association.

Publications

Catholic Library World
 Catholic Periodical and Literature Index established in 1933. Continued after 2011 by the American Theological Library Association.
 Parish Library Resource Guide: An Annotated Bibliography.
 A Handbook for Church Librarians.
 Developing the Library Collection: A Workbook of Policies and Resources.

Awards
Regina Medal est. 1959, recognizes one living person for "continued, distinguished contribution to children's literature without regard to the nature of the contribution." Regina Award Medalists include Anne Carroll Moore, Augusta Baker, Theodor Seuss Geisel, Tomie dePaola, Madeleine L'Engle, and Eric Carle.
St. Katharine Drexel Award est. 1966, recognizes an outstanding contribution to the growth of high school librarianship.
John Brubaker Award est. 1978, to recognize an outstanding work of literary merit, considered on the basis of its significant interest to the library profession which was published in Catholic Library World.

Zachary Lewis, Student Success Librarian at the University of Dayton, Roesch Library, was recipient of the award in 2022-2023 for his article, "Committing to the Common Good: Reframing Student Success Using Catholic Social Teaching."

Tim Senapatiratne, director of the Spencer Library at the United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities, received the award for "What is Metaliteracy?: Using the Concepts of Metaliteracy in Theological Librarianship."
Aggiornamento Award, est. 1980, is presented by the Parish and Community Library Services Section in recognition of an outstanding contribution made by an individual or an organization for the renewal of parish and community life in the spirit of Pope John XXIII (1881-1963).
Jerome Award, est. 1992, is presented by the Academic Libraries, Archives, and Library Education Section in recognition of outstanding contribution and commitment to excellence in scholarship which embody the ideals of the Catholic Library Association. It is named after St.Jerome, Doctor of the Church (331-420), patron of librarians.
Philip F. Neau Memorial Award est. 2007, is presented biennially by the Children's Library Services Section to a member, past or current, of the Section for their outstanding contributions while members of the Section.
Mary A. Grant Volunteer Service Award est. 1996, is presented to a CLA member for their exceptional volunteer service to the Association. This award is presented by the CLA executive board.
Charlotte Decker Award is an annual award presented to an outstanding member of the Children's Library Services Section or the High School/Young Adult Library Services Section.

Scholarships and Grants

 The Heritage Fund provides funding for an expansion of services and growth for the association.
 John T. Corrigan, CFX Memorial Continuing Education Grant, re-established in 2008, is intended to support chapters of the association in their continued offering of educational opportunities for members.

References

External links
 Official website
 Archives of the Catholic Library Association at Marquette University

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Miksa (Max) Weisz (21 July 1857 – 14 March 1927) was an Austrian chess player born in the Kingdom of Hungary.

Weiss was born in Sereď. Moving to Vienna, he studied mathematics and physics at the university, and later taught those subjects.
Weiss learned to play chess at age 12, and his strength increased steadily throughout the 1880s.

1880, Graz, tied with Adolf Schwarz and Johannes von Minckwitz for first prize.
1882, Vienna, tenth, won two games from Johann Zukertort, and drew with Wilhelm Steinitz.
1883, Nuremberg, tenth.
1885, Hamburg, tied with Berthold Englisch and Siegbert Tarrasch for second prize.
1887, Frankfort-on-the-Main, divided second and third prizes with Joseph Henry Blackburne.
1888, Bradford, tied with Blackburne for sixth prize.
1889, New York, (the sixth American Chess Congress), scored +24−4=10 to tie with Mikhail Chigorin for first prize, ahead of Isidor Gunsberg and Blackburne.
1889, Breslau, third prize.
1890, Vienna, first prize, ahead of Johann Bauer and Englisch.

The New York 1889 tournament was organized to find a challenger for the World Chess Championship, but neither Chigorin (who had already lost a championship match) nor Weiss pursued a title match with Steinitz.
In fact, having become one of the top players in the world, Weiss quit international chess after this tournament, though he did play a few Viennese events.
In 1895 he defeated Georg Marco in a match, +5 −1 =1, and he tied for first in the 1895–6 winter tournament with Carl Schlechter.
Around this time, Weiss began working to create a Viennese school of chess players.

In 1905 Weiss was employed by S M von Rothschild bank in  Vienna.
His chess writings, Schach-Meistersteich (Mühlhausen 1918), Kleines Schachlehrbuch (Mühlhausen 1920), and the earlier problem collection Caissa Bambergensis (Bamberg 1902), are little remembered today.  In 1927 Weiss died in Vienna, Austria.

References

See also
 List of Jewish chess players

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