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Heidenfeld was born in Berlin. He was forced to move from Germany to South Africa because he was a Jew. There, he was South African chess champion eight times, and he represented South Africa in the Chess Olympiad in 1958. Besides chess-playing he was also a writer, door to door salesman, journalist and designer of crossword puzzles. His hobbies were playing poker and collecting stamps as well as playing chess. During the war he helped decode German messages for the Allies.

In 1955 he beat former world champion Max EuweMachgielis (Max) Euwe (last name is pronounced ur-ver) ( May 20, 1901 November 26, 1981) was a Dutch chess player. He was the fifth player to become World Chess Champion (1935 1937). Dr Max Euwe was born in Watergraafsmeer, near Amsterdam. He studied math. He also won games against Miguel NajdorfMiguel Najdorf (born as Mieczyslaw Najdorf 1910 1997) was a Polish-Argentinian chess player. He was born in 1910 in Warsaw, Poland. In 1930, at the age of 20, he was already an International Master. In 1939 the break-up of World War II caught him in Bueno, Durao and Ludek Pachman . He never became an International MasterThe title International Master is awarded to outstanding chess players by the world chess organization FIDE. It is a lifetime title, in chess literature usually abbreviated as IM. Normally three favorable results (or norms in tournaments involving other I - he did eventually attain the required qualifications but declined to accept the award from FIDEThe Federation Internationale des Echecs or the World Chess Federation was founded in Paris, France on July 24, 1924. It is an international organization that exists to connect the various national chess federations around the world. It is usually referre.

He wrote several chess books including Chess Springbok, My Book of Fun and Games, Grosse Remispartien (in GermanGerman (called Deutsch in German in which germanisch refers to prechristian times), is a member of the western group of Germanic languages and one of the world's major languages. It is the language with the most native speakers in the European Union.) and Lacking the Master Touch ( 1970Events January events January 1 Construction begins on Arcosanti, by Paolo Soleri, in Mayer, Arizona, located 65, miles north of Phoenix, Arizona. January 1 Unix epoch at 00:00:00 UTC. January 12 Biafra capitulates, ending the Nigerian civil war. January).

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He was Irish Champion in 1958, 1963, 1964, 1967, 1968 and 1972

He was in the Olympiad team in 1966, 1968, 1970 and 1974; and in the European Championships team in 1967.

His son Mark Heidenfeld also played chess for Ireland.