Arnold Aurbach

{{short description|Polish-French chess player}}

File:Cn11081 capablanca.jpg meets Arnold Aurbach in the Café de la Régence. Watchin the game is Mrs. Capablanca and Rafaell Martinez Ortez, the Cuban minister to France (1922).]]

Arnold Aurbach (c. 1888, in Warsaw – 31 December 1952) was a Polish–French chess master.

At the beginning of the 20th century, he left Warsaw for Paris. He won a match against Adolphe Silbert (3 : 1) at Paris (La Régence) 1907;{{Cite web|url=http://heritageechecsfra.free.fr/aurbach.htm|title=Aurbach|website=heritageechecsfra.free.fr|accessdate=May 6, 2023}} won, ahead of Weinstein, at Paris 1909; took 12th at Abbazia 1912 (Rudolf Spielmann won); drew a mini match with José Raúl Capablanca (1 : 1) in 1913, and lost a match to him (0 : 2) in 1914, both in Paris.{{Cite web|url=http://www.thechesslibrary.com/files/ShortMatchesOf20thCentury.htm|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928140535/http://www.thechesslibrary.com/files/ShortMatchesOf20thCentury.htm|url-status=dead|title=Under Construction|archivedate=Sep 28, 2007|website=www.thechesslibrary.com|accessdate=May 6, 2023}}

In 1917, he won, ahead of Silbert, in Paris. After World War I, he lost a mini match to Alexander Alekhine (0.5 : 1.5) at Paris 1922; and took 2nd, behind Alekhine, at Berne 1925 (Quadrangular).{{cite web|url=http://www.anders.thulin.name/SUBJECTS/CHESS/CTCIndex.pdf |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2007-07-04 |url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070704030849/http://www.anders.thulin.name/SUBJECTS/CHESS/CTCIndex.pdf |archivedate=2007-07-04 }} Name Index to Jeremy Gaige's Chess Tournament Crosstables, An Electronic Edition, Anders Thulin, Malmö, 2004-09-01