Victor Winz
Viktor Winz was a Palestine/Israeli–Argentine chess master.
Born in Germany, he began his chess career in Berlin. He emigrated to Palestine in the early 1930s.
Winz played for the Palestine team in two Chess Olympiads; at fourth board in the 6th Olympiad at Warsaw 1935, and at third board in the 8th Olympiad at Buenos Aires 1939.
In September 1939, when World War II broke out, Winz, along with many other participants of the 8th Chess Olympiad, decided to stay permanently in Argentina.
In 1941, he took 7th in Buenos Aires. In 1941, he took 17th in Mar del Plata.
His last recorded tournament was the 1957 Berlin championship, where he finished 7= behind Rudolf Teschner.
