When the Second World War broke out during the 1939 Olympics, Czerniak remained in Argentina until 1950 where he participated in numerous international tournaments. In 1950, he moved to the newly founded nation of Israel where he became the country’s top player and many time national champion. He wrote several chess books and newspaper chess columns.
His opponent in the following crazy game was Victor Winz who was born in Germany in 1901. He emigrated to Palestine (then under the British Mandate) in the early 1930s.
Like Czeniak, Winz played for the Palestine team in the chess Olympics at Warsaw and Buenos Aires and when WWII broke out he also remained in Argentina and after the war he decided to stay permanently in Argentina. His last known tournament was the 1957 Berlin championship. After that he seems to have vanished.
[Event "Lasker Chess Club Champ, Tel Aviv"]
[Site "Tel Aviv ISR"]
[Date "1939.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Victor Winz"]
[Black "Moshe Czerniak"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D70"]
[Annotator "James Massie"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1939.??.??"]
{D70: Gruenfeld Defense} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb6 6.
Nc3 Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8. f4 Nc6 9. d5 Nb8 10. a4 e5 (10... a5 11. Nf3 Na6 12. Bxb6
cxb6 13. Bxa6 bxa6 {with full equality. Richter,M (2470)-Aabling-Thomsen, J
(2365) Copenhagen 2014}) (10... c6 11. a5 N6d7 12. d6 Re8 13. Nf3 exd6 14. Qxd6
Bxc3+ 15. bxc3 Rxe4 {The position is equal. Gajewski,G (2594)-Bobras,P (2581)
Lublin 2008}) 11. a5 (11. f5 {gains the initiative after} gxf5 12. a5 N6d7 13.
exf5 e4 14. Nge2 {with an active position. Foisor,O (2420)-Stohl,I (2465)
Leipzig 1986} Ne5 15. Ng3 Qh4 16. Be2 Bxf5 17. O-O Bg6 18. Nf5 Bxf5 19. Rxf5
Qe7 20. Ra4 Nbd7 21. Rxe4 Rae8 22. Bb5 a6 23. Bxd7 Qxd7 24. Qh5 Ng6) (11. fxe5
N6d7 12. Nf3 Nxe5 13. Be2 Nbd7 14. O-O Nxf3+ 15. Bxf3 {is equal. Dziuba,M
(2570)-Panocki,A (2338) Warsaw 2008}) 11... exf4 12. axb6 {Apparently white,
like some commentators, was under the impression that this move which leads to
what appears to be his clever looking next move was a good one. It's not!} (12.
Bxf4 {stays on course.} N6d7 13. Nf3 {and white is a bit better.}) 12... fxe3 {
This P is destined to be a bone in white's throat for the rest of the game.}
13. Rxa7 {At least one commentator thought this wins and gave Czerniak credit
for not resigning. It does look like Czerniak is going to have lose a R, but
there is a way out of his predicament. For all that, 13.Exa7 is the best move
white has, both theoretically and practically.} Qh4+ {This avoids the disaster
of 13...Rxa7, but misses the win after 13...Bg4. In other words, the chances
are equal after the text.} (13... Rxa7 14. bxa7 Nc6 15. a8=Q {is obviously
unsatisfactory.} Qh4+ 16. g3 Qf6 17. Nf3 Bg4 18. Qxb7 Bxf3 19. Qxc6 Qxc6 20.
dxc6 Bxd1 21. Nxd1 {and white is a piece up, not a Q.}) (13... Bg4 {This is
the refutation to white's last move.} 14. Nf3 (14. Qa1 {loses outright.} Qh4+
15. g3 Qf6 16. Nge2 Qf2+ 17. Kd1 Na6 18. Rxa8 Rxa8 19. Qa3 Bf3) 14... Nd7 {
The R is now defended.} 15. Rxa8 Qxa8 16. bxc7 Bxc3+ 17. bxc3 Qa3 {Black is a
P ip and the c-Pawns are goners.} 18. Qc2 Rc8 {etc.}) 14. g3 Bxc3+ 15. bxc3
Qxe4 16. Nf3 Bg4 {Although unlike 13...Bg4 this does not win, but it is still
a critical move that black must play.} 17. Rxa8 Bxf3 18. Qd3 Qe5 19. bxc7 {
White is still enamored with his Q-side plans, but defensive measures were
more appropriate.]} (19. Rg1 cxb6 20. Bg2 Bg4 {In this unbalanced material
situation (R vs N+2Ps) the chances are about equal; 5 Shootouts from this
position were drawn.}) 19... Qxc7 20. Rg1 Qb6 (20... Bxd5 {is harder to meet
and contains a trap.} 21. Be2 (21. Qxd5 Qxc3+ 22. Kd1 Rc8 23. Ke2 Kg7 24. Qd1
Qb2+ 25. Kxe3 Qb6+ 26. Qd4+ Qxd4+ 27. Kxd4 Nc6+ {with a decisive advantage.})
21... Bc6 22. Rf1 Re8 {with equal chances.}) 21. g4 {It;s understandable that
white wants to free his R, but a better way would have been 21.Be2.} Rd8 22.
Rg3 Rxd5 {[%mdl 128] The beginning of a relentless attack.} 23. Rxb8+ Kg7 24.
Rxf3 (24. Qc2 {is a self mate.} Qb2 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 25. Rxf3 Qxc2 26. Bd3 Rxd3
27. Rxf7+ Kh6 28. g5+ Kxg5 29. Rf5+ Kh6 30. Rh5+ gxh5 31. Rxb7 Qf2#) 24... Rxd3
25. Bxd3 {Materially speaking white's 2Rs+B are roughly equal to black's Q+2Ps,
but in this situation black has, as Czerniak adroitly demonstrates, has a
decisive advantage.} Qc7 26. Re8 Qxc3+ 27. Kf1 Qxd3+ {[%mdl 4096]} 28. Kg2 Qd2+
29. Kg3 e2 {It'd ilear that white should have eliminated this P way back on
move 12!} 30. Rfe3 Qe1+ 31. Kh3 Qf1+ 32. Kg3 Qg1+ 33. Kh3 Qf2 {White can't
capture the P because of ...Qf3+ so black's task now is to drive the R away
from defending f3.} 34. R8e5 (34. Rxe2 Qf3+ 35. Kh4 g5+ 36. Kh5 (36. Kxg5 Qf6+
37. Kh5 Qh6#) 36... Qf6 {mates}) 34... b5 {[%mdl 32]} 35. g5 h5 (35... b4 36.
Rxe2 Qf3+ 37. Kh4 h6 38. R2e3 hxg5+ 39. Kxg5 f6+) 36. R5e4 b4 37. Rxe2 {
The P is finally eliminated, but the b-Pawn has taken its place.} Qf3+ 38. Kh4
b3 39. R2e3 Qf2+ 40. Kh3 b2 41. Re8 {Very cunning!} Qxe3+ {White resigned} (
41... b1=Q {would be a tragedy.} 42. Rg8+ Kxg8 43. Re8+ Kg7 44. Rg8+ Kxg8 {
Stalenate!}) 0-1
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