Engels was born in Duseldorf, Germany and in 1939, he played 3rd board for Germany in the chess Olympiad in Buenos where he won gold medals for the team and his superb individual result of +12 –0 =4.
When World War II broke out, Engels along with all other members of the German team (Eliskases, Michel, Becker, Reinhardt) and many other participants elected not to return to Europe. After the war, Engels lived in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
In the following game he sacrifices the exchange to divert the black Queen then sacrifices his own Queen to clear the back rannk so his Pawn can queen.
At the time this game was played his opponent, Geza Maroczy (1870-19510) had been semi-retired from chess since 1908 (!) and at the age of 68 was, according to Chessmetrics, still sporting a pretty hefty rating of 2602 placing him at #28 in the world.
[Event "Dresden"]
[Site ""]
[Date "1936.06.08"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ludwig Engels"]
[Black "Geza Maroczy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D61"]
[Annotator "Stockfish 17.1"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1936.06.07"]
{D61: Queen's Gambit Declined} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3
Nbd7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Qc2 c5 8. Rd1 dxc4 {This position has been reached in
countless numbers of games and the usual move is 8...cxd4. In order not to
lose a tempo Black usually avoids the capture ...dxc4 until white has
developed his light squared B.} 9. Bxc4 Qa5 10. O-O h6 11. Bh4 a6 12. Be2 Re8
13. a3 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Nf8 15. Bf3 Qc7 16. Bg3 e5 17. Nf5 {This offers a P for
which white gets sufficient compensation, but no more.} Bxf5 18. Qxf5 Bxa3 19.
Nd5 {[%mdl 2048] White has some pressure.} (19. bxa3 Qxc3 20. Bxb7 {is
completely equal.}) 19... Nxd5 20. Bxd5 Bxb2 {[%mdl 8192] Maroczy takes the
bait and soon finds himself in serious difficulties. Returning the B to d6
eliminares all difficulties.} 21. Rb1 Rad8 22. e4 (22. Qf3 {would have posed a
real problem for black.} Rxd5 23. Qxd5 Rd8 24. Qb3 {and black is in serious
trouble. For example...} Bc3 25. Rfc1 Rd3 26. Qxb7 Qd6 27. Qb8 Qe7 28. Qc8 Bd2
29. Rd1 Rd6 30. Qc2 Ba5 31. h3 Bb4 32. Qe4 a5 33. Qxe5 Rxd1+ 34. Rxd1 Qb7 35.
Qd5 Qa6 36. Bd6 {with a winning ending.}) 22... g6 23. Qf3 Rxd5 {This well
played move is the only one that keeps the balance.} (23... Bd4 24. Rxb7 {
and black has to surrender his Q.}) 24. exd5 Qc2 25. Qd1 Rc8 26. d6 (26. f4 {
was more forveful as nwither 26...e4 or 26...exf4 are favorable for black.} e4
(26... exf4 27. Bxf4 g5 (27... Kg7 28. Qxc2 Rxc2 29. Rxb2 Rxb2 30. Be5+ {wins})
28. Bg3 b5 29. Qf3 Bd4+ 30. Kh1 Qg6 31. Rbd1 Rc3 32. Qg4 Bc5 33. d6 {and white
has a decisive advantage.}) 27. f5 e3 28. Re1 {with the advantage.}) 26... Nd7
{This fails to take advantage of white's slip and instead allows white an
elegant finish.} (26... Qxd1 27. Rfxd1 Bd4 {The d-Pawn is shielded from
defense and will be captured.} 28. Kf1 Rd8) 27. Qg4 {As will be seen, the Q
will play a vital role from ths square.} Nb6 {Much better was 27...Nf6 chasing
the Q away from its powerful position.} (27... Nf6 {is tougher.} 28. Qf3 Kg7
29. Qxb7 Bd4 30. Kh1 (30. Qxa6 Qc6 {practically equalizes.}) 30... Qf5 31. f4 {
White is clearly better.}) 28. Rxb2 {[%mdl 512] Deflecting the Q from the
defense of the R.} Qxb2 {Black has no choice.} (28... Qc4 29. Qxc4 Nxc4 30. d7
Rd8 31. Rxb7 Kf8 32. Rc7 Nb6 33. Rd1 {with an east win.}) 29. Qxc8+ $1 {
[%mdl 512] Clearing the way for the P.} Nxc8 30. d7 {Black resigned. The P
queens.} 1-0
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