Franz Auer
Franz Auer (1918 — 1983) was an Austrian chess player, Austrian Chess Championship two-times winner (1955, 1957). Biography. In the late 1950s and early 1960s, Franz Auer was one of Austria's leading chess players. He won the Austrian Chess Championships twice, in 1955 and 1957. Franz Auer played for Austria in the Chess Olympiad: Franz Auer played for Austria in the European Team Chess Championships preliminaries: Franz Auer played for Austria in the Clare Benedict Chess Cups: