The Five Wolves of Vienna

Source: Herbert Halsegger's collections, from the Neue Wiener Schach-Zeitung, ca. 1923.

Thanks to our correspondent Herbert Halsegger, we have noted in this blog before that there were two Jewish "Wolfs" in Vienna in the early part of this century: Alfred Emil Wolf and his father, Siegfried Reginald Wolf. 

A while ago, Mr. Halegger notified us that S. R. Wolf was one of the "three wolves" of Vienna at the time. The WSZ (probably) noted, according to a German chess message board given to us by Mr. Halsegger, that the other two were Heinrich Wolf and the third was Siegfried August Wolf. They added (link in German) that, as Mr. Halsegger translated: 

HEINRICH WOLF …..der „reißende“ Wolf……the „killing“ Wolf

SIEGFRIED REGINALD WOLF…..der „reisende“ Wolf….the „travelling“ Wolf

SIEGFRIED AUGUST WOLF…….der „reizende“ Wolf……the „lovely“ Wolf

Can anyone find the exact source of this quote? 

Of the three, Heinrich Wolf was probably the strongest; among other achievements there is this very nice game, defeating Bardeleben. Tragically, Heinrich Wolf was a victim of the Holocaust, deported from Vienna in 1941 (if the link does not work, go to the main web page search and enter his name). 

Mr. Halsegger now notifies us of another Jewish player with the same name: Mrs. Paula Kalmar-Wolf (link in German) who was one of the forgotten chess masters of the time, and Heinrich Wolf, her teacher (along with Reti!) and later, her second husband.

The three Wolfs, with S. R. Wolf's son and H. Wolf's wife, make five "Wolves", all strong Jewish players in Vienna at the same period.