Ernest Ludwig Klein (1910–1990) was an Austrian-Britishchess master and author.

Born inVienna into a Jewish family, he emigrated to theUnited Kingdom in 1930s. He tied for 3rd-4th at Győr 1930 (Isaac Kashdan won), lost a match toSavielly Tartakower (1 : 3) at Paris 1935, tied for 4-5th at Margate 1935 (Samuel Reshevsky),^[1] and was unofficialAlexander Alekhine's second in his World Championship match againstMax Euwe in 1935.

He tied for 5-6th atHastings 1938/39 (László Szabó won), shared 2nd withSalo Flohr, behind Euwe, at Bournemouth 1939.^[2]

AfterWorld War II, he tied for 9-10th at Birmingham 1951 (Staunton Memorial, won byPetar Trifunović andVasja Pirc), and won theBritish Championship in 1951.

• Hooper, David andKenneth Whyld (1996).The Oxford Companion to Chess. Oxford University.ISBN 0-19-280049-3.

• Ernest Klein player profile and games atChessgames.com
• “Ernst Ludwig Klein” by Edward Winter

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