Kammala wannan jumla: A watan Agusta zuwa Satumba na 1939, ya kasance memba na tawagar Jamus a gasar
Gasar Olympics ta Chess ta 8 a Buenos Aires. Ya taka leda a tebur na biyu (+3 <unk>0 = 11), kuma ya lashe lambar zinare ta tawagar. Lokacin da Yaƙin Duniya na II ya ɓarke, Michel tare da duk 'yan wasan Jamus (Eliskases, Engels, Becker, Reinhardt) da sauran mahalarta Olympiad da yawa sun yanke shawarar zama na dindindin a Argentina.