Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A watan Agusta zuwa Satumba 1939, ya kasance memba na ƙungiyar Jamus a gasar Olympics ta Chess ta 8
a birnin 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.