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{{Short description|Polish-Belarusian chess player and composer}}
[[File:Leon Tuhan-Baranowski cropped (cropped).jpg|thumb|Leon Tuhan-Baranowski in 1937]]
'''Leon Tuhan-Baranowski'''  (22 June 1907, [[St Petersburg]] – 27 April 1954, [[Frankfurt]]) was a [[Polish-Belarusian]] [[chess]] player and composer.

Born in Saint Petersburg into a Roman Catholic family with noble roots ([[Tatars|Tartar]] and [[Belarusians|Belarusian]] descent). After the [[Bolshevik Revolution]], he moved to [[Stolpce]] (Stowbtsy) near [[Novogrodek]], and then to [[Warsaw]]. In 1925, he took 10th in Warsaw ([[Stanisław Kohn]] won). In 1925–26, he tied for 7–8th in Warsaw (the 1st [[Polish Chess Championship]], elimination). The event was won by [[Abram Blass]] and [[Paulino Frydman|Paulin Frydman]].<ref>[[Jeremy Gaige]]'s ''Chess Tournament Crosstables'', [http://www.anders.thulin.name/SUBJECTS/CHESS/CTCIndex.pdf Name Index] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070704030849/http://www.anders.thulin.name/SUBJECTS/CHESS/CTCIndex.pdf |date=2007-07-04 }}, An Electronic Edition, Anders Thulin, Malmö, 2004-09-01</ref> In 1930s, his activity concentrated in a few areas (correspondence chess, various local and team tournaments). Among others he participated in the 2nd Polish Team Chess Championship at [[Katowice]] 1934.<ref>[http://www.vistula.risp.pl/felietony/tuhbar.htm Na Obcym Cmentarzu<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071030052544/http://www.vistula.risp.pl/felietony/tuhbar.htm |date=2007-10-30 }}</ref>

Tuhan-Baranowski was also a composer and author of chess books. His debut took place in 1924 when he published on columns of ''Deutsche Schachzeitung''. He co-operated with ''L’Echiquier'', ''[[Kagans Neueste Schachnachrichten]]'', ''Die Schwalbe'', ''Dzień Polski'', ''Strzelec'', ''Czas'', etc.<ref>Litmanowicz, Władysław & Giżycki, Jerzy (1986, 1987). Szachy od A do Z. Wydawnictwo Sport i Turystyka Warszawa. {{ISBN|83-217-2481-7}} (1. A–M), {{ISBN|83-217-2745-X}} (2. N–Z)</ref>

During [[World War II]], Tuhan-Baranowski had declared Belarusian nationality and became an interpreter for the [[Wehrmacht]] on the [[Eastern Front (World War II)|Eastern Front]] (1941–1942). Then, in 1943–1944, he lived in [[General Government]] (occupied central Poland). He played as '''Lisse''' in several chess tournaments in GG. In December 1943, he tied for 5–6th in Krynica (the 4th [[General Government chess tournament|GG-ch]], [[Josef Lokvenc]] won).<ref>[http://www.rogerpaige.me.uk/tables%2014.htm 1943<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070222064906/http://www.rogerpaige.me.uk/tables%2014.htm |date=2007-02-22 }}</ref> In February 1944, he took 4th, behind [[Efim Bogoljubow]], [[Fedor Bogatyrchuk]], and [[Hans Roepstorff]], in [[Radom]].<ref>[http://www.rogerpaige.me.uk/Tables%2015.htm 1944<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090103052644/http://www.rogerpaige.me.uk/Tables%2015.htm |date=2009-01-03 }}</ref><ref>[http://www.astercity.net/~vistula/fredvandervliet2.htm Chess In Former German, Now Polish Territories – Fred Van Der Vliet<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120108163521/http://www.astercity.net/~vistula/fredvandervliet2.htm |date=2012-01-08 }}</ref> In August 1944, he met a German chess player August Mund in [[Łódź]]. At the end of the war, he escaped to West Germany ([[Allied Occupation Zones in Germany|US Zone]]) where he published as '''Wormatius'''.<ref>[http://www.dieschwalbe.de/personalia218.htm Heft 218, April 2006 – Archiv Aktuelles > Personalia<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> He won a prize for three-move theme (co-author A. Goldstein) in ''Revista Romana de Sah'' in 1948. He died in a car accident in [[Frankfurt am Main]].

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