Ludwig Rellstab (chess player)
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Ludwig Rellstab (23 November 1904 – 14 February 1983) was a German chess player who won the German Chess Championship in 1942 and was awarded the International Master title in 1950.[1][2]
Biography
Rellstab was born in Schöneberg, Berlin to a distinguished family of academics and musicians. His great-grandfather, also named Ludwig Rellstab, was a well-known poet and music critic. His father Ludwig M. E. Rellstab was a professor of physics and electronics, who in 1914 became chief engineer at Siemens & Halske. His sister Annekäthe was a pianist.[3]
Chess career
He was German Champion, winning at Bad Oeynhausen 1942.[4] He took 8th in the (unofficial) European Championship at Munich 1942 (Alexander Alekhine won).[5] In 1943, he took 6th in Salzburg (Paul Keres and Alekhine won). In 1943, he took 5th in Vienna (10th GER-ch; Josef Lokvenc won).Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Rellstab represented Germany at fifth board in the Munich 1936 unofficial Olympiad, and won two bronze medals (team and individual).[6] He played for West Germany three times in the Chess Olympiad.[7]
- In 1950, at fourth board in 9th Chess Olympiad in Dubrovnik (+3 −2 =6);
- In 1952, at second reserve board in 10th Chess Olympiad in Helsinki (+5 −1 =3);
- In 1954, at fourth board in 11th Chess Olympiad in Amsterdam (+2 −2 =2).
He won the individual gold medal at Helsinki 1952 and team bronze medal at Dubrovnik 1950.[7]
Rellstab was awarded the International Master (IM) title in 1950[1] and the International Arbiter (IA) title in 1951.[2] He died in Wedel in 1983.
References
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- ↑ Gillam, Anthony J.:Munich 1942, European Chess Championship. The Chess Player, Nottingham. Template:ISBN
- ↑ Unofficial Chess Olympiad: Munich 1936 at olimpbase.org. Retrieved 29 March 2013.
- ↑ a b OlimpBase Men's Chess Olympiads Ludwig Rellstab
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External links
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