Leon Schwartzmann
Leon Schwartzmann (Szwarcman, Szwarzman, Schwarzman, Schwarzmann) (1887,
He was born in Warsaw, Poland (then Russian Empire) into a Jewish family, and studied in Sankt Petersburg. In 1911, he tied for 5-6th in St Petersburg (Ilya Rabinovich and Platz won). In 1913, he took 2nd, behind Platz, in St Petersburg.
After
Zdzislaw Belsitzmann won). In 1924, he tied for 3rd-4th with Dawid Przepiórka, behind Alexander Flamberg and Moishe Lowtzky
won).
In the middle of the 1920s, he moved to France. In 1926, Schwartzmann won the 2nd
Josef Cukierman, behind Baratz, in the 4th Paris Championship. In 1929, he tied for 8-9th in Paris (Savielly Tartakower won).[2] In 1936, he played in the 12th Paris Championship (Nicolas Rossolimo
won).
During World War II, he was arrested and transported to Auschwitz, where he was murdered on 3 September 1942.
References
- ^ Chess Notes by Edward Winter
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-07-04. Retrieved 2007-07-04.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) Name Index to Jeremy Gaige's Chess Tournament Crosstables, An Electronic Edition, Anders Thulin, Malmö, 2004-09-01
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