Paul Saladin Leonhardt (13 November 1877 – 14 December 1934) was a German

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master. He was born in Posen, Province of Posen,

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(now Poland), and died of a heart attack in

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during a game of chess. A player with a low profile and not many tournament wins, Leonhardt has been largely forgotten by the history books. However, at his best, he was able to defeat most of the elite players of the period. Tarrasch, Tartakower, Nimzowitsch, Maróczy and Réti all succumbed to his fierce attacking style between 1903 and 1920. He won several .

Tournaments

In major tournaments he was first at

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1905, and

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1907 (ahead of Maróczy and Schlechter), making him Nordic Champion; third, behind Rubinstein and Maróczy, at Carlsbad 1907; second, behind Milan Vidmar, at

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1909 (7th Nordic-ch); second, behind Rudolf Spielmann, at

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1909; and second, behind Carl Ahues, at

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( DSB Congress) 1929.

Matches

In matches he drew with Rudolf Loman (+4−4=2), won against James Mortimer (+5−0=3), defeated Samuel Passmore (6:2), and drew with Georg Schories (2:2) at London 1904; defeated Hector William Shoosmith (+5−0=1), and lost to Jacques Mieses (+1−5=1) at London 1905; lost to Spielmann (+4−6=5) at Munich 1906; lost to Frank Marshall (+1–2=4), defeated Nimzowitsch (+4–0=1), and lost to Hugo Süchting (1½:2½) at Hamburg 1911, and drew with him (2:2) at Hamburg 1912; won against

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(+5−1=1) at Leipzig 1913; drew with Hans Fahrni (1:1), and won against Jeno Szekely (2½:1½) at Munich 1914; and drew with Curt von Bardeleben (2:2) at Berlin 1921.Short Matches of the 20th Century

Legacy

As an expert analyst of the openings, he wrote a monograph on the Ruy Lopez (''Zur Spanische Partie'' – 1913). Opening variations have been attributed to him in the Lopez, Sicilian Defence,

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, Evans Gambit, Latvian Gambit, and the Scandinavian Defense.

References

Bibliography *Cunliffe, Steve. ''British Chess Magazine''. December 1977 (article). * *
Name Index to Jeremy Gaige's ''Chess Tournament Crosstables'', An Electronic Edition, Anders Thulin, Malmö, 2004-09-01

External links

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487 games of Paul Saladin Leonhardt
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