Peter Leepin (21 November 1920 in

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– 24 July 1995) was a

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master. He took 16th place at Munich 1941, where

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won, took 4th in the

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at Lucerne 1950, where

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won, and won the ''Coupe Suisse'' twice. Leepin played for Switzerland in friendly matches against France in 1946, Yugoslavia in 1949, and Saarland in 1955.

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1920 births 1995 deaths Sportspeople from Basel-Stadt 20th-century Swiss chess players {{Switzerland-chess-bio-stub