Heinz Lehmann (chess player)

Heinz Lehmann, Berlin 1973
Surname	Heinz Gerhard Lehmann
Association	Germany
Born	October 20, 1921 Königsberg (Prussia) , German Empire
Died	June 8, 1995 Berlin
title	International Master (1961) Honorary Grand Master (1992)
Best Elo rating	2420 (July 1971, January 1977)

Lehmann ( Hoogovens , 1966)

Heinz Gerhard Lehmann (born October 20, 1921 in Königsberg ; † June 8, 1995 in Berlin ) was a German chess player with the title of International Master .

Private

Lehmann studied law and received his doctorate at the age of 21 at the law faculty of the University of Königsberg . He worked as a government director in Berlin. In 1995 he died of heart failure in his Berlin apartment .

chess

Lehmann won the Berlin championship in 1956 . He first played in the Berlin clubs Eckbauer and from 1958 at SK Zehlendorf . He later transferred to SG Solingen with which he in 1982 to 1. Bundesliga played, in 1974 , 1975 , 1980 and 1981 German team champion was in 1976 and the European Club Cup won. Most recently he played again for SK Zehlendorf, with whom he played in the first division in the 1985/86 , 1987/88 and 1989/90 seasons. In the 1950s and 1960s he was a multiple national player. He took part in the Chess Olympiads in Munich in 1958 and in Leipzig in 1960 , as well as in the 1957 European Team Championship . Four times he took top places in a German individual championship : shared fourth in 1951 in Düsseldorf , shared second in 1952 in Berlin, third in 1957 in Bad Neuenahr and third in 1959 in Nuremberg .

He also took part in several international tournaments , around 1964 in Havana , where he met strong masters at the Capablanca memorial tournament. In 1958 and 1975 he won tournaments in Malta , he came second in 1958 in San Benedetto and 1962 in Reggio Emilia . In 1961 he won in Kiel and in 1969 in Starý Smokovec .

In 1961, the World Chess Federation FIDE awarded him the title of International Master for his success . In 1992 he received the title of Honorary Grand Master . Lehmann's last Elo rating was 2285. His highest historical rating before the Elo rating was introduced was 2575 in February 1965.

Lehmann was a collector and known as a literary connoisseur. His collection included more than 2000 chess books.

Publications

Lehmann edited or translated some chess works, for example

• Botvinnik: The Botvinnik / Smyslow chess competition for the world championship in 1954 in Moscow , 1957, German translation by Heinz Lehmann
• Smyslow: Theory of rook endgames , 1959, lion fish, German translation by Heinz Lehmann
• O'Kelly: 34 times chess logic: A comprehensive presentation of modern opening ideas , 1964, German adaptation by Heinz Lehmann

swell

• Bulletin of the Berlin Chess Association , July / August 1995, p. 15 ( death date June 8, 1995 ).

Web links

Commons : Heinz Lehmann  - Collection of Images

• Replayable chess games by Heinz Lehmann on 365Chess.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Information in: Rochade Europa No. 1/2001, p. 102.
2. ^ Rochade Europa, No. 7 July 1995, p. 58.
3. ↑ Berlin Chess Association: Winner Berlin Individual Championship ( Memento from November 9, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
4. ↑ Heinz Lehmann's results at the European Club on olimpbase.org (English)
5. ↑ Heinz Lehmann's results at the Chess Olympiads on olimpbase.org (English)
6. ↑ Heinz Lehmann's results at European Team Championships on olimpbase.org (English)
7. ↑ German individual chess championship 1953 in Berlin on TeleSchach (cross table and games)
8. ↑ German individual chess championship 1957 in Bad Neuenahr on TeleSchach (cross table and games)
9. ↑ German individual chess championship 1959 in Nuremberg on TeleSchach (cross table and games)
10. ^ Willy Iclicki: FIDE Golden book 1924-2002 . Euroadria, Slovenia, 2002, p. 89.
11. ↑ Elo history at olimpbase.org (English)
12. ↑ Heinz Lehmann's historic Elo numbers at chessmetrics.com (English)