Ludwig Rödl

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Ludwig Rödl (born April 30, 1907 in Nuremberg , † March 23, 1970 in Nuremberg) was a German chess master .

Rödl, a lawyer by profession, had his most successful time as a chess player in the 1930s. After the DSB Congress in Duisburg in 1929 , when he was tied for first in the B tournament, he won the playoff for the championship title against Ludwig Engels in 1930 with 5.5 to 2.5 points in Nuremberg and Düsseldorf. In 1931 he took first place together with Efim Bogoljubow in the tournament for the German championship in Swinoujscie . In the subsequent playoff, he was defeated by Bogolyubov in Nuremberg with 2-4 (+0 = 4 −2). In the 1932 tournament of Swinoujscie he was second behind Gösta Stoltz , also second in Bad Pyrmont in 1933 and third in Aachen in 1934. In 1936 he took part in the unofficial Chess Olympiad in Munich , he reached third place with the German team and achieved the best individual result on seventh board.

In 1947 he won in Riedenburg ahead of Wolfgang Unzicker and took second place behind Bogoljubow in Lüneburg . Further successes were second place at the German championship in Weidenau in 1947 and a shared third place in Bad Nauheim in 1948. In 1953 the world chess federation FIDE awarded him the title of International Master .

Rödl was a particular expert on the finals , about which he also published valuable literature. The chess club Noris-Tarrasch in 1873 made him an honorary member. In 1970 he died after a long gallbladder and liver disease. He achieved Rödl's highest historical rating of 2616 in 1947.

Works

  • Ludwig Rödl: Endgames: a guide for practice. C. Ronniger, Leipzig 1936, OCLC 6600085 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ German individual championship 1929 in Duisburg on TeleSchess (table and games)
  2. ↑ Wiener Schach-Zeitung 1929, No. 23/24, p. 368 (tables of the main tournaments A and B)
  3. ↑ German individual championship 1931 in Swinoujscie on TeleSchess (table and games)
  4. ↑ German individual chess championship 1933 in Bad Pyrmont Cross table and all games on TeleSchach
  5. ↑ German individual chess championship 1934 in Aachen on TeleSchach (cross table and games)
  6. ↑ Ludwig Rödl's results at unofficial chess Olympiads on olimpbase.org (English)
  7. ^ Riedenburg 1947
  8. ^ German chess championship 1947 in Weidenau / Sieg Cross table and all games on TeleSchach
  9. ^ Chess tournament 1948 in Bad Nauheim Cross table and all games on TeleSchach
  10. ^ Willy Iclicki: FIDE Golden book 1924-2002 . Euroadria, Slovenia, 2002, p. 88

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SURNAME Rödl, Ludwig
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German chess master
DATE OF BIRTH April 30, 1907
PLACE OF BIRTH Nuremberg
DATE OF DEATH March 23, 1970
Place of death Nuremberg