Leonardas Abramavičius

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Leonardas Abramavičius (Leonhard Abramavicius) was a Lithuanian chess player.

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Leonardas Abramavičius played for Lithuania in four official and one unofficial Chess Olympiads.

  • In July 1930, he played at fourth board at 3rd Olympiad in Hamburg (+4 –11 =0).
  • In July 1931, he played at fourth board at 4th Olympiad in Prague (+3 –7 =1).
  • In July 1933, he played at reserve board at 5th Olympiad in Folkestone (+5 –2 =2).
  • In August/September 1936, he played at fifth board at unofficial Olympiad in Munich (+6 –8 =6).
  • In July/August 1937, he played at reserve board at 7th Olympiad in Stockholm (+2 –1 =0).

He won one individual silver medal in 1933.

Abramavičius played several times in Lithuanian championships. In July 1943, he tied for 1st-3rd with Birmanas and Arlauskas, (Abramavičius took 3rd in play-off), in Vilnius (12th LTU-ch). In 1947, he took 12th, in 1948 tied for 8-9th, in 1949 tied for 13-14th, in 1950 he won with Ratmir Kholmov (Cholmovas), in 1951 tied for 14-15th, in 1954 tied for 5-6th, in 1955 tied for 6-7th, and in 1957 took 12th.


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