Paul List

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Paul List (born 1887 – died 1954) was an Ukrainian–German–British chess player.

Paul M. List was born in Odessa, Ukraine (then Russia). He had a separate chess career in each of the three conutries he lived in; Russia, Germany and England.

In 1908 List won in Odessa. He drew a match (+4 –4 =1) with Grigory Levenfish in 1910, and was 3rd= at Odessa 1910. He tied for 15-16th at St Petersburg 1911, and in 1912 he finished 4th= with Ilya Rabinovich in an international tournament (Hauptturnier) at Vilna, Lithuania (then Russia). The event was won by Karel Hromádka.

In the 1920's he went to Germany and whilst living there he was 7th= at Berlin 1926, 6th= at Berlin 1927, 3rd= at Magdeburg 1927, 5th= at Berlin 1928 (Café Koenig), 3rd= at Frankfurt 1930, 8th= at Swinemünde 1932, and 4th= at Ostend 1937.

In 1938 he went to England where he was 3rd= at Plymouth 1938, 2nd= at Birmingham 1939, 4th at Hampstead 1939, and 1st= with Harry Golombek at London in Easter 1940.

After WW II, he took 5th at Zaandam 1946 (Max Euwe won).

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