Paul Lipke

Paul Lipke (30 June 1870 – 8 March 1955), was a German chess master.

Lipke was born in Erfurt.^[1] In 1889, he tied for 5–6th in Breslau (6th DSB Congress, Hauptturnier A, Emanuel Lasker won), and took 4th in Dessau. In 1892, he won in Dresden (7th DSB-Kongress, Hauptturnier A), and he took 2nd in Halle (Quadrangular). In 1893, he took 3rd in Kiel (8th DSB-Kongress, Curt von Bardeleben and Carl August Walbrodt won). In 1894, he took 2nd, behind Siegbert Tarrasch, in Leipzig (9th DSB-Kongress). In 1898, he tied for 8–9th in Vienna (Kaiser-Jubiläumsturnier, Tarrasch and Harry Pillsbury won).^[2]

Lipke retired early from active chess and worked as a lawyer in Halle, Saxony. He died at Osterburg, Altmark.

References

^ Paul Lipke : Textarchiv : Berliner Zeitung Archiv
^ http://www.anders.thulin.name/SUBJECTS/CHESS/CTCIndex.pdf Name Index to Jeremy Gaige's Chess Tournament Crosstables, An Electronic Edition, Anders Thulin, Malmö, 2004-09-01

External links

Estimated ranking of Lipke
Chess games of Lipke

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Name	Lipke, Paul
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Date of birth	30 June 1870
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Date of death	8 March 1955
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