Ludwig Schmitt (15 April 1902 – 1980) was a German chess master. Schmitt was born in Augsburg (Bavaria) and later lived in Breslau,

Prussian Silesia The Province of Silesia (german: Provinz Schlesien; pl, Prowincja Śląska; szl, Prowincyjŏ Ślōnskŏ) was a province of Prussia from 1815 to 1919. The Silesia region was part of the Prussian realm since 1740 and established as an official p ...

. He won the

Silesian Chess Congress The first Silesian Chess Congress was held in 1922. On 19 September 1877 the Breslau Chess Association (''Breslauer Schachverein'') was founded by Theodor von Scheve. In 1895 Görlitz and 1899 Liegnitz were meetings of mainly Silesian clubs. After ...

in 1927, 1933 and 1934, took 6th in 1930 ( Heinz Foerder won), and 5th place in 1939 (

Erich Weinitschke Erich Weinitschke, born 10 March 1910, was a German chess master. Weinitschke was born in Dzierżoniów in Silesia in March 1910, 1910. He took 10th at Bad Elster 1938 (Efim Bogoljubow won), took 4th at Bad Warmbrunn (now Cieplice Śląskie–Zdr� ...

won) in these events. He was a Champion of Sachsen in 1929, 1932, 1933, and of Bayern in 1953. He took 13th at Magdeburg 1927 ( DSB Congress, Rudolf Spielmann won), tied for 8-10th at Brno 1931 ( Salo Flohr won), took 18th at Bad Aachen 1934 (2nd German Chess Championship,

Carl Carls Carl Carls (September 16, 1880, Varel – September 11, 1958, Bremen) was a German chess master. In 1922, he took 2nd, behind Erhardt Post, in Bad Oeynhausen (22nd DSB–Congress). He won the 2nd German Championships at Bad Aachen 1934. He to ...

won), tied for 5-7th at Bad Oeynhausen 1937 (4th GER-ch,

Georg Kieninger Georg Kieninger (5 June 1902, in Munich – 25 January 1975, in Düsseldorf) was a German chess player and International Master (IM). A cigar smoker, Kieninger was nicknamed "Eiserner Schorsch" (roughly translated as "Iron Georgie") because of h ...

won), tied for 12-14th at Bad Oeynhausen 1938 (5th GER-ch,

Erich Eliskases Erich Gottlieb Eliskases (15 February 1913 – 2 February 1997) was a chess player who represented Austria, Germany and Argentina in international competition. In the late 1930s he was considered a potential contender for the World Championship. ...

won), After World War II, he took 16th at Augsburg 1946 (

Wolfgang Unzicker Wolfgang Unzicker (26 June 1925 – 20 April 2006) was one of the strongest German chess Grandmasters from 1945 to about 1970. He decided against making chess his profession, choosing law instead. Unzicker was at times the world's strongest amat ...

won), shared 1st with Unzicker at Leipzig 1953 (15th GER-ch) and lost a play-off match for the title to him (0.5 : 3.5) in January 1954.http://www.schachverein-goerlitz.de/Turniere/Aeskulapturniere/Festschrift2003.pdf

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