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

Erfurt Erfurt () is the capital and largest city in the Central German state of Thuringia. It is located in the wide valley of the Gera river (progression: ), in the southern part of the Thuringian Basin, north of the Thuringian Forest. It sits in ...

. 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 Carl August Walbrodt (November 28, 1871, Amsterdam – October 3, 1902, Berlin) was a German chess master. Walbrodt's parents, along with his older brother, moved from Wesel, Rhine Province to Amsterdam shortly before Carl August was born. The ...

won). At the 9th DSB-Kongress in Leipzig, 1894, he took 2nd, behind Siegbert Tarrasch but ahead of several established masters, including Richard Teichmann,

J. H. Blackburne Joseph Henry Blackburne (10 December 1841 – 1 September 1924) was a British chess player. Nicknamed "The Black Death", he dominated the British scene during the latter part of the 19th century. Blackburne learned the game at the relatively late ...

, Carl Walbrodt, David Janowski and Georg Marco; he also won his individual game against Tarrasch. In 1898, he tied for 8–9th in Vienna (''Kaiser-Jubiläumsturnier'', Tarrasch and Harry Pillsbury won).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 Lipke retired early from competitive chess, though he continued his involvement in the game at club level. In 1898, alongside Johann Berger, he was editor of the '' Deutsche Schachzeitung'' where he was in charge of the games section. Lipke was also involved in early editions of the ''Deutsche Schachblätter'', published in Coburg from 1909. He worked as a lawyer in

Halle Halle may refer to: Places Germany * Halle (Saale), also called Halle an der Saale, a city in Saxony-Anhalt ** Halle (region), a former administrative region in Saxony-Anhalt ** Bezirk Halle, a former administrative division of East Germany ** Hall ...

, Saxony, and died at Osterburg, Altmark.

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* 1870 births 1955 deaths German chess players Sportspeople from Erfurt {{Germany-chess-bio-stub