Ludwig Roedl (Rödl) (30 April 1907 in

Nuremberg Nuremberg (, ; ; in the local East Franconian dialect: ''Nämberch'' ) is the Franconia#Towns and cities, largest city in Franconia, the List of cities in Bavaria by population, second-largest city in the States of Germany, German state of Bav ...

– 23 March 1970 in Nuremberg) was a German

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master. In 1927, Roedl twice tied for 1st-2nd in

Bamberg Bamberg (, , ; East Franconian German, East Franconian: ''Bambärch'') is a town in Upper Franconia district in Bavaria, Germany, on the river Regnitz close to its confluence with the river Main (river), Main. Bamberg had 79,000 inhabitants in ...

and

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. In 1928, he tied for 7-8th in

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(B tourn, L. Schmitt won). In 1929, he tied for 1st-3rd in

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(26th DSB–Congress, B tourn). In 1930, he tied for 1st-2nd in Bamberg. Roedl won a match against

Ludwig Engels Ludwig Engels (11 December 1905, Düsseldorf, Germany – 10 January 1967, São Paulo, Brazil) was a German–Brazilian chess master. Biography In 1928, Engels tied for 1st-2nd with van Nüss in Düsseldorf. In 1929, he took 4th in Cologne. In 192 ...

(5.5 : 2.5) at

–

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1930. He won (jointly with Efim Bogoljubov) at Swinemünde 1931 (27th DSB–Congress). He took 2nd at Swinemünde 1932 (

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won). In 1933, he took 2nd in

Bad Pyrmont Bad Pyrmont (, also: ; West Low German: ) is a town in the district of Hamelin-Pyrmont, in Lower Saxony, Germany, with a population close to 19,000. It is located on the river Emmer (Weser), Emmer, about west of the Weser. Bad Pyrmont is a popul ...

(1st GER-ch, Bogoljubow won), and 11th place in Bad Aachen (Bogoljubow won). In 1934, he took 3rd in Bad Aachen (2nd GER-ch, Carl Carls won). In 1935, he tied for 8-9th in

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(Bogoljubow won). In 1936, he tied for 6-7th in

Dresden Dresden (; ; Upper Saxon German, Upper Saxon: ''Dräsdn''; , ) is the capital city of the States of Germany, German state of Saxony and its second most populous city after Leipzig. It is the List of cities in Germany by population, 12th most p ...

(

Alexander Alekhine Alexander Aleksandrovich Alekhine. He disliked when Russians sometimes pronounced the of as , , which he regarded as a Yiddish distortion of his name, and insisted that the correct Russian pronunciation was . (March 24, 1946) was a Russian ...

won). Rödl played for Germany at 7th board (+8 –2 =6) in the 3rd unofficial

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1936, winning individual gold and team bronze medals.OlimpBase :: Chess Olympiad, Munich 1936, Germany
/ref> He shared first place with

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1940. After

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, he lived in

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. He took 2nd, behind Bogoljubow, at

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1947; won, ahead of

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 ama ...

, at Riedenburg 1947; took 2nd, behind Georg Kieninger, at Weidenau 1947 (11th GER-ch); tied for 3rd-5th at Bad Nauheim 1948 (Unzicker won), and tied for 14-22nd at Bad Pyrmont 1949 (Bogoljubow won).

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Rodl, Ludwig 1907 births 1970 deaths Sportspeople from Nuremberg People from the Kingdom of Bavaria 20th-century German chess players German chess players