Paul Saladin Leonhardt (13 November 1877 – 14 December 1934) was a

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master. He was born in Posen,

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(now Poland), and died of a heart attack in

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during a game of chess. A player with a low profile and not many tournament wins, Leonhardt has been largely forgotten by the history books. However, at his best, he was able to defeat most of the elite players of the period. Tarrasch, Tartakower, Nimzowitsch, Maróczy and Réti all succumbed to his fierce attacking style between 1903 and 1920. He won several .

Tournaments

In major tournaments he was first at

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1903,

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1905, and

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1907 (ahead of Maróczy and Schlechter), making him Nordic Champion; third, behind Rubinstein and Maróczy, at

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1907; second, behind

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, at

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1909 (7th Nordic-ch); second, behind Rudolf Spielmann, at

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1909; and second, behind Carl Ahues, at

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( DSB Congress) 1929.

Matches

In matches he drew with Rudolf Loman (+4−4=2), won against James Mortimer (+5−0=3), defeated Samuel Passmore (6:2), and drew with Georg Schories (2:2) at London 1904; defeated Hector William Shoosmith (+5−0=1), and lost to

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(+1−5=1) at London 1905; lost to Spielmann (+4−6=5) at Munich 1906; lost to Frank Marshall (+1–2=4), defeated Nimzowitsch (+4–0=1), and lost to

Hugo Süchting Hugo Süchting (Suechting) (8 October 1874 – 27 December 1916) was a German chess player. He won at Kiel 1893 (the 8th DSB Congress, ''Hauptturnier'') took 13th at Leipzig 1894 (the 9th DSB-Congress, Siegbert Tarrasch won), shared 2nd wi ...

(1½:2½) at Hamburg 1911, and drew with him (2:2) at Hamburg 1912; won against

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(+5−1=1) at Leipzig 1913; drew with Hans Fahrni (1:1), and won against Jeno Szekely (2½:1½) at Munich 1914; and drew with Curt von Bardeleben (2:2) at Berlin 1921.Short Matches of the 20th Century

Legacy

As an expert analyst of the

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s, he wrote a monograph on the

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(''Zur Spanische Partie'' – 1913). Opening variations have been attributed to him in the Lopez,

Sicilian Defence The Sicilian Defence is a chess opening that begins with the following moves: :1. e4 c5 The Sicilian is the most popular and best-scoring response to White's first move 1.e4. The opening 1.d4 is a statistically more successful opening for Whi ...

Ponziani Opening The Ponziani Opening is a chess opening that begins with the moves: :1. b:Chess Opening Theory/1. e4, e4 b:Chess Opening Theory/1. e4/1...e5, e5 :2. b:Chess Opening Theory/1. e4/1...e5/2. Nf3, Nf3 b:Chess Opening Theory/1. e4/1...e5/2. Nf3/2...Nc ...

Evans Gambit The Evans Gambit is a chess opening characterised by the moves: :1. e4 e5 :2. Nf3 Nc6 :3. Bc4 Bc5 :4. b4 The Evans Gambit is an attacking line of the Giuoco Piano. White offers a pawn to divert the black bishop on c5. If Black accepts, W ...

Latvian Gambit The Latvian Gambit (or Greco Countergambit) is a chess opening characterised by the moves: :1. e4 e5 :2. Nf3 f5 It is one of the oldest chess openings, having been analysed in the 16th century by Giulio Cesare Polerio and then the 17th cent ...

, and the

Scandinavian Defense The Scandinavian Defense (or Center Counter Defense, or Center Counter Game) is a chess opening characterized by the moves: :1. e4 d5 This opening is classified under code B01 in the ''Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings''. The Scandinavian Def ...

References

Bibliography *Cunliffe, Steve. ''British Chess Magazine''. December 1977 (article). * *
Name Index to Jeremy Gaige's ''Chess Tournament Crosstables'', An Electronic Edition, Anders Thulin, Malmö, 2004-09-01

External links

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487 games of Paul Saladin Leonhardt
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