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Leon Kremer

Number of games in database: 20
Years covered: 1926 to 1937
Overall record: +9 -8 =3 (52.5%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games.

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LEON KREMER
(born 1901, died 1941, 40 years old) Poland

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He played several times in the Warsaw championships, and won in 1929. He also took 6th in 1925 (Stanisław Kohn won), took 4th in 1926 (Abram Blass and Paulin Frydman won), shared 1st with Kohn in 1927, tied for 6-8th in 1928 (Blass won), and took 3rd in 1930 (Frydman won).

He twice represented Warsaw in the Polish team championships at Królewska Huta 1929 and Katowice 1934.2 He played four times in the Polish championships; took 11th at Warsaw 1926 (Dawid Przepiórka won), took 9th at Lodz 1927 (Akiba Rubinstein won), tied for 12-14th at Warsaw 1935 (Savielly Tartakower won), and tied for 14-16th at Jurata 1937 (Tartakower won).

Kremer played for Poland at sixth board (+14 –4 =2) in 3rd unofficial Chess Olympiad at Munich 1936, and won two silver medals (team and individual)

Wikipedia article: Leon Kremer

Last updated: 2022-06-06 00:50:58

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 page 1 of 1; 20 games  PGN Download 
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. L Kremer vs P Frydman  1-0211926WarsawD63 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense
2. L Kremer vs Rubinstein  0-1391927Polish ChampionshipA06 Reti Opening
3. Tartakower vs L Kremer  ½-½81927Polish ChampionshipD52 Queen's Gambit Declined
4. L Kremer vs Najdorf  0-1351931WarsawE11 Bogo-Indian Defense
5. Najdorf vs L Kremer  1-0351933Warszawi Klub Szachistow ClubFoundationE17 Queen's Indian
6. L Kremer vs Najdorf  0-1381933Warszawi Klub Szachistow ClubFoundationD92 Grunfeld, 5.Bf4
7. Najdorf vs L Kremer  ½-½571934Warsaw 6PlayersD02 Queen's Pawn Game
8. Spielmann vs L Kremer  1-0411934WarsawB02 Alekhine's Defense
9. L Kremer vs J Kolski 1-0261935Polish ChampionshipD63 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense
10. Kostic vs L Kremer 1-0301936non-FIDE Munich OlympiadA07 King's Indian Attack
11. L Kremer vs N Voinov 1-0201936non-FIDE Munich OlympiadA49 King's Indian, Fianchetto without c4
12. V Uulberg vs L Kremer 0-1291936non-FIDE Munich OlympiadB53 Sicilian
13. L Kremer vs K Ojanen  1-0211936non-FIDE Munich OlympiadE47 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3
14. T Popa vs L Kremer  1-0471936non-FIDE Munich OlympiadE16 Queen's Indian
15. L Kremer vs A Campolongo  1-0191936non-FIDE Munich OlympiadD51 Queen's Gambit Declined
16. L Kremer vs A Staehelin  1-0271936non-FIDE Munich OlympiadD30 Queen's Gambit Declined
17. L Kremer vs Tartakower  0-1371937Polish ChampionshipA09 Reti Opening
18. L Kremer vs J Foltys  ½-½371937Polish ChampionshipA06 Reti Opening
19. L Kremer vs A Frydman  1-0301937Polish ChampionshipA14 English
20. I Appel vs L Kremer  0-1261937Polish ChampionshipD32 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch
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Kibitzer's Corner
Jan-19-11
Premium Chessgames Member
  GrahamClayton: Here is a Leon Kremer game not in the database:

[Event "?"]
[Site "Jurata"]
[Date "1937.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Appel, Isaak"]
[Black "Kremer, Leon"]
[ECO "?"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. ♘c3 c5 4. cxd5 cxd4 5. ♕a4+ ♗d7 6. ♕xd4 exd5 7. ♕xd5 ♘c6 8. e3 ♘f6 9. ♕b3 ♗d6 10. ♘f3 ♗e6 11. ♕d1 0-0 12. ♗e2 ♕e7 13. ♘d4 ♘xd4 14. exd4 ♘d5 15. ♘xd5 ♗xd5 16. 0-0 ♖ae8 17. ♗e3 ♕h4 18. h3


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18...♖xe3 19. fxe3 ♗xg2 20. ♗f3 ♗xh3 21. ♕e2 ♕g3+ 22. ♔h1 ♗xf1 23. ♖xf1 ♖e8 24. ♖f2 ♗f4 25. e4 ♖c8 26. ♖f1 ♖c6 0-1

Source: "Learn Chess from the Greats", Peter J. Tamburro, Courier Dover Publications, 2000.

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