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Hermann Liebenstein

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HERMANN LIEBENSTEIN (born 1870) Germany (federation/nationality United States of America) [what is this?] Hermann Liebenstein was born in Germany and lived as a bookkeeper in Cologne (Köln, Keulen). In 1903 he emigrated (by own means) to USA (with ‘Zeeland’ from Antwerp), and went to Baltimore, where his sister Sophie was married to Emanuel Rothschild (1850-1911). He worked as a bookkeeper also there. In 1913 he moved to Manhattan, New York and worked as a clerk for R. L. Polk & Co. Later (in 1930) he was a bookkeeper again, in a New York mail-order house. He apparently never married or had any children. He played chess in Berlin (according to a 1928 newspaper), and in London (1896), Cologne (1898, 1901) and Hannover (1902). In the US, he was Maryland state champion in 1905, 1906 and 1913. He also played in the American National (1913) tournament. This year he was elected Corresponding Secretary of the Rice Progressive Chess Club, and from now he played in the New York state championships (never with any great success), in club events and in the Metropolitan league. First for Rice (1913-1923), then for the Stuyvesant Chess Club (1924-1931) where he was once club champion, then for Rice again (1932-1938). About 2200-rated, he met most of the best players. A lover of faster time controls, he helped organize the Stuyvesant Rapid Transit* Chess Association. Main sources: British Chess Magazine vol. 16 (1896), Het Niews van den Dag 5 Aug. 1898, Wiener Schachzeitung vol. 4 (1901), http://www.edochess.ca/players/p136..., New York passenger lists 1903, http://mysite.verizon.net/vze765jx/..., New York newspapers, United States censuses 1910 and 1930. *http://www.chess.com/article/view/a...

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page 1 of 1; 19 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Pillsbury vs H Liebenstein   1-0 58 1902 Pillsbury Blindfold Simul 12b, Cologne C67 Ruy Lopez 2. H Liebenstein vs O Piotrowski   1-0 53 1902 DSB-13.Kongress Hauptturnier A C67 Ruy Lopez 3. H Liebenstein vs S F Smith   0-1 25 1902 DSB-13.Kongress Hauptturnier A C11 French 4. H Liebenstein vs H Fahrni 0-1 37 1902 DSB-13.Kongress Hauptturnier A D35 Queen's Gambit Declined 5. B Kagan vs H Liebenstein   1-0 25 1902 DSB-13.Kongress Hauptturnier A B45 Sicilian, Taimanov 6. H Liebenstein vs G Exner   0-1 36 1902 DSB-13.Kongress Hauptturnier A C79 Ruy Lopez, Steinitz Defense Deferred 7. H Liebenstein vs A Edelheim   1-0 35 1902 DSB-13.Kongress Hauptturnier A C78 Ruy Lopez 8. E Cohn vs H Liebenstein   0-1 41 1902 DSB-13.Kongress Hauptturnier A C54 Giuoco Piano 9. Capablanca vs H Liebenstein 1-0 26 1913 American National C46 Three Knights 10. C Jaffe vs H Liebenstein   1-0 44 1913 American National C48 Four Knights 11. H Liebenstein vs O Chajes   0-1 79 1913 American National C78 Ruy Lopez 12. Marshall vs H Liebenstein   1-0 33 1913 American National C21 Center Game 13. H Liebenstein vs N Whitaker 0-1 51 1913 American National C43 Petrov, Modern Attack 14. Janowski vs H Liebenstein   1-0 41 1913 American National C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed 15. H Liebenstein vs J Morrison   0-1 49 1913 American National C82 Ruy Lopez, Open 16. H Liebenstein vs Kupchik   0-1 48 1913 American National B40 Sicilian 17. J Rosenthal vs H Liebenstein   ½-½ 47 1923 New York Metropolitan Chess League D37 Queen's Gambit Declined 18. A Pinkus vs H Liebenstein   1-0 46 1924 New York ch Stuyvesant Chess Club C66 Ruy Lopez 19. H Liebenstein vs A Pinkus   0-1 32 1934 Manhattan CC - Stuyvesant CC B84 Sicilian, Scheveningen  page 1 of 1; 19 games

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Mar-10-12    GrahamClayton: 1905 Baltimore Chess Association champion. May-30-13    Karpova: Liebenstein won the 1906 Maryland Chess Championship over AW Schofield with +7 =1 -0 Source: Page 164 of the 1906 'Wiener Schachzeitung' May-30-13    Stonehenge: Here's a H Liebenstein from Mühlheim who played in 1898 in Cologne: http://kranten.kb.nl/view/article/i... British Chess Magazine mentions a H and a W Liebenstein here: http://www.archive.org/stream/briti... Perhaps they went from Germany to the US via England? May-30-13    Stonehenge: Hermann Liebenstein: http://www.chesscafe.com/text/skitt... May-31-13    Tabanus: Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 28 March 1928: <Tenner Trounces Teacher. Many years ago, in Berlin, during the old days long before the war, H. Liebenstein and Oscar Tenner played together at chess. The latter was a pupil of the former and received odds. Much water has gone through the mill since that time.> Jun-01-13    Tabanus: The sources on his personal life seem meager: no birth and death data (except 33 years and 4 months in Oct. 1903), no marriage, no children, no naturalization record, no passport application, and not mentioned in 1920 and 1940 censuses. His last mention in newspaper chess columns (that I could find) is in 1938, and possibly he died before 1940. I get the impression of a single, lonely man, forgotten by the coming war. Jun-01-13    Tabanus: And no World War I record. His sister remarried (with a Brown) and died 1937 in Chicago. She was born in "Steinback, Germany". Possibly this is Steinbach near to Bad Liebenstein in Germany. Jun-01-13    whiteshark: He played in Hannover 1902, Hauptturnier A, scoring 9.5 points out of 21 games. Crosstable from Wiener Schachzeitung: http://anno.onb.ac.at/cgi-content/a... I'll check the Congress book for further infos later. Jun-01-13    Tabanus: <whiteshark> Excellent :) <Stonehenge: British Chess Magazine mentions a H and a W Liebenstein> The W must be a digital misreading of (a pdf) H. Jun-03-13    whiteshark: There are 7 games of Liebenstein in the tournament book: r2: vs Piotrowski (bl); 1:0 r4: vs Smith (bl); 0:1 r5: vs Fahrni (bl); 0:1 r9: vs Kagan (w); 1:0 r14: vs Exner (bl); 0:1 r16: vs Edelheim (bl); 1:0 r17: vs Cohn (w); 0:1 In the Fahrni game Liebenstein overlooked a #1 swindle, otherwise the game would have been a hot canditate for a beauty price. An <ingenious attack>, as the congress book notes. I've uploaded the a.m. games...

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