- Leonardas Abramavičius
Leonardas Abramavičius (Leonhard Abramavicius) ( - died
Kaunas 1960) was aLithuania nchess player.Biography
Leonardas Abramavičius played for Lithuania in four official and one unofficial
Chess Olympiads .
* In July 1930, he played at fourth board at 3rd Olympiad inHamburg (+4 –11 =0).
* In July 1931, he played at fourth board at 4th Olympiad inPrague (+3 –7 =1).
* In July 1933, he played at reserve board at 5th Olympiad inFolkestone (+5 –2 =2).
* In August/September 1936, he played at fifth board at unofficial Olympiad inMunich (+6 –8 =6).
* In July/August 1937, he played at reserve board at 7th Olympiad inStockholm (+2 –1 =0). He won one individual silver medal in 1933. [ [http://www.olimpbase.org OlimpBase :: the encyclopaedia of team chess ] ]Abramavičius played several times in Lithuanian championships. In July 1943, he tied for 1st-3rd with Birmanas and
Romanas Arlauskas , (Abramavičius took 3rd in play-off), in Vilnius (12th LTU-ch). In 1947, he took 12th, in 1948 tied for 8-9th, in 1949 tied for 13-14th, in 1950 he won withRatmir Kholmov (Cholmovas), in 1951 tied for 14-15th, in 1954 tied for 5-6th, in 1955 tied for 6-7th, and in 1957 took 12th place. [ [http://www1.omnitel.net/margiris/istorija/istor_ch.html Lietuvos šachmatų istorija ] ]Notable chess games
* [http://www.chesslive.de/scripts/server.dll?setplayer?white&Abramavicius,Leonhard Leonardas Abramavičius vs Victor Kahn (FRA), Prague 1931, 4th Olympiad, Bogo-Indian, E11, 1-0]
* [http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1281054 Kornél Havasi (HUN) vs Leonardas Abramavičius, Folkestone 1933, 5th Olympiad, King's Indian, Fianchetto, E67, 0-1]
* [http://www.chesslive.de/scripts/server.dll?setplayer?black&Abramavičius,Leonhard Gedeon Barcza (HUN) vs Leonardas Abramavičius, Munich 1936 (ol), King’s Indian, Sämich Variation, E85, 0-1]
* [http://www.chesslive.de/scripts/server.dll?setplayer?white&Abramavičius,Leonhard Leonardas Abramavičius vs Vladas Mikenas, Vilnius 1955, LTU-ch, Ruy Lopez, Closed, C84, 1-0]References
External links
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