- Lothar Schmid
Lothar Maximilian Lorenz Schmid (born
10 May ,1928 ) is a Germanchess grandmaster who was born inDresden .citation
last=Gaige | first=Jeremy | author-link=Jeremy Gaige
year=1987 | title=Chess Personalia, A Biobibliography
publisher=McFarland
isbn=0-7864-2353-6
page=377] . He is best known as the arbiter of severalWorld Chess Championship matches. He is an owner of the largest known private chess library and a renowned collector of chess art masterpieces andchess board s and pieces from all over the world.Playing career
In 1941, at the beginning of his career, Schmid won the Dresden Championship. In 1943, he took second in Vienna (German Juniors Championship). In June 1947, he tied for first with
Gerhard Pfeiffer in Wiessenfels (SBZ-ch). In April 1948, he tied for second/third place in Celle (Carl Ahues won). In September 1948, he tied for fourth/fifth place at the fullGerman Chess Championship (12th GER-ch) in Essen. The event was won byWolfgang Unzicker . In May 1949, he took third in Bad Pyrmont (13th GER-ch). The event was won byEfim Bogoljubow . In August 1949, he tied for first in Grossröhrsdorf. In 1950, he drew (4 : 4) a match with Wade in Bamberg. In 1951, he won in Travemünde. In 1951/52, he took third in Hastings (Svetozar Gligorić won). In 1953, he tied for second/third place, behindEsteban Canal , in Venice. In 1954, he won in Zürich. In March 1955, he won in Nuremberg. In October 1955, he took second, behindKlaus Darga , in Hoechst (third FRG-ch). In 1956, he won in Göteborg. In 1957, he took fourth in Dublin (zonal). The event was won byLuděk Pachman . In October 1959, he took second, behind Unzicker, in Nuremberg (5th FRG-ch). In 1963, he tied for first in Malaga. In 1964, he won in Wilderness. In 1964, he tied for fourth/fifth in Zürich. In 1968, he tied for second/third withTigran Petrosian , behindPaul Keres , in Bamberg. In 1970, he won in Mar del Plata. In 1971, he tied for second/fourth in Adelaida. In 1979, he tied for third/fourth in Lugano.Lothar Schmid played for West Germany at eleven
Chess Olympiad s. [http://www.olimpbase.org/players/y8mcym6e.html Schmid, Lothar] team chess record at olimpbase.org]
* In 1950, at second board at the 9th Olympiad inDubrovnik (+7 −1 =4).
* In 1952, at second board at the 10th Olympiad inHelsinki (+7 −1 =4).
* In 1954, at second board at the 11th Olympiad inAmsterdam (+6 −4 =3).
* In 1956, at second board at the 12th Olympiad inMoscow (+4 −2 =7).
* In 1958, at third board at the 13th Olympiad inMunich (+6 −3 =4).
* In 1960, at second board at the 14th Olympiad inLeipzig (+7 −2 =5).
* In 1962, at third board at the 15th Olympiad inVarna (+4 −2 =2).
* In 1964, at third board in at the 16th OlympiadTel Aviv (+7 −2 =5).
* In 1968, at second board in at the 18th OlympiadLugano (+6 −0 =6).
* In 1970, at second board in at the 19th OlympiadSiegen (+7 −1 =4).
* In 1974, at first board in at the 21st OlympiadNice (+5 −3 =7).He won four individual silver medals (1950, 1952, 1968, 1970) and two team bronze medals (1950, 1964).
Schmid played for FRG team at twelve
Clare Benedict Cup . He won nine gold, one silver, and two bronze medals in 1957–1973.He won first German Correspondence Championship (1950–1952), won first
Eduard Dyckhoff Memorial (1954–1956), and came second withLucius Endzelins , behindViacheslav Ragozin , in the second World Correspondence Championship in (1956–1959).Schmid was awarded the IM title in 1951, and the GM and GMC titles in 1959.
Arbiter
Schmid is also a well known chess arbiter, awarded the
International Arbiter (IA) title in 1975. He was the arbiter for the Fischer–Spassky 1972, Karpov–Korchnoi 1978, Kasparov–Karpov 1986 World Championship matches, and also Fischer–Spassky 1992 (the 'Revenge Match').Notable chess games
* [http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1152217 Lothar Schmid vs Walter Sahlmann, Essen 1948, 12th GER-ch, Sicilian, Chameleon, B20, 1-0]
* [http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1156083 Efim Bogoljubow vs Lothar Schmid, Bad Pyrmont 1949, 13th GER-ch, Scotch Game, Schmid Gambit, C47, 0-1]Desperado piece !
* [http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1152535 Lothar Schmid vs Herman Steiner (USA), Dubrovnik 1950, 9th Olympiad, Sicilian, O'Kelly Variation, B28, 1-0]
* [http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1332419 Juan Carlos Gonzales Zamora (CUB) vs Lothar Schmid, Helsinki 1952, 10th Olympiad, English Opening, King's English Variation, Reversed Sicilian, A21, 0-1] Classical ending mastery.
* [http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1073033 Lothar Schmid vs Paul Keres (URS), Tel Aviv 1964, 16th Olympiad, Ruy Lopez, Closed, C92, 1-0] After long and exhausting battle White broke down Black's resistance.
* [http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1243235 Grantel Gibbs (HKG) vs Lothar Schmid, Lugano 1968, 18th Olympiad, Alekhine's Defense, B02, 0-1] Shortest decisive game of the Olympiad.
* [http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1318323 Lothar Schmid vs Bent Larsen, San Juan 1969, Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Variation, B60, 1-0]
* [http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1332733 Lothar Schmid vs Anton Kinzel (AUT), Siegen 1970, 19th Olympiad, Russian Game, Modern Attack, C43, 1-0] Best game prize !References
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* [http://www.chesscenter.com/twic/event/dort01/report8.html article about Schmid's chess library]
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