Paul Lipke

Paul Lipke (30 June 1870 – 8 March 1955), was a German chess master.

Lipke was born in Erfurt. [ [http://www.berlinonline.de/berliner-zeitung/archiv/.bin/dump.fcgi/2007/1103/none/0092/index.html Paul Lipke : Textarchiv : Berliner Zeitung Archiv ] ] In 1889, he tied for 5-6th in Breslau (6th DSB Congress, "Hauptturnier A", Emanuel Lasker won), and took 4th in Dessau. In 1892, he won in Dresden (7th DSB-Kongress, "Hauptturnier A"), and he took 2nd in Halle ("Quadrangular"). In 1893, he took 3rd in Kiel (8th DSB-Kongress, Curt von Bardeleben and Carl August Walbrodt won). In 1894, he took 2nd, behind Siegbert Tarrasch, in Leipzig (9th DSB-Kongress). In 1898, he tied for 8-9th in Vienna ("Kaiser-Jubiläumsturnier", Tarrasch and Harry Pillsbury won). [http://www.anders.thulin.name/SUBJECTS/CHESS/CTCIndex.pdf Name Index to Jeremy Gaige's "Chess Tournament Crosstables", An Electronic Edition, Anders Thulin, Malmö, 2004-09-01]

Lipke retired early from active chess and worked as a lawyer in Halle, Saxony. He died at Osterburg, Altmark.

References

* [http://db.chessmetrics.com/CM2/PlayerProfile.asp?Params=199510SSSSS3S076161000000111000000000017810100 Estimated ranking of Lipke]
* [http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=19552 Chess games of Lipke]