- Leonids Dreibergs
Leonids Dreibergs (Leonid Dreiberg) (27 October 1908,
Riga – 6 April 1969,Saginaw, Michigan ) was a Latvian–Americanchess master.He took 6th at Riga 1930 (
Vladimirs Petrovs 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] took 9th at Kemeri 1939 (Salo Flohr won), [ [http://www.rogerpaige.me.uk/tables10.htm Aberdeen (Scottish Championship) 1939 ] ] and took 5th at Riga 1941 (Alexander Koblencs won). [http://www.geocities.com/al2055perv/ch_repub/1941/ch_lat41.html]At the end of World War II, joining the westward exodus in 1944/45, he — along with many other Baltic players, e.g.
Romanas Arlauskas ,Lucijs Endzelins ,Miervaldis Jursevskis ,Leho Laurine ,Edmar Mednis ,Karlis Ozols ,Ortvin Sarapu ,Povilas Tautvaišas ,Povilas Vaitonis ,Elmars Zemgalis , etc., and Ukrainian players, e.g.Fedor Bohatirchuk ,Stepan Popel ,Myroslav Turiansky , etc. — moved to the West.After the war, as a D.P. (Displaced Person) in West Germany, he tied for 12-13th at Augsburg 1946 (
Wolfgang Unzicker won), [ [http://www.rogerpaige.me.uk/Tables%2017.htm 1946 ] ] and shared 1st with Zemgalis at Esslingen 1949. Then, he emigrated to the United States. Dreibergs won twice the Michigan Championship (1954 and 1955). [http://www.michess.org/mca_pages/mca_past_champ.shtml] He also played in Correspondence Chess League of America (CCLA). [ [http://www.chessbymail.com/na.htm CCLA's North American Class Champions ] ]References
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