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Full name | Ludwig Adolf Friedrich Hans Rellstab |
Country | Germany |
Born | Schöneberg, Berlin, German Empire | 23 November 1904
Died | 14 February 1983 Wedel, Schleswig-Holstein, West Germany | (aged 78)
Title | International Master (1950) International Arbiter (1951) |
Peak ranking | 25 (1938, unofficial) |
Ludwig Rellstab (23 November 1904 – 14 February 1983) was a German chess player who won the German Chess Championship in 1942 and was awarded the International Master title in 1950.[1][2]
Rellstab was born in Schöneberg, Berlin to a distinguished family of academics and musicians. His great-grandfather, also named Ludwig Rellstab, was a well-known poet and music critic. His father Ludwig M. E. Rellstab was a professor of physics and electronics, who in 1914 became chief engineer at Siemens & Halske. His sister Annekäthe was a pianist.[3]
He was German Champion, winning at Bad Oeynhausen 1942.[4] He took 8th in the (unofficial) European Championship at Munich 1942 (Alexander Alekhine won).[5] In 1943, he took 6th in Salzburg (Paul Keres and Alekhine won). In 1943, he took 5th in Vienna (10th GER-ch; Josef Lokvenc won).[citation needed]
Rellstab represented Germany at fifth board in the Munich 1936 unofficial Olympiad, and won two bronze medals (team and individual).[6] He played for West Germany three times in the Chess Olympiad.[7]
He won the individual gold medal at Helsinki 1952 and team bronze medal at Dubrovnik 1950.[7]
Rellstab was awarded the International Master (IM) title in 1950[1] and the International Arbiter (IA) title in 1951.[2] He died in Wedel in 1983.
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