Leho Laurentius ( Est. Leo Laurentius , August 28, 1904 , St. Petersburg - January 31, 1998 , Stockholm ) - Estonian and Swedish chess player , Estonian chess champion (1932). After moving to Sweden, he performed under the name Laurine .
 Lejo Laurentius | |
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| Countries |  Russian empire  Estonia  Sweden |
| Date of Birth | August 28, 1904 |
| Place of Birth | St. Petersburg |
| Date of death | January 31, 1998 (93 years old) |
| A place of death | Stockholm |
Biography
He was a chess journalist, published in newspapers and in the journal Eesti Male (Estonian Chess), edited by P.P. Keres . He won the Estonian chess championship in 1932 and became a bronze medalist in 1935. [1] He played for the Estonian national team at two chess olympiads :
- in 1935 on the third board (+4 β8 = 2); [2]
- in 1936 on the fifth board (+5 β7 = 3). [3]
In 1944, during the Second World War he emigrated from Estonia. After the war he lived in Sweden. In 1947, he was one of the founders of the Estonian Chess Federation in exile in Uppsala . He won the Gothenburg chess championships six times (1949, 1951, 1952, 1954, 1957, 1958). In 1952, he won the Baltic chess tournament. In 1963, he shared 3-4 places at the international tournament in Stockholm ( VV Smyslov defeated). [4] In 1967, he won the Stockholm Chess Championship. In 1963β73 he was the editor of the Eesti Male magazine published in Sweden. [5]
Notes
- β Eesti meistrid 1923-2005 Archived on January 18, 2012.
- β OlimpBase :: 6th Chess Olympiad, Warsaw 1935, Estonia
- β OlimpBase :: Chess Olympiad, Munich 1936, Estonia
- β Stockholm 1963
- β LAURINE, LEHO
Links
- Lejo Laurentius games in the database at
- Lejo Laurentius's personal card on 365chess.com
- Lejo Laurentius performances at chess Olympiads
- Lejo Laurentius's personal card on 365chess.com (other)