Leon Tuhan-Baranowski, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Polish-Belarusian chess player
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Place of Birth: Saint Petersburg
About Leon Tuhan-Baranowski
- Leon Tuhan-Baranowski (22 June 1907, St Petersburg – 27 April 1954, Frankfurt) was a Polish-Belarusian chess player and composer. Born in Sankt Petersburg into a Roman Catholic family with noble roots (Tartar and Belarusian descent).
- After the Bolshevik Revolution, he moved to Stolpce (Stowbtsy) near Novogrodek, and then to Warsaw.
- In 1925, he took 10th in Warsaw (Stanislaw Kohn won).
- In 1925–26, he tied for 7–8th in Warsaw (the 1st Polish Chess Championship, elimination).
- The event was won by Abram Blass and Paulin Frydman.
- In 1930s, his activity concentrated in a few areas (correspondence chess, various local and team tournaments).
- Among others he participated in the 2nd Polish Team Chess Championship at Katowice 1934.Tuhan-Baranowski was also a composer and author of chess books.
- His debut took place in 1924 when he published on columns of Deutsche Schachzeitung.
- He co-operated with L’Echiquier, Kagans Neueste Schachnachrichten, Die Schwalbe, Dzien Polski, Strzelec, Czas, etc.During World War II, Tuhan-Baranowski had declared Belarusian nationality and became an interpreter for the Wehrmacht on the Eastern Front (1941–1942).
- Then, in 1943–1944, he lived in General Government (occupied central Poland).
- He played as Lisse in several chess tournaments in GG.
- In December 1943, he tied for 5–6th in Krynica (the 4th GG-ch, Josef Lokvenc won).
- In February 1944, he took 4th, behind Efim Bogoljubow, Fedor Bogatyrchuk, and Hans Roepstorff, in Radom.
- In August 1944, he met a German chess player August Mund in Lódz.
- At the end of the war, he escaped to West Germany (US Zone) where he published as Wormatius.
- He won a prize for three-move theme (co-author A.
- Goldstein) in Revista Romana de Sah in 1948.
- He died in a car accident in Frankfurt am Main.
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