Leon Loewenton

Leon Loewenton (6 January 1889 – 23 September 1963) was a Romanian and French chess player, International Judge of Chess Compositions (1956).

Leon Loewenton
CountryRomania
France
Born(1889-01-06)6 January 1889
Galați, Romania
Died23 September 1963(1963-09-23) (aged 74)

Biography

In 1924, in Paris Leon Loewenton played for Romania in 1st unofficial Chess Olympiad.[1] In subsequent years, he became more widely known as chess composer. Leon Loewenton composed more than 1200 chess compositions, in his work touched on such rare topics as retrograde analysis and helpmate.[2] In 1956 he became FIDE International Judge of Chess Compositions.[3] In 1962, Leon Loewenton emigrated to France.[4]

References
  1. "OlimpBase :: unofficial Chess Olympiads :: Leon Loewenton". www.olimpbase.org.
  2. "E-chesspedia Biography". www.chessnc.com.
  3. "International judges". www.saunalahti.fi.
  4. "Schwalbe - deutsche Vereinigung für Problemschach e.V." www.dieschwalbe.de.
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