# Leon Schwartzmann

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{{short description|Polish-French chess player}}
'''Leon Schwartzmann (Szwarcman, Szwarzman, Schwarzman, Schwarzmann)''' (1887, [Warsaw](/source/Warsaw) – 1942, [Auschwitz](/source/Auschwitz)) was a Polish–French [chess](/source/chess) master.<ref>[http://www.chesshistory.com/winter/winter13.html Chess Notes by Edward Winter<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>

He was born in [Warsaw](/source/Warsaw), Poland (then Russian Empire) into a Jewish family, and studied in Sankt Petersburg. In 1911, he tied for 5-6th in St Petersburg ([Ilya Rabinovich](/source/Ilya_Rabinovich) and Platz won). In 1913, he took 2nd, behind Platz, in St Petersburg.

After [World War I](/source/World_War_I), he lived in Poland. In 1919, he took 6th in Warsaw ([Zdzislaw Belsitzmann](/source/Zdzislaw_Belsitzmann) won). In 1924, he tied for 3rd-4th with [Dawid Przepiórka](/source/Dawid_Przepi%C3%B3rka), behind [Alexander Flamberg](/source/Alexander_Flamberg) and [Moishe Lowtzky](/source/Moishe_Lowtzky) won).

In the middle of the 1920s, he moved to France. In 1926, Schwartzmann won the 2nd [Paris City Chess Championship](/source/Paris_City_Chess_Championship). In 1927, he tied for 2nd-3rd with [Henry Grob](/source/Henry_Grob), behind [Wilhelm Orbach](/source/Wilhelm_Orbach), in Hyères. In 1927, he tied for 10-12th in Paris ([Abraham Baratz](/source/Abraham_Baratz) won). In 1928, he tied for 2nd-3rd with [Josef Cukierman](/source/Josef_Cukierman), behind Baratz, in the 4th Paris Championship. In 1929, he tied for 8-9th in Paris ([Savielly Tartakower](/source/Savielly_Tartakower) won).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.anders.thulin.name/SUBJECTS/CHESS/CTCIndex.pdf |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2007-07-04 |url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070704030849/http://www.anders.thulin.name/SUBJECTS/CHESS/CTCIndex.pdf |archivedate=2007-07-04 }} Name Index to Jeremy Gaige's Chess Tournament Crosstables, An Electronic Edition, Anders Thulin, Malmö, 2004-09-01</ref> In 1936, he played in the 12th Paris Championship ([Nicolas Rossolimo](/source/Nicolas_Rossolimo) won).

During [World War II](/source/World_War_II), he was arrested and transported to [Auschwitz](/source/Auschwitz_concentration_camp), where he was murdered on 3 September 1942.

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