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

Leon Loewenton
Country	Romania France
Born	(1889-01-06)6 January 1889 Galați, Romania
Died	23 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

External links

• Leon Loewenton player profile and games at Chessgames.com
• Leon Loewenton chess games at 365Chess.com

На других языках

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- [en] Leon Loewenton

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[ru] Лёвентон, Леон

Леон Лёвентон (рум. Leon Loewenton; 6 января 1889 — 23 сентября 1963) — румынский и французский шахматист и шахматный композитор. Международный арбитр по шахматной композиции (1956).

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