Wilhelm Schönmann

Wilhelm Schönmann, about 1960

Peter Heinrich Wilhelm Schönmann (Schoenmann) (7.4.1889–15.5.1970) was a German chess master.

He tied for 8-9th at Hamburg 1910 (DSB Congress, Hauptturnier B), shared 2nd at Hamburg 1913 (Paul Krüger won), won a simultan game against Emanuel Lasker at Hamburg 1914,[1] and took 15th at Mannheim 1914 (the 19th DSB-Congress, Hauptturnier A, B. Hallegua won).[2]

After World War I, he took 2nd at Berlin 1920 (DSB-Congress), took 4th at Kiel 1920 (Heinrich Wagner won), shared 1st at Vienna 1926 (B tournament), tied for 6-7th at Bremen 1927 (Efim Bogoljubow won), tied for 10-11th at Magdeburg 1927 (DSB-Congress, Rudolf Spielmann won),[3] won at Lübeck 1928 (Quadrangular), shared 1st at Hamburg 1930,[4] took 2nd, behind Herbert Heinicke, at Hamburg 1932, and took 8th at Aachen 1935 (the 3rd German Chess Championship, Kurt Richter won).[5]

He played for Germany in 2nd unofficial Chess Olympiad at Budapest 1926 and 2nd Chess Olympiad at The Hague 1928.[6]

After World War II, he played in several international correspondence tournaments. Till 1910 he composed a few chess studies.

References

  1. ↑ Wilhelm Schoenmann vs Emanuel Lasker (1914)
  2. ↑ "Das unvollendete Turnier: Mannheim 1914".
  3. ↑ magdeburgo
  4. ↑ Name Index to Jeremy Gaige's Chess Tournament Crosstables
  5. ↑ http://www.rogerpaige.me.uk/index.htm
  6. ↑ OlimpBase :: the encyclopaedia of team chess
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