Lothar Schmid
German chess player
Died when: 85 years 8 days (1020 months)Star Sign: Taurus
Lothar Maximilian Lorenz Schmid (10 May 1928 – 18 May 2013) was a German chess grandmaster.He was born in Radebeul near Dresden into a family who were the co-owners of theKarl May Press, which published the German Karl May adventure novels.
He was best known as the chief arbiter at several World Chess Championship matches, in particular the 1972 encounter between Bobby Fischer and Boris Spassky at Reykjavík.
He was also an avid collector of chess books and paraphernalia.It was reputed that he owned the largest known private chess library in the world, as well as a renowned collection of chess art, chessboards and chess pieces from around the globe.
Related People
German chess player
German chess player
German chess player
This content was extracted from Wikipedia and is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License