Leon Schwartzmann
Leon Schwartzmann was a Polish–French chess master.
He was born in Warsaw, Poland into a Jewish family, and studied in Sankt Petersburg. In 1911, he tied for 5-6th in St Petersburg. In 1913, he took 2nd, behind Platz, in St Petersburg.
After World War I, he lived in Poland. In 1919, he took 6th in Warsaw.
In the middle of the 1920s, he moved to France. In 1926, Schwartzmann won the 2nd Paris City Chess Championship. In 1927, he tied for 2nd-3rd with Henry Grob, behind Wilhelm Orbach, in Hyères. In 1927, he tied for 10-12th in Paris. In 1928, he tied for 2nd-3rd with Josef Cukierman, behind Baratz, in the 4th Paris Championship. In 1929, he tied for 8-9th in Paris. In 1936, he played in the 12th Paris Championship.
During World War II, he was arrested and transported to Auschwitz, where he died on 3 September 1942.
