Paul Lipke
Paul Lipke was a German chess master.
Lipke was born in Erfurt. In 1889, he tied for 5–6th in Breslau, and took 4th in Dessau. In 1892, he won in Dresden, and he took 2nd in Halle. In 1893, he took 3rd in Kiel. At the 9th DSB-Kongress in Leipzig, 1894, he took 2nd, behind Siegbert Tarrasch but ahead of several established masters, including Richard Teichmann, J. H. Blackburne, Carl Walbrodt, David Janowski and Georg Marco; he also won his individual game against Tarrasch. In 1898, he tied for 8–9th in Vienna.
Lipke retired early from active chess and worked as a lawyer in Halle, Saxony. He died at Osterburg, Altmark.
