| Lothar Schmid | |
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 Schmid at Oberhausen in 1961 | |
| Full name | Lothar Maximilian Lorenz Schmid |
| Country | Germany |
| Born | 10 May 1928 Radebeul, Saxony, Germany |
| Died | 18 May 2013 (aged 85) Bamberg, Germany |
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| Peak rating | 2550 (January 1971) |
| ICCF peak rating | 2691 (July 1992) |
Lothar Maximilian Lorenz Schmid (10 May 1928 – 18 May 2013) was a German chess grandmaster. He was born in Radebeul in Saxony[1][2] into a family who were the co-owners of the Karl 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,[3] as well as a renowned collection of chess art, chessboards and chess pieces from around the globe.
- ^ Gaige, Jeremy (1987), Chess Personalia, A Biobibliography, McFarland, p. 377, ISBN 0-7864-2353-6
- ^ "Lothar Schmid: 1928–2013". ChessBase. 19 May 2013. Retrieved 19 May 2013.
- ^ Hooper, David; Whyld, Kenneth (1996) [First pub. 1992], "Schmid, Lothar Maximilian Lorenz", The Oxford Companion to Chess (2nd ed.), Oxford University Press, p. 358, ISBN 0-19-280049-3