Leonardas Abramavičius ( - died Kaunas

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Biography

Leonardas Abramavičius played for Lithuania in four official and one unofficial Chess Olympiads.

• In July 1930, he played at fourth board at 3rd Chess Olympiad
  3rd Chess Olympiad
  The 3rd Chess Olympiad, organized by the FIDE and comprising an open and women's tournament, as well as several events designed to promote the game of chess, took place between July 13 and July 27, 1930, in Hamburg, Germany...
  
   in Hamburg
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   (+4 –11 =0).
• In July 1931, he played at fourth board at 4th Chess Olympiad
  4th Chess Olympiad
  The 4th Chess Olympiad, organized by the Fédération Internationale des Échecs and comprising an open and women's tournament, as well as several events designed to promote the game of chess, took place between July 11 and July 26, 1931, in Prague, Czechoslovakia...
  
   in Prague
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• In July 1933, he played at reserve board at 5th Chess Olympiad
  5th Chess Olympiad
  The 5th Chess Olympiad, organized by the FIDE and comprising an open and women's tournament, as well as several events designed to promote the game of chess, took place between July 12 and July 23, 1933, in Folkestone, United Kingdom...
  
   in Folkestone
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• In August/September 1936, he played at fifth board at 3rd unofficial Chess Olympiad
  3rd unofficial Chess Olympiad
  The 3rd unofficial Chess Olympiad was held by German Chess Federation as a counterpart of the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin with reference to 1924 and 1928 events....
  
   in Munich
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• In July/August 1937, he played at reserve board at 7th Chess Olympiad
  7th Chess Olympiad
  The 7th Chess Olympiad, organized by the FIDE and comprising an open and women's tournament, as well as several events designed to promote the game of chess, took place between July 31 and August 14, 1937, in Stockholm, Sweden]....
  
   in Stockholm
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   (+2 –1 =0).

He won one individual silver medal in 1933.

Abramavičius played several times in Lithuanian Chess Championship

Lithuanian Chess Championship

First unofficial Lithuanian championship was held in Kaunas in 1921. The Champion's title was granted after victorious or drawn match between previous champion and challenger, mostly a winner of Championship of Kaunas in the period from 1922 to World War II. The first official Lithuanian...

s. In July 1943, he tied for 1st-3rd with Birmanas and Romanas Arlauskas

Romanas Arlauskas

Romanas Arlauskas was a Lithuanian-born Australian chess master.Arlauskas played at sixth board in an unofficial Chess Olympiad at Munich 1936...

, (Abramavičius took 3rd in play-off), in Vilnius (12th LTU-ch). In 1947, he took 12th, in 1948 tied for 8-9th, in 1949 tied for 13-14th, in 1950 he won with Ratmir Kholmov

Ratmir Kholmov

Ratmir Dmitrievich Kholmov was a Russian chess Grandmaster. He won many international tournaments in Eastern Europe during his career, and tied for the Soviet Championship title in 1963, but lost the playoff...

 (Cholmovas), in 1951 tied for 14-15th, in 1954 tied for 5-6th, in 1955 tied for 6-7th, and in 1957 took 12th place.

Notable chess games

• Leonardas Abramavičius vs Victor Kahn (FRA), Prague 1931, 4th Olympiad, Bogo-Indian, E11, 1-0
• Kornél Havasi (HUN) vs Leonardas Abramavičius, Folkestone 1933, 5th Olympiad, King's Indian, Fianchetto, E67, 0-1
• Gedeon Barcza (HUN) vs Leonardas Abramavičius, Munich 1936 (ol), King’s Indian, Sämich Variation, E85, 0-1
• Leonardas Abramavičius vs Vladas Mikenas, Vilnius 1955, LTU-ch, Ruy Lopez, Closed, C84, 1-0

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