Leon Loewenton (6 January 1889 – 23 September 1963) was a Romanian and French chess player, International Judge of Chess Compositions (1956).
Biography In 1924, in Paris Leon Loewenton played for Romania in 1st unofficial Chess Olympiad. In subsequent years, he became more widely known as chess composer. Leon Loewenton composed more than 1200 chess compositions, in his work touched on such rare topics as retrograde analysis and helpmate. In 1956 he became FIDE International Judge of Chess Compositions. In 1962, Leon Loewenton emigrated to France.
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External links
Leon Loewenton chess games at 365Chess.com