Leonardas Abramavičius

Leonardas Abramavičius (; died 1960 in Kaunas) was a Lithuanian and Soviet chess player.

Biography Abramavičius played for Lithuania in four official and one unofficial Chess Olympiads. In July 1930, he played at fourth board at 3rd Chess Olympiad in Hamburg (+4 –11 =0). In July 1931, he played at fourth board at 4th Chess Olympiad in Prague (+3 –7 =1). In July 1933, he played at reserve board at 5th Chess Olympiad in Folkestone (+5 –2 =2). In August/September 1936, he played at fifth board at 3rd unofficial Chess Olympiad in Munich (+6 –8 =6). In July/August 1937, he played at reserve board at 7th Chess Olympiad in Stockholm (+2 –1 =0). He won one individual silver medal in 1933.

Abramavičius played several times in Lithuanian Chess Championships. In July 1943, he tied for 1st-3rd with Birmanas and Romanas Arlauskas, (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, 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