| Ludwig Rellstab | |
| Birthname: | Ludwig Adolf Friedrich Hans Rellstab |
| Country: | Germany |
| Birth Date: | 23 November 1904 |
| Birth Place: | Schöneberg, Berlin, German Empire |
| Death Place: | Wedel, Schleswig-Holstein, West Germany |
| International Master (1950) International Arbiter (1951) | |
| Peakranking: | 25 (1938, unofficial) |
Ludwig Rellstab (23 November 1904 – 14 February 1983) was a German chess player who won the German Chess Championship in 1942 and was awarded the International Master title in 1950.
Rellstab was born in Schöneberg, Berlin to a distinguished family of academics and musicians. His great-grandfather, also named Ludwig Rellstab, was a well-known poet and music critic. His father Ludwig M. E. Rellstab was a professor of physics and electronics, who in 1914 became chief engineer at Siemens & Halske. His sister Annekäthe was a pianist.[1]
He was German Champion, winning at Bad Oeynhausen 1942.[2] He took 8th in the (unofficial) European Championship at Munich 1942 (Alexander Alekhine won).[3] In 1943, he took 6th in Salzburg (Paul Keres and Alekhine won). In 1943, he took 5th in Vienna (10th GER-ch; Josef Lokvenc won).
Rellstab represented Germany at fifth board in the Munich 1936 unofficial Olympiad, and won two bronze medals (team and individual).[4] He played for West Germany three times in the Chess Olympiad.
He won the individual gold medal at Helsinki 1952 and team bronze medal at Dubrovnik 1950.[5]
Rellstab was awarded the International Master (IM) title in 1950 and the International Arbiter (IA) title in 1951. He died in Wedel in 1983.