Paul Lipke

[1] In 1889, he tied for 5–6th in Breslau (6th DSB Congress, Hauptturnier A, Emanuel Lasker won), and took 4th in Dessau.

In 1893, he took 3rd in Kiel (8th DSB-Kongress, Curt von Bardeleben and Carl August Walbrodt won).

At the 9th DSB-Kongress in Leipzig, 1894, he took 2nd, behind Siegbert Tarrasch but ahead of several established masters, including Richard Teichmann, J. H. Blackburne, Carl Walbrodt, David Janowski and Georg Marco; he also won his individual game against Tarrasch.

[2] Lipke retired early from competitive chess, though he continued his involvement in the game at club level.

In 1898, alongside Johann Berger, he was editor of the Deutsche Schachzeitung where he was in charge of the games section.