Lipke was born in Erfurt. In 1889, he tied for 5–6th in Breslau, and took 4th in Dessau. In 1892, he won in Dresden, and he took 2nd in Halle. In 1893, he took 3rd in Kiel. At the 9th DSB-Kongress in

Siegbert Tarrasch was a German chess player, considered to have been among the strongest players and most influential theoreticians of the late 19th and early 20th century.