Facts: - death place: bamberg , germany - title: grandmaster international arbiter -lrb- 1975 -rrb- -lrb- 1959 -rrb- iccf grandmaster -lrb- 1959 -rrb- - caption: schmid at oberhausen in 1961 - death date: 18 may 2013 - rating: inactive - country: germany - peakrating: 2550 -lrb- january 1971 -rrb- - birth date: 10 may 1928 - full name: lothar maximilian lorenz schmid - name: lothar schmid - image: lothar schmid 1961 oberhausen.jpg - birth place: radebeul , dresden , germany Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of lothar schmid .
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lothar maximilian lorenz schmid -lrb- 10 may 1928 -- 18 may 2013 -rrb- was a german chess grandmaster .he was born in radebeul near dresden into a family who were the co-owners of the karl may press , which published the german karl may adventure novels .he was best known as the chief arbiter at several world chess championship matches , in particular the 1972 encounter between bobby fischer and boris spassky at reykjavik .he was also an avid collector of chess books and paraphernalia .it was reputed that he owned the largest known private chess library in the world , as well as a renowned collection of chess art , chess boards and chess pieces from around the globe .