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Wolfgang Unzicker

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Wolfgang Unzicker
  • Date of Birth:
    June 26, 1925
  • Zodiac Sign:
    Cancer
  • Place of Birth:
    Pirmasens, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
  • Date of Death:
    April 20, 2006
  • Sex:
    Male
  • Nationality:
    German

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    Wolfgang Unzicker
    • Unzicker was at times the world's strongest amateur chess player, and World Champion Anatoly Karpov called him the “world champion of amateurs”.
    • Wolfgang Unzicker died on April 20, 2006, at the age of 80, during a holiday trip to Albufeira/Portugal.
    • A retired judge, he was still playing chess as first board on the club team "Tarrasch Munich".
    • In 2005, Unzicker celebrated his 80th birthday with his wife Freia, his three sons and their wives and three grandchildren.
    • In 1956 he lost a match to Paul Keres in which both players chose to begin with the Ruy Lopez opening in all eight games.
    • Unzicker had a classical chess style modelled after the German player and theorist Siegbert Tarrasch.
    • In 1950, Unzicker shared the prize for best top-board score (+9 =4 -1) with Miguel Najdorf for his performance on first board for the West German team at the Dubrovnik Chess Olympiad.
    • For many years he was legal advisor for the German Chess Association.
    • He played nearly 400 times representing Germany's national team.
    • From 1950 to 1978 Unzicker played in twelve Chess Olympiads, and was first board on ten of them.

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