Wolfgang Uhlmann

Wolfgang Uhlmann (born March 29, 1935) is a prominent German International Grandmaster of chess. His father taught him the game at the age of eleven at their home in Dresden and he progressed to the title of German Youth Champion in 1951. By 1956 he was an International Master and by 1959, a Grandmaster. He quickly established himself as the dominant force in East German chess, winning the GDR (German Democratic Republic, the official name for Ea... more

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