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...
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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 East Germany) national championship on eleven occasions from 1954 to 1986. Indeed, eleven appears to be a significant number in his life; he was the GDR's most outstanding player at the Chess Olympiads of 1956 - 1990, making eleven appearances, mostly on top board. At the 1964 event in Tel Aviv, he scored 83.3 percent, earning him the individual board one gold medal. An individual bronze medal followed in 1966 at Havana.
His most promising attempt at World Championship qualification occurred at the Palma de Mallorca Interzonal of 1970, where he...
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