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Wolfgang Unzicker was born on 26 June, 1925 in Pirmasens, Germany, is a German chess Grandmaster. Discover Wolfgang Unzicker's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 80 years old?
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Wolfgang Unzicker |
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| Age |
80 years old |
| Zodiac Sign |
Cancer |
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26 June 1925 |
| Birthday |
26 June |
| Birthplace |
Pirmasens, Germany |
| Date of death |
20 April, 2006 |
| Died Place |
Albufeira, Portugal |
| Nationality |
Germany
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Wolfgang Unzicker Height, Weight & Measurements
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Dating & Relationship status
He is currently single. He is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about He's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, He has no children.
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Wolfgang Unzicker Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Wolfgang Unzicker worth at the age of 80 years old? Wolfgang Unzicker’s income source is mostly from being a successful Grandmaster. He is from Germany. We have estimated Wolfgang Unzicker's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Wolfgang Unzicker (26 June 1925 – 20 April 2006) was one of the strongest German chess Grandmasters from 1945 to about 1970.
He decided against making chess his profession, choosing law instead.
Unzicker was at times the world's strongest amateur chess player, and World Champion Anatoly Karpov called him the "world champion of amateurs".
Unzicker was born in Pirmasens, a small town near Kaiserslautern in the province of Rhineland-Palatinate noted for shoemaking.
His father taught him how to play chess at age 10.
His brother, four years older, was also a chess player but was killed in World War II.
Unzicker began to play tournaments abroad in 1948 as Germany was struggling to rebuild after the war, and achieved the grandmaster title in 1954.
He won the German Championship six times from 1948 to 1963 and tied for first in 1965.
From 1950 to 1978 Unzicker played in twelve Chess Olympiads, and was first board on ten of them.
He played nearly 400 times representing Germany's national team.
For many years he was legal advisor for the German Chess Association.
In 1950, Unzicker shared the prize for best top-board score (+9−1=4) with Miguel Najdorf for his performance on first board for the West German team at the Dubrovnik Chess Olympiad.
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.
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Be7 8.Qf3 Qc7 9.O-O-O O-O 10.Bd3 Nc6 11.Nxc6 bxc6 12.Qg3 h5 13.e5 dxe5 14.fxe5 Ng4 15.Bxe7 Qxe7 16.Ne4 Qc7 17.h3 Nxe5 18.Nf6+ Kh8 19.Qg5 Nxd3+ 20.Rxd3 gxf6 21.Qxh5+ Kg7 22.Qg4+ 1-0
At the Tel Aviv 1964 Chess Olympiad Unzicker scored 13.5 points playing first board for the West German team that won the bronze medal on the strength of a 3:1 team victory over the Soviet Union.
His tournament victories include the first place tie (+6−0=9) with Boris Spassky at the Chigorin Memorial in Sochi 1965, first at Maribor 1967 ahead of Samuel Reshevsky, first at Krems, and first at Amsterdam 1980 tied with Hans Ree.
Unzicker also shared fourth place (+2−1=15) with Lajos Portisch in the 1966 Piatigorsky Cup in Santa Monica, California.
Only Boris Spassky, Bobby Fischer, and Bent Larsen finished ahead of Unzicker.
At Hastings 1969–70, Unzicker finished second (+4−0=5) after Lajos Portisch and ahead of Svetozar Gligorić and former world champion Vasily Smyslov.
Unzicker finished second (+3−2=7) to Viktor Korchnoi at South Africa 1979.
A retired judge, he was still playing chess as first board on the club team "Tarrasch Munich".
Unzicker had a classical chess style modelled after the German player and theorist Siegbert Tarrasch.
In 2005, Unzicker celebrated his 80th birthday with his wife Freia, his three sons and their wives and three grandchildren, and a tournament with
Karpov, Korchnoi and Spassky took place in his honor.
Wolfgang Unzicker died on April 20, 2006, at the age of 80, during a holiday trip to Albufeira, Portugal.
