Wolfgang Uhlmann
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Wolfgang Uhlmann | |
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Country | East Germany |
Born | Dresden, Germany | 29 March 1935
Died | 24 August 2020 Dresden, Germany | (aged 85)
Title | Grandmaster (1959) |
Peak rating | 2575 (January 1978) |
Wolfgang Uhlmann (29 March 1935 – 24 August 2020) was a German
Chess career
Wolfgang Uhlmann was born on 29 March 1935 in Dresden, Germany. His father, Alfred, a baker, taught him the game at the age of six but, at age sixteen, he contracted tuberculosis and spent one and a half years in a sanatorium, where he studied the game relentlessly.[1] He emerged as a strong player,[2] progressing to the title of German Youth Champion in 1951.[3] He learned the trade of letterpress printing,[4] but his career in chess prevented him from practicing it.
Uhlmann won the 1954, 1955 and 1958 East Germany Chess Championships,
In 1964, Uhlmann shared victory with
His most successful attempt at
He also enjoyed some success in the 1970s and 1980s. He tied for first with Bronstein and Vlastimil Hort at Hastings 1975/76,[19] placed second behind Anatoly Karpov at Skopje 1976,[20] tied for first with Farago and Rainer Knaak at Halle 1978,[21] and won Halle 1981 by a full point.[22]
Old Hands
In 2012, aged 77, Uhlmann was a member of the "Old Hands" group of senior previous top players who played the "Snowdrops", a group of young woman masters, in a display match. The other Old Hands were Oleg Romanishin, Vlastimil Hort, and Friðrik Ólafsson, while the women were Tania Sachdev, Alina Kashlinskaya, Valentina Gunina, and Kristýna Havlíková .[23] ChessBase described the round 8 game Kashlinskaya–Uhlmann as the most beautiful of the event, with Uhlmann's play evoking the style of the young Mikhail Tal.[24]
Death and legacy
Uhlmann died on 24 August 2020, in Dresden, where he had lived his entire life. He was 85, and had entered hospital following a fall; he had, however, been sick for much of his life from complications resulting from his childhood tuberculosis.[2] He is survived by his widow, Christine, two children and two grandchildren.[25][26]
Uhlmann was acknowledged as one of the world's leading experts on the
Example games
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Bronstein vs. Uhlmann, Tallinn 1977
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3[27] c5 7. Qg4 Qc7 8. Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 cxd4 10. Ne2 Nbc6 11. f4 Bd7 12. Qd3 dxc3 13. h4 0-0-0 14. h5 Nf5 15. h6 Rg6 16. h7 Rh8 17. Rh3 (17.Rb1 f6 18.exf6 Be8 19.Qxc3 Rxh7 20.Rxh7 Qxh7 21.Rb3 [Vasiukov–Doroskevic, USSR 1967] d4!=/+ Ivkov[28]) d4! 18. Rb1 Be8 19. Qf3 Qd8-/+ 20. g4 Nh4 21. Qh1 Rxg4 22. Ng3 Rxh7 23. Ne4 (see diagram; "Black now sacrifices a piece to establish a fatal pin on the long light-square diagonal."[29]) Nxe5 24. fxe5 Bc6 25. Bd3 Kc7 26. Kf2 Rh5 27. Rf3 Qg8 28. Bf4 Nxf3 29. Qxh5 Rxf4 30. Qh6 Ng5+ 0–1[30]
References
- ^ "A life to the fullest (neue-deutschland.de)". 10 April 2020. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
- ^ a b McClain, Dylan Loeb (22 September 2020). "Self-taught chess player who became a grandmaster". The Independent. Retrieved 22 September 2020.
- ISBN 3-598-11177-0.
- ^ "Wolfgang Uhlmann wird 80: DDR-Schach-Genie gewann gegen fünf Weltmeister". Mitteldeutsche Zeitung. 27 March 2015.
- ^ a b c Doggers (PeterDoggers), Peter (27 August 2020). "GM Wolfgang Uhlmann, 1935-2020". Chess.com. Retrieved 27 August 2020.
- ^ Willy Iclicki: FIDE Golden book 1924–2002. Euroadria, Slovenia, 2002, p. 75.
- ^ "Chessmetrics Player Profile: Wolfgang Uhlmann". chessmetrics.com.
- ^ "OlimpBase :: 16th Chess Olympiad, Tel Aviv 1964, information". www.olimpbase.org.
- ^ "OlimpBase :: 17th Chess Olympiad, Havana 1966, information". bartelski.pl.
- ^ Horowitz, Al (10 March 1966). "Chess:; Uhlmann, Hard Man to Beat, Shares Honors With Spassky". The New York Times. Retrieved 27 August 2020.
- ^ "Sarajevo 7th 1964 – 365Chess.com Tournaments". 365chess.com.
- ^ "Capablanca mem 1964 – 365Chess.com Tournaments". 365chess.com.
- ^ "Hastings 6566 1965 – 365Chess.com Tournaments". 365chess.com.
- ^ "Event Details: Szombathely (Asztalos Memorial), 1966". chessmetrics.com.
- ^ "Lasker mem 1968 – 365Chess.com Tournaments". 365chess.com.
- ^ a b "(C08) 1969-1972 Zonal Cycle : World Chess Championship". www.mark-weeks.com.
- ^ "Palma de Mallorca Interzonal (1970)". chessgames.com. Retrieved 27 August 2020.
- ^ "Larsen – Uhlmann Candidates Quarterfinal (1971)". chessgames.com. Retrieved 27 August 2020.
- ^ "Hastings 7576 1975 – 365Chess.com Tournaments". 365chess.com.
- ^ "Skopje 1976 – 365Chess.com Tournaments". 365chess.com.
- ^ "Halle DSV 1978 – 365Chess.com Tournaments". 365chess.com.
- ^ "Halle DSV-Turnier 1981 – 365Chess.com Tournaments". 365chess.com.
- ^ Emmett (SonofPearl), Ryan (18 December 2012). "Old Hands Stage Comeback To Defeat Snowdrops". Chess.com.
- ^ "Old Hands catch Snowdrops and win Podebrady 17:15". ChessBase. 18 December 2012. Retrieved 27 August 2020.
Especially the game Kashlinskaya-Uhlmann was considered the most beautiful of the event – the multiple East German Champion, it was said, played it like the young Mihail Tal
- ^ "Wolfgang Uhlmann ist tot". n-tv (in German). 26 August 2020. Retrieved 26 August 2020.
- ^ Loeb McClian, Dylan (1 September 2020). "Wolfgang Uhlmann, East Germany's Top Chess Player, Dies at 85". nytime.com. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
- ^ French Defence, Winawer Variation (ECO C18)
- ^ Matanović, Aleksandar, ed. (1981). Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings. Vol. C (2nd ed.). Yugoslavia: Chess Informant. p. 111, n. 100.
- ^ Hooper & Whyld (1987), p. 366
- ^ David Bronstein vs. Wolfgang Uhlmann, It (cat. 10) (1977) Chessgames.com
Bibliography
External links
- Wolfgang Uhlmann player profile and games at Chessgames.com