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Lothar Vogt
L Vogt 
Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons  

Number of games in database: 1,529
Years covered: 1967 to 2025
Last FIDE rating: 2216 (2390 rapid)
Highest rating achieved in database: 2530
Overall record: +422 -286 =818 (54.5%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games in the database. 3 exhibition games, blitz/rapid, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 Sicilian (274) 
    B84 B22 B92 B43 B32
 Ruy Lopez (114) 
    C91 C85 C92 C81 C95
 French Defense (68) 
    C09 C18 C05 C07 C10
 Ruy Lopez, Closed (61) 
    C91 C85 C92 C95 C84
 Caro-Kann (60) 
    B17 B15 B18 B10 B12
 Sicilian Scheveningen (48) 
    B84 B83 B81 B82 B85
With the Black pieces:
 King's Indian (251) 
    E94 E67 E92 E97 E95
 Sicilian (169) 
    B83 B40 B81 B80 B22
 Sicilian Scheveningen (77) 
    B83 B81 B80 B82
 Ruy Lopez (57) 
    C95 C69 C92 C85 C91
 Ruy Lopez, Closed (39) 
    C95 C92 C98 C94 C85
 Robatsch (23) 
    B06
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   L Vogt vs Bronstein, 1990 1-0
   L Vogt vs Uhlmann, 1989 1-0
   L Vogt vs Gheorghiu, 1984 1-0
   Smejkal vs L Vogt, 1977 0-1
   L Vogt vs I Stohl, 1986 1-0
   A Sznapik vs L Vogt, 1981 0-1
   L Vogt vs S Siebrecht, 2001 1/2-1/2
   L Vogt vs W Schmidt, 1985 1-0
   L Vogt vs Kasparov, 1980 1/2-1/2
   A Beliavsky vs L Vogt, 1976 0-1

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   East German Championship (1979)
   East German Championship (1977)
   Naleczow (1979)
   Halle DSV (1981)
   East German Championship (1980)
   Taastrup (1990)
   East German Championship (1975)
   East German Championship (1982)
   East German Championship (1970)
   Capablanca Memorial (1976)
   Budapest Tungsram (1976)
   East German Championship (1971)
   Halle DSV (1978)
   East German Championship (1986)
   East German Championship (1974)

GAME COLLECTIONS: [what is this?]
   1976 Capablanca memorial by gauer

RECENT GAMES:
   🏆 Reykjavik Open
   L Vogt vs E Kirk (Apr-12-25) 0-1
   L Vogt vs V Chompas (Apr-11-25) 1-0
   V Atlas vs L Vogt (Oct-15-23) 1/2-1/2
   L Vogt vs B Hasenohr (Oct-14-23) 0-1
   A Barthel vs L Vogt (Oct-07-23) 0-1

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LOTHAR VOGT
(born Jan-17-1952, 73 years old) Germany

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Grandmaster (GM) (1976), two-times East Germany Chess Championship winner (1977, 1979), European Team Chess Championship team bronze medal winner (1970).

In 1968, Lothar Vogt won East Germany Youth Chess Championship. In 1970s and 1980s he was one of the leaders in East Germany chess, winning two gold medals (Suhl in 1977 and Frankfurt in 1979) in East Germany Chess Championships.

He has appeared in many international chess tournaments, successes including in Warsaw (1969, 1st place), Zinnowitz (1970, shared 1st-2nd place), Starý Smokovec (1972, shared 1st-2nd place and 1979, shared 1st-2nd place), Leipzig (1974, shared 1st-2nd place), Kecskemét (1977, 1st place), Nałęczów (1979, shared 1st-3rd place), Polanica-Zdrój (1982, shared 1st-2nd place in Rubinstein Memorial) and in Valby (1991, shared 1st-4th place). In 2002, Lothar Vogt won the Open tournament in Leukerbad, while in 2006 he ranked the 1st before Andrei Sokolov in Lenk.

Lothar Vogt played for East Germany in the Chess Olympiads:

In 1972, at second reserve board in the 20th Chess Olympiad in Skopje (+8, =7, -2), In 1988, at fourth board in the 28th Chess Olympiad in Thessaloniki (+6, =5, -1). Lothar Vogt played for East Germany in the European Team Chess Championship:

In 1970, at tenth board in the 4th European Team Chess Championship in Kapfenberg (+0, =1, -2) and won team bronze medal.

Wikipedia article: Lothar Vogt

Last updated: 2022-01-14 15:35:23

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 page 1 of 62; games 1-25 of 1,538  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. G Moehring vs L Vogt  1-0411967East German ChampionshipE93 King's Indian, Petrosian System
2. M Schoeneberg vs L Vogt  1-0411967East German ChampionshipB16 Caro-Kann, Bronstein-Larsen Variation
3. L Vogt vs L Espig  1-0291967East German ChampionshipB97 Sicilian, Najdorf
4. L Vogt vs L Kollberg  1-0741967East German ChampionshipB47 Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation
5. M Schmidt vs L Vogt  ½-½211967East German ChampionshipE90 King's Indian
6. L Vogt vs D Neukirch  0-1391967East German ChampionshipB43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3
7. L Vogt vs W Pietzsch  ½-½431967East German ChampionshipB60 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer
8. B Malich vs L Vogt  1-0441967East German ChampionshipE92 King's Indian
9. L Vogt vs H Liebert  0-1181967East German ChampionshipB56 Sicilian
10. D Bruentrup vs L Vogt  1-0221967East German ChampionshipB10 Caro-Kann
11. F Baumbach vs L Vogt  1-0431967East German ChampionshipE84 King's Indian, Samisch, Panno Main line
12. L Vogt vs R Postler  0-1621967East German ChampionshipB43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3
13. B Starck vs L Vogt  ½-½311967East German ChampionshipE90 King's Indian
14. L Vogt vs H Brameyer  0-1371967East German ChampionshipC45 Scotch Game
15. L Vogt vs A Hennings  0-1621967East German ChampionshipB32 Sicilian
16. L Vogt vs W Golz  ½-½221967East German ChampionshipB01 Scandinavian
17. A Csulits vs L Vogt  ½-½361967East German ChampionshipA48 King's Indian
18. L Vogt vs V Suchanov  1-0271968MGU-LeipzigB04 Alekhine's Defense, Modern
19. B Starck vs L Vogt  1-0341968East German ChampionshipE90 King's Indian
20. L Vogt vs P Krug  1-0261968East German ChampionshipC56 Two Knights
21. H Liebert vs L Vogt  ½-½161968East German ChampionshipA15 English
22. L Vogt vs L Wehnert  0-1461968East German ChampionshipB92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation
23. G Moehring vs L Vogt  ½-½281968East German ChampionshipA16 English
24. L Vogt vs H Packroff  1-0571968East German ChampionshipB77 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack
25. L Vogt vs W Pietzsch  ½-½571968East German ChampionshipB05 Alekhine's Defense, Modern
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Kibitzer's Corner
Oct-23-05  CeeFoR: Obviously a mistake in the dates as he was born in 1952 and started playing games in 1864
Jan-17-06  BIDMONFA: Lothar Vogt

VOGT, Lothar Helmut
http://www.bidmonfa.com/vogt_lothar...
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Feb-04-06  LluviaSean: how does he play chess from 1864 to 2005???
Feb-04-06  Benzol: 2 people with the same name probably.
Feb-04-06  midknightblue: Maybe he ate lots of yogurt. http://www.life.ca/nl/43/yogurt.html
Jan-17-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  GrahamClayton: Vogt's best tournament results were 1st at Kecskemet 1977, =1st at Tastrup 1990 and 4th at Halle 1978.
Jan-17-09  WhiteRook48: I don't see an 1864 game on this guy's page. Maybe it was revised.
Jan-17-12
Premium Chessgames Member
  Penguincw: Got some ok results. Like beating Bronstein.

Vogt vs Bronstein, 1990

Feb-18-13  seventhirty: Is this guy still living in Görlitz ?
Jan-17-16  TheFocus: Happy birthday, Lothar Vogt.

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