Lothar Zinn
Number of games in database: 118
Years covered: 1955 to 1975
Overall record: +24 -49 =45 (39.4%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.

Most played openings

B21		Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4 (9 games)
B23		Sicilian, Closed (7 games)
B06		Robatsch (7 games)
A04		Reti Opening (5 games)
B43		Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3 (3 games)
D27		Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical (3 games)
C92		Ruy Lopez, Closed (3 games)
C05		French, Tarrasch (3 games)
C63		Ruy Lopez, Schliemann Defense (3 games)
B40		Sicilian (2 games)

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LOTHAR ZINN (born Mar-19-1938, died Feb-29-1980) Germany [what is this?] Lothar Zinn was born in Erfurt. Awarded the IM title in 1965 and was East German Champion in 1961 and 1965. He passed away in Berlin in 1980.

page 1 of 5; games 1-25 of 118  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. L Zinn vs Siegfried Ruehlemann   0-1 28 1955 Zittau-C 5th B23 Sicilian, Closed 2. L Zinn vs F Blatny   ½-½ 43 1956 Zittau-A 6th C50 Giuoco Piano 3. L Zinn vs W Golz   0-1 56 1958 DDR-ch 09th C00 French Defense 4. L Zinn vs H Handel   1-0 41 1958 DDR-ch 09th C00 French Defense 5. L Zinn vs Taimanov 0-1 41 1959 Dresden B23 Sicilian, Closed 6. Geller vs L Zinn   1-0 29 1959 Dresden D31 Queen's Gambit Declined 7. Ivkov vs L Zinn   ½-½ 47 1959 Dresden D02 Queen's Pawn Game 8. L Zinn vs Minev   ½-½ 19 1960 Varna B23 Sicilian, Closed 9. M Bobotsov vs L Zinn   ½-½ 58 1960 Varna D48 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, Meran 10. Vukcevich vs L Zinn   ½-½ 12 1960 WchT U26 07th B16 Caro-Kann, Bronstein-Larsen Variation 11. Hort vs L Zinn   0-1 39 1961 WchT U26 08th C63 Ruy Lopez, Schliemann Defense 12. Spassky vs L Zinn   1-0 39 1961 Student Olympiade D30 Queen's Gambit Declined 13. Stein vs L Zinn 1-0 36 1961 Ch World (students) A08 King's Indian Attack 14. L Zinn vs K Langeweg   1-0 27 1961 WchT U26 08th B39 Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto, Breyer Variation 15. L Zinn vs A Hollis   1-0 49 1961 WchT U26 08th C05 French, Tarrasch 16. L Zinn vs Sliwa   1-0 25 1961 Warsaw D22 Queen's Gambit Accepted 17. I Bilek vs L Zinn   ½-½ 71 1962 Olympiad A04 Reti Opening 18. A Matanovic vs L Zinn   1-0 48 1962 Varna ol (Men) B32 Sicilian 19. L Zinn vs K Langeweg 0-1 40 1962 Varna ol (Men) fin-A B43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3 20. Parma vs L Zinn   ½-½ 73 1964 Polanica Zdroj (Poland) C89 Ruy Lopez, Marshall 21. L Zinn vs M Czerniak   1-0 26 1964 Rubinstein Memorial B06 Robatsch 22. L Zinn vs W Schmidt   ½-½ 30 1964 Polanica Zdroj (Poland) C56 Two Knights 23. Kavalek vs L Zinn   ½-½ 80 1964 Polanica Zdroj C31 King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit 24. L Zinn vs Hort   0-1 36 1964 Cracow B43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3 25. Velimirovic vs L Zinn   0-1 54 1964 Rubinstein Mem B24 Sicilian, Closed  page 1 of 5; games 1-25 of 118

Feb-27-07    BIDMONFA: Lothar Zinn ZINN, Lothar http://www.bidmonfa.com/zinn_lothar... _ Jun-03-07    Thrajin: Lothar Zinn? That's a perfect comic book archvillain's name if I ever heard one! Jan-05-08    whiteshark: More detailed bio in German: http://www.berlinerschachverband.de... Sep-05-08    myschkin: . . . Bio (in German): http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lothar... This could be him Zinn Feb-14-09    Tabanus: Same as Zinn, with the games Zinn vs Uhlmann, 1968 Zinn vs Bronstein, 1968 Apr-12-10    DiscoJew: Don't tell ME that's not an undercover Vulcan!!

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