Wolfgang Pietzsch
Number of games in database: 196
Years covered: 1950 to 1968
Overall record: +47 -65 =84 (45.4%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:  Sicilian (38)      B23 B43 B88 B35 B98  Ruy Lopez (20)      C69 C77 C79 C83 C75  Ruy Lopez, Closed (8)      C98 C93 C91 C89 C85  Sicilian Najdorf (8)      B98 B94 B90 B96 B97  French Defense (8)      C18 C11 C16 C17 C05  King's Indian (6)      E90 E66 E82 E61 E70	With the Black pieces:  French Defense (20)      C18 C05 C19 C15 C11  King's Indian (13)      E95 E98 E74 E96 E82  French Winawer (11)      C18 C19 C15 C16  Queen's Gambit Declined (7)      D37 D35 D31  Sicilian (7)      B52 B88 B30 B63 B57  Queen's Indian (6)      E18 E17 E12 E14

NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   W Pietzsch vs Smyslov, 1968 1-0
   W Pietzsch vs Hort, 1963 1/2-1/2
   Keres vs W Pietzsch, 1963 1/2-1/2
   Simagin vs W Pietzsch, 1963 1/2-1/2

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WOLFGANG PIETZSCH (born Dec-21-1930, died Dec-29-1996) Germany [what is this?] Wolfgang Walther Pietzsch was born in Wittgendorf. He was a teacher of mathematics and physics by profession. He was champion of the Russian zone of occupation in 1949 and champion of the German Democratic Republic (GDR) in 1960, 1962 and 1967. He played six times for the Olympics and got his grandmaster title in 1966 after winning the Leipzig International tournament. By the end of the 1960s, Pietzsch retired from active chess. Wikipedia article: Wolfgang Pietzsch

page 1 of 8; games 1-25 of 196  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Bruno Ullrich vs W Pietzsch   0-1 28 1950 DDR-ch 01st E38 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 4...c5 2. S Szabo vs W Pietzsch   0-1 52 1951 Bucharest GMT 2nd B30 Sicilian 3. W Pietzsch vs V Rathai   1-0 30 1951 Schwerin B88 Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin Attack 4. W Pietzsch vs K Knothe   1-0 44 1951 Schwerin B88 Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin Attack 5. K Makarczyk vs W Pietzsch   ½-½ 34 1951 Bucharest GMT 2nd E95 King's Indian, Orthodox, 7...Nbd7, 8.Re1 6. A Otto vs W Pietzsch   0-1 34 1951 Schwerin B88 Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin Attack 7. Prins vs W Pietzsch   0-1 34 1952 Helsinki ol C27 Vienna Game 8. W Pietzsch vs K Plater   ½-½ 41 1952 Helsinki ol (Men) B70 Sicilian, Dragon Variation 9. W Pietzsch vs Stoltz   0-1 41 1952 Helsinki ol (Men) C18 French, Winawer 10. W Pietzsch vs J C Gonzalez   1-0 40 1952 Helsinki ol (Men) B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 11. M Oren vs W Pietzsch 1-0 42 1952 Helsinki ol (Men) E17 Queen's Indian 12. G Barcza vs W Pietzsch   ½-½ 75 1952 Helsinki ol (Men) A34 English, Symmetrical 13. Milner-Barry vs W Pietzsch   ½-½ 40 1952 Helsinki ol (Men) C47 Four Knights 14. W Pietzsch vs A Beni   ½-½ 58 1952 Helsinki ol (Men) C73 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 15. W Pietzsch vs E Myhre   1-0 59 1952 Helsinki ol (Men) C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 16. W Pietzsch vs P M Nielsen   ½-½ 36 1952 Helsinki ol (Men) B57 Sicilian 17. B Rabar vs W Pietzsch   1-0 30 1952 Helsinki ol (Men) E95 King's Indian, Orthodox, 7...Nbd7, 8.Re1 18. J de Souza Mendes vs W Pietzsch   ½-½ 41 1952 Helsinki ol (Men) B63 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack 19. V Nestler vs W Pietzsch   0-1 41 1952 Helsinki ol (Men) A49 King's Indian, Fianchetto without c4 20. W Pietzsch vs V Nestler   0-1 46 1952 Helsinki ol (Men) B80 Sicilian, Scheveningen 21. K Poschauko vs W Pietzsch   0-1 37 1952 Helsinki ol (Men) A07 King's Indian Attack 22. Petrosian vs W Pietzsch   1-0 60 1958 13th olm final A E14 Queen's Indian 23. W Pietzsch vs B Djurasevic   0-1 40 1958 13th olm final A B94 Sicilian, Najdorf 24. W Pietzsch vs E Nievergelt 1-0 42 1958 13th olm final A B62 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer 25. J Kostro vs W Pietzsch 1-0 21 1958 13th olm qual. group 3 C78 Ruy Lopez  page 1 of 8; games 1-25 of 196

Dec-21-08    whiteshark: Player of the Day Bio in German: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfga... Dec-21-08    whiteshark: There is a booklet <In memoriam Wolfgang Pietzsch> with lots of details and rare photos: http://www.schachverein-griesheim.d... Dec-21-08    WhiteRook48: Oh I see is he a wolf?? Dec-21-08    whiteshark: Well, now that you mention it, how could somebody lose sight of the fact? Dec-21-08    zzzzzzzzzzzz: wolf's dont play chess Dec-21-08    zzzzzzzzzzzz: i see he plays the sicilian as white a lot Dec-22-08    whiteshark: ...and only 2 <CK> games. Dec-21-11    brankat: R.I.P.GM Pietzsch. Dec-21-11    BIDMONFA: Wolfgang Pietzsch PIETZSCH, Wolfgang http://www.bidmonfa.com/pietzsch_wo... _ Dec-21-11    Xeroxx: Hello Wolfgang how you doing. Dec-21-11    Penguincw: Happy 71st birthday. Jun-25-12    Chessical: An excerpt from the booklet found by Whiteshark probably explains why Pietzsch retired from the game so early, support for chess and the opportunities to play internationally were drying up. A quotation from from the article "Chess in the GDR", by Paul Werner Wagner in the chess magazine KARL 1/2002, states... "Since 1974, chess as a sport in the GDR was systematically disadvantaged. Participation by the GDR team at the Chess Olympiad was prohibited. The best East German chess players were not allowed to take part in the Zonal or Interzonal tournaments, qualifiers for the World Championship. Only Wolfgang Uhlmann enjoyed an exceptional status but only for a short time." Later, in the same article, it is stated that this was because the GDR's sport's priorities came to simply concentrate around track and field athlectics. Jun-25-12    Caissanist: I remember that East Germany stopped playing in Olympiads after they finished behind the West Germans three straight times. It seems that that country generally only competed in sporting events where they could come ahead of their western cousins. Aug-30-12    Octal: "Life is Pieztsche"

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