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Hans-Guenther Kestler
Number of games in database: 110
Years covered: 1961 to 2006
Last FIDE rating: 2323
Highest rating achieved in database: 2430

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:  English (11)      A10 A16 A15 A14 A13  English, 1 c4 e5 (7)      A29 A26 A23 A22 A20  English, 1 c4 c5 (6)      A36 A30  Sicilian (4)      B68 B98 B27 B42  King's Indian (4)      E66 E92 E82 E63	With the Black pieces:  Sicilian (16)      B64 B53 B57 B83 B32  King's Indian (7)      E62 E60 E88 E95 E99  Pirc (7)      B07 B09 B08  Old Indian (6)      A54 A55 A53  Sicilian Richter-Rauser (4)      B64 B60

NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   Sax vs H Kestler, 1974 0-1
   M Glienke vs H Kestler, 1986 1/2-1/2
   Huebner vs H Kestler, 1965 0-1
   Kunsztowicz vs H Kestler, 1973 0-1

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HANS-GUENTHER KESTLER (born Dec-12-1939, died Sep-01-2013, 73 years old) Germany [what is this?] Hans-Günther Kestler was born in Bamberg. He was West German champion in 1972 and awarded the IM title in 1976.

page 1 of 5; games 1-25 of 110  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. H Kestler vs K Darga   ½-½ 17 1961 FRG-ch 06th A22 English 2. Huebner vs H Kestler 0-1 41 1965 FRG-ch A54 Old Indian, Ukrainian Variation, 4.Nf3 3. Taimanov vs H Kestler   ½-½ 58 1965 EUR-chT (Men) 3rd E95 King's Indian, Orthodox, 7...Nbd7, 8.Re1 4. Stein vs H Kestler   ½-½ 18 1965 EUR-chT (Men) 3rd B64 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack 5. H Kestler vs M Gerusel 1-0 59 1967 FRG-ch 09th B42 Sicilian, Kan 6. H Kestler vs M Bobotsov   0-1 41 1968 Bamberg E92 King's Indian 7. J Teufel vs H Kestler   ½-½ 63 1968 Bamberg B32 Sicilian 8. H Kestler vs Szabo   ½-½ 57 1968 Bamberg B98 Sicilian, Najdorf 9. A Dueckstein vs H Kestler   ½-½ 44 1968 Bamberg C44 King's Pawn Game 10. H Kestler vs Petrosian   ½-½ 30 1968 Bamberg A56 Benoni Defense 11. H Kestler vs Keres 0-1 41 1968 Bamberg E15 Queen's Indian 12. Ivkov vs H Kestler   1-0 24 1968 Bamberg A37 English, Symmetrical 13. H Kestler vs K Klundt   1-0 27 1968 Bamberg A16 English 14. L Schmid vs H Kestler   1-0 41 1968 Bamberg A42 Modern Defense, Averbakh System 15. Huebner vs H Kestler   ½-½ 61 1969 Buesum D50 Queen's Gambit Declined 16. H Kestler vs Ivkov   ½-½ 31 1969 Buesum D58 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) Syst 17. H Kestler vs M Bobotsov   0-1 28 1969 Buesum B04 Alekhine's Defense, Modern 18. Ivkov vs H Kestler   ½-½ 32 1969 Buesum B36 Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto 19. H Kestler vs Gligoric   0-1 37 1969 Buesum E82 King's Indian, Samisch, double Fianchetto Variation 20. Szabo vs H Kestler   ½-½ 12 1969 Buesum E62 King's Indian, Fianchetto 21. Larsen vs H Kestler   1-0 49 1969 Buesum A01 Nimzovich-Larsen Attack 22. K Klundt vs H Kestler   1-0 44 1969 FRG-ch 10th B81 Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack 23. H Kestler vs J Gerer   1-0 41 1970 Voelklingen A88 Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation with c6 24. K Klundt vs H Kestler 1-0 43 1970 FRG-ch 11th B98 Sicilian, Najdorf 25. H Kestler vs K Klundt   ½-½ 13 1972 FRG-ch 12th A36 English  page 1 of 5; games 1-25 of 110

Dec-12-08    whiteshark: Olympic participations: http://www.olimpbase.org/players/eo... http://www.olimpbase.org/playerse/e... Dec-13-08    whiteshark: It's a 1,000 pities. :D Dec-12-09    BIDMONFA: Hans-Gunther Kestler KESTLER, Hans G. http://www.bidmonfa.com/kestler_han... _ Dec-12-09    SirChrislov: What a cool name. Today he's 70 years young. Happ b-day Mr Kestler. He drew Taimanov, Petrosian, Szabo, Bisguier, Ulf Andersson, Unzicker and Uhlmann. Mar-28-11    perfidious: Pity his most interesting game is missing from CG: he had a neat effort over Sax at the 1974 Nice Olympiad, though I've no idea where to find my copy of the tournament book. Mar-28-11    SimonWebbsTiger: Sax - Kestler, Nice Ol 1974 1. e4 d6 2. Nc3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. Be2 Nf6 5. h4 h5 6. Bg5 c6 7. Qd2 Qc7 8. O-O-O Nbd7 9. f4 b5 10. Bf3 b4 11. Nce2 a5 12. f5 gxf5 13. exf5 Nb6 14. Ng3 Nc4 15. Qe2 d5 16. Nxh5 Rxh5 17. Bxh5 a4 18. Nh3 b3 19. cxb3 axb3 20. a3 Rxa3 21. bxa3 Qa5 22. Rd3 Qxa3+ 23. Kb1 Bxf5 24. Nf2 b2 25. Bxf7+ Kxf7 26. Bxf6 Qa1+ 27. Kc2 b1=Q+ 28. Rxb1 Qa2+ * Kestler's game was shortlisted for Best Game Prize at Nice. Mar-28-11    SimonWebbsTiger: click for larger view Sax-Kestler, final position. 0-1 Jan-29-12    whiteshark: <SimonWebbsTiger> It seems they've uploaded it only yesterday, so here you are Sax vs H Kestler, 1974 <28. Rxb1 Qa2+> are not included, though. Sep-07-13    Eastfrisian: According to this, http://trauer.infranken.de/Traueran... he died on 1. September 2013. RIP. Dec-21-13    whiteshark: R.I.P. Commendaces: http://www.schachbund.de/news/in-er...

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