Horst Robert Rittner
Number of games in database: 64
Years covered: 1966 to 2003
Overall record: +23 -18 =23 (53.9%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.

Most played openings

C18		French, Winawer (7 games)
C85		Ruy Lopez, Exchange Variation Doubly Deferred (DERLD) (4 games)
C17		French, Winawer, Advance (3 games)
C82		Ruy Lopez, Open (3 games)
B83		Sicilian (2 games)
E15		Queen's Indian (2 games)
E54		Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System (2 games)
B32		Sicilian (2 games)
C92		Ruy Lopez, Closed (2 games)
C07		French, Tarrasch (2 games)

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HORST ROBERT RITTNER (born Jul-16-1930) Germany [what is this?] Horst Robert Rittner was born in Breslau. German Correspondence Champion in 1956, he became a GMC in 1961. He won the 6th World Correspondence Championship in 1968-71 and also edited the German magazine Schach. For the most part, Rittner opened 1.e4 and responded to 1.d4 with a Nimzo/Queen's Indian setup and responded to 1.e4 with 1...e6. Wikipedia article: Horst Rittner

page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 64  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. H Rittner vs Simagin 1-0 45 1966 corr-1 B62 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer 2. H Rittner vs V Kornfilt   1-0 41 1968 5.corr ol C85 Ruy Lopez, Exchange Variation Doubly Deferred (DERLD) 3. H Rittner vs Estrin 1-0 27 1968 6th Correspondence World Championship Final D92 Grunfeld, 5.Bf4 4. H Rittner vs H W Duenhaupt   ½-½ 66 1968 5.corr ol B25 Sicilian, Closed 5. H Rittner vs D Stern   1-0 37 1968 6th Correspondence World Championship Final B64 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack 6. N Karker vs H Rittner   0-1 39 1968 6th Correspondence World Championship Final B82 Sicilian, Scheveningen 7. H Rittner vs S Bernstein 1-0 54 1968 5.corr ol B35 Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto, Modern Variation with Bc4 8. H Rittner vs R Kauranen   ½-½ 50 1968 6th Correspondence World Championship Final B69 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6 Defense, 11.Bxf6 9. V Zagorovsky vs H Rittner   ½-½ 19 1968 5.corr ol C09 French, Tarrasch, Open Variation, Main line 10. H Rittner vs E Thiele   1-0 55 1968 6th Correspondence World Championship Final A13 English 11. S Aarseth vs H Rittner 0-1 14 1968 6th Correspondence World Championship Final C17 French, Winawer, Advance 12. H Rittner vs J Kellner   1-0 47 1968 5.corr ol C03 French, Tarrasch 13. H Rittner vs J Kellner   1-0 50 1968 6th Correspondence World Championship Final C03 French, Tarrasch 14. J Snajdr vs H Rittner   1-0 21 1968 5.corr ol B39 Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto, Breyer Variation 15. Sevecek vs H Rittner   ½-½ 42 1968 6th Correspondence World Championship Final C18 French, Winawer 16. S Nyman vs H Rittner 0-1 53 1968 6th Correspondence World Championship Final C18 French, Winawer 17. Fazekas vs H Rittner 1-0 32 1968 5.corr ol A17 English 18. H Rittner vs J Ljungdahl   1-0 28 1968 6th Correspondence World Championship Final B48 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation 19. Hybl vs H Rittner   ½-½ 15 1968 6th Correspondence World Championship Final E53 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 20. H Rittner vs Simagin 0-1 38 1968 corr B88 Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin Attack 21. V Zagorovsky vs H Rittner   ½-½ 24 1968 6th Correspondence World Championship Final C18 French, Winawer 22. H Rittner vs H De Carbonnel 1-0 39 1968 6th Correspondence World Championship Final C82 Ruy Lopez, Open 23. E Arnlind vs H Rittner   ½-½ 29 1968 5.corr ol C18 French, Winawer 24. H Rittner vs G Sanakoev   ½-½ 38 1968 6th Correspondence World Championship Final B83 Sicilian 25. C Jansen vs H Rittner 0-1 28 1968 6th Correspondence World Championship Final E53 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3  page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 64    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2) | Rittner wins | Rittner loses

Jun-20-03    Honza Cervenka: Horst Rittner won the 6th finals of World Chess Championship (1968-1971). The table and all games from that tournament <many of them are missing in the database> you can see at http://www.mark-weeks.com/chess/68w... Jun-20-03    AgentRgent: Stern, Dieter GM Germany rated 2583 Thiele, Erich IM Germany rated 2491 Nyman, Sture IM Sweden rated 2353 *Note these are ICCF ratings Dec-19-04    Benzol: Horst Robert Rittner was born July 16th 1930. He was German Correspondence Champion in 1956 and became a CGM in 1961. It was to be another 10 years before he took the World title, however. Jul-19-06    BIDMONFA: Horst Rittner RITTNER, Horst R. http://www.bidmonfa.com/rittner_hor... _ Jul-16-08    brankat: Happy Birthday GM Rittner! Jul-16-08    whiteshark: Additional biographical input: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horst_... Jul-16-08    Cactus: <For the most part, Rittner opened 1.e4 and responded to 1.d4 with a Nimzo/Queen's Indian setup and responded to 1.e4 with 1...e6.> Why is this here? There are a lot of people who use just one opening move, or one defence to e4, but this is the first time I've seen it mentioned. Jul-16-08    whiteshark: <Cactus: ... Why is this here?> <There are those who look at things the way they are, and ask why... <I dream of things that never were, <and ask why not?>>> --Robert F. Kennedy Jul-16-08    catking: Many happy returns GM Rittner! Jul-16-09    whiteshark: Happy Birthday GM Rittner! Jul-16-09    WhiteRook48: happy birthday Jul-16-12    Xeroxx: "For the most part, Rittner opened 1.e4 and responded to 1.d4 with a Nimzo/Queen's Indian setup and responded to 1.e4 with 1...e6" Dec-21-12    HAPERSAUD: Epic fail chessgames on the latter mentioned "quote", not exactly high end stuff

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